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Statute Laws of His Majesty Kamehameha III; King of the Hawaiian Islands...to which are appended the Acts of Public Recognition and the Treaties with other nations

by Hawaii. Kingdom. Laws and Statutes

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1846
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Honolulu: Charles E. Hitchcock, Printer, Government Press, 1846. First edition. 8vo, 382 pp. Nicely bound in contemporary style calf with gilt edges. Some foxing and some ink burn affecting the top edge of the last few pages (not touching the text). One of 750 copies printed of the English-language edition. the title page indicates this is Volume I; Volume… Read more about this item
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean: in which the coast of Asia, from the Lat of 35° North to the Lat of 52° North, the Island of Insu, (Commonly known under the name of the Land of Jesso,) the north, south, and east coasts of Japan, the Lieuchieux and the adjacent isles, as well as the coast of Corea ... Performed in his Majesty's Sloop Providence, and her tender, in the years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798

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London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. First edition. 4to, 270 x 205 mm. xx, 294 pp. Contemporary speckled calf, handsomely rebacked. With nine plates and maps; light browning, and faint water stains in a few corners, a very good, clean copy. Kennet of the Dene bookplate. Broughton sailed to the northwest coast of America, via Rio… Read more about this item
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Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii Promulgated July 4th, A.D., 1894. [Wrapper title.]

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1894
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Honolulu, 1894. 8vo, 23.1 cm. 55 pp. Original printed green wrappers. First edition, first issue, as promulgated, of the first constitution of the Republic. Affixed to the inside front wrapper is a 18-line separate proclamation dated in manuscript and signed in type by Sanford B. Dole, President of the Provisional Government, proclaiming the Republic as the sovereign authority, and… Read more about this item
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Ka Hana Kapa. The Making of Bark-Cloth in Hawaii

by Brigham, William T.

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1911
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Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1911. First edition. Two volumes: Quarto, and portfolio of 29 color plates. Original wrappers with small splits and edge tears, spine cracked but intact.
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The Promised Land. A Sermon delivered at Goshen, (Conn.) at the ordination of the Rev. Messrs. Hiram Bingham and Asa Thurston, as missionaries to the Sandwich Islands, Sept. 29, 1819

by Humphrey, Heman

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1819
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Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1819. First edition. 8vo., 40, xvi pp. Stitched, unbound. Some wear and staining to edges, but in good condition, and entirely uncut. Forbes 499. Missionaries Bingham and Thurston took with them the first printing press to reach Hawaii.
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London: Printed at the Logographic Press, 1790. First edition. 4to, viii, xcv,372, [108] pp, 10 maps (3 folding), 18 plates (1 colored and 5 folding). Later full calf. Offsetting from the plates, but a fine, clean copy (285 mm. x 220 mm). Meares visited the Northwest coast in 1786 and 1788. He explored the strait of Juan de Fuca,… Read more about this item
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Report of the Labor Commission on Co-operation and Profit-Sharing

by Hawaii. Republic. Labor Commission

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1895
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Honolulu, 1895. First edition. 8vo. 68 page pamphlet bound in quarter cloth with leather label. Near-fine condition, original wrappers preserved. "A thorough report," Forbes 4662.
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The Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty: Its Policy and Merits

by Bartley, Thomas W.

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1883
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Washington: Thomas McGill & Co., Law Printers, 1883. First edition. 8vo. 11 pp. Orange printed wrappers, slightly darkened edges but a fine copy. Worldcat locates three copies. Forbes 3500.
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Message from the President of the United States Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands...relative to the draft of an uncompleted treaty with Hawaii

by United States. 52nd Congress. 2nd Session. Senate

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1893
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Washington, 1893. Exec. Document 45. 14 pp., disbound. On the proposed 1854 annexation treaty. Forbes 4514.
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Laws of His Majesty Kalakaua I. King of the Hawaiian Islands, passed by the Legislative Assembly at its session 1888

by Hawaii. Kingdom. Laws and Statutes

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1888
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Honolulu: Gazette Publishing Co, 1888. First edition. Original marbled boards, printed label, cloth backstrip (neatly repaired). The annual record of legislation. It includes codification of married womens' property rights. Forbes 3986.
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Ka Hae Hawaii

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1856
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Honolulu: Board of Education, 1856. Folio, 4 pp. Mei 28, 1856.Wear to edges and folds. A representative issue of this weekly Hawaiian-language newspaper, published 1856-1861. Forbes 2157.
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Los Gringos: or, an inside view of Mexico and California, with wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia.; By Lieut. Wise, U.S.N.

by Wise, Henry Augustus

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1849
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New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. First (American) edition. 12mo., 453 pp. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind, slight shelf-wear, some light foxing, but a very attractive copy. Written in a "vigorous and picturesque" style (Cowan, Bibliography of California). The chapters on Hawaii occupy pp. 329-376. Forbes 1761; Hill 1902.
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A New Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26

by Kotzebue, Otto von

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1830
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London: Henry Colbun and Richard Bentley, 1830. First English edition. Two volumes. 8vo, 342, 362 pp. With an engraved frontispiece in each volume, and a folding map. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards, marbled edges. Joints slightly rubbed, but a fine set. Kotzebue Forbes 759.
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Thoughts on Missions. By the late Rev. Sheldon Dibble

by Dibble, Sheldon

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1845
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New York: American Tract Society, 1845. 12mo, 225 pp. Original green cloth, some wear and foxing. No advertisements present. Forbes 1527.
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The Whale Fishery at the Sandwich Islands," in The Sailor's Magazine, and Naval Journal, August 1834

by Richards, William and Ephraim Spaulding

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1834
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New York, 1834. 8vo, contemporary calf, some repairs. The whole of Volume VI. "An important article on Pacific whaling specifically as it impacted the Hawaiian Islands and more particularly the port of Lahaina, Maui," Forbes 919.
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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting A treaty of annexation concluded on the 14th day of February, 1893, betweeen the United States and the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands

by United States. 52nd Congress. 2nd Session. Senate

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Washington, 1893. Exec. Document 766. 69 pp., disbound. Forbes 4516.
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A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language, to which is Appended an English-Hawaiian Vocabulary and a Chronological Table of Remarkable Events

by Andrews, Lorrin

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1865
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Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney, 1865. First edition. 8vo. 559 pp. Period full brown calf, rebacked, with original gilt-lettered black spine label. Title-page unevenly toned, boards rubbed. Very good. "One of the fundamental Books on Hawaii. This is the first full-scale dictionary of the Hawaiian language and the basis of all subsequent dictionaries". Inscribed "Rev. Samuel J. Andrews with the… Read more about this item
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Na Motu: Or Reef-Rovings in the South Seas; A Narrative of Adventures at the Hawaiian, Georgian, and Society Islands; with maps, twelve original illustrations, and an appendix

by Perkins, Edward T.

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1854
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New York: Pudney & Russell, 1854. First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, slightly faded, front hinge slightly loose but a very attractive copy. The second section, rather more than a third of the book, is devoted to the Hawaiian Islands, and includes views of Lahaina, Honolulu, Nuuanu, Waiakea, and the crater of Kilauea. Forbes… Read more about this item
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Ke Kumu Hawaii. Buke 1, Pepa 16

by (Tinker, Reuben, ed.)

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1835
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Honolulu, 1835. Folio, 4 pp. Volume 1, No. 16. Scarce single issue of this newspaper. Published from 1834-1839, it was the first newspaper to be printed in Honolulu. Forbes 903.
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The Universal Conchologist, Exhibiting The Figure of every known Shell, accurately drawn, and painted after Nature: With a new Systematic Arrangement

by Martyn, Thomas

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1785
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London: Thomas Martyn, 1785. First edition. Martyn, Thomas. Folio, two volumes, 32.5 cm. x 27.5 cm. Engraved title leaf in each volume; that in Vol I within a gilt Greek key border; Vol II title trimmed within the plate-mark. Each volume has 40 exquisitely hand-colored plates. Contemporary dark green goatskin, pink endpapers, all edges gilt; large damp marks on… Read more about this item
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