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Antigüedades Americanas. Noticias que tuvieron los Europeos de la América Antes del...

Bachiller y Morales, Antonio.

Antigüedades Americanas. Noticias que tuvieron los Europeos de la América Antes del descubrimiento de C. Colon.

Habana: Oficina del Faro Industrial, 1845. 133, [3] pp., plate. Illus. with 1 folding map and in-text engravings. 8vo. Later half marbled calf over brown cloth boards, four raised bands, red and brown morocco spine labels titled in gilt, decorative endpapers, original wrappers bound in. First edition. Folding engraved map... More about Antigüedades Americanas. Noticias que tuvieron los Europeos de la América Antes del...

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Apuntes para la historia de las letras, y de la instruction publica de la isla de Cuba [Three...

Bachiller y Morales, Antonio.

Apuntes para la historia de las letras, y de la instruction publica de la isla de Cuba [Three Volumes in One].

Habana: Impr. de P. Massana / Impr. del Tiempo, 1859-61. 225, 2 pp.; 220, 4 pp.; 247, 1 pp. 8vo. Modern quarter speckled calf over green marbled boards, four raised bands, red morocco spine label titled in gilt, marbled endpapers. First edition. "The most important work published by Bachiller y.... More about Apuntes para la historia de las letras, y de la instruction publica de la isla de Cuba [Three...

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The New Jamaica. Describing the Island, explaining its conditions of life and growth and...

Bacon, Edgar Mayhew and Aaron, Eugene Murray.

The New Jamaica. Describing the Island, explaining its conditions of life and growth and discussing its mercantile relations and potential importance: adding somewhat in relation to those matters which directly interest the tourist and the health seeker.

New York / Kingston: Walbridge / A. W. Gardner, 1890. xi, 243 pp. Illus. with 42 b/w plates, photos, drawings, and 2 folding maps. 12mo. Decorated pebbled red cloth. First edition. Spine darkened, front board scuffed, free front endpaper detached, first and last blank partially detached, leaves browning, still about very good. More about The New Jamaica. Describing the Island, explaining its conditions of life and growth and...

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Revista Cubano de Derecho. Año XXIV (Nueva Serie). Enero-junio, 1950. Nos. I-II (93-94). Alberto...

Blanco, Alberto, ed.

Revista Cubano de Derecho. Año XXIV (Nueva Serie). Enero-junio, 1950. Nos. I-II (93-94).

La Habana: Revista Cubano de Derecho, 1950. 96 pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Includes "Antecedentes del impuesto sobre las rentas y entradas personales en la legislacion e historia cubanas," by Juan M. Menocal y Barreras. A very good unopened (uncut) copy, light soiling on wrappers. More about Revista Cubano de Derecho. Año XXIV (Nueva Serie). Enero-junio, 1950. Nos. I-II (93-94

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Guerra hispano-americana. Colección de documentos referentes á la Escuadra de Operaciones de...

Cervera y Topete, Pascual.

Guerra hispano-americana. Colección de documentos referentes á la Escuadra de Operaciones de las Antillas.

El Ferrol: Imprenta de "El Correo Gallego," 1899. 218 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Pascual Cervera y Topete (1839-1909) was admiral of the Spain's Caribbean Squadron during the Spanish-American War. Ordered to Cuba, after a two year exile and before he prepared the navy properly for battle against the United... More about Guerra hispano-americana. Colección de documentos referentes á la Escuadra de Operaciones de...

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Manuscript on Filibuster Operations in Cuba's Guerra de los 10 años] Mision á Colombia:...

Cisneros, Francisco Javier; Miguel Aldama; et al.

[Manuscript on Filibuster Operations in Cuba's Guerra de los 10 años] Mision á Colombia: Projecto.

[New York, Colombia, Panama]: 1870. 70 pp. Folio. Disbound. Manuscript transcripts of 21 (perhaps 22) letters, most, if not all, are in Cisneros hand. Nine of the letters, making up over three quarters of the text, are from Cisneros reporting on his work in organizing units totaling nearly 1000 volunteers... More about Manuscript on Filibuster Operations in Cuba's Guerra de los 10 años] Mision á Colombia: Projecto

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Clarkson, Thomas.

Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies, with a view to their Ultimate Emancipation; and on the Practicability, the Safety, and the Advantages of the latter Measure.

New York: n.p., 1823. iv, [5]-64 pp. Sm. 8vo. Disbound. First American edition. Clarkson was the leading British abolitionist of the early 1800s, and in this work laid out the "theoretical agenda of the resurgent British antislavery campaign in the 1820s." (See Lambert: White Creole Culture, Politics and Identity During... More about Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies, with...

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Print] General View of Santiago, Cuba. Cuba, C. Barclay

[Cuba] Barclay, C.[?)

[Print] General View of Santiago, Cuba.

[London]: c. 1890. 1 sheet. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Matted. Hand-colored engraving. Originally printed in "The Universal Geography" by Élisée Reclus, edited by A.H. Keane, published by J.S. Virtue & Co., London, 1890. The image appeared in the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1893, item 25 of the... More about Print] General View of Santiago, Cuba

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Gaceta Oficial de la Republica de Cuba. Edicion Extraordinaria Especial. La Habana, Miercoles 3...

[Cuba].

Gaceta Oficial de la Republica de Cuba. Edicion Extraordinaria Especial. La Habana, Miercoles 3 de Junio de 1959. Año LVII-Tomo Quincenal Número XI. Número Anual 7.

Habana: n.p., 1959. 11 pp. Sm. 4to. Stapled self wrappers. First edition. Special issue devoted to publication of the First Agrarian Reform Law of Cuba (Ley de reforma agraria) signed into law on May 17, 1959. It confiscated all properties over 420 hectares and re-distributed them. Prior to the enactment... More about Gaceta Oficial de la Republica de Cuba. Edicion Extraordinaria Especial. La Habana, Miercoles 3...

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Small Archive of 11 Publications on Cuban Trade and Finance: 1928-1943. Cuba

[Cuba].

Small Archive of 11 Publications on Cuban Trade and Finance: 1928-1943.

Paper wrappers. First editions unless noted. 1. Fraga, Pedro Martinez. SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF THE CUBAN PAVILION, NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, ON MAY 20, 1939. WITH APPENDICES... Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1939. 53 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy. 2. Economic Intelligence Service. PUBLIC... More about Small Archive of 11 Publications on Cuban Trade and Finance: 1928-1943

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Panoramic Photograph of Police Headquarters in Old Havana. Cuba, Federico. Policia Nacional...

[Cuba]. Laredo, Federico. Policia Nacional División Central. Link, Fred.

Panoramic Photograph of Police Headquarters in Old Havana.

1940. 1 sheet. 9 1/4 inches by 50 inches. Mounted to card stock. Built in 1939 to resemble an old Spanish fortress, and now part of a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Police headquarters, and the Radio Patrol, had just been outfitted with the latest two-way FM radio system when... More about Panoramic Photograph of Police Headquarters in Old Havana

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Bibliographia Jamaicensis. A List of Jamaica Books and Pamphlets, Magazine Articles, Newspapers,...

Cundall, Frank

Bibliographia Jamaicensis. A List of Jamaica Books and Pamphlets, Magazine Articles, Newspapers, and Maps, Most of Which are in the Library of the Institute of Jamaica.

New York: Burt Franklin, (1971). vi, 83 pp. 8vo. Cloth with gilt titles. Reprint. A near fine copy. No dust jacket as issued. More about Bibliographia Jamaicensis. A List of Jamaica Books and Pamphlets, Magazine Articles, Newspapers,...

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Cundall, Frank.

The Press and Printers of Jamaica Prior to 1820.

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1916. 126 pp. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First separate printing. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society for October, 1916. The standard reference work. A very good copy with light scuffing at head of spine. More about The Press and Printers of Jamaica Prior to 1820

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[Dominican Republic].

Boston Weekly Spectator, A Family Paper of News, Art, Literature, Politics, Business and Agriculture. Boston, Thursday, April 13, 1871. Volume 61, Number 19.

Boston: Dunbar, Waters & Co., 1871. 8 pp. 23" x 16" Self wrappers. First edition. Two articles concerning the annexation of the Dominican Republic, one on Sumner's Policy, Sumner just having been removed as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for opposing Grant's pro Annexation policy, and a printing... More about Boston Weekly Spectator, A Family Paper of News, Art, Literature, Politics, Business and...

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Small Archive of 3 Publications on Dominican Republic Trade and Finance: 1928-1949. Dominican...

[Dominican Republic].

Small Archive of 3 Publications on Dominican Republic Trade and Finance: 1928-1949.

Paper wrappers. First editions unless noted. 1. Economic Intelligence Service. PUBLIC FINANCE 1928-1937. XLII DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Geneva: League of Nations, 1938. 7 pp. Sm. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy. 2. Statistical Division, Pan American Union. FOREIGN TRADE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOR 1937. Washington, D.C.... More about Small Archive of 3 Publications on Dominican Republic Trade and Finance: 1928-1949

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The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies [Two Volumes]....

Edwards, Bryan.

The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies [Two Volumes].

London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1793-1794. xxxvi, 24, 494 pp.; 520 pp.; + plates. Illus. with b/w 16 plates and maps, 3 of which are folding (1 map in 2 sheets, both folding). Sm. 4to. Tree calf bordered in gilt, rebacked with original spines laid down, new labels, gilt title... More about The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies [Two Volumes

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Small Archive of 4 Publications on El Salvadorean Trade and Finance: 1928-1937. El Salvador

[El Salvador].

Small Archive of 4 Publications on El Salvadorean Trade and Finance: 1928-1937.

Paper wrappers. First editions unless noted. 1. [Garman, A.D. INFORMATION CIRCULAR. MINING LAWS OF EL SALVADOR. I.C. 6336. SEPTEMBER 1930. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1930. 10 pp. Sm. 4to. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy.2. U.S. Department of State. TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES... More about Small Archive of 4 Publications on El Salvadorean Trade and Finance: 1928-1937

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Faits Relatifs aux Troubles de Saint-Domingue. Haiti, citoyen et planteur Bor&eacute

(Haiti). Boré, citoyen et planteur.

Faits Relatifs aux Troubles de Saint-Domingue.

Paris: De L'Imprimerie du Patriote François, 1792. 15 pp. Sm. 8vo. Cloth with gilt titles. First edition. Caption title: Faits Relatifs aux Troubles de Saint-Domingue presentes au Comite Colonial, en Vertu d'un Decret de I'Assemblee nationale, par M. Bore, citoyen et planteur de Saint-Domingue. Date supplied in manuscript. Memoirs of... More about Faits Relatifs aux Troubles de Saint-Domingue

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Mémoire historique des dernières révolutions des provinces de l'ouest et due sud de la partie...

(Haiti). Saint-Marc. Commissaires des citoyens de couleur.

Mémoire historique des dernières révolutions des provinces de l'ouest et due sud de la partie Françoise de Saint-Domingue, publié par les Commissaires des citoyens de couleur de Saint-Marc et de plusieurs paroisses de la colonie, auprès de l'Assemblée Nationale et du roi.

Paris: Patriote Françoise, 1792. 114 pp. Sm. 8vo. Modern silk with gilt titles. First edition. Covers the slave insurrections in Haiti. OCLC shows only nine copies. Title page torn and repaired affecting a few words of the statement of responsibility and the quote below it, small inked numeral, foxing on... More about Mémoire historique des dernières révolutions des provinces de l'ouest et due sud de la partie...

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Loi Relative aux moyens de secourir la Colonie de Saint-Domingue. Donnée à Paris, le 29 Juin...

[Haiti].

Loi Relative aux moyens de secourir la Colonie de Saint-Domingue. Donnée à Paris, le 29 Juin 1792, l'an IV. de la Liberté. Consignée dans les registres du Départment de la Meurthe, le 24 Juillet suivant. [No. 1412].

Nancy [France]: Chez Haener, Imprimeur du Départment de la Meurthe, 1792. 4 pp. Illus. with a woodcut headpiece. Sm. 4to. Self wrappers. First edition. Signed (illegible). Law authorizing negotiation with the United States minister to obtain food and construction materials in the amount of 4,000,000 livres, to be paid by... More about Loi Relative aux moyens de secourir la Colonie de Saint-Domingue. Donnée à Paris, le 29 Juin...

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A Guide to Source Materials for the Study of Barbados History 1627-1834. Jerome S. Handler

Handler, Jerome S.

A Guide to Source Materials for the Study of Barbados History 1627-1834.

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois Univ. Press, (1971). frontis, xvi, 205 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. A very good copy with small, neat scattered pencil marginalia, in a very good somewhat worn and sunned dust jacket. More about A Guide to Source Materials for the Study of Barbados History 1627-1834

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The Siege of Havana 1762. Francis Russell Hart

Hart, Francis Russell.

The Siege of Havana 1762.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. 54 pp. Illus. with 1 plate and 1 folding map. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. One of 675 copies, printed at the Riverside Press in Cambridge (Mass.). A fine unopened (uncut) copy in very good chipped original glassine dust jacket but for a few chips, in... More about The Siege of Havana 1762

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Sketches of Hayti: From the Expulsion of the French to the Death of Christophe. W. W. Harvey,...

Harvey, W. W. (William Woodis).

Sketches of Hayti: From the Expulsion of the French to the Death of Christophe.

London: L.B. Seeley and Son, 1827. xvi, 416 pp. Illus. with folding frontispiece with a view of Cape Francois, St. Domingo. 8vo. Original publisher's tan linen over brown paper covered boards. First edition. Presentation Copy. Inscribed by the author. William Woodis Harvey (1798-1864) provides an early account of the Haitian... More about Sketches of Hayti: From the Expulsion of the French to the Death of Christophe

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Two Years in the French West Indies. Lafcadio Hearn

Hearn, Lafcadio.

Two Years in the French West Indies.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1890). 431 pp. + [adv.] 6 pp. Illus. with 44 b/w engravings. 12mo. Cloth. First edition. "A series of light, amusing, and evocative sketches of Martinique at the end of the nineteenth century," Griffin, p. 450. A very good or better copy, spine sunned with... More about Two Years in the French West Indies

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Atlas Nacional de Cuba. En el décimo aniversario de la Revolución. Instituto de...

Instituto de Geografía (Academia de Ciencias de Cuba); Institut geografii (Akademiia nauk SSSR).

Atlas Nacional de Cuba. En el décimo aniversario de la Revolución.

La Habana: n.p., 1970. 132 pp. + index. Illus. with color maps. Folio (19.25 x 15 inches). Cloth. First edition. A very good copy, boards rubbed, edges worn, name on free front endpaper else interior clean, crisp, unmarked, maps fine. More about Atlas Nacional de Cuba. En el décimo aniversario de la Revolución

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