Habana: Imprenta de Spencer y Comp. 1856. 308,[1]pp. plus four plates. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, edges sprinkled blue. Boards somewhat scuffed; spine ends and edges worn. Signed and numbered by the author on verso of title page. Light tanning internally. The first edition of an extremely..... More

Havana: 1930. 63pp. Small quarto. Original green cloth, front board lettered in silver. Cloth and pastedowns separating from boards. Boards lightly rubbed, some wear to corners and spine. Scarce issue of the constitution and by-laws of the Havana Country Club, printed in Spanish and English on facing pages, published in..... 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

Havana: 1916. Eight parts in two volumes. Original half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Calf scuffed at spine ends; light wear to corners and edges; boards rubbed. Rear board with a dime-sized chip at lower fore-edge. Slightly later pencil ownership inscriptions to initial title pages of each volume. Small..... More

Cienfuegos: Imprenta del Ferro-Carril, 1864. 20pp., plus seven tables, two folding. Original green cloth, blind stamped and gilt lettered. Light wear at edges and spine ends; minor rubbing to boards. Manuscript letter laid in. Separation along fold and short closed tear at gutter of one plate. Light tanning. A rare..... More

[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

Santiago de Cuba: 1864. [4]pp., on two disbound folio leaves. Stab holes at gutter margins of leaves, light wear at edges. Light tanning and foxing. A fascinating set of manuscript regulations that dictated procedures for holding and documenting slave auctions the Deposito General de Esclavos in Santiago de Cuba during..... 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

Havana: [ca. 1928]. [60]pp. Oblong 12mo. Original printed pictorial wrappers, stapled and tied with ribbon. Minor wear and soiling, contemporary ink stamp on rear cover. Internally clean. A handsome promotional booklet for the island of Cuba, provided by the Cuban Tours and Transportation Company and extensively illustrated. After the opening..... 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

Pointe-a-Pitre: 1935. 172pp. plus six plates (two folding). Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling to covers, fore edge chipped; spine ends chipped. Slight biopredation to edge of text block. Lightly toned but clean internally. Tourism guide for the island of Guadeloupe in the French Caribbean. The work is..... More

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

Havana: Book Store Obispo, 1899. 96pp., plus two folding maps and fourteen leaves of advertisements. Oblong 12mo. Original cloth wrappers, gilt lettered. Wraps fading at edges, with some light wear; spine ends chipped. Text block and maps detached. Some separations along map folds, with several verso tape repairs. Light tanning..... More