Richard A. Cooke III, Moloka’l: An Island in Time
Cooke, Richard A., Moloka’l: An Island in Time, [Beyond Words Publishing Company], [Honolulu],[1984]. [1-5]6-196], 11 x 12 “. Rust blind embossed cloth over boards.
Fine in a fine dust jacket and a very good slipcase with a 2 ½” separation on the bottom edge. First edition, “Author’s Edition” with a bookplate signed by the Author on the front free end page.
A collection of color photography and text on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. Cooke is a professional photographer of over 40 years, working mostly as a freelancer for The National Geographic Society. He spent his childhood on Moloka’l and returned to live there when he retired. Laid into the book are 6 11×12” colour prints of Cooke’s photograph and an unredeemed certificate from The Earthsong Society granting the right to have a tree planted on Moloka’l in the bearer’s name.
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