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W. N. Armstrong - Around the World with a King - 1900
"David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891.
Voyages around the world."
Being the Journey of King Kalakaua of Hawaii,
the First Soverign to Circumnavigate the Globe.
First edition ca.1900.
Publishers navy cloth with gilt title and gilt vignette.
Gilt title and gilt vignette to spine.
xvi, 290 pages.
Frontispiece portrait plate with tissue-guard.
6 full-page plates.
"This incredible journey began in 1887 and took King Kalakaua
to the Unites States of America, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Siam,
Singapore, Malaya. India. Egypt, Rome, London~ Belgium, Vienna,
Spain, Portugal, France, and back to Hawaii through the United
States again. A unique and insightful glimpse into these states
and elites at the end of the nineteenth century full of fascinating
events~ encounters and stories.
Song writer, bon vivant, able politician, scholar, gentleman, and
humanist, Kalakaua was devoted to his Hawaiian subjects and they
to him. Nicknamed the 'Merry Monarch', he has, with the passing of
time, emerged as a highly significant personality who has been more
appropriately named the 'Magnificent Monarch'."
Shipped and insured [courier liability] by recorded delivery with UPS.
N. 100203261
Venduto
W. N. Armstrong - Around the World with a King - 1900
"David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891.
Voyages around the world."
Being the Journey of King Kalakaua of Hawaii,
the First Soverign to Circumnavigate the Globe.
First edition ca.1900.
Publishers navy cloth with gilt title and gilt vignette.
Gilt title and gilt vignette to spine.
xvi, 290 pages.
Frontispiece portrait plate with tissue-guard.
6 full-page plates.
"This incredible journey began in 1887 and took King Kalakaua
to the Unites States of America, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Siam,
Singapore, Malaya. India. Egypt, Rome, London~ Belgium, Vienna,
Spain, Portugal, France, and back to Hawaii through the United
States again. A unique and insightful glimpse into these states
and elites at the end of the nineteenth century full of fascinating
events~ encounters and stories.
Song writer, bon vivant, able politician, scholar, gentleman, and
humanist, Kalakaua was devoted to his Hawaiian subjects and they
to him. Nicknamed the 'Merry Monarch', he has, with the passing of
time, emerged as a highly significant personality who has been more
appropriately named the 'Magnificent Monarch'."
Shipped and insured [courier liability] by recorded delivery with UPS.
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