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Hawaii and other Pacific Islands by Charles E. Martz, paperback, published by Charles Merrill Company, 1949, Vintage travel book on Hawaii and island life. It covers location, description of its people, life on the islands, the production of sugar cane and pineapples, and history. Includes over twenty vintage photos and illustrations of Hawaiian life.pamphlet format, 22 pages, copyright 1948, this is a 1949 printing, pictorial Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Woodbridge, CT: Ox Bow Press, green cloth bds, no dust jacket, As New/in cellophane, 337 pages, Reprint of the first edition published 1933. Hawaiian Harvest is von Tempski's fictional account of the beginnings of the pineapple industry on Maui. Arriving home from World War I, a young man finds that his brother has turned over control of the family's cattle ranch to an unscrupulous pineapple grower. This story details the struggle of the two brothers against each other, and against the forces of good and evil.

Woodbridge, CT: Ox Bow Press, green cloth bds, no dust jacket, As New/in cellophane, Reprint of the first edition published 1933. Hawaiian Harvest is von Tempski's fictional account of the beginnings of the pineapple industry on Maui. Arriving home from World War I, a young man finds that his brother has turned over control of the family's cattle ranch to an unscrupulous pineapple grower. This story details the struggle of the two brothers against each other, and against the forces of good and evil.

Fair condition with faded blue boards in library binding, Good reading copy with solid pages, slight yellowing of pages due to age, Seven Illustrations by Carl Burger, Story: Judy and her mother are traveling to Australia on a Pacific ocean liner when an explosion separates them. Captain Bill rescues Judy after four days at sea, and she becomes enchanted with life on the Pacific atolls. Von Tempski gives an accurate and colorful description of the customs and everyday life in the South Seas.

New, still in cellophane, Trade Paperback, 1990 reprint from Ox-Bow Press of Armine Von Tempski 1942 novel of romance and intrigue set in Kona, Hawaii