[Cuba]

Capitolio Nacional. Habana-Cuba [cover title]

Havana: Imp. “Ninon, [1930]. [24]pp. Oblong quarto. Original green pictorial wrappers, string-tied. Cuban Revolution stamp affixed to front cover. Item #537

Pictorial souvenir of the Capitol Building in Havana, which was inaugurated May 20, 1929. Each image has bilingual descriptive text in English and Spanish on the verso. Images include the exterior of the building, as well as specific locations within such as the Office of the President of the Senate, the Reception Hall, the Statue of the Republic, and the Marti Library.

A sticker on the front cover has a border of small Cuban flags around the text, “Our Revolution is NOT Communist. Our Revolution is Humanist. The Cubans only want the right to an education, the right to work, the right to eat without fear, the right to PEACE, JUSTICE, FREEDOM.” Presumably affixed to this earlier souvenir after the start of the Cuban Revolution in 1953. An interesting addition to this piece of promotional literature. OCLC locates six copies.

Price: $50.00