Don Francisco de Paula Marin Biography Letters and Journal 1973 Hawaiian History

Very rare vintage book - Don Francisco de Paula Marin.  A Biography by Ross H. Gast.  The Letters and Journal of Francisco de Paula Marin, edited by Agnes C. Conrad.  Published by the University of Hawaii Press for The Hawaiian Historical Society Honolulu 1973.  Total 344 pages.  Hardcover with dust jacket.  Don Francisco de Paula Marin was a Spaniard who immigrated to Hawaii in the early 1800s.  He became an advisor and physician to Kamehameha I.  He is known for establishing the wine vinyards located in the downtown Honolulu area along what is now known as Vineyard Boulevard. The book is in overall very good condition and comes with the original dust jacket.  The dust jacket has some minor fading and scuffs.  Some foxing to outer page edges.  The hardcover itself and inner pages are clean without handwriting or highlighting.  The cover page is stamped Bishop Museum Education Department in the upper right corner.