122 - Bishop Museum Press - Botanical Book Bundle

This bundle includes a copy of each of the following books, all celebrating the botanical biodiversity of Hawaiʻi and its part in traditional Hawaiian practices:

Amy Greenwell Garden Ethnobotanical Guide to Native Hawaiian Plants & Polynesian-Introduced Plants
Written by Noa Kekuewa Lincoln
Native Hawaiian plants make up a unique flora because of the extreme isolation of the Hawaiian Islands. In addition to describing the plants and their habitats, this guide relates the significance that native and Polynesian-introduced plants had to traditional Hawaiian culture and tells how these plants are still used today.

Hawaiʻi’s Pioneer Botanist: Dr. William Hillebrand, His Life & Letters
Written by Ursula H. Meier
Hillebrand was an accomplished medical doctor, having been chief physician at Queen’s Hospital and personal physician to Kamehameha V. He is also credited with introducing many of Hawaiʻi’s ornamental plant species, and was the founder of Foster Botanical Gardens in Honolulu.

Lāʻau Hawai‘i: Traditional Hawaiian Uses of Plants
Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919–2010), the preeminent Hawaiian ethnobotanist, assembled this comprehensive collection of chapters on the traditional Hawaiian uses of plants. As a multifaceted reference, “Lā‘au Hawai‘i” is a great tool to anyone interested in Hawaiian plants and culture.

Sublime Beauty: Hawaiʻi’s Trees
Writing and photography by Jim Wageman
Foreword by Chipper Wichman
This rich photographic collection celebrates the majestic beauty that some of the most vital members of our natural environment — the trees — have brought to the diverse habitats and landscapes of the Hawaiian Islands. The images of “Sublime Beauty” showcase these magnificent trees — both native and alien — that continue to play crucial roles within Hawaiʻi’s delicate balance of nature.

Nā Moʻolelo Lomilomi: The Traditions of Hawaiian Massage and Healing
Edited by Makana Risser Chai
As documented from historic sources dating from 1779, lomilomi was connected to almost every aspect of Hawaiian life, from pregnancy and the birthing process to lua, the ancient Hawaiian martial art. “Nā Moʻolelo Lomilomi” delves into the historic roots, the cultural context, and the diversity of the traditional healing art.

Also included in this bundle:

Rapa Nui: The Untold Stories of Easter Island | Landscapes and Seascapes of Rapa Nui Notecards
A set of notecards featuring the landscapes and seascapes of Rapa Nui curated alongside the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum’s 2018 to 2019 exhibition called Rapa Nui: The Untold Stories of Easter Island.
10 notecards + white envelopes

Surfing: Historic Images from Bishop Museum Archives Notecards
This notecard set features an incredible selection of images from the bestselling book. Trivia and historical information on each image is provided by Museum historian DeSoto Brown.
20 notecards + white envelopes

The Bishop Museum Press, Hawai‘i’s oldest book publisher and one of the first scholarly publishers in the Western Hemisphere, was established in 1892 by the first director of Bishop Museum, Dr. William T. Brigham. Bishop Museum Press continues its legacy of excellence and service to Hawai‘i and the world, having published over 1,200 titles and distributed over 1 million books in 72 countries worldwide.