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Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Hispaniola, or St. Domingo.

By: N/A

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Carey & Lea.: 0c1822

Seller ID: 010803

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Philadelphia: Published by Carey & Lea. c.1822. 16 1/2 x 20 1/2" (420 x 518 mm) including text, plus margins. Hand-colored.

A fine map from Carey and Lea's "A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas." . The text describes the boundaries, climate, rivers, chief towns, civil divisions and population. The map was drawn by F. Lucas Jr. and engraved by Young & Delleker. A nice, bright impression with typical age toning.

The best atlas of nineteenth-century America.

With the French part of the island, to the west, shown in pink and the Spanish par...
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New Dawn for the Kissimmee River: Orlando to Okeechobee by Kayak

By: Alderson, Doug

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Gainesville, Florida, University Press of Florida: 2009

Seller ID: 009160

ISBN: 0813033950

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. 8vo; 152 pages with index and b/w photographic illustrations.

Alderson uses his substantial reporting and photography skills to bring us a story of environmental destruction and restoration. I learned a lot about places I've visited dozens of times but never fully understood. [Willie Howard, outdoors editor, Palm Beach Post]
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Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys or, the Struggle for the Leadership

By: Arundel, Louis [pseudonym of George Rathborne]

Price: $145.00

Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Donahue & Company: 1913

Seller ID: 008116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, First Printing. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear, with loss of tip spine band. Three color front pictorial and spine decoration clean and vivid. Dust Jacket unclipped is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has toned with small loss on edges. 231 pages with publisher adverts. 7 5/8 inches tall.

Motor Boat Boys Series #5. A series of adventure books featuring six teen-aged boys and their adventures on various waterways
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Getting Naked with Harry Crews: Interviews

By: Bledsoe, Erik

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Gainesville, Florida, University Press of Florida: 1999

Seller ID: 008671

ISBN: 0813017092

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Unused, Unread Ex-LIB. Only flaws are library marks stamped top and bottom text block and stamp on endpage. 8vo; 365 pages. "Harry Crews cannot refrain from storytelling. These conversations are blessed with countless insights into the creative process, fresh takes on old questions, and always, Crews's stories: modern-day parables that tell us how it is to live, to work, and to hurt."--Jeff Baker, Oxford American
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Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique de Cuba (caption title)

By: Buchon, Jean Alexandre

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Paris, Unknown: 1825

Seller ID: 010807

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Engraved map. 38 by 49 cm (15 by 19.25 inches) plus text at sides and bottom, on sheet 52 by 67.5 cm (20.5 by 26.5 inches). Well-engraved Hand-colored map of Cuba. French text borders on three sides, describing the religious, commercial, historical and other aspects of life on Cuba.

The map appeared in Buchon's edition of Carey & Lea's Atlas, which was highly prized not only for its cartographic information but for the marvelous information about each of the states and territories included.

The atlas was issued in 6 editions in English, French & German, between 1822 and 1...
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Jacksonville, Riverport-Seaport (Studies in Maritime History)

By: Buker, George E

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press: 1992

Seller ID: 006391

ISBN: 0872497909

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Looks New. Bindings tight and square. No flaws but that about 10% of pages have highlighting. Dust Jacket in new clear protective Mylar sleeve but is taped to pastedowns.
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Miami: Hot And Cool

By: Cerwinske, Laura

Price: $21.95

Publisher: New York, Clarkson Potter: 1990

Seller ID: 009142

ISBN: 0517574314

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal handling; Still Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. First Edition, First Printing. Square: 10.25 by 10.25 inches; 232 pages; Miami sources and index.

Shows and describes notable homes and gardens in the Miami area, and discusses Miami's unique character
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Walker Evans: Cuba

By: Codrescu, Andrei

Price: $21.95

Publisher: Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum: 2011

Seller ID: 012326

ISBN: 1606060643

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The photographs Evans made during his visit to Cuba are fascinating for both their subject matter and the evidence they provide of the young photographer's artistic development.

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. 60+ images.

In 1933, Walker Evans traveled to Cuba to take photographs for The Crime of Cuba, a book by the American journalist Carleton Beals. Beals's explicit goal was to expose the corruption of Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado and the long, torturous relationship between the United States and its island neighbor.
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Guardians on the Gulf: Pensacola Fortifications, 1698-1980

By: Coleman, James C. and Irene S.

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Florida, Pensacola Historical Society: 1982

Seller ID: 007575

ISBN: 0939566028

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Some hand soil to the wraps. 120 pages with index. Illustrated . A study of the forts and naval installations on the Northern Gulf Coast of Florida beginning with the Spanish through 1980.
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Glades County, Florida: History

By: County Commissioners

Price: $21.95

Publisher: Moorhaven, Florida, Rainbow Books: 1983

Seller ID: 008132

ISBN: 0935834095

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, First Printing. Bindings tight and square. Text clean. Moderate handling wear. Dust Jacket unclipped is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve's only flaw is a damp-stain form a glass on front. 207 pages. Illustrated with historical photographs.
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A Taste of Cuba: Recipes from the Cuban-American Community

By: Creen, Linette

Price: $39.95

Publisher: New York, Dutton Adult: 1991

Seller ID: 010859

ISBN: 0525249702

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. 8vo; 9.5 inches tall; 323 pages with index. --------- Despite the widespread popularity of Caribbean food, there are few books devoted solely to Cuban food. Creen's welcome contribution includes both traditional dishes such as Ropa Vieja and innovative Cuban-American creations such as Conch Fritters with Cilantro Dipping Sauce. This unique book is recommended for most collections.
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To Cuba and Back. A Vacation Voyage

By: Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Boston, Ticknor and Fields: 1859

Seller ID: 010733

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Best known as the author of Two Years Before the Mast, Dana only authored three books and this travelogue has significance as his travels were in 1859, while the U.S. Senate was considering whether the United States should try to annex the Spanish possession of Cuba. -------------- His narrative includes his visits to Havana, a sugar plantation, a bullfight, and various churches, hospitals, schools, and prisons. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and hos views are expressed in this volume. [wiki] ----------------- Original br...
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Lighthouses of the Florida Keys: A Short History and Guide

By: Dean, Love

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Sarasota, FL, Pineapple Press: 1998

Seller ID: 010174

ISBN: 1561641650

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. ---------- Except for two land-based lighthouses (at Cape Florida and Key West), the lighthouses of the Florida Keys comprise the largest collection of iron screwpile lighthouses in the world. This is a history of the individual lights, including their construction, repairs needed due to storms, and the politics that have always swirled around them as surely as the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Florida Straits. This detailed account will transport you to a time when wreckers cruised the sea and lighthouse keepers diligence saved ...
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Lighthouses of the Florida Keys

By: Dean, Love

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Key West, Florida, Historic Florida Keys: 1992

Seller ID: 007855

ISBN: 0943528054

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

A revised and expanded version now covers a dozen lighthouses along the southern coast of Florida.

Bindings tight and square. Text clean,Minimal handling wear. Appears unused. Illustrated with photographs and historical documents.
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Florida Days

By: Deland, Margaret

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and Company: 1889

Seller ID: 011625

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

An early travel account in Northern Florida through St. Augustine and along the St. Johns River in the 1880s. The author's vivid reminiscences of the scenery, natural history, and the local people of the time, some of it in dialect coupled with fine illustrations by Louis K. Harlow evoke the place as it was before the massive development and commercialization.

Decorated cloth; bindings are tight with a slight shelf lean. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with hand soiling. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; xviii, [19]-200 pages printed on thick cardstock.

First Edition, F...
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America's Lost Plantation

By: Dellinger, Dave; Introduction by Waldo Frank

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Glen Gardner, NJ, Libertarian Press: 1961

Seller ID: 010958

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Originally published in the American magazine, Liberation. The author spent time in Cuba and discusses, in this article, both the exciting achievements of the Cuban Revolution and the major criticisms leveled at the Fidel Castro government. ------- REF NewLeftReview.

Stapled wrapped, Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Wraps has a bit of age toning. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; 56 pages plus wraps. Illustrated with line drawings. [no date, 1961].
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Some Kind of Paradise. A Chronicle of Man and the Land of Florida

By: Derr, Mark

Price: $12.95

Publisher: New York, William Morrow and Company: 1989

Seller ID: 011910

ISBN: 068807359x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. First Edition.-- "The history of Florida is the story of North America in miniature. By telling it with such eloquence and learning in 'Some Kind of Paradise,' Mr. Derr has revealed the dark side of the historian Frederick Jackson Turner's famous hypothesis: our national character was indeed shaped by the frontier. . . . [Derr] writes with a journalist's eye for telling details and an antiquarian's fondness for digression and quirky facts. . . . The state's tortuous journey from one extreme to the other is [his] subject,...
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Cane Mutiny: How the Miami Hurricanes Overturned the Football Establishment

By: Feldman, Bruce

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, NY, NAL Hardcover: 2004

Seller ID: 010530

ISBN: 0451212975

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. --- Illustrated with B/W photos. --- First Edition, First Printing. ------ The story of how the Miami Hurricanes rose from a laughingstock to a college football legend-and reshaped American sports.
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Atlas of Florida

By: Fernald, Edward A. (editor)

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Tallahassee, FL, Florida State University Foundation, Inc.: 1981

Seller ID: 007089

ISBN: 0960670807

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail handling; Dust Jacket with price has a few minor bumps and is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. --- Sections include how to use the atlas, general reference maps of the state, maps of selected urban areas and a state mileage chart. Subsequent sections deal with the natural environment, population, history and culture, economy, recreation and tourism, transportation and communication, and planning, energy and Florida's future. Includes over 800 maps, graphs, tables, photographs, and drawings.
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Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of The West Indies

By: Fielding Lucas, Jr.

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Published by Carey & Lea: 1822

Seller ID: 010804

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

A map from Carey and Lea's A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas. One of the most detailed maps of the Bahama Islands to appear in a Commercial Atlas. Lengthy narrative text below includes details about the islands, climates, towns, soils, government and history of each.

Carey & Lea's Atlas is highly prized not only for its cartographic information but the marvelous information about each of the states and territories which is included. The atlas was issued in 6 editions in English, French & German between 1822 and 1827. Considered the best atlas of nine...
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