Cheever, Henry Theodore; Life in the Sandwich Islands : or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and is; London: Richard Bentley 1851. 1st English Edition. Xix, 1-312, 331-333 [315] pages. Hardcover.
Hawaii - Description and Travel - 19th Century Hawaiian History Kingdom of Hawaii Missions and Missionaries Hawaiian Culture Hawaiian Literature Surfing Whaling Pacific Ocean - Commerce Sandwich Islands - Hawaii Forbes 1804
Good. Both hinges starting but solid, cocked, chipping to spine head and tail, spine sun, some pencil writing in top margin of a few text pages, edgewear, edge tone, owner's signature on front paste-down, 1904 owner's signature on front free endpaper and half-title page, otherwise light wear. Still solid hardcover. Binder's label on rear pastedown: "Bound by Remnant & Edmonds London". Appendix pagination skips from page 312 to 331-333, this is apparently not missing content as the same is seen in online copy of this edition; I suppose the typesetter transposed page 313 to 331 and continued that pagination error for the remaining two pages.
Significant mid-nineteenth-century account of extensive visit to the Kingdom of Hawaii by American minister, with much inter-island travel, a description of surfing, Hawaiian language, and impact of missionaries and whaling ships on Hawaiian society. David W Forbes; Hawaiian National Bibliography, Volume 3, 1851-1880; 1804. While Cheever was an advocate of US annexation of Hawaii, his account is generally sensitive to the changes in traditional Hawaiian society caused by Western influences and viewpoints.

Good. Both hinges starting but solid, cocked, chipping to spine head and tail, spine sun, some pencil writing in top margin of a few text pages, edgewear, edge tone, owner's signature on front paste-down, 1904 owner's signature on front free endpaper and half-title page, otherwise light wear. Still solid hardcover. Binder's label on rear pastedown: "Bound by Remnant & Edmonds London". Appendix pagination skips from page 312 to 331-333, this is apparently not missing content as the same is seen in online copy of this edition; I suppose the typesetter transposed page 313 to 331 and continued that pagination error for the remaining two pages.

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