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Mission Life in Hawaii. Memoir of Rev. William Alexander
de ALEXANDER, James M
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Oakland, California: Pacific Press Publishing Company, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Pp. [7], 8-196. Frontis. photo portrait of W. P. Alexander. Illustrated with another portrait (Mrs. Alexander) and two plates showing their houses at Wailuku and Waioli. Decorated endpapers. Bound in brown cloth with black decoration and gilt lettering stamped on front board. Light edge-wear and soiling to cloth, lower corners a tad bumped. A faint quarter-inch dampstain affects the bottom edge of the final ten leaves, and a another unobtrusive dampstain to the lower left of the frontispiece portrait (please see last two photos). Withal, a solid, presentable copy. Alexander arrived in Hawaii in 1832. Per Forbes, "in the main, the text tells of Alexander's life at Waioli, Kauai, and at Lahainaluna and Wailuku on Maui. Activity precipitating his arrival in Hawaii is documented, including the voyage on the Averick and the unsuccessful effort to establish a mission in the Marquesas. Uncommon. FORBES: 3951.
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- Librería
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 7093
- Título
- Mission Life in Hawaii. Memoir of Rev. William Alexander
- Autor
- ALEXANDER, James M
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Pacific Press Publishing Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Oakland, California
- Fecha de publicación
- 1888
- Catálogos del vendedor
- South Seas;
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- Gilt
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