Boston: February 20, 1862. 4pp. on a single sheet of newsprint. Folded, split along top central vertical fold lines of both leaves with minimal loss, bottom portion of spine fold also split, some edge darkening and minor chipping. A rare surviving issue of The Pine and Palm, an abolitionist newspaper..... More

Boston: James Redpath, 1863. 372pp., plus portrait frontispiece and folding map of Haiti. Original pebbled brown cloth, gilt spine titles. Small chip to spine head, minor staining to cloth, spine slightly sunned, minor edge wear. Front free endpaper lacking, four old ownership signatures on front flyleaf, scattered mostly minor foxing..... More

Havana: 1935. [43] leaves, plus 599 (of 600) photographs; four extra photographs laid in. Oblong folio. Original leatherette covers, gilt, brass brads. Light soiling and wear, heavier to edges of first and last few leaves, minor worming. Final leaf heavily worn with tissue repair and some loss, several images affected..... More

[Havana: 1960]. [42] leaves, printed rectos only. Oblong 12mo. Original black printed wrappers, string tied. Minor chipping to wrapper corners, costing the original metal tips at the corners, moderate rubbing and abrading to wrappers. Minor dust-soiling and ink stamp to title leaf, small dampstain to bottom corner of last two..... 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

Havana: September 8, 1880. Partially-printed broadside, 6.5 x 8.25 inches, completed in manuscript in Spanish and Chinese. Small marginal wormhole, mild edge wear, light toning. Ink stamp of the Consulado General at bottom-center. A scarce certificate issued in 1880 by the Chinese Consulate in Havana, authenticating the registration and details..... More

[Various places in Cuba, including Havana, Matanzas, Coral Nuevo, Pinar del Rio, and others: ca. 1860-1881]. Ninety-one documents, varying sizes, totaling about [150]pp. Some chipping and wear at edges. Moderate tanning and foxing. Occasional worming, not seriously affecting text. A large group of over ninety printed and manuscript items that..... More

Habana: 1884. [2],496 [i.e., 498]pp. Quarto. Contemporary calf, gilt, a.e.g.; rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners repaired with later black buckram; boards scuffed, spine chipped. Hinges cracked, repaired with later cloth and renewed endpapers. Minor scattered foxing and toning to text. Accomplished in a neat, highly legible hand. A..... More

[Havana & Puerto Principe: 1834-1846]. Two letters, totalling [23]pp., plus four printed forms completed in manuscript, each measuring approximately 12 x 8.5 inches. Letters previously folded, with small stab holes at left margin where previously bound. Contemporary ink stamps. Moderate, even tanning; scattered light foxing. Accomplished in a neat, legible..... More

Havana: 1872. Manuscript form, approximately 8.5 x 6.25 inches. Minor wear at edges; a few small worm holes. Contemporary ink stamp. Light tanning and offsetting. This 1872 manuscript form from a Havana jail, the Celaduria de la Punta, notes the death there of an "Asiatico," a Chinese indentured servant, with..... More

[Cuba]: 1878. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Small folio. Light worming, a bit heavier at gutter, slightly affecting text but not sense. Light wear at edges; separating from top of gutter fold. Contemporary ink stamps; even toning. Accomplished in a legible hand. An unusual manuscript document that records the interrogation of..... More

[Havana: 1880-1889]. Six small forms completed in manuscript, each approximately 7.5 x 6.5 inches. Contemporary ink stamps. Minor wear at edges. Uneven tanning, light offsetting. Completed in several legible hands. A group of six death certificates, filled out for presumed slaves or freedmen at the Hospital Civil de San Felipe..... More

Gibraltar: 1828. [3]pp., on a bifolium. Previously folded, with separations. Tanned, somewhat brittle. An interesting example of official communications concerning trade between colonial Cuba and the Spanish mainland. In this manuscript letter, date March 14, 1828, the new Spanish Vice Consul in Gibraltar writes to the Governor General of Cuba..... More