An account of Isabella Bird's voyage to the Hawaiian Archipelago. This book reveals the transformation of a Victorian invalid into a horsewoman and mountain-climber. At the end of her stay, she was able to make the ascent to the summit of Mauna Loa.
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An account of Isabella Bird's voyage to the Hawaiian Archipelago. This book reveals the transformation of a Victorian invalid into a horsewoman and mountain-climber. At the end of her stay, she was able to make the ascent to the summit of Mauna Loa.
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Good in Good jacket. Corners bumped, good in d.j. The author's letters home from her 1871 visit to the Sandwich Islands. Reprint of the 1875 edition. *** 420pp. *** Reprint. > DJ Good | > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |
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Very good. No dust jacket. 318 p. Fifth edition. 8vo. 2 page preface by Bird. Frontispiece and 10 b/w illustrations + one fold out map. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt with gilt vignette on the upper cover of a palm tree and native hut; floral endpapers. Very good (slight foxing to endpapers, no foxing to text; slight fraying at top edge of spine). 318 pages, no ads at end. Pencil signature on tile page. Printed by Bradbury, Agnew & Co., Whitefriars.
