English and Hawaiian Words and Phrases, for the Use of Learners in Both Languages. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney, 1854. 112 pp. 16mo. Early 20th century green sheep over cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine. Toned and faintly foxed, ownership signature to front free endpaper, covers with some shelfwear, upper joint cracked, lower joint partially cracked, some chips from spine. First edition. An English language issue which was also first printed in Hawaiian in the same year, this textbook was designed to encourage native speakers to converse in English through sample conversations in cultural context (“In the kitchen;” “At a native meal;” “Bathing,”) and was often reprinted and widely disseminated in the Islands. Forbes 1977.
English and Hawaiian Words and Phrases, for the Use of Learners in Both Languages. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney, 1854. 112 pp. 16mo. Early 20th century green sheep over cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine. Toned and faintly foxed, ownership signature to front free endpaper, covers with some shelfwear, upper joint cracked, lower joint partially cracked, some chips from spine. First edition. An English language issue which was also first printed in Hawaiian in the same year, this textbook was designed to encourage native speakers to converse in English through sample conversations in cultural context (“In the kitchen;” “At a native meal;” “Bathing,”) and was often reprinted and widely disseminated in the Islands. Forbes 1977.
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