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1st item: HISTORY OF THE HAWAIIAN OR SANDWICH ISLANDS, by James Jackson Jarves, published by Edward Moxon, London, 1843. Hardcover 16mo, 377 pages including index, hardbound in dark red blindstamped publisher's cloth, endpapers and pastedowns are comprised of red advertisement pages. 7 1/8" H x 4 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D. 2nd-3rd items: AN ACCOUNT OF THE POLYNESIAN RACE ITS ORIGINS AND MIGRATIONS, Vol. I-II, by Abraham Fornander, published by Trubner and Company, London, 1878-80. Hardcover octavos, 646 total pages, Vol. I with fold-out genealogical table, Vol. II with two double-sided pages of back advertisements, hardbound in light grey publisher's cloth with pictorial navy stamped front covers and spines, gilt lettering to spines, dark brown endpapers and pastedowns. 8 3/4" H x 6 1/4" W x 1" D. 4th item: ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE HAWAIIAN MISSION CHILDREN'S SOCIETY, PRESENTED MAY 21ST, 1853-MAY 24, 1862, published by the Government Press, Honolulu, 1853. Hardcover 16mo, approximately 346 pages comprising the first through tenth annual reports of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, hardbound in three-quarter black leather with brown publisher's cloth sides, gilt lettering to spine. 7" H x 4 1/2" W x 1 1/4" D. 5th item: HISTORY OF THE LATER YEARS OF THE HAWAIIAN MONARCHY AND THE REVOLUTION OF 1893, by Professor W. D. Alexander, published by the Hawaiian Gazette Company, 1896. Oblong hardcover octavo, 239 pages with photographic illustrations, hardbound in red publisher's cloth with black stamped borders and gilt lettering to front cover and spine. 6 3/4" H x 10 1/4" W x 1" D. 6th item: WOMEN OF HAWAII, edited by George F. Nellist, published by E. A. Langton-Boyle, Paradise of the Pacific, Ltd, Hawaii, 1929. Hardcover octavo, 317 pages with photographic illustrations, hardbound in full dark blue leather with gilt stamping to front cover and gilt lettering to spine, light blue endpapers and pastedowns. 10 3/4" H x 7 3/4" W x 1" D. 7th 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 general handling wear, some tears, minor areas of loss, sunning, staining, corners bumped. Pages with varying degrees of toning, foxing spots, dampstaining, tears, pencil inscriptions from previous owners. 7th item: Dust jacket with tears, flaking, general wear, possible insect damage.