Compiler Thrum Thomas George (2 results)

orig. wrappers. 32x24cm, (132) pp., Series: Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Volume VI, No. 2. Pagination runs (4), 223- 358. Full title reads: "Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk- lore: The Hawaiians' Account of the Formation of their Islands and Origin of their Race, with the Traditions of their Migrations, etc., as Gathered from Original Sources by Abraham Fornander, with Translations Edited and Illustrated with Notes by Thomas G.Thrum". Contents: Source & Migration of the Polynesian Race; Traditional Hawaiian History; Hawaiian Origins: Comparative Traditions: Viti- Fiji- New Zealand- Tonga Islands -Marquesas; Legend of Hawaii-Loa; The Story of Kahahana; A Lamentation for Kahahana; On Hawaiian Rank; Chronological List;Events in Hawaiian History; Traditional & Genealogical Notes; Hawaiian Genealogy; Notes on the Polynesian Calendar; Creation Myths; Traditionary Voyages; On the word Amana; Philological & Miscellaneous Notes; Things Similar in India, etc, and Polynesia; The Numerical System, Comparative. Rubbed. Corners bumped. Some spine tears. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 32x23cm, xiii,(185) pp., Weighs 1.5 kilos. Later [recent] binder's blind cloth with original front and rear cover wrappers bound-in. Series: Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Volume VI, No. 3. Pagination runs xiii, [360] - 545. Full title reads: "Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk- lore: The Hawaiians' Account of the Formation of their Islands and Origin of their Race, with the Traditions of their Migrations, etc., as Gathered from Original Sources by Abraham Fornander, with Translations Edited and Illustrated with Notes by Thomas G.Thrum". Contents: A Wakea Creation Chant; Nord Was the Island; Old Creation Chant; Primary Gods & Creations; The Fall of Kumuhonua and His Wife; The Flood; [with numerous other songs and chants in Hawaiian with Parallel English translation].