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1830329926Honolulu 1830. 4pp. Signed in print Hiram Bingham and 54 others. 8vo. Folded sheet. Browned. 4pp. Signed in print Hiram Bingham and 54 others. 8vo. "The text of this was drawn up in Boston just prior to the departure of the first American Protestant missionaries to Hawaii. Although issued without an imprint or colophon it can be dated to 1830. The last signatories on this are those of the Third Company of missionaries who arrived at Honolulu on the Ship Parthian March 20 1828" Forbes. Forbes 742 unknown
185269457London: Harrison and Son 1852. HAWAII. Signed at Paris June 29 1869. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. 1869. London: Harrison and Sons 1869.<br> <br> First Edition. Small folio pamphlet 12 5/8 x 8 inches; 321 x 205 mm. 4 pp. Two sheets unbound. Inner margin a bit frayed. Inked page numbers to upper right corner of both leaves. Some light foxing. Still about fine.<br> <br> The first pamphlet is the text of the new treaty between Great Britain and Hawaii. This treaty of friendship commerce and navigation between Kamehameha III King of the Hawaiian Islands and Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland to promote relations and trade between the two nations. Drafted on July 10th 1851 and ratified on May 6th 1852. The second pamphlet is in regards to a declaration made in 1869 between the United Kingdom and the Sandwich Islands Hawaii canceling part of Article VII of the Treaty of July 10 1851 specifically regarding British whaling ships while continuing the remaining articles for seven years. Article VII stated that British whale-ships would have access to the ports of the Hawaiian Islands."<br> <br> Forbes 1862<br> <br> HBS 69457.<br> <br> $2250. Harrison and Son unknown
1870303122Honolulu 1870. Photograph measuring 3-3/8 x 2-1/4 in. with the ms slip laid down beneath it. Framed and glazed measuring 9 x 10-1/2 in. Photograph measuring 3-3/8 x 2-1/4 in. with the ms slip laid down beneath it. A particularly fine example of Emma's photograph and signature in a contemporary frame. She has signed herself "Emma R / September 26 1865."<br /> <br /> Born in Honolulu in 1836 she was adopted by her maternal aunt the chiefess Grace Kamaʻikuʻi Young Rooke and her husband Dr. Thomas C. B. Rooke. She married Kamehameha IV on 19 June 1856. Emma was an active queen concerned with palace affairs and was involved in the expansion of the royal library. She is best known for founding the Queen's Hospital in 1860 which was built to care for native Hawaiians who had no immunity to many of the European diseases which they encountered. The hospital exists to this day as Queen's Medical Center. Her philanthropic endeavours set a precedent for sitting queens.<br /> <br /> Although unattributed this image is likely taken by Andreas Montano the Colombian photographer who came to Hawaii in 1870 and immediately set up a studio at 87 Fort St. He photographed much of Hawaiian royalty and became Emma's official photographer. unknown
1863332951Honolulu: American Mission Press 1863. With: 9 additional Reports of the Hawaiian Missionary Society being the Second Report and the Fifth through Twelfth Reports. 10 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers or self-wrappers. With: 9 additional Reports of the Hawaiian Missionary Society being the Second Report and the Fifth through Twelfth Reports. 10 vols. 8vo. The Hawaiian Missionary Society aimed to send missionaries from Hawaii to other Pacific islands. "The first annual report states that preparations were being made to send two missionaries Rev. Mr. Snow and Rev. Luther H. Gulick and their wives to Micronesia. A list of contributions made to the society shows the extraordinary generosity of native Hawaiian churches to this object . From this date the annual reports include excerpts from letters of the missionaries both in Micronesia and in the Marquesas. Twelve annual reports were published between 1852 and 1863 . The first three were printed at the American Mission Press; the fifth at the Polynesian office; and the remainder by the press of H.M. Whitney or the Pacific Commercial Press. This is an important source of information about missionary work by native Hawaiian missionaries in Micronesia the Marquesas and other parts of the Pacific" Forbes<br /> <br /> This group comprises the following:<br /> First Report. Honolulu: American Mission Press 1852. 12pp. Green wrappers.<br /> Second Report. Honolulu: American Mission Press 1853. 19pp. Unopened. Tan wrappers.<br /> Fifth Report. Honolulu: Printed at the Polynesian Office 1856. 24pp. Uncut and unopened. Stitched self-wrappers. <br /> Sixth Report. Honolulu: Press of H.M. Whitney 1857. 24pp. Stitched self-wrappers. <br /> Seventh Report. Honolulu: Commercial Advertiser Print 1858. 24pp. Stitched self-wrappers.<br /> Eighth Report. Honolulu: Commercial Advertiser Print 1859. 16pp. Stitched self-wrappers. <br /> Ninth Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney 1860. 35pp. Stitched self-wrappers. <br /> Tenth Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney 1861. 23pp. Stitched self-wrappers. <br /> Eleventh Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney 1862. 24pp. Stitched self-wrappers. <br /> Twelfth Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney 1863. 12pp. Stitched self-wrappers. Forbes 1877 First Report American Mission Press unknown
185737152Stockholm: Norstedt & Soner 1857. 1st printing cf. Forbes #2193 incorrectly noting an 1856 publication date. Lacks wrappers with last leaf detached. Age-toning. The odd stain. A VG copy. 27 1 pp. Text in two columns Swedish & English. 4to. 7-3/4" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>This treaty between Hawaii & Sweden apparently one of the first if not the first international treaties ratified by Kamehameah IV reigned 1855 - 1863. NB. Forbes #2193 notes a date of 1856 listing the copy at Hawaii State Archives. We have checked that copy which also has the 1857 date on p. 28. Both copies recorded by OCLC note an 1857 imprint date as here. Norstedt & Soner unknown books
1808PHO-1626Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1808. 2 grands et forts volumes in-4 (32x24), lvi, 704 p., 33 pl. ; viii, 692 p., relié demi basane et coins moderne, dos avec auteur, titre, tomaison, lieu et date, exlibris en page de garde, non rogné, tome 2 non coupé, petite mouillure au tome 2, petites rousseurs aux illustrations du tome 1. Exemplaire sur papier bleuté, complet de son illustration mais sans son atlas de cartes
1842WRCAM40245AHonolulu: Mea paipalapala a na Misionari 1842. 418pp. plus eight woodcut plates including frontispiece. 12mo. Contemporary Hawaiian sheep boards and backstrip tooled with triangular and diamond- shaped pattern; rebacked original spine neatly laid down. Very clean and fresh internally. Very good. A significant association copy of the rare first edition in Hawaiian of Bunyan's PILGRIM'S PROGRESS and the first printing in Hawaiian of an English literary classic. This copy bears a presentation inscription on the front free endpaper to the Rev. E.S. Hopkins from the Rev. Elias Bond dated at Kohala Sandwich Islands June 12 1844. Reverend Bond translated at least seven books for the Mission Press between 1859 and 1868. <br> <br> The Hawaiian title translates as THE TRAVELER FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME. In 1840 the American Tract Society in Honolulu hoped to publish an abridged edition of Bunyan if a translator could be found and in 1841 Artemas Bishop took on the task promising the Society that "it will prove one of the most popular works in the Hawaiian Language." Unfortunately for Artemas and the Society the book flopped and the 10000 copies that were printed were remaindered in unbound sheets most of which were disposed of to Chinese vegetable peddlers for wrapping produce. For copies that survived this the rate of attrition as with all early Hawaiian works of this type remained very high and the book is quite scarce today. The work failed to impact the Hawaiians as the English allusions lost all meaning when translated. The names of the extensive cast of characters became incomprehensible: Mr. Lechery became Kekowale literally lust only and Mrs. Filth became Pelapela decayed flesh. <br> <br> Some of the surviving unbound sheets of this book were bound into limp suede in 1910. This copy on the other hand is in a contemporary Hawaiian sheep binding of the mid-19th century complete with its distinctive triangular and diamond-shaped tooling which is most unusual and notably rare. See David Forbes' BUNIANA San Francisco 1984 for an extensive discussion of the book. An important association copy in a handsome contemporary binding. FORBES 1351. JUDD 237. DAB IX p.381. Mea paipalapala a na Misionari hardcover books
1880J6SGPBJ1IXLV1880. With 12 albumen prints ranging in size from ca. 16.5 x 23 cm to 21 x 28 cm. Collection of 12 vintage photographs from the late 19th century showing China Indonesia the Hawaiian Islands California and Egypt. Of the 4 photographs of China 2 show Hong Kong including one possibly by the famous Chinese photographer Lai Fong ca. 1839-1890 showing Queen's Road Central. The two rarest photographs show several of the 7500 imperial examination cubicles in Canton Guangzhou while a photograph by A Chan Ya Zhen shows the famous five-story pagoda on Kun Yam Hill in 1870. The Indonesian island Java can be seen on 3 photographs including one of lake Telaga Warna by the British firm Woodbury & Page based in Batavia Jakarta. Taken further to the west were 3 photographs of Hawaii probably all taken in or near Honolulu. A rare undated photograph of the statue of King Kamehameha was taken probably right after the unveiling ceremony in 1883 as it shows a small wooden fence around the statue which can be seen in an illustration in The Graphic 28 April 1883 but is absent from all later images. Of the 2 final images one by Isaiah West Taber 1830-1912 shows Midway Point in Monterey California and the other by Hippolyte Arnoux fl. 1860-1890 a group of Arabs and camels waiting for the ferry near El Qantara in Egypt. Most of the photographs are worn at the edges with small tears and folds and a few have small holes; one of the images of Hawaii with a waterstain at the lower margin. unknown
1900329931Honolulu 1900. Nearly complete run from 1853 to 1900 lacking only the Fourteenth Annual Report from 1866. 47 vols. 12mo. Original wrappers in various colors mostly in very good condition. Nearly complete run from 1853 to 1900 lacking only the Fourteenth Annual Report from 1866. 47 vols. 12mo. "This society was formed in 1852 in the 'Old Mission School House' partly as a social organization but more specifically to lend support to the Micronesian mission then getting started . reports have excerpts from letters from Luther Halsey Gulick and several native Hawaiian missionaries stationed in Micronesia. An address by Hiram Bingham Jr. on 'the cultivation of the Missionary Spirit' is in the 1857 report. The 1858 report includes an essay by Orramel Gulick on his trip to Micronesia. The president's reports found in almost every issue have continued references to local social and religious interests in Hawaii . The birth marriage and death notices and obituaries of these missionary 'Cousins' found in issue after issue are a major source of information on missionary family histories . In the twenty-fifth annual report 1876 an essay by 'Cousin' General Samuel C. Armstrong discusses his educational work with African Americans at Hampton Virginia ." Forbes. Forbes 1942; Carter p. 81; Hunnewell p. 65 unknown
184736493Honolulu: Charles Edwin Hitchcock 1847. 24 consecutive issues bound together 4to. Volume V Numbers 1-24. 192pp. Woodcut illustrations. Expertly bound to style in half calf and period marbled paper covered boards<br/> <br/> A full year's run of a noted Hawaiian newspaper.<br/> <br/> Beginning publication in January 1843 under the title Temperance Advocate the newspaper began under the present title The Friend with the January 1845 issue continuing publication into the 20th century. "The expressed intent of the proprietor Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon Seaman's Chaplain for Honolulu was to produce a 'Temperance paper' for the benefit of seamen and the subjects found on its pages particularly during the first decade reflected Damon's work in this vein among sailors and crews of whale ships . Damon however also made an effort to include general information and news of interest to those in the Pacific and in New England. Extensive coverage was given to the whaling industry. Shipping lists were reproduced. 'Marine Intelligence' columns gave detailed reportage on whale ships throughout the Pacific. Considerable effort was made to fill other columns with arrival and departure lists of vessels and their passengers . Occasionally editor Damon included notes on his visits to Kauai Maui and Hawaii" Forbes. Of particular note in these early issues is a register of foreign residents in Honolulu January 15 1847. Advertisements include notices of publications in Hawaii. Illustrations include a street map of Honolulu with 35 numbered references January 15 1847. Consecutive runs of issues from the newspaper's first decade are very rare.<br/> <br/> Forbes 1388. Charles Edwin Hitchcock unknown
185423745<p><i>"The American Sloop-of-war SARATOGA Capt. Walker arrived at this port on the 29th ult. in 25 days from Japan which is the shortest passage ever made. The S. brings Capt. H.A. Adams U.S.N. as bearer of despatches to the Government at Washington. The point of interest in this intelligence is the fact that Com. Perry concluded a TREATY OF AMITY AND FRIENDSHIP with the EMPIRE OF JAPAN."</i></p><p><i>The Friend</i> was the mouthpiece of Congregational missionaries and reported everything from important local Hawaiian issues to international news reprinted from eastern sources. The nine months covered here feature a great deal of the news of the day ranging from war between England and Russia to lots of whaling and maritime news including shipping arrivals and departures the discovery of new sperm whaling grounds naval intelligence all peppered with a liberal dose of good old fashioned conservative proselytizing.</p><p>This particular volume was sent from Sag Harbor New York to Thomas Spencer a Rhode Island sea captain who went native opening a successful ship's chandlery and marrying a local girl.</p> <b>HAWAII.</b>Newspapers. Bound volume of <i>The Friend</i> Honolulu HI containing 22 consecutive issues dated from Feb 1 1854 through Oct 25 1855.<p><br /></p><p>This volume has the first report of the death of Hawaiian King Kamehameha III including the order of procession Jan 1 1855 issue and the first report of the signing of the US-Japan Treaty negotiated by Commander Matthew Perry May 6 1854 issue and an Independence Day celebration July 6 1854 issue.</p><p><b><i>The Friend</i></b> was a local newspaper published from 1843 to 1954. Published by and for the missionaries it is invaluable as a source of information concerning the activities experiences and accomplishments of the 19th-century Congregational missionaries to Hawaii as well as 20th-century figures and the development of the United Church of Christ in Hawaii. Today <i>The Friend</i> is the newsletter of the Hawaii Conference of the United Church of Christ.</p><p><b>Thomas Spencer</b> 1815-1884 was a whaling captain out of Warwick Rhode Island. He was stranded in the Sandwich Islands Hawaii and decided to remain there. He opened a very successful ship's chandlery in Honolulu and later purchased property on the "big" island in the village of Hilo. His brothers also joined him in Hawaii. He was a notorious celebrity well-liked by all and especially supportive of the Hawaiian royal family. He is buried in Oahu.</p><p>The children of Thomas Spencer and Makaleka Margaret Robinson were Thomas Spencer Jr. and Charles Lucy Jennie Lily Helen Margaret and Kaliko Spencer.</p>
185423745<p><i>"The American Sloop-of-war SARATOGA Capt. Walker arrived at this port on the 29th ult. in 25 days from Japan which is the shortest passage ever made. The S. brings Capt. H.A. Adams U.S.N. as bearer of despatches to the Government at Washington. The point of interest in this intelligence is the fact that Com. Perry concluded a TREATY OF AMITY AND FRIENDSHIP with the EMPIRE OF JAPAN."</i></p><p><i>The Friend</i> was the mouthpiece of Congregational missionaries and reported everything from important local Hawaiian issues to international news reprinted from eastern sources. The nine months covered here feature a great deal of the news of the day ranging from war between England and Russia to lots of whaling and maritime news including shipping arrivals and departures the discovery of new sperm whaling grounds naval intelligence all peppered with a liberal dose of good old fashioned conservative proselytizing.</p><p>This particular volume was sent from Sag Harbor New York to Thomas Spencer a Rhode Island sea captain who went native opening a successful ship's chandlery and marrying a local girl.</p> <b>HAWAII.</b>Newspapers. Bound volume of <i>The Friend</i> Honolulu HI containing 22 consecutive issues dated from Feb 1 1854 through Oct 25 1855.<p><br /></p><p>This volume has the first report of the death of Hawaiian King Kamehameha III including the order of procession Jan 1 1855 issue and the first report of the signing of the US-Japan Treaty negotiated by Commander Matthew Perry May 6 1854 issue and an Independence Day celebration July 6 1854 issue.</p><p><b><i>The Friend</i></b> was a local newspaper published from 1843 to 1954. Published by and for the missionaries it is invaluable as a source of information concerning the activities experiences and accomplishments of the 19th-century Congregational missionaries to Hawaii as well as 20th-century figures and the development of the United Church of Christ in Hawaii. Today <i>The Friend</i> is the newsletter of the Hawaii Conference of the United Church of Christ.</p><p><b>Thomas Spencer</b> 1815-1884 was a whaling captain out of Warwick Rhode Island. He was stranded in the Sandwich Islands Hawaii and decided to remain there. He opened a very successful ship's chandlery in Honolulu and later purchased property on the "big" island in the village of Hilo. His brothers also joined him in Hawaii. He was a notorious celebrity well-liked by all and especially supportive of the Hawaiian royal family. He is buried in Oahu.</p><p>The children of Thomas Spencer and Makaleka Margaret Robinson were Thomas Spencer Jr. and Charles Lucy Jennie Lily Helen Margaret and Kaliko Spencer.</p> books
183867460A Rare Separate Issue of the First Literary and Scientific Periodical Published In The Hawaiian Islands. In the Original Wrappers HAWAII. The Hawaiian Spectator. Volume I. Number I 1838. Conducted by an Association of Gentlemen. January 1838. Honolulu: Edwin O. Hall Printer. Printed For the Proprietors 1838. The rare separate issue preceding the collected edition of volume I number I of the Hawaiian Spectator the first literary and scientific periodical published in the Hawaiian Islands. Octavo 91/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 233 x 144 mm. Volume I Number I. iv 112 pp. With a chart of Meteorological Observations and A Shipping list. We could find no copies of this separate issue of Volume I Number I at auction in the past fifty years. Original tan printed wrappers. Printed in black on front and back wrapper. Front wrapper with lower corner chipped and chips along spine. Backstrip with large chips missing but still held together tightly. Some foxing and toning throughout. Overall a very good copy. A total of eight issues were published between 1838-39 the present copy contains the first issue. It includes important articles by numerous people relating to the Hawaiian islands. HBS 67460. $3850 Edwin O. Hall, Printer. Printed For the Proprietors unknown books
1843WRCAM55894Lahainaluna: Seminary Press 1843. 6pp. 12mo. Original printed self-wrappers. Tiny chip at top of spine tiny area of marginal loss to spine edge of first two leaves minor foxing. Very good. In a cloth chemise and green half morocco and cloth folding case spine gilt. An exceedingly rare early Hawaiian imprint. The work is a supplement to the English translation of KE KUMU KANAWAI A ME NA KANAWAI O KO HAWAII PAE AINA Forbes 1337. It contains ten laws and resolutions approved by Hawaiian King Kamehameha III and the premier Kekauluohi "at the council house at Luaehu Lahaina Maui Sandwich Islands." The laws and resolutions themselves deal with land leases taxes on land and pets the timing of the evening guns divorce whaling public auctions tonnage dues ship clearances the removal of duties on gold and silver exports and the payment of jurors. The laws had to be submitted for approval to the British commission that exercised temporary control over Hawaii between February and July 1843 and it is noted in the penultimate paragraph "All the foregoing laws.will take effect after being communicated to the British Commission and proclaimed at each of the principal islands." <br> <br> The resolution on "Respecting Divorced Persons" is especially interesting. This resolution allowed among other things all "divorced persons" not just men to remarry if their divorce was granted before the 1840 Constitution was adopted. The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution had placed certain restrictions on remarriage for both divorced men and women. For instance in cases of adultery the guilty party whether a man or a woman was forbidden to remarry while the former partner was alive. An absence of four years whether through criminal confinement or overseas service or some other reason was often grounds for divorce and remarriage for the party who remained in Hawaii. If a husband tried to kill his wife or vice versa the offending party was not allowed to remarry. The present resolution provided for all those who divorced before the 1840 Constitution to remarry no matter the reason for the divorce. <br> <br> The resolution regarding whaling ships is also notable. It allows whalers to barter or sell up to $200 worth of goods duty free "for the purpose of procuring refreshments." If a whaling ship barters or sells more than the $200 threshhold "they shall pay the customary duties." This is likely a reaction to laws or regulations set down in other Pacific ports during the golden age of the whaling industry when Hawaii was an important port of call for ships of all nations. "The edition is unknown. This is not recorded in reports of either the 1843 or 1844 General Meetings. Because of its small size it was doubtless part of the category 'small jobs ship lists government protests &c.' in the 1844 minutes" - Forbes. <br> <br> Forbes lists no references for the work and the location of only eight copies all in Hawaii. OCLC lists a digital record in twelve libraries which may contain some number of authentic copies and three additional copies in a separate record which appear to be the 1913 reprint by the Statute Law Book Company printed in an edition of fifty copies according to Forbes. <br> <br> An uncommon and elusive early Hawaiian legal work that touches upon women's issues and the whaling industry at the height of its prominence in the world economy. FORBES 1393. Seminary Press hardcover books
1894H6TGCND412W1Honolulu 1894. Stapled leaves in publisher's original turquoise wrappers paste-paper imitating laid paper colourfully reproducing chain and laid lines with letterpress title on front. Kept in modern half morocco clamshell box. 22 x 14.5 cm. The 56-page issue plus index of the first edition of Hawaii's last constitution as a sovereign country containing 103 numbered articles. When in 1893 Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was overthrown she was replaced by a provisional government consisting of members of the American Committee of Safety striving to achieve annexation of Hawaii to the United States of America. When annexation was not forthcoming they set up a constitutional convention and adopted the present constitution for the Republic of Hawaii. The annexation was finally ratified four years later the transfer of sovereignty taking place in August 1898. "The present constitution is among the more important pieces of literature pertinent to these times" Streeter.Forbes notes that page 56 is unnumbered and blank "56 blank" but in this copy it is numbered and contains the last names of the members of the constitutional convention. The present copy includes the 6-page index often lacking.With a library stamp on front wrapper the spine of the wrapper reinforced. A very good copy.l Forbes 4569 55-page issue; Streeter 3766 55-page issue; cf. A.F. Lee The Hawaii state constitution: a reference guide 1993 p. 5. unknown
1833PHO-2302Paris, Imprimerie Royale, Arthus Bertrand, au dépôt général de la marine, 1833-1839. 5 vol. in-8 (25,5x16,5cm) demi-chevrette rouge, dos à nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque), supplément lépidoptères broché de I. [2] ff.-xli-558-[1] pp. ; II. [2] ff.-481-[1] pp., grande carte dépliante (piqûres, coupures aux pliures sans manque) ; III. [2] ff.-510-[1] pp. ; IV. [2] ff.- 480 pp. ; V. [2] ff., 195-200 pp., Supplément Lépidoptères 30pp., 70 planches dont 61 soigneusement aquarellées. Rousseurs touchant principalement le texte et très peu les planches, mouillures claires par endroits au texte, feuillets volants pour le supplément. Sans les deux grands atlas historique et hydrographique, mais bien complet du très rare 5e volume d'histoire naturelle, paru ultérieurement qui manque presque toujours et complet des planches. Ce rarissime cinquième et dernier volume de texte, qui comporte 2 parties, renferme le rapport fait à l'Académie des sciences le 4 février 1833 sur les collections d'histoire naturelle recueillies pendant le voyage de la corvette La Favorite…, les Recherches sur les marsupiaux par Fortuné Eydoux et Laurent, la 2e partie Zoologie par Fortuné Eydoux et Paul Gervais, le supplément sur les Lépidoptères nouveaux par Feisthamel.
1807PHO-1A Paris, Dépôt général des Cartes et Plans de la Marine et des Colonies, 1807 et De L’Imprimerie Impériale, 1808 RARE ENSEMBLE COMPLET en 3 volumes TEXTE ; 2 forts vol. in-4° ; (2)-LVI-704 pp.-32 pl. h.-t. repliées in-fine (I-XXXII)/(2)-VIII-692 pp.-1 pl. h.-t. Repliée sur papier bleuté , relié demi cuir , dos lisse avec titre et tomaison , tranches mouchetées , mouillure angulaire sur 7 planches, petites rousseurs sur les planches . ATLAS ; 1 volume grand in-folio (560x445) ,page de titre-1 fnch. (Table )-39 cartes et vues h.-t. , dont 29 à double page ,dressées par l'ingénieur hydrographe C. F. Beautemps Beaupré et gravées sur cuivre par E. Collin , relié demi cuir , dos lisse ,cachets répétés , petites rousseurs .
