1874 Charles Nordoff’s Northern California, Oregon and the Sandwich Islands

Description: Northern California, Oregon and the Sandwich Islands, Charles Nordoff, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1874, 252 pp plus notes, illustrated, terracotta cloth, 9 x 7”, 8vo. In good condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing at corners and end bands. Head of spine exhibits loss with binding exposed and minor fraying. Light soiling to surface, gilt finishing bright. Inner hinge tender. Tissue guard on frontis map intact. Light toning to edges of text with minor instances of foxing. Leaves 97-112 pp attached by one cord. Binding shaken slightly, albeit intact. Free of known markings or ownership. Please see photos. First American edition, in book form, of this popular travel account, including a dramatic engraved illustration of native Hawaiians surfing in action. The book was originally serialized for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine and gives a good impression of how Hawaii was understood to continental United States during the 1870’s. It includes informative descriptions of sugar plantation methods, native life and agriculture, ranching and the like. COLU1874AEFA

Price: 150 USD

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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