Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993. First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo (24cm);[xvi],147 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth boards with black title labels and silver lettering to front and spine. No dust jacket as issued. Boards are sturdy and square with slight bumping at spine ends. Binding..... More
Ciudad Trujillo -- Republica Dominicana: Ediciones "La Poesia Soprendida" Coleccion "El Desvelado Solitario," 1944. First Edition. Inscribed by Cartagena Portalatin to French surrealist Andre Breton with inscription, "el gran poeta que tanto admiro, Aida." Quarto. [12] pp. Three vignettes by Spanish surrealist artist Grenell. Die-cut navy blue wrappers decorated in..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($4.95), yellow topstain; [10],179pp. Cloth very lightly faded along margins, else a Near Fine copy overall. Collection of five novellas and short stories by the Cuban author and musicologist. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1971. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth, brown topstain, in black pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; xviii,[2],268pp General shelf wear and rubbing to jacket margins, spine panel unevenly sunned, light dust-soil to cloth boards, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good, internally clean..... More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1964. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in yellow pictorial dust jacket; [6],202pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket and board extremities, brief soil to rear jacket panel and front free endpaper, unobtrusive tape repair to jacket verso, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy... More
New York: Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., 1949. First Edition. Folded folio sheet (14 1/2" x 13") with four color illustrations laid in. 4 color plates representing Venezuela, Trinidad, Martinique, and Jamaica. Folio sheet creased at corners with several short closed tears, general rubbing, and some soiling/discoloration. Plates themselves..... More
[Diego Martin, Trinidad]: Victory Printers, 1971. First "All-in-one" Edition. Octavo; publisher's pink pictorial staplebound wrappers; 96pp. Light fading to wrapper margins, ownership signature at head of first page, else a Very Good and sound example. Pamphlet collecting four leaflets first published by the author between 1965 and 1967 and..... More
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. First Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xii,242pp. Very light wear to bottom margin of rear jacket panel, else a Near Fine copy. Biography of the Jamaican-born Afro-British feminist poet, playwright and broadcaster Una Marson. More
In 'sGraven-Hage [The Hague]: D.H. van Wallsdorp [H. Verdussen], 1650. First edition. Small quarto (18.5cm.); removed; 24pp. [A-C4]; woodcut title page device, text printed almost entirely in Dutch blackletter. Imprint provided by KNUTTEL 6855. Third gathering separated but present, stock rather toned and dusty, else Good, the impression quite..... More
[Mexico]: Ediciones ERA, [1969]. Third Edition. Small quarto; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 662pp. Jacket quite chipped and worn at margins with several closed tears and wrinkling, boards bumped and rubbed with brief exposure at spine ends and corners, ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Good to..... More
![Item #31037 The War in Cuba [Salesman's Dummy]. Gonzalo de Quesada, Henry Davenport Northrop](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31037.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1730141880)
Chicago: Imperial Publishing Co., 1896. Salesman's dummy copy. Octavo (21 cm); mixed pagination + 2pp ads + 12pp unused order sheets; illus. throughout; 40 plates. Boards full bound in taupe cloth with red, white, gilt, and black pictorial stamping. Green floral endsheets. Boards generally scuffed and lightly soiled with wear..... More
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, [1886]. Reprint. Octavo. 328 pp. + advertisements. Blue cloth stamped in gilt; floral endpapers. Light wear to edges; corners bumped; spine ends nudged. Binding sound. Contemporary gift inscription dated 1888 to front flyleaf; interior else unmarked. A Very Good copy of the English abolitionist's novel..... More
Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble Books, 1981. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 213 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt; dark topstain. Dust jacket creased along edges; spine sunned; light surface scratching; price sticker to front flap. Boards edgeworn with general scuffing. Binding gives a little but overall holding..... More
Washington, DC: Jean Targete, 1972. First Edition. Quarto. 226 pp. Two black and white photograph reproductions. Printed wraps with black cloth spine. Wraps edgeworn and sunned with staining and previous owner's name, address, and phone number to front; curling to corners. Binding sound. Marginal toning, else interior unmarked; a Very..... More
London: The Women's Press, 1985. First Edition, wrapper issue. Octavo. 144 pp. Illustrated wraps. Touch of rubbing to edges of wraps. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine. Debut novel by the Jamaican-British writer, following eleven-year-old Hyacinth's experience moving from the warmth and familiarity of Kingston to the..... More
Burdeos [Bordeaux]: Imprenta de Dn. Pedro Beaume, 1828. First Edition. Octavo. iv, 182 pp. Paper-covered boards; manuscript title to spine; marbled endpapers. Boards worn with bumping and exposure to edges. Binding sound; mild spotting to interior but text legible throughout; still a Very Good copy. Presas, formerly an..... More
[New York]: Aperture Book, [1991]. First Edition. Slim folio; publisher's cloth-backed boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 96pp.; chiefly color photographs by Steber. Light shelf wear, jacket lightly wrinkled, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. "It's hard to imagine a more singular work of profoundly sympathetic documentation" - Jonathan Demme. More
New York: Paisley Press, 1937. First American Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pale grey price-clipped dust jacket lettered in red; [2],151pp. Light shelf wear, rather extensive paper flaw along bottom quarter of upper jacket panel somewhat affecting imprint, brief ink stains to bottom textblock edge, contemporary gift inscription to..... More
New York: Theodore Foster, 1835. "American Edition." Octavo; recent brown cloth over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, retaining original endpapers; [6],ii,303;[4],283pp. Some old soil spots throughout textblock, most notably to original front free endpaper, 20th century gift inscription to the same, else a Very Good, sound copy overall. Complete set..... More
![Item #9332 Cuba, Castro, and the United States [Inscribed and Signed]. Philip W. Bonsal](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9332.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1619035818)
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; xii,318pp.; two leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos. General shelf wear to jacket extremities, including a few small closed tears, spine slightly cocked, textblock foxed throughout, else a Very Good..... More
London: Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bull against Grocers-Alley in the Poultrey, near Cheapside, 1716. "The Ninth Edition Inlarged." 12mo; full contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; [6],173,[15]pp. (A-H12, collated complete with 14 pages of publisher's advertisements in rear); engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut illus. in..... More
Philadelphia: Levytype Company, 1896. First American Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; xvi,17-442pp.; sixteen leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos, color folding map bound in rear, dozens of engravings in text throughout. Cloth sizing rather rubbed at margins, spine panel and gilt quite dulled..... More
[Montreal]: Lemeac / Collection Francophonie Vivante, [1974]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's glossy decorative card wrappers; 225pp. Wrapper margins rubbed and curled, white portions toned, original price sticker to rear cover, textblock uniformly toned, ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Good to Very Good example. Essay collection by..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; publisher's red cloth in an illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($4.95); 280pp. Light scuffing along cover edges, light soiling to cloth spine and cover. Interior text is clean and binding is in good condition. Very Good copy in..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. First Edition. Octavo. 514 pp. Black and white illustrations and fold-out maps throughout, all present and complete, including a plan of Havana. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Boards lightly worn along edges with some general scuffing. First gathering slightly loose, but overall..... More