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Havana: 1811-1816. Eight letters, [14]pp. total. Folded folio sheets, often with integral address leaf. Old folds, light wear and soiling, heavier in some spots. An archive of correspondence between coffee planter Thomas Leech of Havana and Charles Jenkins, his nephew in San Marcos, concerning business affairs on the island, together..... More
Havana & Madrid: 1872. 213 [i.e., 413]pp. plus twenty-four original photographs; earlier map tipped in at rear. Folio. Contemporary tree calf, lacking morocco spine labels. Joints starting, corners bumped and lightly worn, boards slightly scuffed. First few leaves loosening. Very minor scattered foxing and toning, but generally quite clean internally..... More
Havana: Miguel de Villa, 1881. 88pp. plus folding table. Grey printed wrappers. Chipping and wear to top of spine, light soiling to wrappers, minor wear. Some minor foxing and toning. An educational work on the geografia of Cuba, defined here as "la ciencia que se ocupa de la descripcion de..... More
[Various locations, including the Caribbean, Europe, Brazil, and Africa. 1928-1930]. 529 photographs on forty-five leaves, images measuring 3.5 x 4.5 inches. Oblong folio. Original leather covers, string tied; grey card leaves, photos mounted with black corners. Moderate wear to covers, string ties mostly perished. Earlier leaves captioned, contents clean, images..... More
Havana: 1854-1855. Four volumes in one. xlxi,155; 272; 356; 200pp. 20th-century calf, spine gilt. Rear cover detached, spine ends chipped, corners and hinges rubbed. Text lightly tanned, a few pencil notations, minor wear. A detailed geographical survey of Cuba with an enormous amount of data on topography, water resources, minerals..... More
[Havana? ca. 1899]. Twenty-eight albumen photographs, most approximately 6 x 8 inches, with one measuring 5 x 8 inches, mounted to larger cards. Light soiling and some edge wear to mounts. A couple of images and mounts with heavier soiling and wear; one mount and photograph broken horizontally and remounted..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1902. xv,350pp. plus forty-nine color plates and three folding maps. With [14]pp. offprint laid in, Barton Warren Evermann: Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Fishes from Puerto Rico, Washington, 1899. Large octavo. Original blue cloth, spine gilt. Light wear and soiling to spine, corners..... More
Matanzas: Aurora del Yumiri, 1882. 36pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Spine mostly perished, but wraps holding. Some edge wear and toning. Contemporary ink stamp on title page. An unrecorded instructional booklet on the history of Cuba for use by schools on the island, printed in Matanzas in 1882. The text..... More