Havana Manana / Mañana, A Guide to Cuba and the Cubans - together with very rare 1946 map of La Habana and 1946 baggage tags
New York: Random House, 1941. First printing. Hardcover. First Edition, so stated on copyright page, 1941. Cloth 8vo, in dust jacket. 289 pp., illustrated. Book is very good, slight soil and spine lean, jacket fair with some soil, chipping to front panel, half the spine missing, light soil to rear panel. ACCOMPANIED BY VERY RARE MAP measuring 20.5 x 28 inches, double sided, housed in printed blue wraps, titled on wrap 'Map of Havana, compliments of CCA (Compania Cubana de Aviacion, S.A.' - The map itself bears the title, 'Plano Directorio No. 7, de la Zona Comercial y de Diversiones de La Habana...Dibujante R. Lopez...2da Edicione 1946' - the reverse side gives information on local shops, bars, hotels, etc., with an inset map 'Plano de Santa Fe' - the gold coast of La Habana. Occasional separation at intersections of some folds and minor edgewear to the blue housing wraps, but very good copy of this rare map, we can locate NO COPIES ON OCLC. Also two baggage tags loosely laid in and a folded mimeo sheet in black and white from the Cuban Tourist Commission Havana, No. 19-A, measuring 15 x 8.5 inches, descriping the Isle of Pinces, the Beaches, fishing and fruit farms of the region. All in all a nice package on Cuban tourism in 1941-46. Very Good / fair. Item #C000029165
Price: $239.00