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Garden City, NY Doubleday & Company, Inc. , 1973. Hardcover First Edition [1973], so stated. First Edition [1973], so stated. Near Fine in Very Good DJ: Book shows just a hint of shelf wear and some very mild wear along the top edge; just a hint of toning to the outside edges of the text pags; else flawless, but no longer "fresh"; binding remains square and secure; text clean. DJ shows mild rubbing; light wear to extremities; several short, closed tears along top and bottom edges; price intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 4to. 132pp. Endpaper Maps. Green cloth over boards with gilt titles at the back strip. Hardback with DJ.

Honolulu, HI Bess Press, 1996. Paperback First Edition (1996), unstated, in accordance with BP's customary practice. First Edition (1996), unstated, in accordance with BP's customary practice. Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, showing no flaws. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11 x 8.5 x 0.75 inches). vii, 244 pages. Liberally Illustrated with photographs in color and black & white. Maps, Graphs, Tables. Index. Language: English. Weight: 2 pounds, 1.5 ounces. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps. 

Honolulu, HI Editions Limited, 2002. Paperback First Edition, First Printing stated. First Edition, First Printing stated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 200pp. Includes Glossary of Hawaiian Terms. Paperback Original. Trade Paperback. To the delight of a multitude of loyal fans, the Islands' grandam of Epicurean and Hawaiiana authorship has finally written her long-awaited first novel. It will be to no one's apprised that Maili Yardley is still kicking, and writing with her usual flair as she travels deep into her ninth decade. A natural and avid correspondent herself, is only to be expected that the she is at her best through this medium of letters. Her keen observations of Island life taking place two and three generations ago will ring true to kama'aina. Old timers will recognize some familiar names among these fictional characters, a device used to enhance the atmosphere of those… Read More

New York, NY Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [HBJ]: Harvest American Writing, 1997. Paperback First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities; pages ever-so-slightly tanned. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. Slightly Oblong 12mo. 277pp. Trade Paperback. In her debut novel, the author presents the history of a Japanese American family living in Hawaii in the 1970s. The narrator, Lovey Nariyoshi, tells her story of growing up in a white ("haole") culture that keeps her family segregated. "No japs on TV," observes Lovey, "except Mrs. Livingston and Kay-to." This engrossing novel is strongly woven together, with chapters that swing from the heartfelt, childhood memories of Lovey's father, Hubert, to the fiendish behavior of her… Read More