KA NONANONA (The Ant), Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Kingdom. July 25, 1843. Buke (Vol.) 3, Pepa (No.) 5. 
An extraordinary and historically important issue of one of Hawaii's earliest Hawaiian-language newspapers, published only six days before the restoration of Hawaiian sovereignty following the British occupation known as the Paulet Affair. 
Edited by Rev. Richard Armstrong, Ka Nonanona was among the earliest newspapers printed for Native Hawaiian readers and occupies a foundational place in Hawaiian-language journalism. The issue contains official bilingual documents relating to the constitutional crisis of 1843, including King Kamehameha III's formal protest against the actions of the British Commission, official correspondence concerning Lord George Paulet, Captain Thomas, Lieutenant Frere, and the provisional British administration, together with communications involving Commodore J. J. Tour Nicols and Commander Lawrence Kearny of the United States Navy. 
Appearing immediately before the restoration of Hawaiian independence on July 31, 1843—the event that gave rise to Hawaii's enduring national motto, "Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono"—this issue represents one of the most important surviving contemporary newspaper records of the diplomatic struggle to preserve the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Original issues of Ka Nonanona are seldom encountered outside institutional collections and are among the most desirable of all 19th-century Hawaiian imprints. Outside of the Hawaiian Historical Society, only two institutions hold just scattered issues.
Eight pages, 6 3/4 by 10 inches, never bound nor trimmed so it still folds out to a single sheet, very nice condition.