A Memoir of Henry Perrine Baldwin 1842 to 1911

Some rubbing and foxing and staining to boards. Endpapers replaced. Some foxing. Small dampstain 30 x 6mm to fore margin of first 10 leaves. ; Scarce. 119, [1], [2 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 21 illustrations on 20 plate leaves. Printed tissue guard leaves present to frontispiece and all plates. Quarter brown calf binding with grey papered boards. Page dimensions: 238 x 156mm. Top page edges gilt. Gilt rule along long edge of leather on boards. Gilt spine title: "HENRY / PERRINE / BALDWIN / 1842-1911". Printed on laid paper. "This volume has been prepared in a limited edition for private distribution by the family" - verso of half title page. Illustrations include: The Old Baldwin Home at Lahaina, Maui; Approaching the Town of Lahaina on the Island of Maui; Emily Whitney Alexander, a Schoolgirl at Punahou; Iao Valley, Maui, Hawaiian Islands; Henry Perrine Baldwin at the Age of About 45; The Leper Settlement at Kalawao; Looking Across Central Maui to Haleakalal The Modern Mill of the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company at Puunene; The Home at Maluhia, Maui. "Henry Perrine Baldwin (August 29, 1842 July 8, 1911) was an American businessman and politician on Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. He supervised the construction of the East Maui Irrigation System and co-founded Alexander & Baldwin, one of the "Big Five" corporations that dominated the economy of the Territory of Hawaii." - Wikipedia entry on Henry Perrine Baldwin, accessed January 2025.

Product Info

Publisher: Privately Printed at Cleveland

Year: 1915

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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