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1st item: BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION, Vol. XXIII for 1903, Part I, George M. Bowers, Commissioner, printed by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1905. Hardcover octavo, 574 pages including index with 73 colored lithographic plates with additional black and white lithographic plates and other illustrations but lacking map; hardbound in three-quarter black leather with light green cloth sides, gilt-stamped borders with decorative gilt stamping and gilt lettering to spine, five raised hubs, light green endpapers and pastedowns. 10 3/4" H x 8 1/4" W x 2 1/2" D. 2nd item: NATURAL HISTORY OF HAWAII, Book One, by William Alanson Bryan, B. Sc., published by The Hawaiian Gazette Company, Ltd., Honolulu, 1915. Hardcover octavo, 596 pages including index and black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece depicting Bryan, hardbound in light green cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine, brown paper pictorial dust jacket. 10 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W x 1 3/4" D. 3rd item: FLOWERS OF FLOWERS, First Edition, illustrations by Olive Gail McLean, text by Mary Dillingham Frear, published by Dodd, Nead, and Company, New York, 1938. Hardcover octavo, 30 tipped-in color plates of flowers with English text, hardbound in green cloth with light green label to front cover, metallic bronze lettering to front cover and spine. 11 3/4" H x 9" W x 3/4" D. 4th item: FRUITS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, Revised Edition, by Gerrit Parmile Wilder, published by The Hawaiian Gazette Company, Ltd., Honolulu, 1911. Hardcover octavo, 247 pages including black and white photographic plates, hardbound in gray cloth with black label and gilt lettering to spine. 10 1/2" H x 7 3/8" W x 1 1/4" D. 5th item: THE VOLCANOES OF KILAUEA AND MAUNA LOA OF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII, by William T. Brigham, A.M., Sc.D., published by the Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, 1909. Hardcover quarto, 67 black and white photographic plates with frontispiece and English text, hardbound in black cloth with red lettering to front cover. 12 1/4" H x 9 3/4" W x 1" D. 6th item: HENRY PERRINE BALDWIN 1842 TO 1911, by Arthur D. Baldwin, privately published, printed by the Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, 1915. Hardcover octavo, 119 top gilt edge and deckled edge pages with photographic frontispiece and additional illustrations with tissue paper guards, hardbound in one-quarter brown leatherette with light grey paper sides, gilt-stamped lines to covers and gilt lettering to spine, light grey endpapers and pastedowns, brown paper dust jackets. 9 7/8" H x 6 1/2" W x 1 1/8" D.
PROVENANCE: Acquired from the estate of Carol Illner of Ohio, who acquired it in a collection of books from a direct descendant of Arthur Douglas Baldwin, son of Maui entrepreneur Henry Perrine Baldwin (see lots 700-704 from this collection, also in this auction).
CONDITION: Covers with staining, rubbing, losses, some separations to binding, general wear. Pages with varying degrees of toning, foxing spots, some tears, ink and pencil inscriptions from previous owners. 1st item: All colored plates appear to be collated, with tears, largest 5 3/4". "Map of the Hawaiian Islands" is not present. 2nd item: Dust jacket with tears, largest 2 1/2", flaking, staining, general wear. Staining to covers. 6th item: Dust jacket with tears, flaking, general wear, possible insect damage.