![Capitolio Nacional. Habana-Cuba [cover title]. Cuba](/pictures/thumb/McBRB537_01.JPG?v=1553977607)
Havana: Imp. “Ninon, [1930]. [24]pp. Oblong quarto. Original green pictorial wrappers, string-tied. Cuban Revolution stamp affixed to front cover. 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... More
Sancti Spiritus, Cuba: Compliments of W. & J.T. Faust, [1903]. 24pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear. Promotional work for Cuba, favoring the annexation of the island by the United States. The pamphlet opens with information on Cuba’s advantageous climate, comprised almost entirely of quotes cribbed from various sources in..... More
Havana: C. Jordi, [1929]. [68]pp. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial printed covers, string-tied. Minor wear and soiling. With original transmittal envelope. Handsome pictorial souvenir of Havana, with brightly-colored photomechanical illustrations showing local landmarks and street scenes, as well as regional landscapes and events. Text is printed in Spanish and English. Though... More
[Key West? ca. 1935?]. Broadside, 18 x 8 inches. Printed on pink paper, slightly faded. Old folds, minor wear. Broadside advertising a steamship cruise offered by Price Tours from Key West to Havana during Carnival, with additional sightseeing itineraries available once on the island. The cruise is a five-day all... More
Havana. 1900. Three typescript letters, [4]pp. total. Previously folded, light chipping at edges. Evenly tanned. An interesting series of three letters from the Adjutant General W.V. Richards at U.S. Army Headquarters in Havana after the end of the Spanish-American War, during the period of American military government. On February 28... More
![Tania: The Unforgettable Guerilla [caption title]. Cuba, Tamara Bunke](/pictures/thumb/McBRB765.jpg?v=1565995301)
Havana: 1970-1971. Five (of eight) issues. [13]-48, [73]-96pp. Lacks issues 1, 5, and 6. Illustrated, printed in red and black. Folio newspaper. Some light soiling and wear, three issues unopened. A special serial newspaper account of the life and Communist exploits of Tamara Bunke, known as “Tania the Guerrilla,” who... More
![Manuscript Document Listing Chinese Slaves in Guanabacoa, Cuba]. Cuba, Slavery](/pictures/thumb/McBRB734.JPG?v=1565995289)
Guanabacoa: 1875. Manuscript broadside, 8.25 x 12 inches. Previously folded; light wear along old folds, two short separations at lower edge. A few small wormholes, minimally affecting text. Contemporary ink stamps. Light tanning and dampstaining. A brief, but detailed list of Chinese slaves in an area east of Havana, Cuba... More
![Manuscript Documents Relating to an 1885 Legal Claim by a Cuban Slave for His Manumission]. Cuba,...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB809_01.JPG?v=1569688754)
[Guanabacoa: 1885]. Nine manuscript documents totally [14]pp. Stitched, with printing cover form completed in manuscript. Moderate chipping at edges. Tanned, brittle paper; occasional light dampstaining. A fascinating file of manuscript legal documents which chronicle a March 1885 case heard by the local authorities in Guanabacoa, Cuba, in which a slave... More
![Manuscript List of Chinese Laborers on a Plantation and Their Payments]. Cuba, Slavery](/pictures/thumb/McBRB735.JPG?v=1565995291)
[Cuba]: 1876. Single manuscript sheet, 12 x 8.5 inches. Removed from a bound volume, with small perforations at left edges. Previously folded. Small paper stamp affixed at lower center of sheet. Light tanning and foxing. Manuscript sheet that lists Chinese laborers and their salaries at a plantation in Cuba. The... More
![Manuscript List of Cuban Slaves on One Plantation Who Contracted Cholera in 1868]. Cuba, Slavery](/pictures/thumb/McBRB736.JPG?v=1566783590)
[Guanabacoa: 1868]. Manuscript broadside, approximately 13.75 x 11.5 inches. Folded horizontally. A few worm holes, marginally affecting text. Light tanning and dampstaining; a bit of offsetting. A manuscript table that records incidents of cholera amongst the slaves on the plantation of Don Joaquin de Peñalver in Guanabacoa, Cuba, during the... More
Springfield, Oh. Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1898. 121pp. Folio. Original orange printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling, spine chipped with some glue repair. Ink ownership inscription at top of front cover. Minor internal soiling, several leaves with tape repairs at edges. Extensively illustrated souvenir publication of the Spanish-American War. Images... More
![Album of Photographs of Cuba from Just Prior to the Spanish-American War]. J. T. Long](/pictures/thumb/McBRB280_01.JPG?v=1550754527)
Des Moines: J.T. Long & Son, [1898]. Twenty-one mounted photographs on twenty leaves; five more loose and unsigned. All but one photo approximately 6 x 8 inches; first photo 4.75 x 4 inches. Loose images approximately 3.75 x 2.75 inches. Oblong quarto. Original green cloth boards, cover gilt; tied with... More
[Norfolk; New York; West Indies; Washington, D.C.; California; Hawaii: 1935-1938]. Photograph album with 664 original photographs. Oblong folio. Original leatherette covers, string tied. Light wear to edges of covers and album leaves. Photos in corner mounts; manuscript captions on leaves. A few photographs missing, several overexposed, but the preponderance of... More