Our Hawaii
by LONDON, Charmian Kittredge (1871-1955)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine-
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan & Co, 1917. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine-. First Edition of these accounts of the Londons' trips to Hawaii in 1907 and again in 1915 to 1916, shortly before Jack London's death. 8vo: xiv,[2],345[7]pp, with frontispiece portrait of Jack London (facsimile signature), colored map of the islands, and 15 plates with multiple images from photographs. Finely woven sea-green cloth, spine and upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-edge untrimmed. Hint of rubbing to bottom corners, front hinge tender, but a very bright, attractive example, about Fine. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition,carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fine Editions Ltd (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BB1951
- Title
- Our Hawaii
- Author
- LONDON, Charmian Kittredge (1871-1955)
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Bookseller catalogs
- XIX CENTURY;
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