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197839195New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1978. Reprint. Octavo; brick red paper and teal cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x2122pp; illus. Hint of a forward lean else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $6.95 lightly shelfworn with a few short tears and a tiny nick to upper rear flap fold; Very Good. Substantial collection of traditional Haitian folktales illustrated throughout by Elsa Henriquez. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
195047402Port-Au-Prince: Imprimerie de L'Etat 1950. Ocavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 22pp. Mild external toning and wear; Very Good. Instructions for census-takers in the 1950 Haitian general census. Imprimerie de L'Etat unknown books
192274865Washington: GPO 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. This volume only of 2. 812p. Contemporary tan buckram. No Jacket. Not a proud chapter in American history. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
198839198New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1988. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; red paper and white cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in metallic red on spine; dustjacket; xiv3815; illus. Slight lean else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly shelfworn with a few tiny nicks; Very Good. Inside account of the Duvaliers father and son and their legacy which includes the infamous election day massacre the five month experiment in "democracy" and the coup d'etat that restored a military junta to power. McGraw-Hill Book Company unknown books
1946WRCAM38304Port-au-Prince: Imprimerie de l'Etat 1946. 27pp. Original printed red wrappers. Wrappers edgeworn with tears. Wrappers and text quite water-stained. A fair copy. This constitution enacted on November 22 1946 is a much toned-down version of the original draft supported by new President Dumarsais Estime which described Haiti as socialist restored bans on foreign land ownership prohibited foreigners from doing business and legitimized trade unions. Under protests from the United States Britain France the Vatican and the business community the present much more conservative document was promulgated. Imprimerie de l'Etat unknown books
191657435Most Port-au-Prince 1916. 20 items single sheet printed letterhead or partly printed documents accomplished in ink dated and signed with two printed broadsides. 1 vols. Chiefly 4to one broadside folio. Some toning or soiling and marginal chipping large broadside split along fold overall very good. 20 items single sheet printed letterhead or partly printed documents accomplished in ink dated and signed with two printed broadsides. 1 vols. Chiefly 4to one broadside folio. Presidents of the Republic of Haiti - A Collection. An outstanding collection of Haitian material comprising items signed by 11 presidents:<br/>1 ALEXANDRE PETION president of Haiti 1807-1818. Autograph document signed "Pétion" as president 6 April 1812 a laissez passer for Mr Douglass on government business and noting his white horse "which it is forbidden for whomsoever to touch under any pretext."<br/>2 JEAN-PIERRE BOYER president of Haiti 1818-1843. Autograph financial document signed "Boyer" as Commander-in-Chief of Port-au-Prince 30 November 1817 a receipt for 185 gourdes.<br/>3 FABRE GEFFRARD president of Haiti 1859-1867. Manuscript letter signed "Geffrard" as President 3 December 1860 ordering his secretary of state to pay General Simon Sam see no. 7 below the sum of 2165 gourdes.<br/>4 NISSAGE SAGET president of Haiti 1870-1874. Manuscript letter signed "Nissage Saget" as President 11 October 1870 requesting a report on the state of the Arsenal at Cap-Haitien cellophane tape repair to verso at signature.<br/>5 MICHEL DOMINGUE president of Haiti 1874-1878. a Manuscript letter signed "Domingue" as general and provisional commander of the département du Sud 14 September 1868 promoting second lieutenant Hyppolite see no. 6 below to full lieutenant; Partly printed document signed "Domingue" as president of the Etat Meridional d'Haiti 25 January 1869 promoting Prosper Faure to the rank of générale de division; Manuscript letter signed "Domingue" as president of Haiti 11 December 1874 acknowledging receipt of dispatches from the interim secretary of war.<br/>6 FLORVIL HIPPOLYTE president of Haiti 1889-1896. Manuscript letter signed "F Hyppolite" as générale de division 14 July 1875 concerning troop inspections; Manuscript letter signed "F Hyppolite" as president 27 January 1896 concerning an appointment to the local police.<br/>7 TIRESIAS AUGUSTIN SIMON SAM president of Haiti 1896-1902. Manuscript letter signed "T A S Sam" as president 12 August 1898 to the secretary of the interior endorsing a recommendation for a police appointment.<br/>8 FRANÇOIS ANTOINE SIMON president of Haiti 1908-1911. Manuscript letter signed "F.A. Simon" as générale de division honorary aide de camp to the President etc. 16 July 1896 to President Tiresias Augustin Simon Sam concerning a recommendation for Camille Jean-François acting police commissioner in the Cayes district; Typewritten letter Signed "F.A. Simon" as president 15 March 1909 conveying a military commission.<br/>9 CINCINNATUS LECONTE president of Haiti 1911-1912. Manuscript letter Signed "Ctus Leconte" as president 13 June 1912 concerning a request for police officers' uniforms; Printed broadside presidential decree dated 16 August 1911 naming the members of his cabinet.<br/>10 MICHEL ORESTE president of Haiti 1913-1914. Typewritten letter Signed "Michel Oreste" as president 4 July 1913 concerning a commercial license for the representative of the Hamburg America Line.<br/>11 PHILIPPE SUDRE DARTIGUENAVE president of Haiti 1915-1922. Typewritten letter signed "Dartiguenave" as president 1 April 1916 concerning a widow's pension. With four additional Haitian items: Partly printed receipt for import duties paid by Capt Taylor of the American brig Pegasus 6 November 1827 signed Lavartida on letterhead of the National Treasury of Santo-Domingo; Printed broadside with vignette headed "Liberté ou la Mort" decree of the provisional government concerning the rental of properties held by the nation 10 May 1843 following the overthrow of president Boyer; Autograph letter from générale de division Antoine Jeanty 27 November 1880 to the secretary of war; Partly printed consular document Amsterdam 16 December 1929 concerning bills and manifests for a cargo ship.<br/>An impressive and representative collection of Haitian leadership from the earliest years of the Republic's independence through the U.S. invasion of 1915. unknown books
196144417Port-au-Prince 1961. 3rd ed. Hardcover. Good. index 183p. Leatherette-backed boards. 18cm. Boards worn at extremities with chipping in paper covering. A few leaves partially unopened. Pages unevenly browned. At head of title: "Les codes haitiens". Annotated by A. Rigal. French text. <br/><br/> hardcover books
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 books
