Hawaiian Phrase Book

R. Grieve & Co, 1884. Hardcover. Honolulu, HI: J.M. Oat, Jr., & Co., 1884. Fifth Edition, Revised. A Good hardcover copy with no dj, as issued. Soiling and wear to boards. Former owner's ink to ffe. Some soiling to endpapers and pastedowns; pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are a little loose but binding is intact. Hawaiian text presented side-by-side, in both phrases & words. Also has several templates for business letters and legal documents (7 pages).The foreword explains: 'the primary object of this Manual is to teach natives to converse in English. It is designed to help carry out the plan of the Government, to extend English schools among the indigenous race of these Islands. At the same time, the work is designed to assist strangers, speaking the English, to acquire the correct colloquial speech of the Hawaiians'. Good / No Jacket. Item #14243

Price: $275.00