1938 First Edition Vintage Flower Book 'Flowers of Hawaii'
Fantastic and hard to find vintage Hawaiiana flower book by Mary Dillingham Frear, featuring beautiful large size illustrations by Olive Gale McLean.
A wonderful and rare vintage Hawaii gardening book published by Dodd, Mead and Company, 1938. Hard cover in Very Good+ condition. Stated First Edition. 9.75 by 12 inches tall. No jacket. Olive Gale McLean (illustrator). Wedgwood blue cloth covered boards with embossed gilt title are in very good condition with some light fading at the edges. The inside pages are quite good, with some foxing at the edges and on the inside covers. The text is clean and unmarked, the binding tight. This fine book features 30 fabulous full page, full color, tipped in plates, all bright and clean with a short paragraph of text on each flower. Please see the detail photos to appreciate the real beauty of this special book.
This is a fabulous vintage book on early floral Hawaiiana. And the illustrations are gorgeous! #BKg 0123
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