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1988564096Landover Maryland / Washington D.C.: Special Effects Inc. / George Washington University 1988. Softcover. Very Good. Poster. Measuring 22" x 28". Printed in orange and black on thick coated card stock. Staple holes some foxing and soil a very good copy of a scarce poster advertising a 1988 performance by some of the world's greatest Calypso artists. Special Effects Inc. / George Washington University unknown
1986229746<p>First edition thus. 4to. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Original red cloth with large tan pictorial board for a front cover. Enclosed in the original publisher's red cloth drop box with tan board for a front cover. Fine fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. Number 11 of 40 numbered copies on handmade paper signed by David M. Guss and Antonio Frasconi on the colophon page. Original publisher's prospectus laid in loose. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.</p> Turkey Press hardcover books
1914231551914. Caribbean photograph album likely compiled by a person connected to the Panama Canal Zone and the Caribbean documenting how steamship mobility port circulation and U.S. imperial presence linked Jamaica Venezuela Trinidad Barbados Cuba Puerto Rico the Bahamas Florida and Panama in the years after the canal opened. The felt cover lettered "PANAMA" and bearing the Seal of the Canal Zone places the album within the new travel geography created by U.S. control of the Canal Zone and the canal's 1914 opening when Panama became a central hinge between Atlantic and Pacific movement and a major point of contact between North American travelers and Caribbean port cities. Photos show passengers on steamers and docks markets and streets forts and government buildings and repeated encounters between white visitors and Afro Caribbean and mixed-heritage residents across multiple colonial and semi-colonial settings.<br /> <br /> Panama Canal Zone travel photograph album. Caribbean and circum-Caribbean locations including Kingston Jamaica; La Guaira and Caracas Venezuela; Trinidad; Key West and Palm Beach Florida; Havana Cuba; Barbados; Panama City Balboa and Colón Panama; Nassau Bahamas; and San Juan Puerto Rico. Likely circa mid 1910s to early 1920s. Oblong felt-covered album measuring 6.5" x 11" with "PANAMA" stitched in large letters on the front cover and photographs pasted to grey leaves. Contains more than 160 black-and-white photographs most approximately 2.5 x 4.5 inches many with handwritten captions identifying locations activities and occasional names. The sequence opens in Kingston with captions including "Kingston JA" and "on the steamer" then moves through island and mainland stops; "Port of Spain Trinidad" "Market at Barbados" "Rapid Transit Barbados" "Havana Cuba" "San Juan Porto Rico" "Morro Castle" "Balboa" and "Colon R.P." Repeated figures especially a young college-aged woman and an older woman appear throughout. Notable images include a group of locals in shallow water at Barbados sifting for tossed coins from rowboats; a large crowd scene in San Juan gathered for what appears to be a public speech or civic event; battlements cannon and stone defenses in Havana; vernacular dwellings and children in impoverished conditions in Balboa; posed visitor photographs in what is labeled a "bull ring"; and numerous street dockside market and architectural views that juxtapose local populations with hotels public buildings ruins and newer urban construction.<br /> <br /> The album's historical force comes from the way it captures the social landscape of Caribbean travel under early twentieth-century U.S. power. After 1914 the Canal Zone intensified Panama's role within a wider American maritime sphere while Caribbean travel increasingly moved through port infrastructures shaped by empire commerce military strategy and tourism; this album records that world at eye level with photographs of docks steamers fortifications government sites public squares and local street life rather than limiting themselves to family snapshots alone. At the same time the images preserve the unequal human encounters built into that system especially where visitors photograph Black children boatmen market crowds and working neighborhoods as part of the travel experience. Felt cover worn and soiled with losses at edges and stitching strain; leaves brittle with chipping and tears; photographs generally present and legible with silvering fading corner wear and occasional losses or lifting. Overall fair to good condition. A substantial early twentieth-century visual record of Canal Zone connected Caribbean travel with dense captioning and wide geographic reach from Jamaica and Barbados to Havana San Juan and Panama. unknown
1916biblio1324<p>This is an unusual first printing from 1916---extremely rare in this propitious 100-year anniversary a year featuring the reopening of normal relations and the visit of the U.S. President. This volume which describes in prase charts and photos the favorable advantages of 1916 Cuba may be one of the few that exist in the original state---there do not appear to be any offered in the marketplace making it an ideal addition to any collection of historical Cuba-related items.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> Foreign Publishing Company hardcover
1960025662Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press / Oxford University Press / Institute of Pacific relations 1960. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Xiii 247. Orange Cloth. One Of 2000 Copies Of The First Printing But This Copy With Printed $5 Us Price At Bottom Of Front Flap So Perhaps An American Issue. Slight Signs Of Usage To Book And Dj. Inscribed To Mr. And Mrs. Z. T. Nyi Zau Tsung Nyi Of Los Angeles "With High Esteem And Respect". Information From His Archives At Usc: Theodore H.E. Chen Ph.D. 1939 Was Chairman Of Usc's Department Of Asian Studies From 1940 To 1968 And From 1960 To 1971 He Directed The East Asian Studies Center In Support Of Which He Had Obtained The First Federal Grants. Chen Also Secured Outside Funding For A Project To Help Train And Advise High School Teachers Of Chinese And Japanese. A Native Of Fuzhou China Chen Was President Of Fukien Christian University In 1946 And 1947 While On Leave To Participate In Postwar Rehabilitation. He Also Helped Organize Tunghai University In Taiwan As A Representative Of The United Board Of Christian Colleges. He Was The Author Of Nine Books Including Thought Reform Of Chinese Intellectuals And Maoist Educational Revolution And Chinese Education. Dr Chen Hits An Easy Target; The Worst Governments Are Those Who Try To Control What And How People Think And How And Where They Communicate Because Their Leaders Have An Excess Of The Oldest Disease Of Officials Crap-In-The-Brain Which Prevents Them From Engaging In Exchanges Of Facts And Ideas. <br/> <br/> Hong Kong University Press / Oxford University Press / Institute of Pacific relations hardcover
190530136London: Adam and Charles Black 1905. First edition. With 74 very fine and attractive colourplates from the paintings of Archibald Stevenson Forrest each with a captioned guard. Tall thick 8vo in the publisher's original pale blue cloth the upper cover and spine both decorated with ships craps clouds and sunbursts in brown ivory and gilt and with gilt lettering t.e.g. ix 272 4 ads pp. A handsome copy the plates all fine and bright some very occasional and light foxing within the text the lovely decorated binding is solid and firm with very little sign of wear but with a bit of mellowing to the spine front endpaper with cosmetic only spitting at the still-strong hinge. FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF THE MORE ELUSIVE TITLES IN BLACK'S TRAVEL SERIES A LOVELY BOOK IN FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. The blue seas and sun-drenched islands of the West Indies served as wonderful inspiration for both pen and paintbrush in this hard to find gem. Jamaica receives the lion's share of attention but other subjects include Barbadoes St. Lucia Dominica St. Thomas and Martinique. Archibald Forrest wonderfully captures the bright colourful scenery and colourful peoples of these tropic isles. Adam and Charles Black hardcover
1928219181928. Puerto Rico during the early 20th century photo archive including the 1928 hurricane and colonial era life. Archive contains 3 silver gelatin photos with 2 photos being on one sheet. Each measure 8.5" x 11" to 5" x 9". One press photograph features two stacked photojournalistic images showing scenes of destruction in San Juan following the catastrophic hurricane of September 13 1928 one of the most devastating natural disasters to hit the island. The other photograph likely taken in the late 1910s is a mounted studio or missionary-style image depicting a white man standing in front of a long arched tenement-style structure surrounded by dozens of Puerto Rican women men and children many of the children barefoot and wearing minimal or tattered clothing. The larger image appears staged or observational and likely documents poverty in the aftermath of the U.S. acquisition of Puerto Rico following the Spanish-American War. The 1928 hurricane later named the San Felipe Segundo hurricane made landfall as a Category 5 storm killing over 300 people and rendering tens of thousands homeless. The press release photo captures the stark aftermath: corrugated roofs torn from buildings telephone poles shattered and citizens-both children and laborers-wandering through the wreckage-strewn streets of San Juan. These images reflect not only the physical devastation of the hurricane but also the lack of infrastructural resilience in a colony still reeling from U.S. economic control widespread poverty and racialized neglect by the mainland. The second image provides an unvarnished glimpse into the social realities of Puerto Rican life under U.S. rule during the 1910s. After the Foraker Act of 1900 and the Jones Act of 1917 which made Puerto Ricans U.S. citizens without granting them full constitutional rights the island experienced increasing political disenfranchisement and economic dependency. The presence of the white man-possibly a government official missionary or educator-visually underscores the racial and colonial dynamics at play. The surrounding community members including many children without shoes or shirts reflect systemic inequality and the enduring impacts of U.S. colonial policy on public health housing and education. Some edge wear tape on margins of smaller image and original editor's markings en verso to press photo. Overall very good condition. unknown
1942ZB382805Cascade: Trinidad and Tobago Medical Associations 1942-70. volumes 4#2; 6#2; 11#1-2; 12#1/2; 13#1/2; 17#1/2; 21#1/4; 21#1/4; 23#1/4; 26#1/4; 30#1/4; 31/32#1/4 original paper wrappers minor library markings & with some bibliographic data corrected in pen; good; Price is for the lot. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Cascade: Trinidad and Tobago Medical Associations unknown
1956ZB705138Caracas: Instituto Caribe de Antropologia y Sociologia . 1956-1999. Whole Numbers 1 through 64 66 through 71 73 through 92 only; library markings but sound and good or better copies in original paper wrappers. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Caracas: Instituto Caribe de Antropologia y Sociologia ... unknown
1977biblio106<p>This copy on the Equadoran artist's work is very fresh condition. Strikingly beautiful is the book in itself with its poignant imprinted cover portrait but this copy does not appear to have been read and has only very minor exterior fading and the marginal dust jacket shelving wear from the passage of thirty-six years. There are seventy color reproductions in the latter part of the text and commmentary by Pablo Neruda and others.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> Ediciones Nauta hardcover
1947ZB573157Port-of-Spain Trinidad British West Indies: 1947-1959 passim. Volume 1 Numbers 6 August 1947-12; Volume 2 complete in 12 issues; Volume 3 complete in 12 issues; Volume 4 Numbers 1-11; Volume 5 Numbers 2-4 6 8-12; Volume 6 Numbers 1-6; Volumes 7 Numbers 1-4 6-12; Volume 8 Numbers 1-3 6-12; Volume 9 Numbers 1-11; Volume 10 Numbers 1 3-12; Volume 11 complete in 12 issues; Volume 12 complete in 5 issues; Volume 13 complete in 12 issues; all in original paper wrappers some have library markings overall a good group. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies: unknown
192621216New York: The MacMillan Company. 1926. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. White DJ with a bit of darkening and with light chipping. One small open tear to DJ front closed tears to DJ back. Price clipped. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. ; A comprehensive look at the island. Including a rear fold-out railroad and road map printed on japon paper. - Chapters include: Geology Topography Climate History The Discovery Prehistoric Customs and Habits of the People Economic Conditions Social Problems The Jibaro Education Government Twenty-Five Years of American Cooperation. The appendix includes: Transportation Hotels Roads Clubs Cost of Living. Summary of Organic Laws Labor Cities. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 329 pages . The MacMillan Company hardcover
197344039London: Caribbean Situationist 1973. First Edition. thus. Very good. Poster reproducing translated text by Khayati originally published in Internationale Situationniste and subsequently as a brochure in 1971 Ford 167. Illustrated with black and white photographs of Kingston Jamaica; Trinidad; and Hungary. Lower right corner includes a blank space intended to advertise a record shop where an LP of the text apparently spurious would be available. Uncommon. OCLC odes not locate a copy though there does appear to be on at Michigan. Wraps. Poster folded into quarters 36" x 23" approx. unfolded. Verso lightly toned; moderate wear to edges and fold lines. Creasing to corners. Very good. Caribbean Situationist paperback
197323404London: Caribbean Situationist July 1973. First edition thus. Wraps. Very good. Poster folded into quarters 36" x 23" approx. unfolded. Verso lightly toned; moderate wear to edges and fold lines. Creasing to corners. Very good. <br/><br/>Poster reproducing translated text by Khayati originally published in Internationale Situationniste and subsequently as a brochure in 1971 Ford 167. Illustrated with black and white photographs of Kingston Jamaica; Trinidad; and Hungary. Lower right corner includes a blank space intended to advertise a record shop where an LP of the text apparently spurious would be available. Uncommon. OCLC odes not locate a copy though there does appear to be on at Michigan. Caribbean Situationist paperback books
1955593625Bahia Brasil: Livraria Progresso 1955. Softcover. Very Good. First editions. Illustrated by Caribé. Nine volumes lacking the 10th Orixás. Slim octavos. Stapled wrappers. Text in Portuguese. Moderate tanning and wear wrappers with some foxing and soiling topedges with a small splash of white paint sound and near very good. Each volume prints illustrations by Caribé from the Bahia State Museum as well as text by Caribé Odorico Tavares Vasconcelos Main José Pedreira or Carlos Eduardo. Each also has a number stamp on the copyright page from an unknown limitation. The titles are: A pesca do xaréu; Pelourinho; O jogo da capoeira; Feira de água de meninos; Festa do bonfim; Conceicão da praia; Festa de yemanjá; Rampa do mercado; and Temas de candomblé. Livraria Progresso unknown
1996100146900CERF 1996 260 pages 19 4x2x12cm. 1996. Broché. 260 pages.
1994004097S. l.: Bital Grupo Financiero 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good . 4to. 200 2 pp. Bound in full black cloth stamped in in white on spine in illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated many in full color including two fold-outs. Includes chronology list of works bibliography and an analysis of the composition of several works. Near Fine there is some bleed-through of adhesive on front and rear pastedowns otherwise bright copy in Very Good dust jacket with minor scuffing and wear. <br/><br/> Bital Grupo Financiero hardcover
1938029977Julia Ellsworth Ford 1938. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 74 illustrations and maps. 9 Pp. Yellow Card Wrappers Printed In Black. With Paste-On Printed Sheets With Additional Text On Inner Side Of Wrappers. Nerar Fine. Scarce; Only Two Examples In Worldcat. Her Archives Are At Yale And Presented There As "Julia Ellsworth Ford Was A New York Socialite Art Collector And Patron And Author Of Children's Books. She Was Married To Simeon Ford A Financier And Co-Owner Of The Grand Union Hotel In New York. Ford Presided Over A Salon That Included The Lebanese Mystic Kahlil Gibran Irish Poet W. B. Yeats And American Dancer Isadora Duncan. Her Published Works Include: Simeon Solomon: An Appreciation 1908 Imagina 1914 And Snickerty Nick 1919 Among Others." The Archive Apparently Does Not Include This Booklet. <br/> <br/> [Julia Ellsworth Ford] paperback
1979020829N.Y.: J.B. Lippincott Company 1979. First U.S. Hardcover Edition paperback original published by Gold Medal 1972 so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Cover illustration by Don Brautigan. Travis McGee with help from his friend Meyer outwaits and outwits a deranged killer as he searches for a missing wife on the remote Caribbean island of Granada where he tangles with a baby-faced businessman with a lust for murder. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Brautigan Don. Book. J.B. Lippincott Company
1992033551Montreal: Les Editions Du Cidihca 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 254 Pp 2 Pp Index At End. Green Wrappers Printed In Black As Issued. Fine No Wear But Some Fading To Background Color On Spine. Inscribed By The Author To Andre Girard. Per Wikipedia Émile Ollivier 1940 - 2002 Was A Haitian -Born Educator And Writer Living In Quebec Canada. He Was Considered One Of The Most Important Haitian Writers Of His Time. He Was Born In Port-Au-Prince And After Studying At The Lycée In Port-Au-Prince Went On To Study Philosophy At The École Normale Supérieure D'haïti And Literature And Psychology In France. Following The Rise To Power Of The Pig-Dictator François Duvalier Ollivier Left Haiti For France In 1964. In 1965 He Came To Quebec First Settling In Amos In The Abitibi-Témiscamingue Region Where He Taught School And Later Moving To Montreal. Ollivier Worked As A Coordinator For The Quebec Ministry Of Education From 1973 To 1976. From 1977 To 1980 He Was An Administrator At The Université Du Québec À Montréal . He Was A Professor In The Education Sciences Department Of The Université De Montréal For 25 Years. <br/> <br/> Les Editions Du Cidihca paperback
194021699New York: University Society. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. Boards with light to moderate rubbing to extremities. Two tiny holes along outer hinges. Edges a bit toned.; This is the first and only edition of this increasingly hard-to-find title from the American Guide Series.; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 409 pages . University Society hardcover
1917biblio275<p><em>First edition. Macmillan Company. New York. 1917. Octavo. xxiv 1 bl. 359pp 4pp ads. Frontis. 11 further plates and maps. Folding map of the Caribbean Lands. Original blue cloth with slight shelf wear. Partially unopened edges untrimmed. Bookplate of Thomas Watson Kirkconnell to fep. Signature H. A. Olmsted to ffep.</em></p> Macmillan Company hardcover
1985020353Taipei 1985. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Color Plates Throughout. 58 Pp Catalog All Text In Chinese. 11" Tall. Signed And Dated By The Artist. He Devoted Himself To Traditional And Contemporary Ink Painting Inherited The Essence Of Chinese Millennium Painting And Calligraphy And Opened Up Opportunities For The Reform Of Contemporary Ink Painting Which Set A Paradigm For New Ink Painting In The World Of Chinese Art For This Century. He Taught In Taiwan For Half A Century And Cultivated Countless Art Students. His Influence Is Profound. <br/> <br/> paperback
19012221928<p>First edition. Small octavo. Illustrated with b/w photos by V.K. Van De Venter Robin H. Ford John H. Rising L.E. Mayo and W.G. Spiker. Original grey pictorial cloth stamped in gilt black and green. No dust jacket. Very good small crack at rear joint. 220 pages 3 pages of ads. No signatures or bookplates. Scarce.</p> The Rumford Press hardcover books
19012221928<p>First edition. Small octavo. Illustrated with b/w photos by V.K. Van De Venter Robin H. Ford John H. Rising L.E. Mayo and W.G. Spiker. Original grey pictorial cloth stamped in gilt black and green. No dust jacket. Very good small crack at rear joint. 220 pages 3 pages of ads. No signatures or bookplates. Scarce.</p> The Rumford Press hardcover
