The Pearl of the Antilles
first edition hardcover
1873 · London
by GALLENGA, A.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1873. First. hardcover. good. 202pp.+ 32pp. of ads. 8vo, decorated cloth; (lower 1 and 1/2 inches of spine rebacked in modern cloth, head of spine repaired, cloth soiled, endpapers soiled, a contemporary newspaper article pasted in over 3 pages of ads at back). London: Chapman and Hall, 1873. First Edition. Narrative of an Italian journalist in Cuba. Chapters include the Insurrection of 1868, Cuban slaves and sugar plantations, Havana, and the subject of emancipation. Also there is a chapter on Jamaica. (Inventory #: 201124)