Lot 335: ELLIS, WILLIAM. 1794-1872, et al.

A Journal of a Tour Around Hawaii, the Largest of the Sandwich Islands. Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1825. xii, [13]-264 pp. Engraved frontispiece, folding map, and 4 other plates. Modern quarter cloth over old boards. Browning and foxing, else pleasant and untrimmed.

First edition. "In 1823, the Hawaiian Mission authorized a deputation of its members to explore the Island of Hawaii, primarily with the idea of forming mission 'out stations' but also to record general information of all kinds ... the book is an invaluable and detailed examination of all aspects of Hawaiian culture as well as descriptive of the geological features of the island" (Forbes 600).