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1931353Mosse, Berlin 1931. 222 S. mit 7 Illustrationen u. 25 Abbildungen auf Tafeln. Gr.-8°. Ln. Einband etwas beschädigt u. fleckig. Vorderes Gelenk geplatzt. Etwas gebräunt
192274865Washington: GPO 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. This volume only of 2. 812p. Contemporary tan buckram. No Jacket. Not a proud chapter in American history. GPO hardcover
195486744Lausanne: Formes et Couleurs 1954. First Edition. Quarto 31cm; original pictorial wrappers; 150pp; illus.; text is entirely in French. Light wear to extremities faint vertical crease along the left edge of front wrapper with a small tear toward base of spine; contents clean complete; Very Good. <br /> <br /> Late issue of André Held's lavishly-illustrated magazine published between 1939-1955 combining fine art literature history fashion and tourism. The entirety of this issue was dedicated to the island nation of Haiti published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Haitian independence extolling the virtues of the island's natural beauty culture poetry and social life. Cover reproduces a painting by Haitian artist Wilson Bigaud. 86744. Formes et Couleurs unknown
194984131Vienna: Verlag Fur Jugend Und Volk 1949. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Original blue cloth spine over buff boards titled in white and light blue to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 111pp. Toning and browning to boards minor edgewear; internally clean; in a strong complete illustrated yellow dustjacket with some sunning wear and soiling and a square closed tear to the lower rear panel. A very good copy of a book which doesn't carry wear terribly well. <br /> <br /> Williams' account of his investigations invited or otherwise into the mysteries of Haitian esoteric or faith based practices. Verlag Fur Jugend Und Volk unknown
197634386Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer, 1976. 172 S.; überw. Ill. (z.T. farb.) ; 33 cm Pb.
1949410632Lake Success NY: United Nations 1949. Colophon stating "August 1959 – 5000. Internally clean. 8vo. xvii 327 pages. Two folding maps in pocket at end pocket separated along edges black-and-white photographic reproductions throughout the text. Printed wrappers a few stains some toning and separation along front joint. Provenance: June Shagaloff Alexander 1928-2022 American civil rights activist signature "June Shagaloff" on half-title and "Shagaloff" on front wrapper. Association copy owned by June Shagaloff Alexander who – one year after the publication of this exhaustive study of Haiti made by the United Nations – joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund headed by Thurgood Marshall she was just finishing up her undergraduate degree at NYU; Shagaloff did not marry and take the name of Michael Alexander until 1970. This Report claimed that is "deserves attention as a new departure in United Nations activities. Undertaken at the request of the Haitian Government" it evolved out of various organizations' studies of the country's developmental problems. It was published with the support of the President Harry S. Truman and Haitian President Dusmarsais Estimé Trygve Lie introduction. United Nations unknown
196685041Havana: Instituto de Historia Academia de Ciencias de Cuba 1966. First Edition. First Impression one of 10000 copies. Octavo 22.75cm; original pictorial wrappers; 910-3062pp; illus.; text is in Spanish. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez inscribed to him by the author on the half-title page: "Para Roberto Marquez / recuerdo de una illegible inolvidable / J.L. Franco." Modest wear gentle sunning to spine and wrapper extremities with some dust-soil and a few tiny stains to wrappers; contents clean; Very Good. <br /> <br /> Third volume in the publisher's series on the Caribbean this one focused on the history of the Haitian Revolution. Contents are broken up into five sections: 1. Conquista y colonizacion de Haiti 2 Contrabandistas filibusteros y bucaneros 3. La colonia Francesa de la Tortuga y Costa de Santo Domingo 4. Azucar monopolios y esclavitud and 5. La revolucion. Uncommon in commerce especially inscribed. 85041. Instituto de Historia, Academia de Ciencias de Cuba unknown
193448058New York: Minton Balch & Company 1934. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket signed in image by Walter Cole; 304pp. A hint of shelf wear to jacket extremities including tiny loss at top margin of upper panel spine a bit toned else Very Good or better. Sensationalist history of Haiti and voodoo published during the American occupation in part as a sequel to the author's Black Baghdad 1933 advertised on the rear panel of the present dust jacket as "The Arabian Nights Adventures of a Marine Captain in Haiti." The author a former U.S. Marine captain served as "a white officer of black troops in the interior and subsequently as Chief of Police in Port au Prince." More importantly Craige's "Two cauliflower ears a broken nose and a Mexican bullet in his hip are silent testimony to the fact that Captain Craige has been a man of action" - rear jacket panel. SCHOMBURG p. 1732. Minton, Balch & Company unknown
198933829ABLondon, New York, Thames & Hudson, 1989. 31 x 25 cm. 85 S. mit zahlr. farb. Foto-Abb. Fotoillustr. OKart. (no DJ as issued)., 33829A.jpg
1941372174Port-au-Prince: No Publisher 1941. First edition. vii 3 16pp. Moderately worn and creased spine quite chipped front cover has large chip at upper fore-corner circa 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches; not affecting printed text else a good sound copy. First edition. vii 3 16pp. Stenio Vincent 1874-1959 served as President of Haiti from November 1930 to May 1941. He ran a popular campaign focusing on his opposition to the American occupation of the island. Following his election he assumed a dictatorial stance and created a new Haitian constitution giving him wide powers. He stepped down in 1941 and was succeeded by Elie Lescot. Rare OCLC locates only the NYPL microfilm holding [No Publisher] unknown
