Habana: R. Méndez, No Date. Hardcover. 453p., boards. Excellent biography of Juan Gualberto Gomez Ferrer, a leader in the struggle for independence who had been representative in Cuba of Martí's Cuban Revolutionary Party while the latter was in exile. Gómez was the black leader with the greatest prestige after the..... More
London, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1976. Hardcover. 274p., boards. "Jorge Edwards, a Chilean writer and career diplomat (b. 1931), recreates the mood of Cuba [...] interspersing revealing portraits of Fidel and Raul Castro, the poet Heberto Padilla, Régis Debray and others with his reminiscences of hero Che Guevara and his..... More
La Habana, Academia de la Historia de Cuba, 1957. Paperback. 68p., wrps (ex-lib). On the patriotic nature of Emilio Bobadilla (1862-1921). Response by Federico de Córdova y de Quesada. More
Madrid: Visor Libros (Colección: Visor de Poesía; Vol. CCXLI), 1989. First edition. Paperback. 195p., wrps. "Hemos construído una alegría olvidada" is a collection of poetry written by Cuban author Roberto Fernández Retamar between 1949 and 1988, and selected by Jesús Benitez. Retamar is well-known for his deep exploration of the..... More
La Habana: Fundación Fernando Ortiz, 2012. Paperback. 188p., photos, illus., tables, bibl., wrps. This issue includes the following articles: "Cacón y Clavo: embajador de la hispanocubana de cultura" by María Eugenia Mesa Olazábal", "La clave xilofónica de la música cubana de Fernando Ortiz" by Fina García Marrliz, Vocabulario de los..... More
La Habana: Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, 1973. First edition. Paperback. 8vo, wrps, 109 p., b/w photos. "Estos poemas fueron escritos durante un viaje hecho entre febrero y marzo de 1970 a la Republica Democratica de Vietnam: desde Hanoi hasta el paralelo 17. Ibamos seis cubanos, invitados por..... More
La Habana: Editorial Contemporáneos, 1972. First edition. Paperback. 91p., wrps. Four essays on the work of Nicolás Guillén. More
La Habana, Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1980. Paperback. 177p., wrps. More
La Habana, Cuba: Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1999. Paperback. Octavo with blue illus cover, 259pp, index. Roberto Fernández Retamar es un poeta cubano nacido en La Habana, Cuba en 1930. Se licenció en Filosofía y Letras y luego se doctoró en La Sorbona y en la Universidad de Londres. En la..... More
Miami: Ediciones Universal (Colección Cuba y sus Jueces), 2002. First edition. Paperback. 2 vols., 488 p., 400 p., photos, tables, bibl., wrps. History of a Catholic youth group from its founding in 1928 to its dissolution in 1967. An important history of the relationship between Cuban culture and politics and..... More
Madrid: Alfaguara, 1990. First edition. Paperback. 362p., wrps, More
La Habana: Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1982. Paperback. Octavo, wraps, 440 p. Winner of Casa prize for the novel in 1968. More
Santo Domingo: Editorial Carieva, 2001. First edition. Paperback. 377p., bibl., wrps. Historical novel of 18th-century Cuba. The author (b. 1930), novelist and poet, is consdered one of the best of contemporary Cuban writers. More
La Habana, Archivo Nacional de Cuba (Publicaciones, 15), 1947. Paperback. 428p., plates, bibl., wrps, 4to (small tear to front wrp). Griffin 3937. "Covers the counterrevolutionary activities of the Spaniards operating out of Cuba, including their operations against the pirates that harassed their shipping to the Caribbean area. Jean LaFitte, the..... More
La Habana, Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 1982. Paperback. 207p., bibl., wrps. More
Santiago de Cuba: Editorial Oriente, Instituto Cubano del Libro, 2010. 1st ed. Paperback. 8vo, wrps, 223 p., bibl., glods., photos, notes, graph. La llegada, desarrollo y auge de Rastafari en nuestro pais son tratados aqui desde un prisma sociocultura, con especial enfasis en su produccion artistica. Furé Davis de Doctor..... More
México, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas/Novedad Editorial, 2006. Paperback. 164p., maps, tables, wrps. Features the following articles: "Vadeando el Pacífico: las redes que tejieron las Kam-Shan-Chong", "Entre la reforma y la misión civilizadora", "Conexión y desvinculación entre el sudeste yel este de Asia" and "Opio y control social: culíes..... More
La Habana: Ejercito de la Isla de Cuba, 1897. First edition. imprint document, 1p., (6.5x8.5 inches), A rare imprint document issued in Havana, Cuba on April 13, 1897. The document is undersigned by Teofilo de Garamendi as "Goronel Jefe Interino". Features four articles in regards to religious celebrations at the..... More
[Madrid]: np, 1820. First edition. 11.75x8.5 in. broadside, rubricated. minor worming at left hand margin. Features content on imprisonment in colonial Cuba. Addressed to Obispo de la Habana. More
[Madrid]: np, [1820]. First edition. Paperback. broadside (8x12 inches), Rubricated. A rare Royal Decree issued on behalf of King Ferdinand VII. Great and important content related to the restoration of the Spanish constitutions overseas. Sent to the Obispo de la Havana. More
La Habana: Casa De Las Americas, (Colección La Honda), 1989. First edition. Paperback. 286p., map, wrps. "El general en su laberinto" is a 1989 dictator novel by Colombian writer and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez. It is a fictionalized account of the last seven months of Simón Bolívar, liberator and..... More
London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd. (Library of International Studies, Volume V), 1965. Hardcover. 376p., bibl, index, boards, dj. Discusses the origins and evolution of Castroism and its impact on the Cuban Revolution, as well as on the domestic and foreign policies of Latin America as a whole. More
La Habana, Casa de las Américas, 1975. Paperback. 96p., wrps. Premio Casa de las Américas, 1975, Teatro. Prize-winning theater piece from Argentina. More
La Habana: Casa Editorial Verde Olivo, 2008. Second edition. Paperback. 227p., maps, photos, illus., bibl., wrps. A history and testimony of the Angolan Civil War by Cuban cultural promoter and journalist César Gómez Chacón, who has published articles in notable national periodicals such as "República Machete" More
Santo Domingo, DR: Museo de Arte Moderno, 2007. 1st ed. Paperback. Large 4to, wrps, 88 p., photos. Textos por Jose Rafael Lantigua (Sec. de Estado de Cultura), Maria Elena Ditren (Dic. Museo de Arte Moderno), Annie Paul (Critico de Arte) y datos biograficos. Exhibition catalog of the Cuban photographer's work..... More
