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Lot 707: Two Signed American Etchings, Luquiens & Ettinger

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Two (2) American etchings by Churchill Ettinger and Huc-Mazelet Luquiens. 1st item: Huc-Mazelet Luquiens (American, 1881-1961) drypoint etching titled "Coral Sea" depicting a scene on a Hawaiian beach with two nude women beneath a group of palms, with strong drypoint burr visible throughout. Signed at dated "H. M. Luquiens, 1929" in plate, lower left. Signed […]

Lot 705: 3 Hawaiian Bowls Incl. Ron Kent, Koa Bowl w/ NBC Provenance & Tom Kahalekoa Gourd

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Three Hawaiian bowls.1st item: Ron Kent ( American/Hawaii, b. 1931) and Myra Kent small translucent Norfolk Island Pine turned wood bowl. Signed Ron/Myra Kent to underside. 4" H x 5 1/4" Dia. 2nd item: Large Koa wood bowl with metal plaque affixed to exterior reading "NBC TV Affiliates/ Board of Directors/ Kawaihae, Hawaii 1984". 5 […]

Lot 703: 7 Hawaii History Related Books 1843-1915

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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 […]

Lot 701: Rare A.R. Gurrey Idyls of Hawaii Photograph Book c.1910-1915

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IDYLS OF HAWAII, photographs and contents copyrighted by Alfred Richard Gurrey, Jr., Honolulu, T. H., circa 1910-15. Softcover, 12 leaves of taupe card stock paper with 11 mounted gelatin-silver photographs of scenic images of Hawaii with English text poems, stab-sewn into taupe card stock paper wrappers with printed light grey title lettering to front cover. […]

Lot 702: 6 Hawaiian Related Books inc. Fishes 1905, Volcanoes, Flowers, Fruits

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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 […]

Lot 700: Scarce A.R. Gurrey book: Surf Riders of Hawaii, c. 1911-15

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THE SURF RIDERS OF HAWAII, Gray Version, photographs and contents copyrighted by Alfred Richard Gurrey, Jr., Ltd., Honolulu, T. H., circa 1910-14. Softcover, 6 leaves of gray and taupe decorative cover stock paper with 8 mounted gelatin-silver photographs of Waikiki surfers, including Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (1890-1968), who popularized the sport of surfing. […]

Lot 698: 3 Southern Historical Books, incl. Historic Houses of SC, 1st Ed.

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3 books including South Carolina, Mississippi, and Christian County, Kentucky interest. 1st item: HISTORIC HOUSES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, First Edition, by Harriette Kershaw Leiding, published by J. B. Lippencott, Philadelphia and London, 1921. Hardcover octavo, 318 deckled-edged pages with photographic frontispiece with tissue paper guard, additional illustrations, and index, hardbound in pictorial light brown publisher's […]

Lot 696: Los Alamos Nuclear Age & WWII Archive, U.S. Army Lieut. Col. Ralph M. Kopansky, 100 plus items

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Archive related to World War II veteran United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Morris Kopansky (1912-1978), primarily concerning his post-war work with the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, as the Chief of Police, Los Alamos Police Department, and as Chief, Administrative Branch, Pantex Ordnance Plant, […]