Cuban history and culture
Fundacion Guayasamin, 1996. Folio, Softcover. 137pp. Text in Spanish is clean on unmarked pages. Spine is unbroken, textblock is square with heavily bumped corners. Considerable overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, cover edgewear, upcurl, smudging on textblock edges, pageblush throughout.
La Habana, Cuba: 1950. Edicion Extraordinaria. 4To Newspaper. A rare Cuban periodical of significant historical value. Published Wednesday December 20, 1950. Wraps are warmly toned and remain unmarked, text en español. Edges are untorn with a light crease down the center of body. Small black mark on front. Covers topics.....
Old Mountain Press, 2001. 1st. 8Vo Softcover. 140pp. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Slightest if any overall shelf/timewear, bookseller stamp on endleaf and inside back.
University Press of Florida, 2007. Hardcover. 4to. Book is shrink wrapped from the publisher. Shrink wrap is torn but intact.
University Press of Florida, 2002. 8Vo Hardcover. 202pp. Tan boards, blue spine, silver lettering on spine. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Ex Libris: has library label, stamp, jacket flaps are adhesed to inner boards. Minimal overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, faint.....
The American Library Company, 1898. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 652pp. Text is unmarked with a mild patina and a few b/w illustrations. Bound in ornate pictorial boards with a marbled red text-block, stamped scene of men fighting, gilt lettering and the Cuban flag. Binding is tight, hinges are split but fully.....
New York: World Wide Publishing, 1980. Hardcover. Signed by author and the author's daughter, who was also the translator. Both book and DJ is are in very good condition. 224 pages. Limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is # 515.
World Wide Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. 8Vo Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. 224pp. 515 of 1000 limited printing. Text is unmarked on lightly warmed pages. Red boards have minimal shelf wear and bumped corners. Dust jacket is aged with tanning and edging.
BazanPhotos, 2008. 4To Hardcover. Text and photographs are unblemished. Black boards have minimal wear and gently bumped corners. Glossy dust jacket has surface scratches and rubbing along edges; unclipped. Binding is tight and square.
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Yohn, F.C. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Early reprint bound in blue cloth with gold title on spine. Boards are mildly scuffed and corners bumped. Slight fading over backstrip. Spine is slanted and front hinge a bit loose- binding otherwise secure and attached. Unmarked interior. No DJ included.....
La Habana, Cuba: Gaceta Oficial, 1950. No. XXIV. 8vo Hardcover. 126 ppg. Ley numero 13 de 23 de diciembre de 1948. Text is unmarked and clean w/ a light patina from age. Binding is tight & hinges are secure. Brown leather boards are puffy to the touch w/ some fraying.....
Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. 8Vo Hardcover. 426pp. Blue boards, silver and burgundy lettering and graphic on spine. Text is on uncreased natural pages, sporadic margin notes and underlining. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, some board edge and corner abrasions, faint edgeblush.....
Atril Ediciones Musicales, 2001. 8Vo Softcover. 236pp. Text is en espanol and unmarked on clean, white pages. Bound in glossy black covers with crisply pointed corners and minor surface wear. Tightly bound with hinges fully attached. Spine remains uncreased.
Transaction Publishers, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 214pp. Bound in red cloth with white writing along the spine. Boards show very minimal surface wear with pointed corners. Text remains unmarked on white pages. Very good, unclipped dust jacket is glossy and clean, showing general surface wear.
St. Martin's Press Inc. 1999. 8Vo Hardcover. 251pp. An ex-library copy with the typical stickers, stamps and markings. White pages are unmarked otherwise. Black boards are pointed with minor scuff on surfaces and gold foil over spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are secure. Lacks a jacket.