KA HELE MALIHINI ANA MAI KEIA AO AKU A HIKI I KELA AO; He Olelonane I Hoohalikeia Me He Moeuhane La [PILGRIM'S PROGRESS]
Mea Paipalapala A Na Missionari: Honolulu, 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #21-7532
Translated in Hawaiian by (Artemas) Bishop. Eight woodcuts (including frontis), 6 x 3.5", leather, covers and spine have been tooled with diamond and triangle shaped patterns, two rows each; lightly speckled page edges, 418pp. Front cover detached along with two blank pages, covers are worn, rubbed, scuffed/scraped, spine well-worn/rubbed and peeling (tooling is still visible), spine tip torn, endpapers soiled, small tears to lower edge of frontis and title page, scattered light foxing else very good condition, binding tight. This volume is an abridged version of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" which was commissioned by the Honolulu Tract Society and translated into Hawaiian in 1841 by Artemas Bishop. Unfortunately, this book failed to engage the Hawaiian people's attention leaving 10,000 copies whose unbound sheets were recycled as wrapping for produce. Very few managed to survive. Translated, the title reads "The Pilgrimage From This World To The Next..." (Or, "The Traveler From This World To Come"). SCARCE early Hawaiian printing. FIRST HAWAIIAN EDITION.
Price: $1,850.00