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1992253366New York: Cuba Information Project 1992. 8p. 8.5x11 inches self-wraps secured by folding very good condition. Single issue of the short-lived newsletter. Two fliers laid in one titled "Legislative Update" the other titled "Organizing Resources to Help End the Caribbean Cold War from the Cuba Information Project" with a list of other publications by the Cuba Information Project and an order form. Cuba Information Project unknown books
196448796Havana: Republic of Cuba Foreign Ministry Information Department 1964. First Edition. Octavo 23cm.; publisher's green staplebound wrappers; 71pp. & seven leaves of photographs. Wrappers a bit toned and slightly soiled short closed tear to rear wrapper fore-edge pp. 15 & 16 misbound after p. 71; still Very Good and sound overall. Republic of Cuba Foreign Ministry Information Department unknown books
1950244442Republic of Cuba: Published by the Cuban Tourist Commission A Government Department 1950. First item on a 9x11.5 inch leaf of semi-alkaline paperstock printed smallpoint in black folded twice to make an upright 9x4 inch brochure this hand-folded again transversely; rather dust-soiled and handled a fair to good copy. Second item single leaf 11.5x17.5 inches machine-folded three times to make an upright 9x3.7 inch promotional brochure printed color both recto and verso displaying 19 happy snapshots captioned e.g. "Improve your rhumba where the rhumba was born". Item has a little creasing a pinpoint hole at a fold intersection a good to very good exemplar. The two together. Published by the Cuban Tourist Commission, A Government Department unknown books
1869WRCAM56566Camagüey Cuba 1869. Pictorial letterpress broadside 18 1/2 x 13 inches. Numbered "54" in manuscript bearing the embossed red seal of the Republica Cubana and signed in ink by Salvador Cisneros y Betancourt Eduardo Agramonte Ignacio Agramonte Loyn áz Francisco Sánchez y Betancourt and Antonio Zambrana. Old horizontal folds minor creasing handful of small edge chips. Small hole in bottom margin just touching one ink signature. Very good condition. A rare and significant pictorial Cuban decree from the provisional rebel government abolishing slavery on the part of the island they controlled issued by the radical faction of the Cuban nationalists fighting against Spanish rule in the first months of the Ten Years' War. <br> <br> This proclamation is illustrated with a dramatic woodcut signed "LFR" depicting an ill-clad but exultant freed slave and a rebel celebrating in front of the Cuban flag. This decree stipulated freedom for all the enslaved people of Cuba in hopes that they would join the revolutionary struggle. The decree also provided for eventual compensation to slaveholders and ordered that freed individuals must serve the revolution either through military service or by continuing with their previous work. Among the important leaders who signed the present document were Salvador Cisneros y Betancourt as president just below the printed text and Ignacio Agramonte y Loynáz as secretary to the left of the engraving. <br> <br> The practical effect of this decree was modest as the rebels only controlled limited territory before their ultimate defeat and their territory was generally under the control of more conservative military commanders but such a proclamation joined a growing chorus of abolitionist sentiment in Cuba which finally realized the end of slavery in 1886. A powerful statement of anti-slavery policy in mid-19th century Cuba with a striking illustration of a jubilant slave celebrating his short-lived freedom. Rare with no copies recorded in OCLC. unknown books
18611229Puerto-Principe: Imprenta del Fanal 1861. Good. 17pp. Leaves loose. Light wear one ink correction to text. A rare Cuban work printed outside of Havana outlining the necessity of a railroad between Puerto-Principe modern Camaguey and Santa Cruz. The many benefits of the plan are detailed herein with numerous charts. Miguel Rodriguez Ferrer 1815-1889 was a Spanish author and administrator but is best known for his work on the nature and culture of Cuba particularly his "Naturaleza y Civilizacion de la Grandiosa Isla de Cuba." He served in a number of civil administrator positions including mayor of San Antonio de los Baños and advisor to Puerto Principe. We locate a single copy at the National Library of Spain. Imprenta del Fanal unknown books
1834WRCAM51022Havana 1834. 2pp. plus blank integral leaf. Bifolium. Minor edgewear and toning. Offsetting. Good. Manuscript document written by John Morland acting consul in Cuba relaying the details of the voyage of the ship "Hunter" travelling from New York to New Orleans. The ship ran into trouble partway through the voyage with seven passengers saved from the "disastrous" situation. The letter does not detail how many if any perished. The seven passengers continued their journey on two other ships one being a Spanish vessel. unknown books
1815WRCAM49642Havana: Esteban José de Boloña 1815. 19pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Stitching mostly perished. Light fold lines minimal foxing ink marginal notations contemporary ink inscription after the text. Very good. An early Cuban imprint printed by Esteban José de Boloña the first printer in Cuba after the 1776 ban on printing. Juan de Arrondo y Santilices was an official in Spanish Florida the Auditor of War of East Florida during the early 19th century. This is a work detailing the deeds of Arrondo y Santilices likely an attempt to secure a pension. Rare with one copy located by OCLC at the John Carter Brown Library. Esteban José de Boloña unknown books
1850WRCAM51706Havana 1850. 4pp. on a bifolium 15 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Printed in three columns. Previously folded with some short separations along fold lines and a closed tear to top edge. Somewhat tanned with some dust soiling in upper portion of first leaf recto. Good plus. Bifolium printing of twenty-four directives intended to govern the operation of vessels in the port of Havana. They include provisions for the arrival and departure of ships their docking and mooring the storage of gunpowder while in port fire prevention and penalties for carrying firearms or other deadly weapons ashore. The document is printed in three columns which provide versions of the regulations in Spanish English and French. Daniel Warren mentioned here as the port officer in charge of preventing desertions and illegal transfers of men from ship to ship is also named as Havana shipping master in an 1858 letter from the American Consul Thomas Savage to the Governor of Havana included in a contemporary United States Senate report on foreign trade. "As early as 1828 Irish migrant Daniel Warren established 'a deposit for foreign sailors and artisans' in Havana providing an initial place for them to stay while looking for work"- Curry-Machado. A very rare piece of Cuban maritime ephemera with OCLC noting only one copy at the Harvard Law Library. OCLC 81408661. Curry-Machado CUBAN SUGAR INDUSTRY p.74. unknown books
19301540Havana 1930. 63pp. Small quarto. Original green cloth front board lettered in silver. Cloth and pastedowns separating from boards. Boards lightly rubbed some wear to corners and spine. Scarce issue of the constitution and by-laws of the Havana Country Club printed in Spanish and English on facing pages published in 1930. The country club was established in 1911 after the purchase of a 127-acre property La Finca Lola just outside of the city proper and operated until it was forced to close by the Revolution. Information on the realty company formed to purchase the land and house rules of the club are also printed at the rear. We locate a single copy of a 1937 edition in OCLC. unknown books
1997155987Havana: Editora PolÃtica 1997. vi 65p. 4.75x8 inches text in Spanish wraps lightly worn and soiled else very good slim trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Editora PolÃtica unknown books
1991159359Habana: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales 1991. vii 187p. 11x8.5 inch hardcover in dj pages evenly toned else good condition in a lightly worn and soiled dj. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales unknown books
19015653Havana 1901. Paperback. Very Good. 116p. Original lightly worn wrapper. <br/><br/> paperback books
197232549Moscow 1972. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards; 348 3pp; portraits plates. Slight external rubbing and shelfwear; corners nudged; still a solid Very Good copy. Apparently the first full-length Soviet biography of the Argentinian revolutionary martyr and hero of the Cuban Revolution well-illustrated with photographic portraits and plates. <br/><br/>According to Costa Rican investigative journalist Marjorie Ross "Lavretsky" was a pseudonym for Soviet master-spy Iosif Grigulevich who got his start as a hired hit-man against Trotskyist and Anarchist factions in the Spanish Civil War. She pegs him as the never-identied "third man" in the assassination of Leon Trotsky; and during the Cold War posing as an international coffee expert Grigulevich reputedly penetrated the highest levels of government and culture in Costa Rica Chile and Mexico during which time he was also the Kremlin's "handler" for Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and Mexican painter José Siqueiros see Marjorie Ross El secreto encanto de la KGB/ The Secret Charm of the KGB: Las cinco vidas de Iosif Grigulievich/ The Five Lives of Iosif Grigulevich. San José: 2006. <br/><br/>Apparently an uncommon work at least in Western institutions; OCLC locates just one copy British Library; KVK and European Library Meta Catalog find three more Nat. Lib. Lithuania; BNF; Staatsbibliothek Berlin. unknown books
90478hardcover. 211pp. 12mo modern 3/4 cloth. Montevideo: La Espana 1896. First Edition. Palau 82136.<br/><br/> unknown books
18841574Habana 1884. Good plus. 2496 i.e. 498pp. Quarto. Contemporary calf gilt a.e.g.; rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners repaired with later black buckram; boards scuffed spine chipped. Hinges cracked repaired with later cloth and renewed endpapers. Minor scattered foxing and toning to text. Accomplished in a neat highly legible hand. A very attractive manuscript translation into Spanish of Pierre Larousse's well-known work on eminent and historical personages Fleurs Historiques des Dames et des Gens du Monde in a contemporary Cuban gilt goatskin binding. The manuscript connects three figures in the upper social echelons of Cuban society. José Fernandez Pellon the scribe of this volume is recorded as the Grand Master of Cuba's freemasons lodge the Gran Logia Unida de Colón y la Isla de Cuba. The translator Aurelio Almeida helped to found the organization in 1875 and at this time served as the Lodge Secretary. The initials E.D. gilt at the foot of the spine and the dedicatory inscription "A Eugenia Desvernine" refer to Eugenia Desvernine y Galdós b. 1865 daughter of the famous Cuban pianist Pablo Desvernine and Carolina Galdós y Echániz. She was also the niece of Benito Pérez Galdós the Spanish realist novelist who some authorities consider only second in stature to Cervantes. A contemporary social register remarks that Eugenia was one of the most beautiful women in Cuba perhaps an inspiration for the painstaking production of this manuscript. The original work by Larousse was a loose collection of religious parables classical myths biographies of ancient and modern historical figures. The title of the manuscript advises that is an extract and in the brief introduction Almeida explains his selection process writing that "He suprimido algunos artÃculos sobre cosas muy sabidas de la historia sagrada; y otros sobre la de Francia que mencionan frases ó personas casi ninca citadas ó citades solamente por las escritores francesas." He also notes several alterations and additions more relevant to Spanish history saying "En Cambio he agregado algunos artÃculos sobre historia de España que no están en el original y he tomado unos pocos de otra obra del mismo Mr. Larousse y de libros diversos." The result is an original amalgam of biographies historical episodes and religious parables. Interestingly we find no recorded printed editions of Larousse's work in Spanish so that the present manuscript is also an entirely original work of translation. A fascinating product of the cultural interests and mores of Cuban high society near the end of the Spanish colonial period. 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
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
19877880Wilkes-Barre Penna: Sordoni Art Gallery 1987. Softbound. VG slight writing on title-page at top. Rust wraps French flaps 108 pp. 18 color 44 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with 1987-1988 exhibitions held in Wilkes-Barre PA: Sordoni Art Gallery Wilkes College May 3 to June 14 1987 three other locations. The exhibition features selected works of American realist painter George Luks 1867-1933. With three essays by Stanley L. Cuba Judith O'Toole and Nina Kasanof with 185 notes and an exhibition checklist of 32 oils and 30 works on paper. A very nice catalogue that takes a look beyond the clown pictures and illustrates some of his landscapes and portraiture. Very well illustrated. Sordoni Art Gallery 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
1838170201838. 8pp disbound. Minor spotting. Good. unknown books
1992140509Havana: Editoria PolÃtica 1992. vi 408 p. moderately worn wraps pages lightly toned else good condition. Text in Spanish. Editoria PolÃtica unknown 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
198824878Santa Fe NM: Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts 1988. Softcover. VG. White wraps. Unpaginatd. 24 color 31 bw plates. Includes an exhibition checklist and a biographical chronology along with a lengthy essay by Stanley L. Cuba. Wonderful illustrations. Published to accompany an exhibition held in Santa Fe NM: Museum of Fine Arts Apr. 23 to July 10 1988 four other locations. Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts paperback books
197046252n.p. 1970. 1st Printing. White card stock wrappers with green and pink lettering. White paper leaves with black type. All held together by a white cord tie. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy some creasing to spine horizontal crease from being folded tie a bit frayed corners a bit rubbed and bumped light soiling to wrappers internally clean and bright. Printed bifolium housed in larger wrappers. Small vignette and decorative boarder on first page. 14" x 10" <br/><br/>The Hotel Nacional De Cuba still stands today. This menu advertises dancing from 7 p. m. to closing with music by the Castro Brothers' Orchestra. unknown books
