Jun 05, 2008 - Sale 2148

Sale 2148 - Lot 59

Price Realized: $ 2,082
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER IN HAWAIIAN.) Ka Buke o ka Pule Ana a me ka Hooko Ana i na Kauoha Hemolele, e like me ka mea i kauohaia no ka haipule ana ma ka Pae Aina Hawaii. 12mo, contemporary black cloth, varnished, lacks head of backstrip, front cover detached; 1872 gift inscription from the Rev. Charles George Williamson of Honolulu to C.S. Knox on front pastedown. London, 1867

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first complete edition of the book of common prayer in hawaiian; an abridged version was published in 1862 and reissued in 1866. Forbes 2754, Griffiths 50/3, Judd 434.