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Lot 710: Audubon Birds of America Gold-Winged Woodpecker Print, Havell Edition

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John J. Audubon (Haiti/New York, 1785-1851) Havell edition "Birds of America" aquatint with engraving and hand coloring in watercolors depicting five birds perched on a blasted tree. Identified in lower right quadrant as "Gold-winged Woodpecker, Male 1 F2/ Picus Auratus." Printed in upper register is "No. 3" and "Plate 37" in Arabic numerals. Printed in […]

Lot 708: C.M. Badger, Wildflowers Drawn and Colored from Nature Book, 1860

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WILDFLOWERS DRAWN AND COLORED FROM NATURE, by Mrs. Clarissa Munger Badger, with an introduction by Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, published by Charles Scribner, New York, Sampson Low, Son and Company, London, 1860. Hardcover folio, 44 gilt-edged pages with 22 hand-colored lithographic plates, including frontispiece, all with paper guards, hardbound in green Moroccan leather with blind […]

Lot 706: Hiroshi Tagami Small O/C Painting, Banyan Kahaluu

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Hiroshi Tagami (American/Hawaii, 1929-2014) small oil on canvas painting titled "Banyan Kahaluu" depicting trees with verdant foliage, a coastline, and a bright blue sky visible in the background, rendered with loose brushstrokes in a heavy impasto technique. Signed "Tagami" lower left. Titled and additionally signed en verso. Housed in a contemporary ebonized and chrome frame […]

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 […]