Keola: A Boy of Old Hawaii

Caroline Curtis

Published by Self-Published by the Author / Tongg Publishing Company, Honolulu, HI, 1941

About this Item

Tongg Publishing Company, Honolulu, HI. 1941. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is shaken; square, and unmarked but for a F/O name and address on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; soiling to boards; wear through paper on boards at tips. No DJ. Brown paper over boards with brown cloth overlay on the spine. Yellow endpapers. 159 pp 8vo. Illustrated in 22 brown and white "woodblock style" illustrations the author goes about creating the life of a fictitious boy who lived in the Hawaiian Islands before the arrival of Captain Cook. Much of the material the author used comes from the old Hawaiian story tellers. As best as it can be told this book presents the life on the islands before any European interference. A clean presentable copy. Seller Inventory # 017133

Bibliographic Details

Title: Keola: A Boy of Old Hawaii

Publisher: Self-Published by the Author / Tongg Publishing Company, Honolulu, HI

Publication Date: 1941

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Ethelyn Myhre

Condition: Good +

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket