A PICTORIAL TOUR OF HAWAII, 1850-1852: Watercolors, Paintings, & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins
by Forbes, David W. Foreword by Richard H. Dillon
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San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. As new. 125 pp., illustrated with a colored map and 43 color plates (3 are double-page folding plates); oblong quarto (12.25 x 9.25 inches), original tan cloth with paper spine label. Views of old Hawaii by a talented artist who visited the islands as a tourist and has been largely overlooked by posterity. None of the images reproduced here have been previously published. Designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press. Edition of 400 copies printed by Phelps/Schaefer Press.
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- Chanticleer Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 20732
- Title
- A PICTORIAL TOUR OF HAWAII, 1850-1852: Watercolors, Paintings, & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins
- Author
- Forbes, David W. Foreword by Richard H. Dillon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As new
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1991
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