[Rarebooks] FS: Sawkins, A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii, 1850-1852

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SAWKINS, JAMES GAY (1806-1878). 

_A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii, 1850-1852. Watercolors, Painints, &
Drawings by…. With an Account of His Life & Travels by David W. Forbes.
Foreword by Richard H. Dillon_. 

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991. Series: _The Book Club
of California Publications_, Number 197. 

Oblong 4to. 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches. (126) pp. Half-title, two-toned
frontispiece map of the Hawaiian Islands, title page printed in 2
colors, 3 black-and-white portraits, 42 color plates; text clean,
unmarked. Beige cloth, printed paper spine label, plain paper
dust-jacket; binding square and tight, very minor shelf wear. Original
prospectus in original mailing envelope laid in. Near Fine. 

$ 125 

LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies, designed by Jack W. Stauffacher of the
The Greenwood Press, binding by Cardoza-James Binding Company. "Sawkins'
depictions offer a nostalgic glimpse of long since vanished landscapes
and inhabitants of mid-nineteenth century Hawaii. None of the selections
in this collection have been reproduced previously. The reproductions
are accompanied by descriptive notes and accounts of the present-day
location of each." Harlan. Included in the Rounce and Coffin Club
Exhibition of Western Books. REFERENCE: Harlan, _The Two Hundredth
Book_, No. 197. 

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