Father Damien

A good collection of books, pamphlets, ans ephemera concerning Father Damien and Leprosy in the Hawaiian Islands, including: Vital Jourdain, The Heart of Father Damien, (Milwaukee, 1955) — Father Damien: The Apostle of the Lepers, Brooklyn, nd — John Farrow, Damien the Leper, New York, 1937, inscribed by Farrow — Robert Louis Stevenson, Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu, London, 1890, Buxton Forman's copy — Stevenson, Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu, Portland, Maine, 1898 — Stevenson, Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu, Boston, 1900 —  Stevenson, Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu, Portland, Maine, 1905 — Stevenson, Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu, Notre Dame, Indiana, nd. — Stevenson, Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu, San Francisco: Printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr., by John Henry Nash, 1930, 2 vols. in a slipcase, one of 250 copies, this out-of-series — A. A. St. M. Mouritz, "The Path of the Destroyer": A History of Leprosy in the Hawaiian Islands, Honolulu, 1916 — Charles Dutton, The Samaritans of Molokai, New York, 1932, inscribed by Dutton — L. Vernon Briggs, Experiences of a Medical Student in Honolulu, and on the Island of Oahu, Boston, 1926 — Supplement. Leprosy in Hawaii. Extracts from Reports, Honolulu, 1886 — Leprosy in Foreign Countries. Summary of Reports, Honolulu, 1886 — Appendix to the Report on Leprosy of the Presdient of the Board of Health to the Legislative Assembly of 1886, Honolulu, 1881 — Dedication of the Kapiolani Home for Girls, the Offspring of Leper Parents … Description of The Leper Settlement on the Island of Molokai, Honolulu, 1885 — and 6 other publications — carte-de-visite size photographic portrait of Father Damien, imprint of Rookwood, Photographer, on verso — cabinet card photograph of Father Damien on his deathbed, imprint of J. Williams, 102 Fort Street, Honolulu, on verso.



Together 25 items, various sizes. Publications mostly in original wrappers or original cloth. Overall condition very good.