'Olelo No'eau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication) - Hardcover
Synopsis
Considered the finest ines compendium of traditional Hawaiian insight and lore handed down through generations of oral tradition. This book is a treasure of more than 3,000 proverbs and sayings displaying the knowledge, compassion, foibles, humor, morality, and beliefs of the Hawaiian people.
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Text: English (translation)
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'Olelo No'eau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication)
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1864934779
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'Olelo No'eau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication No. 71)
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Bernice P. Bishop Museum Press, 1983
ISBN 10: 0910240914
ISBN 13: 9780910240918
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Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Orange cloth spine over green cloth boards, housed in green cloth slipcase, brown endpapers, printed in brown & black ink. Bit of rubbing to gilt lettering on spine, else a fine copy. This edition is printed on Mohawk Vellum paper at Mastercraft Press & bound by Roswell Bookbinding. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping. Seller Inventory # 202162
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'Olelo No'eau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication)
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Bishop Museum Press, 1983
ISBN 10: 0910240914
ISBN 13: 9780910240918
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Seller: 1984to2001, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Deluxe clothbound edition in linen slipcase. Fine book in a fine slipcase. Linen covered boards, embossed. Everything about this book presents as new as is the slip case. There is one tiny rub at the bottom edge of the spine the linen covered slipcase has one minor bump at the bottom front edge. A spectacular example. Seller Inventory # ABE-1737501228145
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Olelo No'eau Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings , in Slipcase
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Bishop Museum Pr, 1983
ISBN 10: 0910240914
ISBN 13: 9780910240918
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Seller: Mossback Books, Hartland, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition :. Quarto hardcover, orange cloth spine over tropical green cloth covers, a NEW copy, ALL In Slipcase: matching cloth with paste-on label. Anniversary Edition. Specifics: Monotype Bembo at Colish Press on Mohawk Vellulm, Roswell Bookbinding, David Kemble calligraphy. 351 pagesIncluding bibliography and six indexes. Sayings involve place names, personal names, fish, birds and, of course, plants. 2,942 proverbs & poetical sayings are in Hawaiian, English some have added explanations. Tlhis is a treasure. ; BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM SPECIAL PUBLICATION; 10.90 X 8.80 X 1.50 inches. Seller Inventory # 26973