[Greenwich, England: ca. 1824]. [4],67,126pp. Quarto. Original stiff vellum over boards. Boards worn and slightly bowed, hinges cracked. Several leaves and sections disbound or becoming so. Moderate staining and wear to contents. A fascinating manuscript volume that contains the reminiscences and ruminations of an 18th-century British seaman, in prose and..... More

[N.p., likely Bridgetown, Barbados: Issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1910-1916]. Four pamphlets, all in original illustrated wrappers, as detailed below. A quartet of rare agricultural pamphlets published in a series of works by the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies in the early-20th century, each focused on..... More

[Bermuda: ca. 1910]. 101 photographs on eighteen card leaves, previously bound into an album. Light dampstaining along top edge, slightly affecting a few images. Minor wear else, images generally crisp and clean with minimal fading. A few penciled captions. A nice group of images of Bermuda taken around the turn..... More

New York: 1911. Folding lithograph map, handcolored, 11 x 27.5 inches. Original printed pictorial boards with cloth spine. Light wear and chipping to spine, light wear to boards. Advertisements on front pastedown. Light wear to map at some folds, but generally clean and fresh. An attractive map of Bermuda, showing..... More

New York: Revolutionary Workers League, 1936-1937. Two issues, each 13pp. Folio. Mimeographed front wrapper, stapled. One cover loosening. Moderate toning and dust soiling. Two issues of the scarce New York Spanish-language periodical Claridad Proletaria, "El Organo en Castellano de la Liga Obrera Revolucionaria de los Estados Unidos." The Revolutionary Workers..... More

Havana: [ca. 1950]. 389pp., plus [33]pp. of ads. Original red publisher's cloth, stamped in black. Dampstained at edges and spine, extremities worn; rear cover soiled. Contemporary inscription on front pastedown. Foxed, some scattered soiling. An interesting bilingual Cuban cook book, with recipes in English and Spanish on facing pages. The..... More

Havana: 1931. 150pp. Stiff black cloth covers, printed paper label on front board. Front cover vertically creased, light wear to boards; remnants of glassine stuck to covers. Contemporary inscription on front flyleaf. Internally clean. In a custom clamshell box. First edition of the first Cuban cook book published in English..... More

Habana: [ca. 1965]. [16]pp. Oblong pamphlet in original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light wear and toning at wrapper edges, with a few faint creases. Internally clean. A visually rich pro-Casto and pro-Communist pamphlet that highlights the history and core activities of Cuba's Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), neighborhood-based..... More

Guanabacoa: Imprenta el Progreso, 1896. Broadside, approximately 17 x 12.5 inches. Previously folded. Some biopredation at left edge, not affecting text. Otherwise, faint foxing, light tanning and dust soiling. Two contemporary manuscript rubrics. Unrecorded broadside that orders the presentation of privately-owned horses and pack animals in the town square of..... More

Habana: Impresas por D. V. de Torres, 1845. 53,[3]pp. Contemporary plain blue wrappers, separated at spine. Stitched, as issued, with additional small stabholes at gutter where previously bound into a sammelband. Light foxing and dust soiling. A seemingly unrecorded architectural pamphlet that prints the first comprehensive building code for Havana..... More

Havana: January 5, 1822. Broadside, 11.5 x 8 inches. Foxed, faint signs of folding, a few small wormholes, not affecting text. An apparently unrecorded broadside order from the captain general of Cuba, Nicolas Mahy, directing all able-bodied men under the age of fifty to join up with their local militias..... More

[Santiago de Cuba]: 1833. Handcolored engraving, printed in blue; 13.5 x 16.75 inches. Several closed tears at edges, repaired on verso. Light soiling and wear. A handsome view of the Catedral de Santiago de Cuba by the important painter, engraver, and cartographer Louis François Delmes. The view shows the main..... More

Sancti Spiritus: 1838. Broadside, measuring 12.5 x 17.5 inches. Previously folded. Light wear to edges and along old fold lines, with a few small chips at edges. Moderate toning and soiling. An unrecorded broadside that prints statistics relating to agricultural production for the region of Sancti Spiritus in central Cuba..... More