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1890LIST110Havana: R. Testar 1890. Albumen photograph on cardstock mount image measuring 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches on 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inch mount. A view of an American warship in Havana harbor likely taken prior to the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Spain in early 1898. The photographers Leach and Patterson of Calle San Rafael published several views of Cuba at this time mostly of bucolic scenes around Havana and its environs. The American cruiser is similar in design to the U.S.S. Maine with slight differences - two smokestacks instead of three. An excellent example with minor wear to mount and fine image. R. Testar unknown 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 books
195934285Habana: n.p. 1959. First edition. Stapled self wrappers. A very good copy chip to corner fold throughout leaves browned but clean. 11 pp. Sm. 4to. Special issue devoted to publication of the First Agrarian Reform Law of Cuba Ley de reforma agraria signed into law on May 17 1959. It confiscated all properties over 420 hectares and re-distributed them. Prior to the enactment of this law nearly 80% of Cuban land was owned by foreign primarily American companies. In many quarters domestic and foreign the law was quite unpopular though supported by the peasantry. n.p. unknown books
196723401n.p.: n.p. 1967. Very good. Four photographs ranging in size from 5'' x 7'' to 7'' x 10'' approx. Various press agency stamps to versos. Paper captions mounted to versos of three photos. Slight curling and minor edgewear to photos with creasing and chipping to captions. Very good overall. <br/><br/>Press photographs with agency stamps from Keystone AGIP and United Press Photos taken around the time of the trial and imprisonment of Regis Debray in Muyupampa Bolivia. Debray a Paris-trained philosopher and former professor at the University of Havana was arrested as an associate of Che Guevara in August 1967 and sentenced to 30 years in prison; he was released in 1970 after sustained protests. <br /> <br />Photos show Debray in prison uniform on August 8th; in civilian clothes in front of a bank of microphones at an August 14 press conference following a hunger strike; walking in the prison yard escorted by an armed guard; and with his wife Elizabeth Burgos after his release. Captions all but one in French give descriptions and expanatory context. n.p. hardcover books
1902572301902. English and Spanish. English and Spanish. The U.S. Army Regulates the Railroads of Cuba Cuba. Cuba Railroad Commission. The Railroad Law Corrected Copy of the Island of Cuba and Other Provisions Related Thereto. Havana: S.n. 1902. Various paginations. Printed wrappers rear lacking some wear and creases to front cover chip to head. Toning light browning and foxing in a few places internally clean. $150. Only edition. English and Spanish. The United States assumed custodial power over Cuba under the treaty ending the Spanish-American War. Cuba gained formal independence in 1902 as the Republic of Cuba but the U.S. continued to keep troops in Cuba and retained the right to intervene in its internal and foreign affairs. During this period which lasted to 1908 with later incursions the U.S. military supervised the development of the local military and implemented several public-works projects such as a modern railroad system. The Railroad Law records the legal side of this aspect of state-building. OCLC locates 5 copies in law libraries Duke Harvard Universities of Arizona Michigan and Minnesota. unknown books
90478hardcover. 211pp. 12mo modern 3/4 cloth. Montevideo: La Espana 1896. First Edition. Palau 82136.<br/><br/> unknown books
190025439Havana Cuba: Not Published 1900. Both letters two pages on Samuel Wyman Smith Importer Havana Cuba letterhead paper; dated Jan. 4 1900 and Dec. 5 1900. Both addressed to "My Dear Gilbert"; the contents typed and concerning the fate of their mutual investment in "The Studio" restaurant & bar in Havana. ".all the papers that I can find at the Studio have been forwarded to you at Cambridge Springs. The reason for this delay has been that I have been quite ill having had a toe amputated.You will see the Studio is improving. I have just made an arrangement with two Chinamen as cooks Spanish waiters however.this should finally put the place on a paying basis." adding handwritten ".I trust you will soon send me a good sized check as I need money desperately." The letter of December relates Smith's attempts to find buyers and leasors for the restaurant ".I am bothered to death by the bills of the place existing before you left some of which I have personally guaranteed.have also had a proposition from a Spaniard to take the restaurant.As a restaurant is always a dead loser except under very competent management this seems to me to be most advantageous.The quarantine has been taken off the camps here and business is much better."; continuing to ask for money. With the original mailing envelopes addressed to Mr. W.E. Gilbert. This venture was perhaps an attempt to meet the needs of the very large population of North Americans residing in Cuba after the Spanish-American War; many businesses opened especially in Havana including hotels bars and restaurants. In his book "On Becoming Cuban: Identity Nationality and Culture" By Louis A. Perez 2008 Univ. of North Carolina Press an individual named Edward E. Nelson opened the Studio restaurant in Havana in 1899 and was not very successful per the contents of these letters. Envelopes very soiled and worn; letters with light wear old fold lines; in very good condition. Interesting Cuban - U.S. business history ephemera from the early days of the 20th century telling of the unsettled commercial climate. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
198024691Cuba: Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC 1980. Poster in colors text in Spanish; Approx. 18 1/2" x 28" size some edge-crinkling roll-creases; in very good condition. Poster. Not Bound. Very Good. Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC Paperback books
197724689Cuba: Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC 1977. Poster in colors text in Spanish. Also printed at bottom edge: C.P. "Evelio Rodriguez Curbelo"/Taller experimental. Approx. 20" x 30" size; in very good condition. Poster. Not Bound. Very Good. Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC Paperback books
198024687Cuba: Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC 1980. Poster in colors text in Spanish. Approx. 20" x 30" size; crease in lower left corner; little edge-crinkling; in very good condition. Poster. Not Bound. Very Good. Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC Paperback books
197724690Cuba: Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC 1977. Poster in colors text in Spanish; Approx. 20" x 29" size horizontal format; some edge-crinkling; in very good condition. Poster. Not Bound. Very Good. Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC Paperback books
188893403Madrid: Manuel Hernandez 1888. First Edition. pamphlet. 27 pages. 8vo original printed wrappers. Madrid: Manuel Hernandez 1888.<br/><br/> Manuel Hernandez unknown books
200056789La Habana: Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam; Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plasticas Noviembre 2000. 24cm. 463 pages b/w and color plates portraits facsimiles biographies/chronologies catalogue indices folding color wrappers Excellent guide to new art in Cuban and Latin America with artists such as Ciro Abath Ricardo Benaím Alessandro Balteo Osvaldo Cibils León Ferrari Rubén Gutiérrez and Juan Carlos Ribero. N.B. Includes a section dedicated to architecture for the second time in the history of the Havana biennial. The architectural exhibitions are entitled: The Recovery of the Old City; From the Havana Tomorrow to the Havana Everyday; The City of the Future; Back to the Sixties; and The National Prizes for Architecture. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam; Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plasticas unknown books
181025380New York City NY: Not Published 1810. One page letter dated New York 18th December 1810 and being given to James Thomson Grocer New York. ".Sir - As I am going to Havannah in the Brig Galen Capt. Annes it is My wish that if any accident Should happen to prevent me returning in the vessel you will See to and take possession of what property of mine may be in her and in case of My Death that by virtue of my power of attorney you collect my estate together as much as in your power and after paying my just and lawful debts remit the remainder to my brother John Gann Goodestone near Wingham County of Kent England. Yours William Gann" Approx. 8" x 13" size; ink handwriting very legible. Light wear dustiness split at one section at old fold lines; in very good condition and interesting early 19th century New York City business history law ephemera. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published paperback books
2003017614Madrid Spain: Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam 2003. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 431 pages of text. Paperback binding with a minor crease to the spine. The text is clean and unmarked. Profusely illustrated in full color. Text is in Spanish. Art museum located in La Habana or Havana Cuba. First edition. Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam Paperback books
197147663Miami: Ediciones Universal 1971. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 263pp. Light shelf wear tiny dampstain to bottom fore-edge corner of textblock else Near Fine. Account of present-day Cuba by the exiled Cuban journalist who nearly twenty-five years earlier was nominated Vice President by the Socialist Revolutionary Movement with twenty-two-year-old Enrique Ovares as President. According to the author biography on the rear cover: "Ni un sólo minuto de sa vida no está dedicado a Cuba. Nadie lo aventaja en la lucha constante contra el régimen castrista y contra los malandrines que ofenden la dignidad nacional. Ediciones Universal unknown books
189144433Habana: Imprenta "La Razon" 1891. Paperback. Very Good. table 35p. Wrapper. 22cm. Slight vertical crease and slight wrinkling throughout. Cuban institutional stamp on title-page. Spanish text. Tariffs and taxes on Cuban export commodities mainly sugar and tobacco. <br/><br/> Imprenta "La Razon" paperback books
19301471Havana 1930. Very good. 271pp. Printed self wrappers stapled. Light toning and dust soiling. Attractive and detailed promotional for tours of Havana and day trips through Cuba led by ABC Tours from the Hotel Astor. Programs include a tour of Tropical brewery and gardens and an evening experience of the "Slums Chinatown and Grand Casino." With numerous ads for Havana businesses and entertainments and much "useful information" such as telegraph rates and customs regulations on cigars. unknown books
198024677Cuba: Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC 1980. Poster in colors text in Spanish. Approx. 17 3/4" x 26 3/4" size; in very good condition. Poster. Not Bound. Very Good. Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC Paperback books
1916100842Tall 8vo stiff paper stapled illustrated some in color 54 pp. Lacks wrappers and last page but the rest of the pamphlet including the double page map of Cuba is present a few small chips some minor aging and soiling. The 9 x 21 folding map of Cuba features its railroads. There are two attractive color photographs and seven full page black and white photographs illustrating the charms of Cuba. Smaller photos including one of a sleeping car are included in the text. A rail schedule some facts about Cuba and a few advertisements for hotels and cruise lines are also included. Cuba Railroad Company, books
1930537Havana: Imp. "Ninon 1930. 24pp. Oblong quarto. Original green pictorial wrappers string-tied. Cuban Revolution stamp affixed to front cover. Pictorial souvenir of the Capitol Building in Havana which was inaugurated May 20 1929. Each image has bilingual descriptive text in English and Spanish on the verso. Images include the exterior of the building as well as specific locations within such as the Office of the President of the Senate the Reception Hall the Statue of the Republic and the Marti Library. A sticker on the front cover has a border of small Cuban flags around the text "Our Revolution is NOT Communist. Our Revolution is Humanist. The Cubans only want the right to an education the right to work the right to eat without fear the right to PEACE JUSTICE FREEDOM." Presumably affixed to this earlier souvenir after the start of the Cuban Revolution in 1953. An interesting addition to this piece of promotional literature. OCLC locates six copies. Imp. "Ninon unknown books
1980211912Havana: Editorial Orbe 1980. hardcover. very good-. Many Illus. some in color. Square 8vo pictorial cloth rubbed. La Habana: Editorial Orbe 1980.<br/><br/> Profiles of Cuban culture for the year 1978. Text in Spanish.<br/><br/> Editorial Orbe unknown books
196626557Havana: Ministeres des Affaires Etrangers 1966. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Stapled illustrated wrappers. 33 pp. Text in French. Not dates but from 1966. Includes some grainy black and white photographs. A close to fine copy. Author not stated but from other sources we know that Carlos Rafael Rodriguez was involved. Ministeres des Affaires Etrangers paperback books
189044157London 1890. Matted. Old tape residue on verso tiny marginal spot excellent color. 1 sheet. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Hand-colored engraving. Originally printed in "The Universal Geography" by Élisée Reclus edited by A.H. Keane published by J.S. Virtue & Co. London 1890. The image appeared in the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago Ill. 1893 item 25 of the West Indies exhibit of the Bureau of Americn Republics World's Columbian Exposition. Signed "Barklay" in the plate. unknown books
1898535Springfield Oh: Mast Crowell & Kirkpatrick 1898. Good. 121pp. Folio. Original orange printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling spine chipped with some glue repair. Ink ownership inscription at top of front cover. Minor internal soiling several leaves with tape repairs at edges. Extensively illustrated souvenir publication of the Spanish-American War. Images include local street scenes and landmarks photos of the native populations and the American military occupation. "Depicting the natives their costumes habitations and occupations; prominent buildings street scenes mountain and river scenery etc. Also life in the American Army and Navy with portraits of the chief actors in the Spanish-American War. Over three hundred illustrations. Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick unknown books
