Conklin, Groff (ed)
Gray cloth, lettered in black and red. Contains work by T. S. Eliot, Robert Graves, Hart Crane Robert Frost, Lytton Strachey, James Stephens, E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, Robinson Jeffers, H. G. Wells, Near fine; one miniscule nick at head of spine. Fine in very good dust jacket).
Bowser, George
Original cloth backed printed boards, minor wear but overall a fine copy. With two lithographed portraits, ten double-page views, and a map. An extensive (almost 700 page) directory, description and itinerary, full of valuable commercial and statistical information, and fascinating advertisements. Bowser gathered the information personally, and among his accomplishments he re-numbered all the buildings in Honolulu, and, for the first time, attempted to give everyone a street address. This was the only Hawaiian work he completed (an Illustrated Atlas announced in the preface was not published), he later issued several unsuccessful San Francisco directories. Very scarce, only three copies located in libraries, and only one at auction (this one) in the last 30 years. Forbes 3279.
A substantial run of one of the longest-lived and most important Hawaiian newspapers. 1844. The Friend. (Extra) Dec. 18, 1844. The Friend. 1846. Vol. IV, Nos. 1-24. Honolulu: Samuel C. Damon, 1846. A complete set for the year, attractively bound in contemporary paste paper boards with red leather shelf-back. Occasional mild age staining but in excellent condition. [With No. 1 for 1855] The Friend. 1847 : A Semi-Monthly Journal devoted to Temperance, Marine and General Intelligence. Honolulu: The Friend, 1847. Volume V, issues I-XXIV (complete), Small folio, disbound, in modern drop-backed cloth box, with morocco spine label. Occasional foxing, else fine. The Friend. Jan. - May, 1849. Vol. VII, Nos. 1-24. Honolulu: Samuel C. Damon, 1849. A complete set for the year, bound in contemporary half leather, with pebbled cloth sides. Occasional mild age staining but in excellent condition. [With No. 1 for 1855] Vol. IV, Nos/. 1-24. Bound in pink paper boards with a leather spine. This volume includes "A Trip from the Sandwich Islands," in the six Sept. 1, 1849 - Dec. 20, 1849 issues, bound with the new title page and Vol. VIII, No. 1 - 12, the complete year 1850. From the libraries of Frederick W. Skiff, Portland, Ore., and Thomas W. Streeter. The Friend, 1850 (1-14, complete), nos. 1 & 2 for 1851 (all published for that year), and 1-8 for 1852 The Friend. 1856-1909. 1856 - Whole year (12 issues), stitched together; 1859-Whole year (12 issues) lacks first page of January issue, stitched together; 1877 -3 issues, (Feb., Nov., Dec.); 1878-8 issues (Feb., Mar., May, Aug. - Dec.; 1879 - 8 issues (Jan., Feb., May., Aug.-Dec.); 1880 - 9 issues (Feb. Apr.-July, Sept.-Dec.); 1881 - 7 issues (Apr. July-Nov., with supplement to October); The Friend. (1852-1881) .Volumes 9 though 38, lacking Volumes 19, 20, 21 & 23 (1862, 1863, 1864 & 1866). 312 issues bound in 2 volumes, . The Friend - 1870s -1890s, assorted issues, 1909, April. Some minor wear and staining. See Forbes 1388 for an extensive account of this long-lived periodical. The issues are in quite readable condition, printed on reasonably good paper.
