(HAWAII) Jarves James Jackson History of the Hawaiian Island

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(HAWAII.) Jarves, James Jackson. History of the Hawaiian Islands: Embracing Their Antiquities, Mythology, Legends. Mounted albumen photograph of King Kamehameha as frontispiece. [2], 242 pages plus [18] local advertising pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth, moderate wear, tastefully rebacked in morocco; contents clean; inked later owner's stamp on half-title, signature on front free endpaper. Honolulu, 1872

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Fourth and best edition, the first to include the photographic frontispiece. The first edition was published in 1843; this edition includes new appendices by the publisher Henry Whitney on present conditions and an "Historical Sketch of Hawaiian Volcanoes." Forbes 2957.