Hula Is Life: The Story of Halau Hula O Maiki by Rita Ariyoshi with excerpts from the unpublished writings of Maiki Aiu. Maiki Aiu Building Corporation. (1998). ISBN-10:0966734300. 11 14" x 10 3/4" 131 page Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Light edge wear. Bumping to the top of the dj. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No tears. No clips. No missing pieces. Not price-clipped. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Some cover edge wear on the bottom edge and a little on the top of the spine. A blotch of black felt tip pen ink on the front flyleaf that bleeds through to the other side of the paper. Probably blacking out previous owner information. No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. OVERSIZE HL24a
"Maiki Aiu has been called "the mother of the Hawaiian Renaisance." Hulka is Life encompasses her story, the history of Halau Hula O Maiki, the hula school she established. and, most importantly, how her vital energy continues to be shared with the world today." from the front flap of the dust jacket.