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Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography Volume 1 | ||
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David Park: The Book Collector Volume 49, Number 4, Winter 2000 | |
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A national bibliography is a serious matter, and although the Preface excuses the epithet with the assurance that it simply 'alerts the reader that this bibliography covers the period when the islands were a politically distinct entity', one assumes and expects something a bit special. This means money, vision, talent and, for a multi-volume project, grit. From the pantheon of Pacific bibliographies the publishing committee wisely chose the model of John Ferguson's Bibliography of Australia | ||
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Richard H. Dillon: Southern California Quarterly Fall issue, 2001. | |
| We now have another bibliographic tour de force and it is, again, from a member of the Book Club of California. However, it is published by the University of Hawaii in association with Hordern House in Sydney. (Forbes ransacked New South Wales libraries in his quest, as well as those in London, Paris and the U.S.) | ||
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Colin Steele: Antiquarian Book Monthly October 2000 | |
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The original idea for the bibliography, which will ultimately cover up to 1900, came from Stuart Ho and Sam Cooke in collaboration with Derek McDonnell of Hordern House in Sydney. Hordern House earn double points as they are co-publishers with the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. The compiler, David Forbes, well known for his work on Hawaii such as Encounters with Paradise 1778-1941 (1992), conducted research in many countries and libraries. | ||
