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1889ref. V39836Stuttgart (J.G.Cotta'sche Buchhandlung ) 1889 (= Erste Auflage). 8°, 12 Bände in 9 Büchern in rotem Leinen der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rücken, marmoriertem Schnitt und Exlibris (Hardcover), 1 Portrait 1
194556 Pages. Features: Dramatic front cover photo of dozens of German POWs being marched through urban destruction; Commercial Travelers ad with color photo of man at green mailbox; One-page ad for General Electric medical products; Europe, The New Dark Continent - the task of restoration is formidable, but there is the old vital spirit; Large photos of German citizens in a captured town; Large photo of the utter destruction of Cologne, Germany; Inside a front-line hospital - a doctor's story as told in letters home from the Western Front; Goebbels is now a prophet without honor is his home town of Muenchen-Gladrach-Rheydt - article with photos; Britain's House of Commons is a Cockpit, Not a Forum; Old Jobs or New Ones for the Veterans?; Wonderful one-page color illustrated ad for the Electric Boat Company (EBCo) features submarine surfacing; Cuba Mail Line ad; There the Impossible is Done - photo-illustrated article on the strange planes which fly at Wright Field; Nice one-page color ad for Celanese shows ship being painted; Excellent color-photo one-page ad for McGregor Sportswear features golfers and dog with ball; The life and times of the Oscar award - article with many photos of stars receiving their awards over the years; Dmitri Shostakovich Listens for Victory - photo-illustrated article on how Russia's greatest living composer's ninth symphony, voicing Russia's joy, will complete a trilogy born of the war; Rinso ad features young John (Johhny) Craig of Arlington, MA who has appeared in War Bond ads and Treasury Department movies; Ceiling Price Court; Barmaids come back; Movie photos of Tallulah Bankhead; Presto Cake Flour color ad; Nice ad for Chantilly Bath Tablets; Fish recipes; Care of the neck; Nice color Crisco ad shows cake; Without a Rug; Aids to Family Life; Wheatena ad; Two pages of lovely fashion photos inspired by the Metropolitan Museum; Ad for Revere Ware copper-clad stainless steel pots; Nice one-page color-photo ad for new Chen Yu Sea Shell nail products; Andrea Radio ad for 'Sharp-Focus' Televisioin shows basketball game; Gem Razors and Blads ad shows intimate golf couple; Color ad for Sheaffer's Pens on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
1960136 pages. Features: Nice color photo Lord & Taylor ad; Cuba - Profile of a Revolution - the old order has been swept away forever - many photos; Lament for the Rocking Chair; The Bantu Listens to a Louder Drum - the South African Negro call to freedom frightens the ruling whites; America's 500,000 Migrant Farm Workers; 'Marxist Mandarin' on Another Sales Trip - China's Premier Chou En-lai Revisits his South Asian Neighbors; Long-Run Plays - The Top Ten; photos of ice-breaking in the Great Lakes; Photos of interesting Senatorial Doors; Nice color photo ad for B. Altman & Co.; Photos of excavation in New York City; Peter M. Dawkins compares the attitudes toward collegiate sports in the United States and Great Britain - he was captain of the West Point Football Team and a unanimous All-America choice at halfback; 'April in Paris' for New York - Joseph Wechsberg is excited at the prospect of bringing Gallic imports to NYC; First Night Party for "Bye Bye Birdie" sponsored by L. Slade Brown; Let the Native Indian Be the Hero, by Stanley Walker; Rudolph Valentino was born 65 years ago - 5 nice photos; Restless Ports for the City's Food - Washington and Fulton Markets are colorful, obsolete, and about to be moved - article with photos; Golf Fever in Japan; Cut Out for Leisure - sexy photos by Gleb Derujinsky; Color photo ad for Knickerbocker Beer; Nice color Pepsi ad "The Sociables Prefer Pepsi"; About Polygamy - a fading practice in Africa; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Some yellowing with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
ref. 900066CASTRO'S ARRIVAL IN HAVANA AND THE EARLY DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION CUBA MEXICO AND MIAMI A collection of newspapers spanning the years 1959-1960 Mexico City/Miami Beach: El Mundo Prensa Libre Ultimas Noticias Excelsior 1950-60 A collection of five newspapers each measuring up to 62 x 40cm when fully unfolded; between 8 and 26 pages in length including 'El Mundo' 'Presna Libre' and 'Ultimas Noticias Excelsior' printed mostly in black but with occasional titles in blue; containing numerous black and white photographs of Fidel and Ramon Castro Che Guevara Celia Sanchez Adolfo Lopez Mateos and other members of the Revolution including the execution of Garcia Olayon as well as Richard Nixon J. F. K and other political figures; all newspapers fragile and toned in accordance with age with some splits and chips along folds some loss of text in places; chips to edges and occasional brown spots; one small annotation in blue ink of 'Imogen Browning National Coffee Shop' in Miami; remarkable survivals nonetheless and very good overall. A scarce collection of newspapers which together portray a vivid picture of the turbulent political and social scene towards the end of the 1950s. Articles include 'The Destruction of Santa Clara' and 'With the Rebel Leaders in the Villages' with copious photographs and there are numerous celebratory passages welcoming in Fidel Castro the 'Supreme Leader' and 'Los Gloriosos Heroes de la Revolucion'. There is also a map of the invasion of Cuba and advertisements for children's toys which include automatic pistols army trucks and plastic rockets. All text in Spanish. Please note that these items contain some graphic images unknown
1784ref. 6495Amsterdam et Paris, 1784 ; in-8 ; cartonnage rigide de papier bleu de l'époque, non rogné ; XVI, 591 pp., 2 gravures hors-texte d'après Marillier.
ref. 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
Madrid, La Universal, 1879, 22 x 15 cm., holandesa piel de época, 266 págs.
1892ref. 62697Chicago IL: Rand McNally & Co. 1892. One pocket map. 12mo. sized 3.75 x 6 in. which folds out into 21.5 x 15 in. colour-lithograph map printed index on verso. Brown embossed publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on front cover slight shelfwear very slight rubbing light toning & edgewear to map still a VG bright copy. First edition thus of this “Business” pocket map of Cuba issued by the Rand McNally Co. the same year that Jose Marti established the Cuban Revolutionary Party to organize independence of Cuba and Puerto Rico from Spain. The printed index on verso references islands lakes mountains provinces rivers and towns in Cuba. Although several different versions of this particular map were produced by Rand McNally along with the San Francisco Chronicle and versions including an inset map of Havana Harbor none located in Worldcat are the same maps as this pocket map. Rand McNally & Co., hardcover
1920ref. 224751920. Cuba Havana landmarks and urban development real photo post card archive ca. 1920s-1940s. 11 color and sepia real photo postcards of iconic civic and cultural architecture in Havana Cuba. Each measure 4" x 6". Many with captions identifying the locations in the negative or en verso with some printed in English and others in Spanish signaling their intended audience of both locals and foreign tourists. A compelling photo archive documenting early 20th-century Havana's architectural and political aspirations this collection showcases prominent landmarks that symbolized Cuba's nationalist identity international cosmopolitanism and American-influenced modernization in the decades between independence from Spain and the Cuban Revolution. The archive includes silver gelatin and printed color views of the National Theatre Cuba's Capitol Building Central Railway Station Gran Casino Nacional National University and the grand gateway of Havana's Colón Cemetery. Other views depict Paseo de Martí one of Havana's most iconic boulevards lined with vintage American cars and flanked by ornate colonial facades and new Art Deco-style hotels evidence of the influx of U.S. capital and tourism during the Batista era. Havana in this period was rapidly transforming into a showcase city of the Caribbean its urban core reflecting both Spanish colonial heritage and American urban planning models. The presence of monumental buildings like El Capitolio constructed between 1926 and 1929 and modeled after the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. points to Cuba's alignment with American political aesthetics and aspirations toward modern statehood. Similarly the University and Gran Casino Nacional represent both the intellectual elite and leisure-class investment that typified pre-revolutionary Cuban society. The mixture of European and U.S. architectural influences ranging from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco speaks to the layered colonial legacy and new economic dependency forged during the Platt Amendment era. Some mild edge wear. One card with a small corner crease others clean. Overall very good condition. This archive captures Havana in the midst of dramatic urban renewal and internationalization before the massive ruptures brought on by the 1959 revolution. unknown
1920ref. 224751920. Cuba Havana landmarks and urban development real photo post card archive ca. 1920s-1940s. 11 color and sepia real photo postcards of iconic civic and cultural architecture in Havana Cuba. Each measure 4" x 6". Many with captions identifying the locations in the negative or en verso with some printed in English and others in Spanish signaling their intended audience of both locals and foreign tourists. A compelling photo archive documenting early 20th-century Havana's architectural and political aspirations this collection showcases prominent landmarks that symbolized Cuba's nationalist identity international cosmopolitanism and American-influenced modernization in the decades between independence from Spain and the Cuban Revolution. The archive includes silver gelatin and printed color views of the National Theatre Cuba's Capitol Building Central Railway Station Gran Casino Nacional National University and the grand gateway of Havana's Colón Cemetery. Other views depict Paseo de Martí one of Havana's most iconic boulevards lined with vintage American cars and flanked by ornate colonial facades and new Art Deco-style hotels evidence of the influx of U.S. capital and tourism during the Batista era. Havana in this period was rapidly transforming into a showcase city of the Caribbean its urban core reflecting both Spanish colonial heritage and American urban planning models. The presence of monumental buildings like El Capitolio constructed between 1926 and 1929 and modeled after the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. points to Cuba's alignment with American political aesthetics and aspirations toward modern statehood. Similarly the University and Gran Casino Nacional represent both the intellectual elite and leisure-class investment that typified pre-revolutionary Cuban society. The mixture of European and U.S. architectural influences ranging from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco speaks to the layered colonial legacy and new economic dependency forged during the Platt Amendment era. Some mild edge wear. One card with a small corner crease others clean. Overall very good condition. This archive captures Havana in the midst of dramatic urban renewal and internationalization before the massive ruptures brought on by the 1959 revolution. unknown books
La Habana, Cultural, Sociedad Anónima, 1948, 3 tomos, 23 x 15,5 cm., tela original, ilustraciones intercaladas, impresión a dos columnas, 631 págs. = 748 págs. = 714 págs. + 1 hoja. (Primera edición de esta rara obra).
ref. 27053Dimensions (à vue) : 293 x 188 mm + passe-partout.
ref. 2094Edit. OSPAAAL . 1970. Impression offset. Dim : 56 x 33 cm
ref. 2094Edit. OSPAAAL . 1970. Impression offset. Dim : 56 x 33 cm
ref. ORD-17445[Toulouse]. La Dépêche. (1898). Grande carte de 780 x 560 mm toutes marges comprises, gravée par Charaire, partie centrale, la carte proprement dite, en couleurs, entourée de divers sujets en noir avec texte en bas de feuille. Intéressante pièce, supplément du journal La Dépêche. La carte décrit les flottes navales de l'Espagne et celle de l'Amérique dans l'Océan Atlantique et représente les 10 longues semaines de cette guerre déclarée à propos de l'indépendance de Cuba. Elle est entourée de vignettes montrant les uniformes de chacune des armées ainsi que des vues de La Havane, Santiago de Cuba, Matanzas et le Fort des Boucaniers. Traces légères de pliage en 8 mais très bon état de ce fragile document malgré qq. menus défauts. Rare. (2). Photo sur demande.
ref. 7546Habane, Oficio del Gobierno y Capitania general, 1835. In 8 demi-chagrin à coins, dos à nerfs orné, tête dorée (coins émoussés), VI-272 pp. + feuillet non ch. avec un tableau dépliant et neuf planches dépliantes.
1932ref. 50120Santiago 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
1925ref. 6379Havana: American Photo Studios 1925. Very good plus. 48pp. each with 6x8-inch photographic prints directly mounted. Original card wrappers photo-illustrated and string-tied. Minor wear and dust soiling. Images strong and clear. An attractive and uncommon 1920s travel brochure distributed by ocean liners sailing to and from Havana. This album of photographic prints opens with shots of Ward Line and P & O steamships entering and leaving the city harbor. The images by American Photo Studios images encompass views of Havana's Carnival Hotel Plaza Colon Park the old city walls the Santa Clara Convent and the monument to the USS Maine on Malecon Drive. Also included are views of freshly built suburbs stately homes on "Fifth Avenue" the Havana Country Club Jockey Club and even a view of the Hershey Company's sugar mill. An engaging album that shows Havana at the beginning of its run as a Caribbean destination for American high society in the first half of the 20th century. American Photo Studios unknown
1925ref. 6379Havana: American Photo Studios 1925. Very good plus. 48pp. each with 6x8-inch photographic prints directly mounted. Original card wrappers photo-illustrated and string-tied. Minor wear and dust soiling. Images strong and clear. An attractive and uncommon 1920s travel brochure distributed by ocean liners sailing to and from Havana. This album of photographic prints opens with shots of Ward Line and P & O steamships entering and leaving the city harbor. The images by American Photo Studios images encompass views of Havana's Carnival Hotel Plaza Colon Park the old city walls the Santa Clara Convent and the monument to the USS Maine on Malecon Drive. Also included are views of freshly built suburbs stately homes on "Fifth Avenue" the Havana Country Club Jockey Club and even a view of the Hershey Company's sugar mill. An engaging album that shows Havana at the beginning of its run as a Caribbean destination for American high society in the first half of the 20th century. American Photo Studios unknown books
1841ref. 15527Havana. Sept. 29 1841. A proclamation by the Spanish military government in Cuba concerning legal tender and its circulation and providing a series of regulations for commerce and exchange. Broadside 23 x 16 1/2 inches. Splitting on middle fold else very good. unknown
1841ref. 15527Havana. Sept. 29 1841. A proclamation by the Spanish military government in Cuba concerning legal tender and its circulation and providing a series of regulations for commerce and exchange. Broadside 23 x 16 1/2 inches. Splitting on middle fold else very good. unknown books
1945ref. 9277New York New York and Havana Cuba 1945. William John Mantz Jr. worked as an engineer and assistant manager for the West Indies Sugar Corporation for 10 years traveling back and forth frequently between his home in Tarrytown New York and the sugar plantations in Havana Cuba. This archive contains travel materials government documents and other personal artifacts pertaining to his time in Cuba and concerning his status with the draft during World War II. Most correspondence in original postmarked envelope. Included: - One black and white photograph of Bill and Marjorie Mantz - Birth certificate copy with raised seal for Bill Mantz dated January 1938 - Two personal letters from Marjorie to Bill in 1938 that mention her recent travels to visit him in Cuba - Cuban drivers license for Bill dated January 1940 with photo attached and stamped by the police department - Cuban Foreign Identification Card for Marjorie dated June 1940 with receipt and three copies of her photo attached - Receipt for surrendered passport in Miami Florida December 1940 - Letter from Bill's sister Margie in May 1942 forwarding paperwork from Selective Services - Two Cuban tax withholding documents from May/July 1942 - Letter from Bill in Spanish requesting the renewal of Marjorie's Foreigner's Identification card in May 1943 and follow up letter to a different recipient in English dated June 1943 regarding missing documents - Three permits from Selective Services for to depart from the United States 1943-1945 plus one duplicate - Four pieces of correspondence from the American Consulate in Cuba dated December 1944 - April 1945 regarding passports medical exams and registering the Mantz’s infant daughter - Sixteen letters and other correspondence between Bill his boss Arthur Kirstein and Selective Services mostly regarding Bill’s draft status but also some sugar industry business such as frequent air travel to Havana trains and fuel options and US politics after Truman assumed the presidency. . unknown
1994ref. 170268Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1994. Revised Draft script for the 1995 film. Bound in at the rear of the script are nine pages relating to revisions to the script. US Army doctors race to find the cure to a deadly virus quickly spreading from Africa to North America by way of a smuggled capuchin monkey. Shot on location in California and Hawaii. Self wrappers. Title page present dated May 13 1994 noted as REVISION POLISH with credits for screenwriters Laurence Dworet and Robert Roy Pool and revision credits for uncredited screenwriter Ted Tally. 174 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 7 and 17 1994. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown
1994ref. 170268Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1994. Revised Draft script for the 1995 film. Bound in at the rear of the script are nine pages relating to revisions to the script. US Army doctors race to find the cure to a deadly virus quickly spreading from Africa to North America by way of a smuggled capuchin monkey. Shot on location in California and Hawaii. Self wrappers. Title page present dated May 13 1994 noted as REVISION POLISH with credits for screenwriters Laurence Dworet and Robert Roy Pool and revision credits for uncredited screenwriter Ted Tally. 174 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Xerographic duplication rectos only with rainbow revision pages throughout dated variously between August 7 and 17 1994. Pages Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1906ref. ZB705570Habana: 1906-1931 passim. Tomo I 1906 Tomo III 1906 a 1908 Tomo IV 1909 a 1911 Tomo VIII 1917 a 1919 Tomo 10 1921 a 1923 Tomo XII 1925-1927 Tomo XIII Vol. I 1927 a 1929 Tomo XIII Vol. 2 1929 a 1931 only; first editions; small usually thick quartos; ex library original cloth bindings smudged and worn with one side and a few text leaves detached most hinges cracked or broken text age toned but not fragile reading copies only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Habana: hardcover