Title: Fire Fountains: The Kingdom of Hawaii, Its Volcanoes, and the History of its Missions Author: Cumming, C.F. Gordon Place: Edinburgh Publisher: William Blackwood Date: 1883 Description: 2 vols. vii, [3], 297; vi, [2], 279, [1] pp. Illus. with 8 autotype plates from drawings or paintings by the author; 2 maps, 1 in color, the other folding. 8x5½, slightly later gilt-ruled half morocco & marbled boards, spine ruled & lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. First Edition. The author sailed to Hawaii in 1879, visiting Oahu, the big island, and Maui. She saw most of the sights, particularly the volcanic ones, and includes a long second-hand account of the 1880-1881 eruptions of Mauna Loa. Lot Amendments Condition: A little rubbing to extremities & joints, small stain to front cover of Vol. II; else very good, in attractive bindings, with the bookplates of William West Durant Item number: 171419
Title: Fire Fountains: The Kingdom of Hawaii, Its Volcanoes, and the History of its Missions Author: Cumming, C.F. Gordon Place: Edinburgh Publisher: William Blackwood Date: 1883 Description: 2 vols. vii, [3], 297; vi, [2], 279, [1] pp. Illus. with 8 autotype plates from drawings or paintings by the author; 2 maps, 1 in color, the other folding. 8x5½, slightly later gilt-ruled half morocco & marbled boards, spine ruled & lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. First Edition. The author sailed to Hawaii in 1879, visiting Oahu, the big island, and Maui. She saw most of the sights, particularly the volcanic ones, and includes a long second-hand account of the 1880-1881 eruptions of Mauna Loa. Lot Amendments Condition: A little rubbing to extremities & joints, small stain to front cover of Vol. II; else very good, in attractive bindings, with the bookplates of William West Durant Item number: 171419
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