Please Note: Signatures are unverified, but appears to be Sam Kahanamoku on the back of the front cover, and Duke Kahanamoku on his photograph.
Scarce early title on surfing in the Hawaiian Islands, published prior to its annexation/colonization, with an introduction by Duke Kahanamoku. Primarily illustrative rather than instructive. Written by Tom Blake, Hawaiian Surfboard Paddling Champion of 1930, and National Distance Swimming Champion of 1922. "The most important publication in the surfing canon."---Timothy DeLaVega, 200 Years of Surfing Literature.
Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific Press, [1935]. First edition. Publisher's boards covered with custom brown tapa-cloth, lettered in blue-black. 9 x 6 inches (22.5 x 15 cm); 95 pp.; with 32 plates from photographs. Minor edge wear and rubbing to the corners, signature of Samuel Kahanamoku with inscription dated 4-21-36 on verso of the front board, plus remainder of advertisement on interior; minor wear to verso of back cover, internally a clean copy. Signature of Duke Kahanamoku on the photograph before page 33.
Please Note: Signatures are unverified, but appears to be Sam Kahanamoku on the back of the front cover, and Duke Kahanamoku on his photograph.
Scarce early title on surfing in the Hawaiian Islands, published prior to its annexation/colonization, with an introduction by Duke Kahanamoku. Primarily illustrative rather than instructive. Written by Tom Blake, Hawaiian Surfboard Paddling Champion of 1930, and National Distance Swimming Champion of 1922. "The most important publication in the surfing canon."---Timothy DeLaVega, 200 Years of Surfing Literature.
Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific Press, [1935]. First edition. Publisher's boards covered with custom brown tapa-cloth, lettered in blue-black. 9 x 6 inches (22.5 x 15 cm); 95 pp.; with 32 plates from photographs. Minor edge wear and rubbing to the corners, signature of Samuel Kahanamoku with inscription dated 4-21-36 on verso of the front board, plus remainder of advertisement on interior; minor wear to verso of back cover, internally a clean copy. Signature of Duke Kahanamoku on the photograph before page 33.
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