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2003rif. 22882ELos Angeles: Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films 2003. Original World Premiere Movie Invitation for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl dated June 28 2003 to be screened at Disneyland in Anaheim CA. The invitation is a single sheet folded to measure 5” x 7”. Illustrated on the front panel with the film’s logo of a skull with a red bandana and a pair of swords as crossbones. The text at the interior suggests that guests wear ‘Caribbean Casual’ or ‘your favorite Pirate Wear’. In fine condition. The first of the Pirates of the Caribbean series the film was directed by Gore Verbinski and stars Johnny Depp Keira Knightley Orlando Bloom Geoffrey Rush Jack Davenport Jonathan Pryce and Lee Arenberg. The film received 5 Oscar nominations; Best Actor Depp Best Makeup Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. Johnny Depp was also nominated for a Golden Globe Best Actor - Comedy or Musical. Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films unknown books
1946rif. 4801Washington: Caribbean Commission 1946. Paperback. Good. folding map index xi 148p. Original wrapper. Minor damping. Crop Inquiry Series No. 1. Caribbean Commission paperback books
2005rif. 251165San Francisco: Fellowship of Reconciliation 2005. Two issues of the Puerto Rico Update nos. 35 and 44 the latter issue expanded to include Colombia and a Vieques Issue Brief from Winter 2002. 4 8 and 4 pages respectively all 8.5x11 inches very good but for folds from mailing. Much coverage of local opposition to US military activities in the area. Fellowship of Reconciliation unknown books
1975rif. 96663New York: New Outlook Publishers 1975. 52p. wraps. Statement issued jointly by the communist parties of various Latin American and Caribbean countries. New Outlook Publishers unknown books
1987rif. 10242Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0226499901 . First printing. Near fine in a near fine light vertical crease to front flap dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press hardcover books
2018rif. 2222208First edition thus. Octavo. Original stiff tan illustrated wrappers. Translated by Edith Grossman. No dust jacket. Fine. 6 pages. One of 150 numbered copies signed by designer/printer Jean Gillingwators. Blackbird Press paperback books
1986rif. 229746First edition thus. 4to. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Original red cloth with large tan pictorial board for a front cover. Enclosed in the original publisher's red cloth drop box with tan board for a front cover. Fine fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. Number 11 of 40 numbered copies on handmade paper signed by David M. Guss and Antonio Frasconi on the colophon page. Original publisher's prospectus laid in loose. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Turkey Press hardcover books
1901rif. 2221928First 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. The Rumford Press hardcover books
1905rif. 105099Four postcards approximately 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" with stamps. Some writing on image side post marked some aging and browning edges slightly bumped; otherwise very good. This collection of four postcards from Cuba are postmarked stamped and written out. The authors are Anna and Nestor although in one card the author is less clear to a Miss K. Greve. Who lived in the upper West side of New York City. One card features Baby New Year for 1907 and has some color; the other three show La Catedral a promenade and what appears to me some kind of American monument. books
1961rif. 2221673First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece drawing of Adam and Eve by Tomas Di Taranto. Original stiff white wrappers light soiling; short tear. No dust jacket. Very good. 143 pages. Signed and inscribed by Pinto on half title page to poet Alicia Ghiragossian; with name stamped on title page. Francisco A. Colombo paperback books
1965rif. 2221599First edition. Small thin octavo. Preface by Felix B. Visillac. Original stiff tan wrappers stamped in black. Text browned due to paper quality. Very good. 54 pages. Signed and inscribed by author to poet Alicia Ghiragossian on title page. Direccion Lafuente paperback books
2003rif. 31672Westport: Greenwood Press. As New. 2003. Hardcover. 0313323941 . First printing. As new in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press hardcover books
2002rif. 23739Athens: University of Georgia Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0820324175 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Georgia Press hardcover books
1910rif. 238911910. Pineapple plantation photo archive circa 1910s documenting cultivation harvest and transport on an unidentified tropical plantation during the expansion of commercial pineapple production for export markets and black sharecropping labor. The photographs concentrate on the agricultural cycle rather than plantation buildings or domestic life moving from densely planted acreage and individual ripening fruit to large accumulations of harvested pineapples and a mule drawn wagon loaded for transport. Pineapple cultivation expanded substantially in the Caribbean and Hawaii during the early twentieth century making the crop increasingly visible within American commercial agriculture and food consumption. Photo archive of 10 silver gelatin photographs each approximately 3 x 4 inches Caribbean location circa 1910s. Several photographs survey extensive fields planted almost entirely in pineapple including broad views in which rows of spiked plants extend toward distant hills and close studies showing mature fruit rising from individual plants. Other images record the harvest after removal from the field: pineapples are arranged in substantial piles beside cultivated acreage while two white men pose before one accumulation holding individual fruit. Another photograph shows a mule drawn wooden wagon filled above its sideboards with harvested pineapples with one white man standing beside the wagon another seated atop the load and a black man positioned with the mule team further highlights post emancipation plantation labor. The men's differing positions within the harvest scenes preserve visible evidence of diverse groups participating in the plantation's agricultural economy alongside the animal powered transportation used to move a bulky commercial crop from the field. Commercial pineapple production was developing rapidly across several regions connected to the United States Hawaii and the Carbons during this period. The photographs belong to that broader transformation of pineapple from a geographically restricted tropical fruit into an increasingly standardized export commodity but neither crop morphology nor the visible terrain distinguishes securely among these producing regions. More specifically the images record the material stages behind that trade: dense monocrop planting maturation in the field manual harvesting accumulation of fruit and transportation by mule drawn wagon. Light handling wear occasional edge and corner losses minor curling and scattered toning; image surfaces remain generally clear with strong detail. Overall in good condition. A concentrated photographic record of early twentieth century pineapple agriculture showing the field harvest labor and transport required to move a tropical crop toward commercial distribution. unknown
1967rif. 237191967. Black HistoryComics 1960s Guyanese comic book by an early influential Black cartoonist. Seymour Rudy. The Preacher Meets Big Mama: Part 2. Georgetown British Guyana: All in Pictures ca. 1967. First edition. Scarce. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white cartoon panels. Original pictorial wrappers printed in black and red on pale blue stock. A rare early work by Samuel Rudolph "Rudy" Seymour widely regarded as the father of Guyanese comics. This installment blends Christian moralism with Afro-Caribbean folklore in a visually arresting local comic format. Rudy Seymour was one of the earliest creators of locally produced comic books in Guyana whose illustrated narratives reflected and shaped mid-20th century Guyanese visual culture. In The Preacher Meets Big Mama Seymour depicts a confrontation between a Christian preacher and "Big Mama" a feared spiritualist figure with ties to Obeah a syncretic Afro-Caribbean spiritual system. The plot follows the preacher's attempt to rescue a boy from Big Mama's cult culminating in scenes of ritualistic sacrifice demonic invocation and divine intervention. The narrative unfolds in vernacular Guyanese Creole grounding the story in a distinctly local idiom. Seymour's stark expressive linework animates themes of good versus evil colonial Christianity versus ancestral spiritual knowledge and gendered power structures. While the portrayal of Big Mama leans into negative colonial stereotypes casting her as a devil-worshipper the comic simultaneously elevates Afro-Caribbean spiritual conflict to the central stage of popular print culture. Seymour's broader contributions to Caribbean arts extended beyond this title; his pioneering comics inspired future generations and played a foundational role in developing the graphic arts in Guyana. He continued illustrating through the 1970s and remained a cultural fixture until his passing in 2020. Minor wear to spine and covers; interior pages lightly toned but well-preserved and tightly bound. Overall very good condition. A mid-century Caribbean comic documenting a formative moment in Black diasporic graphic storytelling and the postcolonial negotiation of identity faith and resistance in Guyanese print media. unknown
rif. PF38Quarto album ca. 282x175 cm 11 x 7 in. 24 card stock leaves. With 94 mounted original gelatin silver photographs ca. 9x115 cm 3 ¾ x 4 ½ in. Ca. 77 photos with period English ink captions on the mounts. Period hunter green full-cloth album with the gilt-tooled sunburst motif and the generic title “Photographs” on the front cover. Paper inventory label and pencil trances on the front cover worn edges two photos missing but otherwise a very good album with strong interesting photographs. Historically interesting album with excellent original photographs apparently taken by a British tourist during a voyage from England to present-day India the Mediterranean and the Caribbean at the turn of the twentieth century. The album follows a wide-ranging journey that begins in Calcutta then the capital of British India and continues through Varanasi Lucknow Agra and Delhi capturing the movement of the travelers across northern India. From there the route turns south to Madras and Colombo in Sri Lanka where the party embarked on a long sea passage. Traveling by steamer through the Suez Canal with recorded stops at Port Said and Malta the voyage gradually leads to the Caribbean. The final portion of the album centers on their time in Havana and is especially notable for its firsthand visual record of the aftermath of the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée which devastated the city of Saint-Pierre on Martinique. The album contains ninety-four well-executed photographs with most images of colonial India. About thirty early vibrant views portray iconic landmarks of Calcutta Tagore Castle Varanasi Monkey Temple Manikarnia Ghat Jaipur temples Agra exterior and entrance of Taj Mahal Delhi Sixty-four pillars interior the Great Mosque Jama Masjid jumping wells city gates Lucknow Gate of Kaiser Bagh the Residency Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple and Madras the Great Pagoda Parthasarathy Temple. Especially interesting are over twenty candid urban scenes showing a snake charmer playing pungi an elephant transporting passengers boys gathering coal near railway tracks steamer passengers crossing the Ganges at embarkation point and dozens of Indians strolling through native markets guiding ox carts or gathered for communal prayer. The rest of the Indian photos comprise excellent nature and street views as well as a portrait of the apparent well-dressed compiler posing by his/her companion at a Bombay Harbor. About fifteen lively vernacular photos from Sri Lanka include views of the Galle Road Maligakane Temple the Galle Face Hotel and vibrant street scenes with locals in traditional attire strolling through the bustling thoroughfares. The Caribbean series contains over twenty-five excellent photos with the most interesting images documenting the infamous 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée and the ruins of Saint-Pierre Martinique. Other important identified photographs feature the sunken USS Maine in Havana Harbor an event that helped prompt the Spanish–American War as well as views of Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro Havana Wharf and Havana street scenes. The series also includes views of Kingston Harbor in Jamaica together with other lively candid scenes. The collection further contains several photographs of Port Said and Valetta mostly showing harbor and sea views. Overall a historically interesting album with excellent original gelatin silver photographs taken during a voyage from British India to the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean at the turn of the twentieth century. hardcover
rif. PE22Oblong Folio album ca. 285x37 cm 11 ¼ x 14 ¾ in. 50 black paper leaves 22 blank. With 218 mounted gelatin silver photos from ca. 8x135 cm 3 x 5 ¼ in to ca. 6x8 cm 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ in. No captions. With 15 loosely inserted photos including 5 duplicates: three large images ca. 22x34 cm 8 ½ x 13 ¼ in ten photos ca. 1520 cm 6x8 in and two smaller images. Period maroon full sheep album with a gilt-lettered title on the front cover. Binding rubbed on extremities the first leaf detached from the stub and loosely inserted several images slightly faded two large loosely inserted photos with creases and tears on extremities but overall a very good album. Interesting collection of original snapshot gelatin silver photos taken by an American or British family in the early 19th century which includes about 112 lively images of Bermuda and its people. The photos of Bermuda include a series of views of the Town of St. George showing the harbour with the Ordnance Island a graveyard with a pink Salvation Army church in the background St. Peter’s church and clock tower the oldest surviving Anglican church in continuous use outside of British Isles Stewart Hall city streets and historical houses &c. The identified views of Hamilton the territorial capital show the Princess Hotel taken from the harbour and city wharf. The other pictures of Bermuda show streets roads harbours with sailboats and naval ships coastal views private city houses and countryside residences portraits of local cart drivers local children the album’s compiler and his companions scenes on board a passenger steamer &c. The second half of the album with over a hundred photos depicts the compiler’s family life and their travels around Europe and the United States. The identified images show the “Peacock Hotel” Rowsley Derbyshire the Cliff Palace 11th-12th-century cliff dwelling in Montezuma County Colorado and the Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs. A portrait of an elderly lady features a sign that says “Cave of the Winds Pleases Everybody” most likely referring to the Cave of the Winds in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado. The other photos include scenes from an auto trip coastal views family portraits views of European cities likely in France &c. The loosely inserted photos are mostly views of the exterior and interior of a manor most likely in England. Overall an interesting collection of original snapshot photos of Bermuda in the early 20th century. unknown
1998rif. G0899224253I3N00Grupo Nelson 1998. Leather Bound. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Grupo Nelson hardcover
1998rif. G0899224253I5N00Grupo Nelson 1998. Leather Bound. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Grupo Nelson hardcover
1862rif. 030663Kjobenhavn Copenhagen: J H Schultz 1862. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 11 Pp. Original Printed Wrappers No Names Or Marks Minute Loss At Lower Tips Of Cover And First Page. Ex Copley Library Although Not Marked As Such. J H Schultz paperback
1876rif. 030068New York And London: G. W. Carleton & Co 1876. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Frontispiece Engravings. 209 Pp. Brown Cloth Gilt Embossed In Black On Front Cover And Spine Blind-Stamped On Rear Cover Brown Endpapers Page Edges Colored Red And Polished. First Printing 1876 Date On Title Page. Covers Clean And Unfaded Gilt Still Brilliant Page Edges Still Shiny Hinges Tight And Endpapers Immaculate Page Edges Still Polished Shiny And Red G. W. Carleton & Co hardcover
1938rif. 030447New York: Time - Fortune Inc. 1938. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 14" Tall. Spine Has Wear Split At Top 1" 1/2" Chip And Associated Tears And Wrinkling At Lower Tip Of Front Cover Faint Circular Glass Mark On Front Cover. Time - Fortune, Inc. unknown
1916rif. 029952London: East And West Ltd.1917 1916. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 27 Pp. Orange Covers Printed In Black. Light Wear But Front Cover Neatly Detached Along Spine Thus Loose. A Few Hand Corrections Of Names And A Comment Correcting The Author's Final Statement By Reference To A Source Both By A 1962 Rhodes Scholar. East And West, Ltd.[1917?] paperback
1916rif. 029953London: 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". East And West, Ltd. paperback
1938rif. 029977Julia 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. [Julia Ellsworth Ford] paperback
