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1961rif. 2137Various places in Florida Mexico Cuba & Spain 1961. About very good. 138 original prints each 8 x 10 inches; mostly large format images with twelve contact sheet containing multiple smaller images and including several duplicates. Light wear at edges; slight curling. Occasional patches of scuffing or soiling. Scattered manuscript annotations and ink stamps on blank versos of photographs. An interesting aggregation of approximately 150 unique professional images that depict the travels and activities of the Latin American Fiesta Association of Tampa Florida. The cultural heritage group was founded in 1940 and flourished from the late 1940s to the 1980s and organized or participated in local social events had an annual ball and traveled widely across Latin America. The photographs here date from 1949 to the early 1960s and document the travels of association members to Spain Mexico and Cuba. They attended numerous events entertainments dinners and other social gatherings as well as made visits to attractions and local cultural clubs. In Spain and Cuba their trips seem to have been limited to Madrid and Havana respectively and there are some interesting series of travel images in Cuba from just prior to the Revolution. The group seems to have made multiple trips to Mexico and traveled somewhat more widely. Scattered images show the activities of the association in Florida as well and many of the prints have contemporary manuscript captions and ink stamps of local photographers and photography studios on the versos. In all a wide-ranging and quite engaging group of large photographs that document this midcentury Latin American social club in Florida. unknown books
1913rif. List3218Brooklyn 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. 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 unprotected”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. Two photographs are not of American ventures: one of the home of José Sarda which housed José Martí before his exile to Spain labeled merely “Nueva Gerona Sarda Homstead”; 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. We find four copies of this photo book on OCLC. Of interest to historians of US imperialism in Cuba following the military withdrawal. 1 “The Isle of Pines President Orders Investigation of Affairs There” The Press-Herald November 15 1902 2. The Albertype Co unknown books
1894rif. 1064651894. Pamphlet format 70 pp. Illustrations; map. 14.3x11.8 cm 5½x4½" pictorial wrappers. Some light staining and wear to wrappers spine a little worn very good overall. Rare tourists' guide book produced under the auspices of the Grand Hotel Macotte with much on Havana transportation options sights to see including bull fights prices a Spanish vocabulary etc. with numerous advertisements for Cuban and some Florida businesses and other hotels. One advertisement features cigar maker La Corona. They even include an illustration of Christopher Columbus. OCLC/WorldCat lists only one copy at the California State Library Sutro Branch. J. Carbonell and P. Montero, Proprietors. books
1931rif. D1703La Habana 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Five issues all but the last with their original wraps bound in one volume leather-backed marbled paper over boards -- a bit scuffed and bumped along the edges. Includes: Ano I. No. 1; Febrero 15 1931 / Ano I. No. 2; Febrero 22 1931 / Ano I. No. 3; Marzo 1 1931 / Ano I. No. 4; Marzo 8 1931 / Ano I. No. 5; Marzo 15 1931. The last issue No. 5. does not have the original front cover otherwise all original illustrated wraps are present. All a bit browned as expected and brittle with the occasional small marginal tear but perfectly good reading copies complete and nicely preserving the text illustrations sheet music and ads. Santa Clara bookseller's ticket on front paste-down. A wonderful and uncommon look at Cuba. hardcover books
1828rif. 2401Gibraltar 1828. Good. 3pp. on a bifolium. Previously folded with separations. Tanned somewhat brittle. An interesting example of official communications concerning trade between colonial Cuba and the Spanish mainland. In this manuscript letter date March 14 1828 the new Spanish Vice Consul in Gibraltar writes to the Governor General of Cuba concerning several topics. These include the regulation of shipping to Cuba and by implication the rest of the Caribbean through Gibraltar particularly of French ships leaving Mediterranean ports. Also discussed is keeping track of individuals particularly merchants going to Cuba by means of identification papers and other documents. The consul also reminds the colonial government of the importance of documenting duties and tariffs paid for shipping cargo and goods. unknown books
1916rif. 100842Tall 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. Cuba Railroad Company, books
1965rif. 80372Toronto: Fair Play for Cuba Committee 1965. Pamphlet. 59p. numerous vignette b&w photos softbound in stapled 8.5x5.5 inch wraps;very good condition. Fair Play for Cuba Committee unknown books
1950rif. 244442Republic of Cuba: 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. Cuban Tourist Commission, A Government Department unknown books
rif. 214582San Francisco: the Committee 196_. two 8.5x11 inch sheets one is blank stationery for the Bay Area chapter of the FPFC Committee while the other is a type-set form letter for thanking contributors and summarizing the purpose of the FPFC Committee. Very good condition. Staff names on both sheets are Alexander Saxton Bay Area Chairman Asher Harer Bay Area Executive Secretary and Robert Taber National Executive Secretary. Saxton was a noted historian and proletarian novelist. the Committee unknown books
1999rif. 200122Havana: Palcogra/Artes Graficas 1999. Pamphlet. 17p. softbound pamphlet in 7.5x5.5 inch stapled wraps; clean and sound a very good copy. Palcogra/Artes Graficas unknown books
1999rif. 200664Havana: the National Assembly 1999. Pamphlet. 37p. 5.5x8.5 inches fine first edition pamphlet in stapled white wraps with depiction of Cuba on cover. This presentation "aired on Cuban television and broadcast on international radio on.January 8 1999. the National Assembly unknown books
1991rif. 159359Habana: 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
1963rif. 127791Washington: GPO 1963. Pamphlet. Volume I: vi 1837-1949p. Volume II: vi 1951-2045 xv p. first volume has yellowed wraps rubberstamps and pen markings on front cover second volume cleaner but minor penciling on cover. US. 87th congress 2nd session. GPO unknown books
1959rif. 93985Havana: Office of the Prime Minister of Cuba 1959. Pamphlet. 32p. one photographic reproduction soupkitchen: "This is why Cuba needs the land reform" 8.5 x 5.5 inches wraps of substantial white paperstock decorated with the Cuban coat-of-arms rendered in 3 colors staplebound. wraps mildly soiled minor handling wear. Dated from internal declaration on p.31 over Urrutia Lleo's name; "Enacted in la Plata Sierra Maestra on May 17 1959 'Year of the Liberation.'" Also suggestive that 1959 date is correct is professional presswork and cover color work sophisticated by standards that in a year or two will be much lower as money and professionals run out. Office of the Prime Minister of Cuba unknown books
1947rif. 55153Havana: Cuban Tourist Commission 1947. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 22 by 28 inches unfolded. Foxed overall with some expected toning at the creases else very good and crisp. Cuban Tourist Commission paperback books
1903rif. 6457V.p. 1903. 36 postcards all completed in manuscript generally very good or better with some wear and rounded corners. A fascinating assemblage of cards written by Pre-Castro intellectuals to a Maria de Serra though a few are written to other women. It is difficult to pin down de Serra though we do know she was highly educated and very well-known and connected. It makes sense to us that she is perhaps the Maria de Serra mentioned by William Wells Brown in his important work The Rising Son or the Antecedents and advancement of the Colored Race 1874. On pg 260 Brown writes: "The free blacks in Cuba form an important element in her population and these people are found in all the professions and trades. .one of the best young ladies' academies at present existing at Havana is personally conducted by an accomplished negro woman Maria de Serra to whom many a lady of high rank owes her social and intellectual accomplishments." Further research may be fruitful in retrieving more information on this Maria de Serra. It goes without saying that the sentiments and signatures are the most appealing part of this collection. Many of the cards appear to contain original verse and all are quite legible and well preserved. Equally as lovely are the cards themselves many being of exceptional beauty as they were all chosen by artists and intellectuals. All in all a remarkable set worthy of further research. The correspondents are as follows: Diego Vicente Tejera; one of the most famous turn-of-the-century Cuban poets but also known as a short story writer orator and political activists. Nestor Cargonell; famous poet and writer. His son went on to become a Hollywood star. Conde Kostia pseudonym of Aniceto Valdivia; writer journalist poet critic lecturer dramatist founder of newspapers and Cuban diplomat. Rafael Maria Merchain; very influential poet and philosopher Enrique Fontanills; very prominent Cuban journalist. Florimel: great Cuban journalist writer and poet who died early in life. Manuel Raul Blanco Belmonte; Cuban poet. Ramon Meza; One of the most important Cuban writers of his time. Many of his books are considered classics and remain in print. Aurelio Cancio; Cuban journalist who founded "La Discusion" newspaper. Manuel Serafin Pichardo; one of the most popular Cuban poet of the 1900s. Frederico Mendes Cobos; a Cuban politician who became a a senator in 1902. Juan Maria Alberti: influential Cuban politician. Manuel Marquez Sterling; fine writer and politician. Jose Manuel Govin; journalist and director of the popular newspaper "El Munto" Cesar Cancio; Very popular Cuban poet born in St Spiritus. Pablo Bonachea; great Cuban journalist and director of "La Discussion" newspaper for one year. Jose Ernesto Trian; Cuban writer with political connections. Was ambassador to Venezuela. Manuel Tierso; Romantic Cuban poet Alvaro de la Iglesia. revered Cuban writer who penned the great "Cuban Traditions" Frederico Ledesma Balsunde: journalist and editor at "El Lucero." Fabio Fiallo; a leading Dominican writer poet and politician. He died in Cuba. Dulce Maria Borrero de Lujan; the most important Cuban woman writer and poet of her time. Frederico Hermida; author of any Cuban novels in the 1900s. Mariana Comas; Cuban essayist Joaquin Lopez Sena; renown Cuban poet and a politician from the 1900s to the 1920s. Eliseo Giberga; a very powerful and influential Cuban politician of the early 1900s. Manuek Coronado; an important Cuban journalist. Antonio San Miguel; Cuban writer and journalist. Pablo Santi Rois; Poet and respected journalist. Armando Celorio; One of the finest Cuban poets. Jose Maria Carbonell; famous Cuban poet and writer. Marcos Trazivark; famous Cuban writer and Musician. Esteban Joven; Cuban writer poet and essayist. Narciso de Puso; famous poet well entrenched in Cuban high society. Eduardo Mencis Capote; Cuban journalist popular among the elite. Lorenzo Frau Marsal; respected Cuban journalist . unknown 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
2026rif. x-1966932332Almenara 2026. Hardcover. New. 316 pages. Spanish language. 6.14x0.88x9.21 inches. Almenara hardcover
2026rif. x-1966932200Almenara 2026. Paperback. New. 316 pages. Spanish language. 6.14x0.71x9.21 inches. Almenara paperback
2000rif. 1-9875002186Manantial 2000. Paperback. New. Spanish language. 8.46x5.51x0.79 inches. Manantial paperback
1963rif. 87864Havana: Cuadernos de la Casa de Las Americas 1963. First Edition. First Impression one of 4000 copies. Slim octavo 24.25cm; original pictorial card wrappers stapled; Inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Márquez: "Para Roberto Marquez / apenas un libro cordialmente / Eduardo / 3/80." Light wear to extremities some oxidation to staples toning to rear wrapper with a faint crease to upper left corner; Very Good. The Cuban author's extended essay on the life and work of Afro-Cuban painter Wilfredo Lam 1902-1982. Uncommon inscribed. 87864. Cuadernos de la Casa de Las Americas unknown
1908rif. 228161908. Ober Frederick A. A Guide to the West Indies and Bermudas. New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1908. First edition. First printing. 525 pages with five fold-out color maps and numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations. Original red cloth stamped in gilt as issued with no dust jacket. 8vo. An early 20th-century travel guide reflecting U.S. and European imperial tourism in the Caribbean at the height of American expansion following the Spanish-American War. Ober a prolific writer on the Caribbean and Latin America interweaves geography natural history and colonial ethnography offering a period perspective into the ways tourists imperial authorities and travel publishers framed the predominantly Black Afro-Caribbean and Creole cultures of the region during the Jim Crow era. This guide includes detailed chapters on Cuba Puerto Rico Jamaica Trinidad Barbados Guadeloupe Martinique and dozens of other island territories along with sections on "The Bermudas" "The Lesser Antilles" "The South Coast of Cuba" and "A Glimpse of South America." The contents pages visible here show Ober's systematic movement through the archipelago giving each island a discrete treatment with notes on climate agriculture transportation and colonial governance. As Ober writes in his introduction the West Indies form "a region of infinite variety" a phrase that reflects both genuine admiration and the period's exoticizing tone common to pre-WWI travel literature. The fold-out maps chart shipping routes railways ports and political boundaries at a moment when the United States had recently taken possession of Puerto Rico 1898 and solidified its influence in Cuba and the broader Caribbean basin. Light rubbing to cloth with slight sunning to spine; corners mildly worn. Five fold-out maps complete crisp and clean one with a minor tear near margins. Interior exceptionally bright with no writing or markings; binding tight. Overall very good condition. A well-preserved first printing of an important Caribbean travel guide valuable for scholars of U.S. imperial history Caribbean studies tourism studies and the racial-cultural representation of the West Indies during the early American century. unknown
1485rif. 707591485. Mainz Peter Schöffer 28 März 1485 1 einspaltiges original Inkunabelblatt 239 x 169 mm; etwas fleckig. Erstdruck! Cap. 75: Balsamus - Balsambaum; Commiphora opobalsamum Engl. "Im Gegensatz zu den meisten Kräuterbuch-Inkunabeln lässt sich das Druckdatum des "Gart der Gesundheit genau auf den 28. März 1485 festlegen wie es am Ende des Werks vermerkt ist: "Disser Herbarius ist rzu mentz gedruckt und geendet uff dem XXVIII dage des mertz -Anno-M-CCCC-LXXXV". An gleicher Stelle wird Peter Schöffer als Drucker durch das Fust-Schöffersche Signet bestätigt. Der "Gart der Gesundheit gilt wie Muther 1884: 88: "als wichtigstes naturhistorisches Werk des Mittelalters" und Klebs/Becher 1925: 11: "The most important mediaeval work on natural history with illustrations Choulant the publication of which forms an important landmark in the history of botanical Illustration and marks perhaps the grea-test single Step ever made in that art" meinten als wichtigste bebilderte Arzneipflanzen-Inkunabel. Auch Keil 1982: 604 bestätigte später diese Aussage: "Zweifellos ist der "Gart das wichtigste naturhistorische Werk des Mittelalters". Auf 359 Seiten die in 435 Kapitel gegliedert sind wird der gesamte zur damaligen Zeit bekannte Arzneischatz abgehandelt und mit 382 Holzschnitten illustriert. Die wichtigsten 366 Heilpflanzen zwei Wiederholungen werden jeweils einzeln in den verschiedenen Kapiteln beschrieben und abgebildet. Der Text ist 42zeilig geordnet." B. Baumann & H. Baumann Die Mainzer Kräuterbuch-Inkunabeln 2010 p.111 Johann Wonnecke von Kaub um 1430 in Kaub am Rhein; gestorben 1503/04 in Frankfurt am Main auch Johannfes Dronnecke bzw. Johannes de Cuba er selbst nannte sich "Johan von Cube" war ein deutscher Arzt und Botaniker. Am Mainzer Hof wirkte er als Leibarzt. Kapitelende fehlt unknown
1485rif. 707441485. Mainz Peter Schöffer 28 März 1485 1 einspaltiges original Inkunabelblatt 239 x 171 mm 1 alt color. Holzschnitt der Lenticula aque. Erstdruck! Cap. 230: Lilium convallium - meyblomen; Convallaria majalis L. Cap. 231: Labrum veneris wyß disteln; Dipsacus fullonum L. "Im Gegensatz zu den meisten Kräuterbuch-Inkunabeln lässt sich das Druckdatum des "Gart der Gesundheit genau auf den 28. März 1485 festlegen wie es am Ende des Werks vermerkt ist: "Disser Herbarius ist rzu mentz gedruckt und geendet uff dem XXVIII dage des mertz -Anno-M-CCCC-LXXXV". An gleicher Stelle wird Peter Schöffer als Drucker durch das Fust-Schöffersche Signet bestätigt. Der "Gart der Gesundheit gilt wie Muther 1884: 88: "als wichtigstes naturhistorisches Werk des Mittelalters" und Klebs/Becher 1925: 11: "The most important mediaeval work on natural history with illustrations Choulant the publication of which forms an important landmark in the history of botanical Illustration and marks perhaps the grea-test single Step ever made in that art" meinten als wichtigste bebilderte Arzneipflanzen-Inkunabel. Auch Keil 1982: 604 bestätigte später diese Aussage: "Zweifellos ist der "Gart das wichtigste naturhistorische Werk des Mittelalters". Auf 359 Seiten die in 435 Kapitel gegliedert sind wird der gesamte zur damaligen Zeit bekannte Arzneischatz abgehandelt und mit 382 Holzschnitten illustriert. Die wichtigsten 366 Heilpflanzen zwei Wiederholungen werden jeweils einzeln in den verschiedenen Kapiteln beschrieben und abgebildet. Der Text ist 42zeilig geordnet." B. Baumann & H. Baumann Die Mainzer Kräuterbuch-Inkunabeln 2010 p.111 Johann Wonnecke von Kaub um 1430 in Kaub am Rhein; gestorben 1503/04 in Frankfurt am Main auch Johannfes Dronnecke bzw. Johannes de Cuba er selbst nannte sich "Johan von Cube" war ein deutscher Arzt und Botaniker. Am Mainzer Hof wirkte er als Leibarzt. unknown
