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Honolulu, HI: The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd, 1943. Second Printing. Portfolio with loose plates in the very rare dust jacket. very good/in the very rare dust jacket. John Kelly. KELLY, John Melville (1879-1962). Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians. Honolulu: The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Second Printing, Dec. 1943. Folio. With the almost never seen original dust jacket. (dust jacket with only light damage, see photos) Numerous illustrations from artwork by Kelly. Publisher's cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards, original dust jacket. Ships from Hawaii. ==. John Kelly's depictions of Polynesians was what distinguished him from other artists in Hawaii at the time. The Kellys immediately identified with the native Hawaiians and became their champions in images and in print. Kelly produced etchings and aquatints, primarily of human figures, though he occasionally did landscapes as well. He authored and illustrated "Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians" in 1943, and "The Hula as Seen in Hawaii" in… Read More