Lot 236
  • 236

Alexander, W. D.

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Description

History of Later Years of the Hawaiian Monarchy … and the Revolution of 1893.  [Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Company, 1896]



Oblong 8vo (6  3/8  x 9  3/4  in.; 163 x 248 mm).  23 leaves of portraits and illustrations, numerous inserted pictorial advertisements.  Publisher's red cloth gilt; spine with some wear and and fading, small stains on upper cover, bookplate with owner's name excised on front pastedown.

Literature

Forbes 4721

Catalogue Note

"An indispensable work on this most volatile period of Hawaiian history, written by a firsthand observer" (Forbes).  Included in the books is W. R. Farrington's account of the counterrevolution of January 1895.