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2004rif. 88456Buffalo NY: White Pine Press 2004. First Edition. First Printing. Small quarto 25.5cm; original glossy pictorial card wrappers; 910-1155pp; illus.; with parallel text in English and in Spanish. Inscribed by Morejon on the half-title page to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Márquez and his wife: "Para Maddie y Roberto y los nenes que ya no lo son / Su negra / Nancy Morejon / 10/10/10." Hint of sunning to spine tiny crease to upper right corner of front wrapper; Near Fine. Collection of verse by the noted Afro-Cuban poet written between the summers of 1986-87 pairing her poems prose poems and vignettes with photos by Milton Rogovin. A nice inscription connecting two prominent Caribbean literary figures. 88456. White Pine Press unknown
1972rif. 88465Havana: UNEAC 1972. First Edition. First Impression one of 10000 copies. Octavo 21cm; original pictorial wrappers with French flaps; 89-897pp; text is entirely in Spanish. Inscribed by Retamar on the front endpaper to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Márquez: "Para Roberto / Contento con haberlo rencontrado - y esperandolo en nuestra Cuba - Un abrazo fraternal del Roberto / Ap. 73." The recipient's pervasive ink annotations and markings appear throughout the text. Edgeworn a few tiny tears and creases and a 2" split at upper front joint; Very Good. Collection of four extended essays on Nicolas Guillen by the noted Cuban poet essayist and literary critic. A warm inscription and a nice association to Marquez a Guillen scholar and translator of his work. 88465. UNEAC unknown
1980rif. 88457Mexico City: Difusion Cultural Departamiento de Humanidades / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1980. First Edition. First Impression one of 2000 copies. Small octavo 18cm; original pictorial card wrappers; 89-62pp. With a full-page inscription from Morejon to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Márquez and his wife signed and dated in Havana 4 September 1981." Mild surface wear else a fresh very Near Fine copy. A collection of verse by the noted Afro-Cuban poet selected and edited by Mexican poet and journalist Efraín Huerta Roma 1914-1982. A nice inscription connecting two prominent Caribbean literary figures. 88457. Difusion Cultural Departamiento de Humanidades / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México unknown
1994rif. 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
1974rif. 88452Havana: Casa de las Americas 1974. First Edition. First Impression one of 18000 copies. Narrow octavo 22.75cm; original pictorial card wrappers; 67-4293pp; illus.; text is entirely in Spanish. Inscribed by Guillen on the title page to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Márquez: "Para Roberto Márquez / con el fraternal cariño de Nicolas / La Habana Feb. 74." Signed directly beneath by an unknown figure and below that by Afro-Cuban poet and journalist Marcelino Arozarena 1912-1996. The opposing page is inscribed for Márquez in verse with a small drawing by an undetermined poet signed "David Feb.74." The verso of the half-title page is warmly inscribed by Cuban poet and critic Nancy Morejón who has written the foreword to this volume: "Para mi queridísimo Roberto Marquez / la admiracion y el cariño immenso de Nancy / La Habana / 19 de feb. de 1974." Directly beneath this is another warm year of publication inscription by an underemined individual. This volume has been extensively marked-up by Márquez whose contribution "Introducción a Guillén" appears on pp.127-138. Some wear to extremities a few nicks and tears to spine ends with some creases to wrappers; Very Good. A key volume of critical texts on Guillén 1902-1989 the national poet of Cuba by many of his contemporaries like Mirta Aguirre Angel Augier Roberto Fernández Retamar Nancy Morejón Alejo Carpentier Pablo Neruda Ciro Alegría and others. This copy bears a number of contemporary inscriptions to Márquez a Guillén scholar who has written extensively on his work and has translated several of the poet's works faithfully from Spanish into English. 88452. Casa de las Americas unknown
1983rif. 83069Havana: S.i. 1983. Original illustrated poster with text and pictorial elements silkscreened in four colors on white stock measuring 51cm x 76.25cm 20 1/8" x 30". Mild handling to extremities ele a bright Fine copy unbacked. Striking poster designed by Concepción Robinson Mendoza aka. "Coni" for Victor Cassaus's 1983 documentary Que Levante la Mano la Guitarra centered around Cuban musician and folk singer Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez. 83069. S.i. unknown
1976rif. 85000London & 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. 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
1983rif. 85035Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1983. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 23.5cm; pictorial cloth-covered boards; x34-251252-254pp. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez with his ink markings and notations throughout the text and inscribed to him by the author on the title page: "To Robert / as a token of my highest esteem and my admiration for your work / Keith." Base of spine gently nudged light wear to extremities with a few dog-eared pages; Very Good and sound without dustjacket as issued. Scholarly work on the writings of Nicolás Guillén 1902-1989 with a particularly generous inscription to Marquez who has written extensively on Guillén and has translated several of the poet's works faithfully from Spanish into English. A nice association linking two Guillén scholars. Uncommon inscribed. University of Toronto Press unknown
2016rif. x-0674970667Harvard Univ Pr 2016. Hardcover. New. 238 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.25 inches. Harvard Univ Pr hardcover
2017rif. 1-3639733894Editorial Académica Española 2017. Paperback. New. 88 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.20 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
2012rif. 1-3659056022Editorial Académica Española 2012. Paperback. New. 96 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.22 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
rif. PD19Oblong Folio album ca. 285x36 cm. 49 black paper album leaves. With ca. 260 mounted gelatin silver photographs of various size including ca. 20 large photos from ca. 245x32 cm 9 ½ x 12 ½ in to ca. 155x225 cm 6 x 8 ¾ in and 21 panoramas ca. 85x29 cm 3 ¼ x 11 1 /2 in or slightly smaller. The rest of the photos are from ca. 12x17 cm 4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in to ca. 4x6 cm 1 ½ x 2 ¼ in; most photos are ca. 8x14 cm 3 ¼ x 5 ½ in. No captions. About twenty photos with period ink notes “D.K.M. 10” in the corners. Period style black half morocco with cloth boards; decorative gilt-tooled borders on both boards and spine. Album leaves brittle several with tears and losses on extremities two large photos with tears and losses on extremities two small photos with losses of one corner each one photo has been apparently previously removed a few photos smildly faded or with mild silvering but overall a very good album of interesting photos. Historically significant album with lively amateur snapshots and original studio photos taken and collected by a family of American tourists during a Caribbean cruise in the early 1910s onboard the steamship “Moltke” of the Hamburg America Line Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft or HAPAG. Launched in 1901 S.S. “Moltke” went on regular cruises around the Caribbean and the Mediterranean until it was seized by Italy in 1915 in the course of WW1. Her Caribbean or West Indies cruises departed from New York and included stops in Cuba Puerto Rico Jamaica Panama Canal Venezuela Trinidad Barbados Martinique St. Thomas Dutch West Indies Bermuda & Bahamas. The album opens with several large views and panoramas of Havana harbour and waterfront featuring Castillo del Morro the iconic building of Lonja del Comercio commodities and stock exchange and S.S. “Moltke.” The other photos show Havana streets and passers-by the interior of a Catholic church &c. Over twenty photos are the views of the city and harbour of Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas Island – then the capital of the Danish West Indies since 1917 the U.S. Virgin Islands. The images show the city harbour from the distance and close-up a sign of “St. Thomas Bay & Rum Co.” is seen on one of the photos the statue of King Christian IX erected in the Emancipation Garden in 1909 removed in 2021 streets residential neighbourhoods on sloping hills a local market an official residence with the waving Danish flag garden of a Catholic convent with one of the monks posing alone and with a young tourist &c. Over thirty identified views of Puerto Rico a U.S. colony since 1898 a Commonwealth controlled by the U.S. since 1952 show San Juan: Plaza de Armas with the City Hall completed in 1842 Palacio de la Real Independencia now housing the Department of State of Puerto Rico Castillo San Felipe del Morro in the San Juan Bay Plaza Colon with Christopher Columbus monument San Juan harbour city streets and shops building of the “Hotel y Banos” a passenger train with the travellers walking at the front native cart drivers passers-by &c. A large group of photos ca. sixty depict the French Island of Martinique with a series of views of Fort-de-France: statues of Empress Josephine erected in 1859 destroyed in 2020 and Victor Schloelcher erected in 1904 removed in 2020 St. Louis Cathedral with the spire still under construction city streets and harbour “Hotel de l’Europe” distinctive cliffs on the coast near Fort-de-France &c. The views of Martinique include over twenty images of the ill-fated town of St. Pierre which perished during Mount Pelee’s eruption in May 1902. The photos include one view of St. Pierre before the destruction as well as general views of the ruins and desolation with posing tourists. Several images show the ruins of the Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption the downtown core with a grid of destroyed buildings and charred trees wrecked ships in the harbour a surviving bridge and the remains of the victims. A couple of images feature the top of Mount Pelee with a distinctive lava spine or the “Needle of Pelee” which was formed in October 1902 and collapsed in March 1903. Among the identified photos of Nassau Bahamas are the views of the famous silk cotton tree St. Matthews Anglican church completed in 1802 and the interior of Fort Charlotte. The other images show sugar cane plantations and native workers Caribbean residences streets and markets ports the American coastal steamer “Colonia” a series of scenes from a street carnival procession portraits of local market goers families diving children &c. Several images portray the tourists on board the S.S. Moltke including a group portrait with a lifebuoy of “Moltke Hamburg”. Overall a historically significant visual source on the history of American tourism to the Caribbean in the early 20th century with interesting views of the aftermath of the destruction of St. Pierre by the volcanic eruption. 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
1973rif. 0285701973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 152 Pp. 14" Tall Beige Buckram With Printed And Illustrated Dj And Printed Slipcase With Both The Chinese Language And English Language Inserts. Fine In Near Fine Dj Slipcase Has Light Wear No Names Or Marks. International Postage About $62. hardcover
1940rif. 026740Harmondsworth: Penguin Books 1940. First Penguin Edition First Printing . Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. First Penguin printing 1940 #310. From the collection of Ian Ballantine who was the American representative of Penguin Books prior to his founding of Ballantine Books in 1952. Each book from the Ballantine collection comes with a loose card indicating it is from the library of Ian and Betty Ballantine. Book has traces of wear at a few places on spine edges no other wear no fading but has a 1/2 tear at foredge of front cover with associated wrinkling lines extending 2" up the cover. Penguin Books unknown
1914rif. 020130Chicago / New York / Toronto / London / Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company 1914. First Edition . Illustrated Cloth. Very Good/No DJ. Photographs of Hwang Hsing Etc. 142 Pp 2 Pp Catalog At Rear. Orange Cloth Stamped In Black And White With Allegorical Design. First Edition. Clean Lightly Used No Names Or Marks Hinges Solid Light Wear With Some Loss Of Lettering And Design In Black Ink On Front Cover But All Chalk Lettering And Design Present And Strong.Previous Owner's Name On Front Free Endpaper Signs Of Bookplate Removal On Facing Pastedown. Fleming H. Revell Company hardcover
1938rif. 024291New 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. Dutton hardcover
2008rif. 022694New York: Spiegel & Grau 2008. First Edition First Printing . Grey Cloth / Boards. Fine/Fine DJ. Hardcover First Edition. First Printing. Signed And Dated By The Author In 2008 Otherwise As New. Spiegel & Grau hardcover
1973rif. 024280Beijing 1973. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Slipcase. 14" Tall. Color and B/W Plates. 152 pp loose 19 pp booklet same title with English translation of text for plates another 15 pp booklet same title with Chinese text and the catalogue of "The Exhibition of Archaelogical Finds of the People's Republic of China" 60 pp. Book is fine clean and unworn and unmarked slipcase has a touch of bumping and original owner's personal information on rear panel. International postage at cost of Priority Mail and insurance. hardcover
1960rif. 025662Hong 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. Hong Kong University Press / Oxford University Press / Institute of Pacific relations hardcover
1983rif. 019568Westbury: 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. About Face Press hardcover
1929rif. 018231Chicago: The American Journal of Sociology / The University of Chicago Press 1929. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 177-351 Pp Ads At Front. Complete A Few Pencil Notes In One Article 1/2" Chip And 1 1/2" Tear At Bottom Of Spine. The American Journal of Sociology / The University of Chicago Press unknown
