KAMEHAMEHA IV (1834-1865), KING OF HAWAII (1854-1865) Autographed presentation copy of: Hawaii; The Past, Present and Future of the Island Kingdom, London, 1862 By Manly Hopkins 8vo, ten plates, map, 423 pages
NSCRIBED: To Miss Fanny Hodgkinson with Kamehameha's kind regards, on the first blank leaf. Binding repaired, new end papers. A very interesting book on all aspects of Hawaiian history and customs including a chapter on missionary 'achievement and failure'. Hawaiian autographs in general are few and far between and that of Kamehameha IV, who died at the age of thirty-one, particularly so. $3500
NSCRIBED: To Miss Fanny Hodgkinson with Kamehameha's kind regards, on the first blank leaf. Binding repaired, new end papers. A very interesting book on all aspects of Hawaiian history and customs including a chapter on missionary 'achievement and failure'. Hawaiian autographs in general are few and far between and that of Kamehameha IV, who died at the age of thirty-one, particularly so.