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Boston: J. M. Whittemore, (1847). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name of Eastman Sanborn dated Andover, Mass. 1850 on the front endpaper. Minor foxing; chipping to spine tips and some loss along spine edges, covers tight. Good. Bound in publisher's brown blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. For some reason, the first issue is not included, which seems to be rather common with this publication. Despite the title, this has nothing to do with photography but is rather a compendium of articles from periodicals from England, France, and Germany, and translated into English for an American audience when necessary. Subjects include Cuba, China, Russia, Central America, the relations between Mexico and the United States, and the Art of Eating.

Havana: Editora del Consejo Nacional de Cultura, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Close to Fine. Original pictorial wraps bound in black morocco-backed gilt-lettered dark blue morocco leather; 97 pages. Lengthily INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the half-title page by Fidel Castro to Lieutenant Pedro García Peláez sending him this book in acknowledgment of his birthday and the wars that they have fought in together. The lieutenant would later become General Pedro García Pelaez, a top military aide to Castro, the head of the Cuban Military Mission in Angola, and the Chief of Combat Readiness. In 1959 he was head of the personal escort of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro. Though not dated, this was likely inscribed close to publication. Books signed by Castro are scarce, and this is a specially interesting example. Born in the Dominican Republic, Maximo Gomez was Cuba's military commander in that country's War of Independence (1895-1898) and a hero of the struggle which ended Spanish domination over Cuba. He… Read More