Lot 439
  • 439

Ellis, William

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

  • Ellis, William
  • A Journal of a Tour Around Hawaii. Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1825
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 12mo (190 x 120mm.), xii, [13]-261pp., folding engraved map, 5 engraved plates, original grey boards, uncut, printed paper label, slipcase, some leaves browned, binding worn (including loss to label)

"An invaluable and detailed examination of all aspects of Hawaiian culture as well as descriptive of the geographical features of the island" (Forbes).

Provenance

Amos Scovell, Esq. from his friend Henry Hill, nineteenth-century inscription on endleaf

Literature

Forbes 600; Holmes 83; not in Hill

Condition

The condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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