April 12, 2024
21 YEARS in the SANDWICH ISLANDS by Hiram Bingham 1847 1st Ed. with Hawaii Map
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21 YEARS in the SANDWICH ISLANDS by Hiram Bingham 1847 1st Ed. with Hawaii Map POB#44838TITLE: A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands. Civil, Religious, and Political History of Those IslandsAUTHOR: Hiram Bingham A.M.PUBLISHER: New York: Sherman ConverseDATE: 1847EDITION: 1st EditionDESCRIPTION: xvi, 616 pages 24 cm. 9" x 5 3/4" Forbes 1630. Plates and folding map of Sandwich IslandsCONDITION NOTES: GOOD. Repaired elements FINE. Complete as issued, restored spine. New spine in modern black cloth, retaining original spine gilt title in a small square of original cloth. New full caps and renewed bands. Original boards with bumped and rubbed corners. Transfer stain on title page. Foxing. All plates and map present. Transfer stain on title page. Map has crease tears Also soiling and repair on the map verso at the fold which is along the foredge BINDING: Black modern coated cloth over original brown boards. . "The most important work on history of the American Protestant mission in Hawaii during the years 1820-1841, and one of the key books of Hawaiian history." Eloquently described in the author's preface (see photos), Rev. Bingham's narrative ends with his departure for New England in 1840. Subsequent chapters add material garnered from letters he received from the islands and "voluminous communications" in the American
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