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18806249Habana 1880. About very good. 199xxi3pp. Contemporary quarter red leather with modern marbled boards spine gilt. Light wear to binding. Minor soiling and wear to text. "Ultima edicion" originally published in 1857. This charming Cuban production is divided into three parts -- Sopas; Menestras Salsas Legumbres Frituras y Menudencias; and Pasteleria Reposteria y Dulceria. Each section has an index at the end of the text. The work includes local flavors such as Sopa Cubana; Ajiaco de Puerto-Principe; Lengua a la Criolla; Jigote Cubano; Pargo a la Americana; and more. We locate two copies of the 1857 edition of this work. Though we find a listing in OCLC there are no physical locations attached. unknown
176235251Boston New England: Printed by John Draper Printer to His Excellency the Governor and the Honourable His Majesty's Council: AND By Edes and Gill Printers to the Honourable House of Representative 1762. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps. 33 1 page blank. Half title present. Light toning and scattered brown spots to the print. <br /> <br /> Evans 9269; Sabin 79430. From wikipedia:<br /> <br /> The siege of Havana was a successful British siege against Spanish-ruled Havana that lasted from March to August 1762 as part of the Seven Years' War. After Spain abandoned its former policy of neutrality by signing the family compact with France resulting in a British declaration of war on Spain in January 1762 the British government decided to mount an attack on the important Spanish fortress and naval base of Havana with the intention of weakening the Spanish presence in the Caribbean and improving the security of its own North American colonies. A strong British naval force consisting of squadrons from Britain and the West Indies and the military force of British and American troops it convoyed were able to approach Havana from a direction that neither the Spanish governor nor the Admiral expected and were able to trap the Spanish fleet in the Havana harbour and land its troops with relatively little resistance.<br /> <br /> The Spanish authorities decided on a strategy of delaying the British attack until the strength of the city's defences and the onset of seasonal rains inflicting tropical diseases would significantly reduce the size of the British force via disease along with the start of hurricane season would force the British fleet to seek a safe anchorage. However the city's main fortress the Morro Castle was overlooked by a hill that the governor had neglected to fortify; the British installed batteries there and bombarded the fortress daily with heavy shelling. The fortress eventually fell after the officer in charge of Morro Castle Luis Vicente de Velasco was mortally wounded by a stray bullet. The capture of Morro Castle led to the eventual fall of the rest of the fortifications and the surrender of the city the remaining garrison and the naval forces present before the hurricane season began.<br /> <br /> The surrender of Havana led to substantial rewards for the British naval and military leaders and smaller amounts of prize money for other officers and men. The Spanish governor Admiral and other military and civil office holders were court-martialled upon their return to Spain and punished for their failures to conduct a better defence and allowing the Spanish fleet present to fall intact into the hands of the British. Havana remained under British occupation until February 1763 when it was returned to Spain under the 1763 Treaty of Paris that formally ended the war. Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor, and the Honourable His Majesty's Council: AND By Edes and Gill, unknown
1189Three volumes. White full cloth with gilt lettering on front boards in glossy red blue black and green jackets featuring silhouettes of a mass of people with upraised weapons against a Cuban flag. Square quartos. Volume I is inscribed and signed by Fidel Castro on the title page: "A Curbelo por su firme traycetonia en nuestro Partido Historíco le obsequio estos ejemplares como Memorias Imperecederas de este trascendental momento. / Revolucionariamente: / Fidel Castro / Septiembre 10 de 1976." It is possible - indeed likely - that this inscription is addressed to Raúl Curbelo Morales a party loyalist who served as head of the air force during the Bay of Pigs invasion and later as vice-president of INRA and minister of communications. 384 11 photos; 420; 188 63 photos. Illustrated with black and white as well as color photographs. Jackets chipped with peeling laminate in some places damp staining primarily visible on the inside and sunned spines. Volumes are near very good with some light foxing. Volume two has an open nick and heavy bump to spine head. Otherwise overall a tight and clean copy in slightly less than very good condition in a very good red slipcase. Official export certificate dated 1976 laid-in. Provenance available upon request. Departmento de Orientación Revolucionaria del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba hardcover
18121Fine. Unused embroidered Wolf Cub badge issued by the Asociación de Boy Scouts de Cuba ASC the national Scouting organization active from 1927 until its suspension in 1961 following the Cuban Revolution. This badge is associated with Manada del Grupo 14 Havana dating to 1959 the final year of organized Cuban Scouting.<br /> <br /> The patch measures approximately 1.5 inches per side diamond format. Embroidered in navy blue with a gold border gold lettering and a stylized wolf head emblem. The initials "ASC" identify the Cuban national organization. The badge shows no evidence of being sewn to a uniform and remains unused.<br /> <br /> The embroidery is crisp and intact colors strong edges clean. No staining fraying or mounting traces. Very fine unused condition. This badge was retained within a Scoutmaster-prepared photographic album providing direct period association rather than later collector accumulation. <br /> <br /> Cuban Scouting began in 1914 and formally organized as the ASC in 1927 joining the World Organization of the Scout Movement the same year. Following the 1959 revolution the organization was suspended in 1961 and disbanded shortly thereafter. <br /> <br /> Surviving Cuban Scout insignia from this terminal period are uncommon particularly unused examples with documented Havana troop association.<br /> <br /> Subjects: Boy Scouts of Cuba Havana Cuban Revolution 1959 Cold War era youth movements Scouting insignia Americana youth organizations political transition ephemera. unknown
1911179415Tokyo.: 楠山正雄. Kusuyama Masao. Meiji 44 1911. Colour folding map 40 x 55cm inset maps showing the Philippines Alaska and Hawaii very good copy. This map was a supplement of October 1911 issue of a monthly magazine Shin Nippon 新日本 which was published between 1911 and 1918. The main map covers the contiguous United States with inset maps of the world showing the American territories of Alaska Hawaii and the Philippines. Curiously Cuba has been marked as an American territory having been directly occupied from 1906 to 1909 though at the time still beholden to the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty of Relations. . 楠山正雄. [Kusuyama Masao]. unknown
191386818Havana: Rambla 1913. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 134 pages. Slim 4to modern cloth original front wrapper bound-in. Habana: Rambla Rouza 1913. Very Good.<br/> <br/> Rambla unknown
19186299Havana 1918. Hardcover. Good. Second half of the year 1918 6 issues of the important Cuban monthly magazine Social which was published from 1916-1938. Cover art by editor and famed Cuban caricaturist Conrado Massaguer. A rare and early section of the publication. A fascinating glimpse into Cuba at this time. Filled with great period art and advertisements black and white photographs and articles. Some scattered foxing 1st cover of 6 much worse than the others staining and wear varies from issue to issue. Bound together in period cloth with floral pattern worn. <br/><br/> hardcover
a25985Havana 1945. 12mo. 852pp. limp boards. Owner signed in front and rear. VG. hardcover
90478hardcover. 211pp. 12mo modern 3/4 cloth. Montevideo: La Espana 1896. First Edition. Palau 82136.<br/> <br/> unknown
195872030Havana: Santos Foto ca. 1958. Original Cuban Revolution era photograph showing a seated group of five people. 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. In the center is a soldier very much trying to look like Che Guevara with a full beard and mustache in army cloths and hat and holding a rifle. Seated on either side of him are two couples all in street clothes and each of the men is holding a rifle. The guns appear to be Thompson M1 A1s which would place this photograph at the beginning of the Revolution before Soviet weapons were commonplace. The photographer Santos Foto Habana is identified in the plate and stamped on the rear. Ironically this picture is laid into a Empire Room Waldorf Astoria printed folder. It should be noted that Che Guevara once worked as a dishwasher at the Waldorf so this pairing is probably intentional. Santos Foto hardcover
1928249718Havana 1928. 1 page. 8vo. Minor soiling else fine. 1 page. 8vo. Reading in part: "We are charmed with Cuba. Our Eyes rest with delight upon the beauty of Cuba.We cherish the thought that Cuba in her liberty and indepedndence is the vindication of the idealism of the people of the United States." <br/><br/> unknown
185487325Havana: Imprenta de la Real Audiencia Pretorial por S.M. 1854. First Edition. hardcover. very good. 3 folding tables. 2 volumes bound in one. 8vo 1/2 contemporary black morocco tear in a table with no loss of text. Habana: Imprenta de la Real Audiencia Pretorial por S.M. 1847 1854. Very good.<br/> <br/> Imprenta de la Real Audiencia Pretorial por S.M. unknown
a58469A wonderful and poignant collection of 8 letters written by a Spanish emigrant in Cuba 1905-06. The letters total 39 sides on 12 sheets of paper all handwritten in ink in Spanish and addressed to Sra. Mercedes Chueca Alonso in Barcelona. All are signed Pepe who also identifies himself as Jose Vila Maria and as Jose Vicente. The letters include a fairly detailed account of his voyage to Cuba via Barcelona Paris Marseille; a comparison of Havana to Barcelona; advice to a prospective emigrant Mercedes's brother; and some account of his attempts to seek his fortune apparently in the miitary. In passing he mentions something of the events of the time - the August 1906 uprising and subsequent American military intervention:.El haberme hecho ciudadano Cubano fue con objecto de ingresor en la academia del cuerpo de artilleria mas me imponian condiciones que no pude aceptar pues tenia que entrar de soldado y firmar un contrato por cuartro anos y el examen para oficial era libre pues aqui el servicio es voluntario mas illegible quiero que aqui solo illegible la influencias y son muchos los libertadores que de la ultima guerra existen resultan que por muy benos examanes que se hagan podran illegible a extranjero a illegible la plaza inguesaron cuando la intervencion americana fueron relevados en sus cargoes. April 1 1906 .Hace unos dia me intregaron dos targeta y una carta tuya; en esta ultima me manifiestas estraneza por no tenor noticia mas.a circumstancias por que ha estado atravesando la Habana; pues en momentos en que ya tenia el nombramiento.a ingresor en el cuerpo del ejercito contro lo que era de esperar intervinieron los americanos por lo que me virprecisado a marcher a Port Tampa Estados Unidos en donde he permanecido hasto unos dias antes de pasar por aqui.los muchos destrozos que en esta capital. November 20 1906 Also included is a letter from Pedro Marden of Barcelona postmarked 1907 informing Sra Chueca of the death of Vicente presumably the Pepe of the other letters in Cuba of unknown causes. Together with 9 stamp-bearing envelopes. . unknown
a68199La Habana 1946. Publicaciones del Archivo Nacional de Cuba. In Spanish. 4to. 270pp. some portraits original printed wraps. Some institutions stamps. VG a bit browned. Volume 5. . paperback
a56567Washington 1901 GPO. Annual reports of the War Department for year ended June 30 1900. Hardcover. Octavo 196pp. illustrations MANYfoldout maps and diagrams. Full leather with mounted leather spine label. VG light wear. Volume II Part One of 4 parts ONLY. no owner marks. Short line of black marker inside front cover. Slight fraying of leather on board edges. . hardcover
a79516La Habana 1984 Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia. In Spanish. Oblong 4to. 144pp. many maps cloth. VG plus in Good DJ a bit worn. . hardcover
a718971951 Freeport Sulphur Company of New York City. All original mimeos of typed documents. 4to. 289 leaves rectos only 4 large foldout maps gilt titled limp black boards with 3 metal studs for binding. VG. Scarce. . hardcover
188893403Madrid: Manuel Hernandez 1888. First Edition. pamphlet. 27 pages. 8vo original printed wrappers. Madrid: Manuel Hernandez 1888.<br/> <br/> Manuel Hernandez unknown
86083hardcover. 202pp. 8vo modern cloth; orig. wrs. bound in unopened. Madrid: Aurelio Alaria 1881. First Edn.<br/> <br/> unknown