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All books are hardback unless otherwise indicated.
2457. Armas, Paquita. LA VIDA EN CUADRITOS. La Habana, Pablo de la
Torriente, 1993. 1st edition. Small 8vo. 153 pages. About fine
condition; paperback. In Spanish. A history of comics, heavily Cuban
but also representative comic strip artists from throughout the world,
a drawing of each. $12.50
301. Arterigere Srl, Editorial coordination. OSPAAAL'S POSTER: ART OF
SOLIDARITY/IL MANIFESTO DELLA OSPAAAL: ARTE DELLA SOLIDARIETA/EL
CARTEL DE LA OSPAAAL.... Varese, Grafica Essezeta, 1997. 1st edition.
Square 4to. 204 pages. About fine condition in duast jacket. In
Italian, English & Spanish. Color & black & white reproductions of
Cuban silk screen & printed poster art from 1967 to 1997, introductory
essay. $45.00
1754. Camnitzer, Luis. NEW ART OF CUBA. Austin, University of Texas,
1994. 1st edition. 8vo. 400 pages. Very good condition in lightly
worn dust jacket. Over 200 black & white illustrations. A history of
Cuban art from 1959 into the 1990's. $25.00
2200. Dominguez, Jorge I. CUBA: ORDER AND REVOLUTION. Cambridge,
Harvard University, 1978. 1st edition. 8vo. 683 pages. Very good
condition in lightly chipped dust jackets. 6 maps, 35 page
bibliography. The major study of Cuban history from Independence in
1920 to 1975, still an essential book. $15.00
561. Dubois, Jules. FIDEL CASTRO: REBEL-LIBERATOR OR DICTATOR.
Indianapolis, Bobbs Merril, 1959. 1st edition. 8vo. 391 pages. Very
good condition in lightly chipped, bright dust jacket. 16 pages of
photographs. Dubois, Chicago Tribune Latin America reporter, knew
both Batista & Castro, an early look at Fidel. $15.00
608. Fergusson, Erna. CUBA. New York, Knopf, 1946. 1st edition. 8vo.
308 pages. Very good condition in bright, lightly chipped dust jacket.
Folding map, photographs. The reality & history of 1940's Cuba by a
sympathetic observer & charming, readable writer. $20.00
1576. Franqui, Carlos. FAMILY PORTRAIT WITH FIDEL. New York, Random
House, 1984. 1st edition. 8vo. 262 pages. Very good condition in dust
jacket. A memoir & almost poetic confessional by an intimate of
Fidel, director of radio & press, & exile since 1968. $10.00
729. Gebler, Carlos. DRIVING THROUGH CUBA: RARE ENCOUNTERS IN THE LAND
OF SUGAR CANE AND REVOLUTION. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1988. 1st
edition. 8vo. 293 pages. About fine condition in dust jacket. Map, 8
pages of photographs. A perceptive trip throughout Cuba in search of
a Cadillac Eldorado by a British writer. $10.00
1829. Gellman, Irwin F. ROOSEVELT AND BATISTA: GOOD NEIGHBOR DIPLOMACY
IN CUBA, 1933-1945. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico, 1973. 1st
edition. 8vo. 303 pages. Very good condition in lightly worn dust
jacket, small tears in jacket. Bibliography. The relationship between
the two presidents & the diplomatic history of the period, continued
U.S. domination. $20.00
1553. Green, Nathan C. THE WAR WITH SPAIN AND STORY OF SPAIN AND CUBA.
Baltimore, International New & Book Co, 1898. 8vo. 532 pages. Soiled,
rubbed, corners worn through, working copy. With articles by military
& naval experts & newspaper correspondents. $25.00
2456. Guanche Perez, Jesus. ESPAN~A EN LA SAVIA DE CUBA: LOS
COMPONENTES HISPANICOS EN EL ETNOS CUBANO. La Habana, Ciencias
Sociales, 1999. 1st edition. Small 8vo. 305 pages. About fine
condition; paperback. In Spanish. 13 page bibliography. An ethno-
history of Spanish immigration & influences on Cuban culture from
1492 to the present. $12.50
2409. Guillen, Nicholas. MOTIVOS DE SON: MUSICA DE AMADEO ROLDAN,
ALEJANDRO GARCIA CATURA, ELISEO GRENET, EMILIO GRENET. La Habana,
Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1980. 8vo. 120 pages. Lightly rubbed,
chipped at top of spine, good condition, tight copy. The first
printing of this 50th Anniversary edition with a new essay by Marta
Aguirre on Guillen & the son. $17.50
1075. Hergesheimer, Joseph. SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA HABANA. New York,
Knopf,
1927. Illustrated edition. 1st printing. 8vo. 255 pages. Near fine
condition in price clipped, chipped dust jacket. 15 illustrations from
lithographs. An impressionistic view of Havana as it was in the
1920's,
a delight to read. $17.50
1585. Jensen, Larry R. CHILDREN OF COLONIAL DESPOTISM: PRESS,
POLITICS,
AND CULTURE IN CUBA, 1790-1840. Tampa, University of South Florida,
1988. 1st edition. 8vo. 211 pages. Near fine condition in dust jacket.
8 page bibliography. Primarily a history of the periodical press,
including the literary boom of 1838-39. $15.00
1611. Levine, Robert M. TROPICAL DIASPORA: THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN
CUBA. Gainesville, University of Florida, 1993. 1st edition. 8vo. 398
pages. About fine condition in dust jacket. Review copy with
publisher's letter. 77 photographs, bibliography. Refused admission
to the U.S., many refugees from Nazism fled to Cuba, then to the U.S.
in 1959. $20.00
1039. Lizaso, Felix. MARTI: MARTYR OF CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. Albuquerque,
University of New Mexico, 1953. 1st U.S. edition. 8vo. 260 pages. Very
good condition in chipped dust jacket. Tipped in plate. A biography of
the great poet & political leader by a vanguard poet of the 1920s,
member of the "Thirteen". $17.50
1902. Michener, James A. & John King. SIX DAYS IN HAVANA. Toronto,
McClelland & Stewart, 1986. 1st Canadian edition. Large 8vo. 144
pages. Near fine condition in dust jacket. Wonderfully illustrated
with color photographs by John King, endpaper maps. $15.00
218. Miller, Warren. 90 MILES FROM HOME: THE FACE OF CUBA TODAY.
Boston,
Little, Brown, 1961. 1st edition. 8vo. 479 pages. Very good condition
in price clipped dust jacket. Interviews with ordinary Cubans in Cuba
& Miami done in 1960, a view of life in exile & in Cuba one year after
the revolution. $17.50
1841. Millis, Walter. THE MARTIAL SPIRIT. Cambridge, Literary Guild,
1931. 8vo. 427 pages. Good condition, tight copy. Endpaper maps, 25
photographs. The Spanish American War mostly in Cuba, told with
passion. $15.00
691. Milton, Joyce. THE YELLOW KIDS: FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS IN THE
HEYDAY OF YELLOW JOURNALISM. New York, Harper & Row, 1989. 1st
edition.
8vo. 412 pages. About fine condition in dust jacket. From filibusters
to Cuba's struggle for independence, the Maine, Spanish-American War,
& conquest of Santiago. $12.50
2050. Navarro, Antonio. TOCAYO: A CUBAN RESISTANCE LEADER'S TRUE
STORY.
Westport, Sandown Books, 1981. 1st edition. 8vo. 269 pages. Very good
condition in dust jacket. 20 pages of photographs. Stories from inside
the revolution & inside the resistance. $15.00
1157. Souza, Raymond D. MAJOR CUBAN NOVELISTS: INNOVATION AND
TRADITION. Columbia, University of Missouri, 1976. 1st edition. 8vo.
120 pages. About fine condition in dust jacket. 12 page bibliography.
Study of Alejo Carpentier, Jose Lezama Lima & Guillermo Cabrera
Infante. $10.00
1676. Tabio, Ernesto E. & Estrella Rey. PREHISTORIA DE CUBA. La
Habana,
Academia de Ciencias, 1966. 1st edition. 8vo. 280 pages. Near fine
condition; paperback. In Spanish. 19 page bibliography. 17 plates,
map. A most thorough exposition of Taino, sub-Taino, Mayari, &
Ciboney archaeological investigations. $20.00
1824. Weyl, Nathaniel. RED STAR OVER CUBA: THE RUSSIAN ASSAULT ON THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE. New York, Devin-Adair, 1960. 1st edition. Small
8vo. 222 pages. Very good condition in bright dust jacket. The
classic anti-Communist account of the Cuban Revolution by a former
member of the Communist Party U.S.A. $12.50
1476. Williams, William Appleman. THE UNITED STATES, CUBA, AND CASTRO:
AN ESSAY ON THE DYNAMICS OF REVOLUTION AND THE DISSOLUTION OF EMPIRE.
New York, Monthly Review Press, 1962. 1st edition. Small 8vo. 179
pages. Near fine condition in slightly stained dust jacket. History
from the Cuban Constitution of 1940 through the first years of
revolution suggesting alternative U.S. policies. $16.50
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