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Below is a list of my stock of old secondhand and antiquarian books on Cuba for sale.

There are a huge number of books written on Cuba, mostly on the period after 1953.  Books on Cuba from the nineteenth century are not so easy to come by.

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CHILCOTE Ronald H. and LUTJENS Sheryl Cuba, 1953-1978: A Bibliographic Guide to the Literature
CHILCOTE Ronald H. and LUTJENS Sheryl Cuba, 1953-1978: A Bibliographic Guide to the Literature

Kraus International Publications (1986)
2 vols. 1387pp. est ed., very fine in fine original blue cloth.
£125


S.S. SPENCER Havana Price Current - Vol. 57, No 64.
S.S. SPENCER Havana Price Current - Vol. 57, No 64.

Havana (1875)
2pp. Locally printed. Clean. 9 x 11"
£15


HUMBOLDT A. The Island of Cuba, - translated from the Spanish with notes and preliminary essay by J.S. Thrasher.
HUMBOLDT A. The Island of Cuba, - translated from the Spanish with notes and preliminary essay by J.S. Thrasher.

Derby & Jackson, New York (1856)
397pp + folding map + publisher's catalogue. Fine in worn original pink cloth, frayed at top of spine.
£175


JAY W.M.L. My winter in Cuba.
JAY W.M.L. My winter in Cuba.

E.P. Dutton & Co., New York (1871)
vi + 296pp + adverts. 1st ed., clean in original green decorated cloth. Octavo.
Description of the domestic side of Cuban life as seen by the author.		£120


KIMBALL R.B. Cuba and the Cubans; - comprising a history of the island of Cuba, its present social, political and domestic condition; also its relation to England and the United States.
KIMBALL R.B. Cuba and the Cubans; - comprising a history of the island of Cuba, its present social, political and domestic condition; also its relation to England and the United States.		KIMBALL R.B. Cuba and the Cubans; - comprising a history of the island of Cuba, its present social, political and domestic condition; also its relation to England and the United States.

New York (1850)
255pp + map + publisher's catalogue. 1st ed., minor tone spotting to title page and map and light browning throughout. Some pencil marks in margins. Original worn green blindstamped cloth.
£225


MACKIE J.M. From Cape Cod to Dixie and the Tropics.
MACKIE J.M. From Cape Cod to Dixie and the Tropics.

New York (1864)
422pp. 1st ed., lightly browned throughout otherwise clean in worn original cloth.
Includes chapters on the Bahamas, Bermuda and Cuba.		£60


McQUADE J. The cruise of the Montauk - to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida.
McQUADE J. The cruise of the Montauk - to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida.		McQUADE J. The cruise of the Montauk - to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida.

Thomas R. Know & Co., New York (1885)
xv + 441pp + engraved plates. Tone spotting to frontispiece otherwise very clean in original pictorial cloth, front hinge shaken.
Description of cruise calling at Bermuda, St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Trinidad, Curacao, Jamaica and Cuba, illustrated with attractive wood engravings.		£90


NORTON A.J. Norton
NORTON A.J. Norton		NORTON A.J. Norton's complete hand-book of Havana and Cuba - containing full information for the tourist, settler, and investor; also an account of the American military occupation.

Rand McNally & Co., Chicago (1900)
324pp + plates and folding map. 1st ed., fine in slightly worn original cloth.
£95


TURNBULL D. Travels in the West. - Cuba with notices on Porto Rico, and the Slave Trade.
TURNBULL D. Travels in the West. - Cuba with notices on Porto Rico, and the Slave Trade.

Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans (1840)
xvi + 574pp + publisher's catalogue + frontispiece map. 1st ed., title page and frontispiece browned and small biro marks on title page otherwise very clean in modern quarter calf with new end papers.
Key work on Cuba and the slave trade especially in relation to America, produced by the British Consul at Havana.		£190


WILSON T. Transatlantic sketches; - or Travelling Reminiscences of the West Indies and United States.
WILSON T. Transatlantic sketches; - or Travelling Reminiscences of the West Indies and United States.

Montreal (1860)
179pp. 1st ed., inscribed by the author on front end paper, clean in worn original cloth.
Chapters on Cuba and Trinidad with much on sugar cultivation and social life in Havana.		£225


TROLLOPE A. The West Indies and the Spanish Main.
TROLLOPE A. The West Indies and the Spanish Main.

Frank Cass & Co (1968)
iv + 395pp. Facsimile reprint of 2nd ed., fine in original green cloth.
Written by the author while on Post Office business in the West Indies to re-organise the Colonial Post Offices and to undertake postal treaties with the Spanish colonies. Much on Jamaica also chapters on Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Trinidad and St Thomas.		£40


WOLLASTON N. Red Rumba - A journey through the Caribbean and Central America.
WOLLASTON N. Red Rumba - A journey through the Caribbean and Central America.

Hodder & Stoughton (1962)
231pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W.
Good travel book in which the author describes his four and half month visit to the Caribbean. Includes account of Cuba, Dominican Republic shortly after the assassination of President Trujillo and Haiti.		£5


UNDERHILL E.B. The West Indies: - Their Social and Religious Condition.
UNDERHILL E.B. The West Indies: - Their Social and Religious Condition.		UNDERHILL E.B. The West Indies: - Their Social and Religious Condition.

Jackson, Walford and Hodder (1862)
x + 493pp. 1st ed., lacking front end papers and prelim., title page with tone spots, in worn original green pictorial cloth, corners bumped.
Sections on Bahamas, Cuba, Trinidad, Haiti and Jamaica. The tour described in the book was undertaken at the request of the Treasurer and Committee of the Baptist Missionary Society following emancipation. 		£75


VALDES N.P. and LIEUWEN E. The Cuban revolution. - A research study guide (1959-1969).
VALDES N.P. and LIEUWEN E. The Cuban revolution. - A research study guide (1959-1969).

Uni. of New Mexico (1971)
230pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W.
Bibliography of 4000 works arranged thematically.		£15


STEELE J.W. Cuban sketches.
STEELE J.W. Cuban sketches.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York (1881)
220pp + publisher's ads. 1st ed., clean in modern red cloth binding.
Good description of life on the island.		£65


RECKFORD B. Does Fidel eat more than your father? - Cuban Opinion.
RECKFORD B. Does Fidel eat more than your father? - Cuban Opinion.

Andre Deutsch (1971)
191pp. 1st ed., clean in D/W.
A Jamaican playwright investigates Cuba.		£7


LEVINE B.B. The New Cuban Presence in the Caribbean.
LEVINE B.B. The New Cuban Presence in the Caribbean.

Westview Press (1983)
xii + 274pp. Paperback. Clean.
£4


JONES C.L. The Caribbean since 1900.
JONES C.L. The Caribbean since 1900.

Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York (1936)
511pp. 1st ed., ex library still very good in original blue cloth.
Political history of the region with chapters devoted to Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Latin American countries.		£15


LEAF E. Isles of rhythm.
LEAF E. Isles of rhythm.		LEAF E. Isles of rhythm.

A.S. Barnes & Co., New York (1948)
211pp. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. Damage to head of spine.
Enthusiastic study of dance in the Caribbean, profusely illust. with photos by the author. Chapters on Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica Virgin Is. and Trinidad.		£35


LESTER G. In sunny seas: - chapters treating chiefly of the Bahama islands and Cuba.
LESTER G. In sunny seas: - chapters treating chiefly of the Bahama islands and Cuba.LESTER G. In sunny seas: - chapters treating chiefly of the Bahama islands and Cuba.		LESTER G. In sunny seas: - chapters treating chiefly of the Bahama islands and Cuba.

London (1897)
xv + 144pp + plates. 1st ed., some minor tone spotting otherwise clean in rose pictorial cloth, spine badly faded.
Description of life in Methodist missions on the islands with good photo plates by J.F. Coonley.		£100


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1895 (Circa) Photographic record of a voyage to Santiago, Cuba. Original photographs mounted on thick album cardboard mounts mostly 4.5 x 4." Includes 16 views of Santiago including street scenes and view of soldiers.
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EMIL STORCH Havanna. Very early chromo litho postcard of Cuba with vignette view of Havana, circa 1900, fine unused. Minor indentations from being stored in old postcard album on corners.
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1849 (27 Dec) EL from Havana to Paris with boxed 'COLONIES &c ART 13' in red. HAVANA double arc on reverse and London ds.
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