Published by Coward-McCann, Inc, New York, 1953
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); sage green textured paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in green on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-282pp, with [16] pages of halftone plates at center. Spine ends gently nudged, gentle sunning to board edges, with lower board corners gently tapped (though still sharp); contents fresh; Very Good+. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned and edgeworn, with light dust-soil, and several small tears and attendant creases; Very Good or better. An "off-the-beaten-path" travel guide and portrait of Havana, Cuba, by the noted Jamaican-born novelist and historian.
Published by Bobbs-Merrrill. Indianapolis and New York First edition, 1949
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
Signed
US$ 102.22
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketpp. (xii), 13-378, (vi) blanks. Publisher's red cloth, uncut, damp-marked and spine faded and with small wear-hole at the head, two adjoining leaves with a stain in the lower margins, signed inscription from Roberts - 'For my good friend 'Micky' Hendriks with gratitude for his interest'. *No copy in COPAC, only the later London imprint, 1950, and the Kingston imprint of 1956.