Title: The Island World of the Pacific: Being the Personal Narrative and Results of Travel Through the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, and Other Parts of Polynesia Author: Cheever, Henry T. Place: New York Publisher: Harper & Brothers Date: 1851 Description: [iv], 406 pp. 10 pp. publisher catalogue at rear. Frontispiece, vignette title page, 16 engraved plates, 1 map. Lacks folding map. 7¾x5, publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind. First Edition. Scarce and important account of Hawaii. Text title page is dated 1850, vignette title page 1851. Forbes 1801; Hill 51. Lot Amendments Condition: Rebacked preserving only a small portion of original spine (including some of spine title); corners worn; lacking folding frontispiece map of Honolulu; foxing throughout, good. Item number: 171083
Title: The Island World of the Pacific: Being the Personal Narrative and Results of Travel Through the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, and Other Parts of Polynesia Author: Cheever, Henry T. Place: New York Publisher: Harper & Brothers Date: 1851 Description: [iv], 406 pp. 10 pp. publisher catalogue at rear. Frontispiece, vignette title page, 16 engraved plates, 1 map. Lacks folding map. 7¾x5, publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind. First Edition. Scarce and important account of Hawaii. Text title page is dated 1850, vignette title page 1851. Forbes 1801; Hill 51. Lot Amendments Condition: Rebacked preserving only a small portion of original spine (including some of spine title); corners worn; lacking folding frontispiece map of Honolulu; foxing throughout, good. Item number: 171083
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