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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
197232549Moscow: ИздательÑтво ЦК ВЛКСМ ÐœÐ¾Ð»Ð¾Ð´Ð°Ñ Ð³Ð²Ð°Ñ€Ð´Ð¸Ñ 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. ИздательÑтво ЦК ВЛКСМ ÐœÐ¾Ð»Ð¾Ð´Ð°Ñ Ð³Ð²Ð°Ñ€Ð´Ð¸Ñ unknown
1915224781915. Polk George Washington Jr. Havana and rural Cuba photo archive 1915 documents Cuba through the viewpoint of an American military traveler during the Platt Amendment era when U.S. power shaped Cuban sovereignty port security naval access and commercial movement. The photographs record ships in Havana Harbor coastal fortifications rural dwellings Cuban farmers agricultural landscapes and colonial plazas providing insight into how U.S. military personnel visually encountered Cuba just before American entry into World War I. The Platt Amendment gave the United States broad authority to intervene in Cuban affairs and required Cuba to lease land for naval stations remaining central to U.S.-Cuba relations until its repeal in 1934; this archive therefore places vernacular travel photography within a larger framework of military oversight and commercial access. <br /> <br /> Polk George Washington Jr. Havana Cuba vernacular photo collection. Havana Cuba: unpublished December 1915. Twenty-eight silver gelatin photographs pasted to album pages with some loose or partially detached ranging from approximately 2 x 2½ inches to 4½ x 3½ inches many with handwritten ink annotations dated December 22 to 29 1915. The images include vessels anchored in Havana Harbor harbor views from on board ship Morro Castle and other coastal fortification views colonial civic plazas local laborers and civilians thatched rural huts or bohíos sugarcane fields and agricultural scenes captioned "Orange Trees & Coconut Palms Near Havana." One photograph is captioned "Cuban Farmer & Son Near Havana Dec 22 1915" giving the archive direct documentary value for rural family life and American observation of Cuban agricultural communities. Other captions identify boats as "U.S.C. 5th Protectors off Havana" and refer to the United Fruit Company steamer Abangarez on the Havana-Colon route; the Abangarez was a United Fruit Company passenger and cargo vessel completed in 1909 and later brought under United States registry during World War I.<br /> <br /> The photographs combine military commercial and rural subjects in a compact record of U.S.-Cuban contact. Polk's annotations and the repeated Potchernick-Birdsong Co. Kodak Place San Antonio Texas stamps on versos indicate that the images were developed in the United States after the trip or sent home for processing preserving the path by which overseas military travel became a personal photographic record. Polk's later military service is supported by burial and veterans' records identifying George Washington Polk Jr. as born May 13 1889 died July 27 1976 and buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery; the supplied description identifies him as later a Colonel in the U.S. Army Air Corps and instructor in the early U.S. Air Force. Most photographs lightly pasted along one edge to scrapbook leaves with some detached or partially affixed; a few corner creases otherwise sharp images with strong contrast good to very good overall. Focused 1915 Cuba archive linking Havana Harbor rural Cuban labor vernacular architecture United Fruit maritime movement and American military observation during the U.S. protectorate period. unknown
193250120Santiago de Cuba 1932. A unique album of 19 leaves of heavy black stock 7 x 5 1/2 inches with 67 mounted b&w silver photographs of varying sizes 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches - 3 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches all captioned in white ink. The album is titled and decorated in gilt on the upper cover "PHOTOGRAPHS: SOUVENIR OF SANTIAGO CUBA and tied with a cloth lace. Very good. An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude struck the city of Santiago de Cuba at dawn on 3 February 1932. Over half the buildings were destroyed or damaged and reports of the deaths range to 1500. These photographs show the destruction to the commercial and residential buildings and the Cathedral and the tents set up as temporary shelters. A few of the photographs were made by local commercial photographers just after the quake and the remainder within days. All captions in Spanish. unknown
194059321Havana Cuba: Cuban Tourist Commission ca. 1940. 8vo. 12 pp unpaginated. folds out leporello accordion-style format printed in red blue & black photo illustrations & map on recto large map of Cuba’s Central Highway on verso slight shelfwear NF. First edition of this scarce travel brochure touting the advantages of U.S. tourists to bring their own cars and travel over the Carretera Central which ran the entire length of the Island from Pinar del Rio to Santiago de Cuba over 700 miles. The highway construction launched in may 1927 and when finished proved very popular as a means to see the island. Tourists could bring their own cars from Tampa Miami or Key West on a ferryboat and travel through Cuba. No copies in Worldcat. Cuban Tourist Commission, unknown
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
1938Q988Made by hand 1938-1940. Very good. Cord bound hardcover scrap book 14.5 x 12.5 inches. With ephemera from two trips: the first to Europe Ireland Scotland and France in August 1938 sailing from Boston to Cobh County Cork Ireland aboard the S. S. California ship operated by Anchor Line. 7 leaves of ephemera from Dublin Edinburgh Paris and Reims. Used on both sides the first 5 leaves are split at the gutter because of the fragility of the paper but remain loosely inserted. The second trip chronicled is to Cuba in September-October 1940 with Clyde-Mallory Lines sailing from Miami to Havana aboard the "Shawnee" first class. Ephemera from the trips include luggage tags hotel bills postcards telegrams theater tickets programs menus etc. There's also a guide to Esperanto etc and two unusual but beautiful crepe paper items possibly hats. The original owner's surname has been redacted throughout but was a First-Class traveler from Massachusetts. Nice collection. Shipping for this item will be charged at-cost. <br/><br/> Made by hand hardcover
1924184851924. Photograph album 1920s-1930s documenting travel across the American Southwest and Cuba with images capturing landscapes infrastructure and communities during a period of regional development and increased mobility. Early photographs depict desert environments with saguaro cacti and yucca followed by rural farms mission-style buildings and roadside scenes including a family traveling by wagon in Texarkana. One image records the recently constructed Coolidge Dam in Arizona completed between 1924 and 1928 situating the album within contemporary efforts at water management and agricultural expansion in the Southwest. Additional photographs show individuals in domestic and rural settings including an African American man seated outside his home before transitioning to scenes of coastal and subtropical environments. The final portion of the album documents Cuba including street life harbor views with ships and fishing vessels and architectural landmarks such as Morro Castle reflecting the circulation of American travelers in the Caribbean during the interwar period.<br /> <br /> Photograph album containing 69 black and white silver gelatin photographs most measuring approximately 5.75 x 3 inches with one larger earlier portrait at the beginning measuring approximately 9.5 x 6 inches. The images are mounted in a cloth-covered board album with gilt lettering reading "Photographs" secured by a cord binding and measuring approximately 10 x 8.25 inches. The photographs are uncaptioned and arranged sequentially suggesting a travel-based compilation spanning multiple regions including Arizona Texas the Gulf South and Havana Cuba.<br /> <br /> 69 photographs mounted in original album; images clear and well-preserved. Light wear to album consistent with age; overall very good condition. A cohesive visual record of travel and regional life across the American Southwest and Cuba during the early twentieth century. unknown
1930221561930. This Photo Album captures a series of trips across California Mexico Dominican Republic Cuba Panama and other U.S. and North American travel documents the coastal and cross-border tourist experience of an American social group during the 1930s through the early 1950s.The album records a continuous itinerary of domestic and international travel with dated captions such as "July 19 1938 / On Board S/S Dixie from New Orleans La" situating the group within organized steamship routes linking the United States to Caribbean destinations.<br /> Oblong photograph album measuring approximately 11.5 x 15.25 inches containing 218 silver gelatin photographs mounted on black pages with images ranging from approximately 2.25 x 2.75 inches to 4.5 x 5.5 inches. Photographs are captioned on album pages and occasionally on versos identifying locations and dates. California scenes include Los Angeles Hollywood Olvera Street Pasadena gardens San Diego Balboa Park Mission Beach La Jolla Catalina Island and the Hotel del Coronado with recurring images of beaches coastal views small boats and leisure activities such as bathing and sightseeing. Additional images depict San Francisco landmarks including Alcatraz Island and Muir Woods. Travel beyond the United States includes Tijuana Mexico; Havana Cuba; Santo Domingo Dominican Republic; and Panama City with scenes of street activity ruins courtyards and waterfronts. A sequence from Catalina Island emphasizes seaside recreation while Caribbean and Central American images show plazas tropical vegetation and urban environments including Afro-Caribbean individuals in public spaces. Additional photographs document travel to New Orleans Utah Salt Lake City Nova Scotia and a location labeled "Indian Island."<br /> This album documents patterns of American tourism during the mid-twentieth century when organized travel by rail and steamship enabled access to domestic resorts and international destinations across the Americas. The combination of coastal California imagery with Caribbean and Latin American scenes reflects a broader گردش of leisure travel that emphasized climate landscape and cultural difference within reachable distance of the United States. The presence of consistent captions and chronological markers provides a structured record of travel routes and destinations contributing to research on tourism history visual culture and cross-border movement in the pre-jet era. Light wear to album and photographs with minor handling marks; overall very good condition. A substantial visual record of American travel practices and geographic mobility across the Americas in the mid-twentieth century. unknown
1960025662Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press / Oxford University Press / Institute of Pacific relations 1960. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Xiii 247. Orange Cloth. One Of 2000 Copies Of The First Printing But This Copy With Printed $5 Us Price At Bottom Of Front Flap So Perhaps An American Issue. Slight Signs Of Usage To Book And Dj. Inscribed To Mr. And Mrs. Z. T. Nyi Zau Tsung Nyi Of Los Angeles "With High Esteem And Respect". Information From His Archives At Usc: Theodore H.E. Chen Ph.D. 1939 Was Chairman Of Usc's Department Of Asian Studies From 1940 To 1968 And From 1960 To 1971 He Directed The East Asian Studies Center In Support Of Which He Had Obtained The First Federal Grants. Chen Also Secured Outside Funding For A Project To Help Train And Advise High School Teachers Of Chinese And Japanese. A Native Of Fuzhou China Chen Was President Of Fukien Christian University In 1946 And 1947 While On Leave To Participate In Postwar Rehabilitation. He Also Helped Organize Tunghai University In Taiwan As A Representative Of The United Board Of Christian Colleges. He Was The Author Of Nine Books Including Thought Reform Of Chinese Intellectuals And Maoist Educational Revolution And Chinese Education. Dr Chen Hits An Easy Target; The Worst Governments Are Those Who Try To Control What And How People Think And How And Where They Communicate Because Their Leaders Have An Excess Of The Oldest Disease Of Officials Crap-In-The-Brain Which Prevents Them From Engaging In Exchanges Of Facts And Ideas. <br/> <br/> Hong Kong University Press / Oxford University Press / Institute of Pacific relations hardcover
195534840Havana Cuba: The Tropicana circa 1955. 4 volumes. Original Printing. Original velour cover illustrated by hand using the technique of collage in yellow green blue pink and black and illustrated throughout with photographs designs and decorations the three brochures also in colour. Large 4to 28 x 23 cm Original velour with collage decorations to the cover the brochures of paper over board all coloured. 24 pages with numerous illustrations and 2 hand-made excerpts that allow a view of the following page. The large format brochure also includes: 1. 'Our Night at Tropicana. Havana's Fabulous Night Club & Casino' illustrated folder to insert a photograph here without photo. 2. The same with an original photograph of a party hand-dated 'Marzo 1962' and inscribed 'Boda de Cora y Vicente' with the names of the guests. The envelope is rubbed a bit. 3. The same in a different design with a photograph showing a lady in an evening dress. Her companion has been cropped from the photograph. Two additional postcards are provided here one showing the poolo of the Cabana Sun Club the other shows Calle Obispo in Havana in an older photograph. A fine copy of the 'This is Tropicana' cover and contents the brochures with a bit of age or evidence of use. VERY SCARCE. A beautiful collection from one of the most famous nightclubs of the 1950's. In 1950 Martin Fox bought Villa Mina and commissioned architect Max E. Borges to carry out the spectacular renovation with parabolic concrete arches and glass walls to roof the stage. On March 15 1952 the new Arcos de Cristal cabaret building was opened. Artists who performed at the Tropicana included star such as Nat King Cole and Josephine Baker and visitors included Edith Piaf Ernest Hemingway Jimmy Durante and Marlon Brando. Shortly after the revolution in 1959 the Tropicana like other casinos and nightclubs was nationalized. The Tropicana unknown
1938029977Julia Ellsworth Ford 1938. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 74 illustrations and maps. 9 Pp. Yellow Card Wrappers Printed In Black. With Paste-On Printed Sheets With Additional Text On Inner Side Of Wrappers. Nerar Fine. Scarce; Only Two Examples In Worldcat. Her Archives Are At Yale And Presented There As "Julia Ellsworth Ford Was A New York Socialite Art Collector And Patron And Author Of Children's Books. She Was Married To Simeon Ford A Financier And Co-Owner Of The Grand Union Hotel In New York. Ford Presided Over A Salon That Included The Lebanese Mystic Kahlil Gibran Irish Poet W. B. Yeats And American Dancer Isadora Duncan. Her Published Works Include: Simeon Solomon: An Appreciation 1908 Imagina 1914 And Snickerty Nick 1919 Among Others." The Archive Apparently Does Not Include This Booklet. <br/> <br/> [Julia Ellsworth Ford] paperback
1938024291New York: Dutton 1938. First Edition stated . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Photographs Large Folding Map. 322 Pp. Blue Silk Cloth Lettered In Red Yellow Endpapers. First Edition Stated. Cover Title: Silk Road. Lightly Used With Touch Of Rubbing At Bottom Corners Very Slight Aging To Spine Slight Foxing To Pastedowns Hinges Tight Contents Immaculate And Fresh No Names Or Marks. <br/> <br/> Dutton hardcover
195093352Auckland New Zealand: The Atlas Press 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. plates mostly color 37p. Original boards. dj. 25 cm. Modest splitting along bottom portion of front joint. Jacket somewhat soiled and edge-worn including three jagged chips on front panel. Laid in is an undated autograph letter signed by Cuba to M. B. Bradshaw of the Art Exhibition Bureau in London. Cuba reports that he is busy ". trying to paint London in the smog. The Atlas Press hardcover
192766008Richmond VA: Williams Printing Co 1927. First Edition. Very Good to Near Fine condition. Williams Printing Co unknown
19271893Richmond VA: Williams Printing Company 1927. fair to good. 442 illus. appendices index stamps inside front bd bds scuffed some wear to edges of spine. Williams Printing Company unknown
19273962Richmond VA: Williams Printing Company 1927. fair to good. 442 illus. appendices index bds scuffed and stained some wear to edges of spine. Williams Printing Company unknown
197685000London & Port of Spain: New Beacon Books 1976. First Edition. First Impression cloth issue. Octavo 22.25cm; green paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 45-80pp. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez with his ink name at upper margin of title page and inscribed to him by the author on the front endpaper: "To Roberto / with love best wishes / Dennis / London 1976." About Fine in a Very Good dustjacket unclipped priced £2.50 gently spine-sunned and lightly shelfworn with a few tiny nicks small tears and attendant creases. <br /> <br /> Text of a lengthly lecture on Guillen by the Trinidadian author which he delivered to members of the Caribbean Artists Movement in London. It includes the text of an interview between Ciro Bianchi Ross and Guillen on the poet's 70th birthday. A nice association linking two Guillen scholars; Marquez has written extensively on Guillen and has translated several of his works faithfully from Spanish into English. 85000. New Beacon Books unknown
1913List3218Brooklyn New York: The Albertype Co 1913. Photo album of twenty-five 12 ½ x 10 inch pages containing fifty 8 x 6 inch photographs with cardstock cover. Cover and pages worn with marginal damage; pages mostly detached from string binding; photos with captions on negative; Near Fine with Fine contrast. Overall excellent to Near Fine. After the Spanish American War the Isle of Pines now Isla de Juventud in Cuba was contested territory because the 1901 Platt Amendment had specifically left ownership of the island up to a future treaty; the 1904 Hay-Quesada Treaty recognizing Cuban sovereignty over the island failed to be ratified by the US until 1925. American citizens controlled ninety-five per cent or more of the island’s land and were strongly in favor of American annexation. <br /> <br /> Offered here is a 1913 photo album exhibiting the island’s lush scenery productive farmland and luxurious American residences and resorts. The American property owners are identified by name and include American Residents and Property Owners’ Association President T.J. Keenan who in 1902 described the island under default administration by the Cuban government as “on the verge of anarchy . American interests are absolutely unprotectedâ€1; H.A. Christy Vice President of the Cincinnati Richmond & Muncie Railroad; coal and coke businessman John F. Atcheson and other elites. There are also shots of a number of hotels; grapefruit banana and pineapple farms belonging to the settlers; and recreation by both automobile and boat.<br /> <br /> Two photographs are not of American ventures: one of the home of José Sarda which housed José Martà before his exile to Spain labeled merely “Nueva Gerona Sarda Homsteadâ€; and one of a house labeled “San Juan Native Homestead†showing a family standing on the porch of their thatched-roof home with an oxcart before them.<br /> <br /> We find four copies of this photo book on OCLC. Of interest to historians of US imperialism in Cuba following the military withdrawal. <br /> <br /> 1 “The Isle of Pines President Orders Investigation of Affairs There†The Press-Herald November 15 1902 2. The Albertype Co unknown
1983019568Westbury: About Face Press 1983. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine DJ. 146 Pp. One Of The Author's Copies With Her Name And Address Written On Front Endpaper And Again Beneath Her Printed Name On The Title Page. Inscribed With Compliments From The Author On The Front Pastedown. With A Presentation Letter Dated 1984 Attached To Front Endpaper And A Loose Letter Discussing Her Book Etc. With Copies Of Two Letters From Prof. H. G. Creel Commenting Favorably Upon It Also. A Fine Book And Dj With A Few Pencil Emphasis Marks In The Text Pp 22-25. <br/> <br/> About Face Press hardcover
1916100842<p>Tall 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.</p> Cuba Railroad Company,
1941056819BALTIMORE MD.: LITHO COPY PREP. CLEAN COPY. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1941. LITHO COPY PREP hardcover
1993Q-1555911161Fulcrum Publishing 1993-06-22. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Fulcrum Publishing paperback
1916029953London: East And West Ltd. 1916. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 15 Pp. Orange Covers Printed In Black. Wear Small Chip At Upper Left Corner Of Front Cover. Last Sentence With Warning That The West "Will See What We Can Do To Our Foes Who Dare Think Of Humiliating Us". <br/> <br/> East And West, Ltd. paperback
199313842Golden CO: Fulcrum Publishing Published in cooperation with the Denver Public Library. Fine hardcover copy with dustjacket 146 pp 1 pp ack 2 pp appreciation 78 4/C illustrations text throughout 2 pp bibliography. . Fine Copy. Hardcover. 1993. Fulcrum Publishing Published in cooperation with the Denver Public Library hardcover
