Pacific.- Ellis (William) Polynesian Researches, during a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands, 2 vol., first edition, 8 engraved plates and 2 folding maps, wood-engraved illustrations, offsetting, some spotting, [Hill 549], 1829; Narrative of a Tour through Hawaii, or Owhyee, fourth edition, engraved portrait, 8 plates and 2 folding maps, illustrations, some foxing, 1828, uniform calf, gilt, rubbed and marked, the first with splits to joints and spine of vol.1 chipped at ends, 8vo (3)

⁂ Hill calls the first "one of the earliest instances of ethnological research by a missionary, and...one of the most important and enlightened missionary accounts of the South Seas", and the second "the first book written about the Hawaiian Islands", the latter being first published in 1826.