Author: ANDREWS, LORIN
Title: Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language to Which is Appended an English-Hawaiian Vocabulary and a Chronological Table of Remarkable Events, 1716-1864.
Description: Honolulu, Thos. G Thrum. 1865, First Edition. Half-Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, xvi, 559 pages. Original binding, brown leather spine with black leather label and title printed in gilt "Andrews's Hawaiian Dictionary". Wear at top of spine, leather on front hinge cracking but binding secure, 4 old library stamps: "Marist Maori Mission Hawke's Bay" but no markings on spine, old name on front endpaper, small hole at top of title page, browning on preliminary pages ii-xvi, also on edge of first 70 pages. Overall a good copy. Rare variant of the title page with the author's first name misspelled Lorin and a slightly different title plus other variations. Good.

Keywords: Hawaii, Hawaiiana, Sandwich Islands


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