PBA Galleries

[6] pp. including wrappers. LIthographed front wrapper with halftone photograph of Queen Liliuokalani.  35.6x26.5 cm. (14x10½").

Rare sheet music of a song by Queen Liliuokalani composed while imprisoned in 'Iolani Palace. It is about her garden in Paoaokalani, from which a loyal haole supporter, John Wilson (whose mother, Evelyn T. Wilson, went into voluntary imprisonment with the Queen) regularly brought her flowers. These flowers were wrapped in newspaper, through which means she was able to read the news that was prohibited to her during her imprisonment. The song is a tribute to this young man, whom she held in very high esteem. OCLC/WorldCat lists only two copies, at the University of Hawaii Manoa, and the British Library. No copies listed as having sold at auction per American Book Prices Current, though PBA Galleries did sell an example in the spring of 2013.