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MP3 Audio CD. The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS CHAPTER I THE BRIGHT LAND On our first trip to Hawaii we sailed from San Francisco aboard the Gaelic with good, jolly Captain Finch. He was a regular old tar, and we liked him. We little thought that in 1914 he would have the misfortune to be in command of the Arabic when it was torpedoed in the Atlantic. He showed great gallantry, standing on the bridge and going down with his ship, but I take pleasure in adding that he was saved. We had an ideal ocean voyage: calm, blue seas, with a favouring trade wind, a glorious moon, and strange sights of huge turtles, tropic birds, and lunar rainbows. We had, too, an unusual company on board--Captain Gridley, of Manila Bay fame, then on his way to take command of the Olympia; Judge Widemann, a German who had lived for many years in Honolulu, and had married a Hawaiian princess; Mr. Irwin, a distinguished American with a Japanese wife--all old friends of my father,… Ler mais

MP3 Audio CD. The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS CHAPTER I THE BRIGHT LAND On our first trip to Hawaii we sailed from San Francisco aboard the Gaelic with good, jolly Captain Finch. He was a regular old tar, and we liked him. We little thought that in 1914 he would have the misfortune to be in command of the Arabic when it was torpedoed in the Atlantic. He showed great gallantry, standing on the bridge and going down with his ship, but I take pleasure in adding that he was saved. We had an ideal ocean voyage: calm, blue seas, with a favouring trade wind, a glorious moon, and strange sights of huge turtles, tropic birds, and lunar rainbows. We had, too, an unusual company on board--Captain Gridley, of Manila Bay fame, then on his way to take command of the Olympia; Judge Widemann, a German who had lived for many years in Honolulu, and had married a Hawaiian princess; Mr. Irwin, a distinguished American with a Japanese wife--all old friends of my father,… Ler mais

Paperback. New.

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Boston: The Page Co., (1919). 3rd impression. hardcover. Good. Octavo, pictorial cloth covers with gilt titles. Top edge gilt. With both color and black and white illustrations. Lacks the folding map of Hawaii; the folding map of the Philippines is present. Former owner embossing stamp on front fly leaf. Erasure.abrasion on rear paste-down endpaper. Spine is a bit dull, and some of the gilt has rubbed off, both from the spine and the top corner of the front cover. No dust jacket. 070400B

1919. 3rd impression 1919. hardback. very good. photos and fold-out maps.

Boston: The Page Company, 1917. x, 373pp, colored frontis: Mount Mayon, folding colored maps of the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, each with a closed tear, colored and b/w plates, bibliography, index, endpapers: front, Pearl Harbour, Honolulu; rear, native village, Luzon. Upper edge gilt, fore-edge uncut. The front hinge is cracked by the half title verso. Personal Christmas greeting dated 1918 on the lower part of the half title, with a book shop sticker by the lower corner of the same page. Decorative green cloth boards, gilt. An attractive copy. In the Spell Series. The book is in two parts: The Hawaiian Islands: pp 3-120; and The Philippines: pp 123-362. Continuation of the title: Being an Account of the Historical and Political Conditions of Our Pacific Possessions, together with Descriptions of the Natural Charm and Beauty of the Countries and the Strange and Interesting Customes of their Peoples.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.