Haiti: Books For Sale -- NATIONAL GEORGRAPHICS

List as of January 10, 2008

Bob Corbett 1419 Tamm Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63139
(314) 647-6704

The list adds and subtracts items constantly, so please write to reserve books or to check is they are still available. The most current list is the one on my web site.

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BOOKS READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

Shipping is $3.00 for the first book and $.50 for each additional book, book rate. There will also be a 75 cent charge for each mailing for delivery confirmation. Insurance or priority shipping are extra, please ask. Delivery outside the U.S. will be arranged. A number of the art cooks are quite heavy and can't be shipped for the $3.00 normal fee. If books are heavy I will have to charge extra shipping.

• Beckwith, Carol and Angela Fisher. THE AFRICAN ROOTS OF VOODOO National Geographic, August, 1995. Pp. 102-113. Traces the roots of Voodoo back to Africa with great exceptional photos. Text too.
  • Like new. $7.50.

• Chester, Rear Admiral Colby M. HAITI: A DEGENERATING ISLAND. A very scarce item. From National Geographic, March 1908, the very first Nation Geographic edition to feature a story on Haiti. Some nice photos from Cap Haitien. Excellent condition for 1908!
  • $65.00.

• Cobb, Charles. HAITI AGAINST ALL ODDS. Article in National Geographic of Nov. 1987. Whole magazine. Nice condition. This magazine is worth it for the one spectacular aerial photo of the Dominican/Haitian border, with green forests on one side and bleak deforestation on the other. Two other articles in this issue. See Deagan below.
  • $7.00.

• Deagan, Kathleen. SEARCHING FOR COLUMBUS'S LOST COLONY. National Geographic. Nov. 1987. See Cobb above.

• Devillers, Carole. HAITI'S VOODOO PILGRIMAGES OF SPIRITS AND SAINTS. National Geographic, March, 1985.
  • Just the article alone, nicely cut out of a magazine, $5.50.
  • Or, the whole magazine in "as new" condition. $5.00.

• Grove, Noel. THE CARIBBEAN: SUN, SEA AND SEETHING. National Geographic Feb. 1981. Have whole magazine. The article does have several Haiti photos and some treatment of political situation.
  • $5.50.

• Johnston, Sir Harry. . HAITI THE HOME OF TWIN REPUBLICS. And HAITI AND ITS REGENERATION BY THE UNITED STATES. Dec. 1920, National Geographic. These two essays by the famous travel writer are, in part, a justification of the American Occupation, but also a documenting of it. His two essays are accompanied by 21 b/w photos, many of them of the occupation troops and troop activities. Also in this same edition: Osterhout, Major G.H., Jr. A LITTLE-KNOWN MARVEL OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. 1920 National Geographic feature on the Citadel including 12 b/w photos. Text is a history of the citadel and quite detailed. This is the entire December edition of 1920, complete and in good shape. The spine is a bit tattered, but otherwise quite nice. Since this issue has a very famous story on the art of falconry, it is an especially hard to find edition since falconry fanciers have gotten all the copies!
  • $35.00.
  • A second copy which is again the whole magazine except it has no front cover, but otherwise is intact and in surprisingly good condition. $30.00

• Newman, Oliver P. BARE FEET AND BURROWS IN HAITI. National Geographic Sept. 1944. Also: B. Anthony Stewart: HAITI GOES TO MARKET. Total of 20 photos in the two essays, some of them in color, but not normal color photos, but those earlier painted-looking photos. Some really nice, as one expects from National Geo. The whole magazine, which also includes some second world war stories and a popular one on working dogs. The war year National Geos are hard to get since they are collected for their war stories and photographs.
  • This is a worn copy with some fraying on the spine, but the text is perfect throughout. $22.00.

• Osterhout, Major G.H., Jr. A LITTLE-KNOWN MARVEL OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. 1920 National Geographic feature on the Citadel including 12 b/w photos. Text is a history of the citadel and quite detailed. Also in this edition: Sir Harry Johnston. HAITI THE HOME OF TWIN REPUBLICS. And HAITI AND ITS REGENERATION BY THE UNITED STATES. These two essays by the famous travel writer are, in part, a justification of the American Occupation, but also a documenting of it. His two essays are accompanied by 21 b/w photos, many of them of the occupation troops and troop activities. This is the entire December edition of 1920, complete and in good shape. The spine is a bit tattered, but otherwise quite nice. Since this issue has a very famous story on the art of falconry, it is an especially hard to find edition since falconry fanciers have gotten all the copies!
  • $35.00.
  • A second copy which is again the whole magazine except it has no front cover, but otherwise is intact and in surprisingly good condition. $30.00

• Patterson, Carolyn Bennett. HAITI: BEYOND MOUNTAINS, MORE MOUNTAINS. National Geographic, Jan. 1976. Whole magazine.
  • Nice condition. $8.50.

• Scofield, John. HAITI -- WEST AFRICA IN THE WEST INDIES. In National Geographic, Feb. 1961. Entire magazine in very good condition. Marvelous photos, including the murals of Holy Trinity, Saut d'Eau, the Citadel.
  • $12.00.

• Shea, Neil. VISIONS OF LITTLE HAITI National Geographic, February 2006. A group of high-school students looks at their Little Haiti neighborhood through the lens of a camera. Like new.
  • $5.00.

• WARDS OF THE UNITED STATES.   An unsigned story in National Geographic, August, 1916. The article covers The Dominican Republic, Haiti and Nicaragua. The section on Haiti is extensive and has 30 incredible black and white photos of Haiti. One is extraordinary given the later art revival in the 1940s. Most people are familiar with the famous photo of Hector Hyppolite in front of his home, Ici Renaissance. This 1916 magazine has virtually the same photo of a different artist in front of his painted hut. It would be very hard for most to tell the difference! Other photos include a great rural market, streets, cemetery and railroad in P-a-P, arch in Les Cayes, forested mountains, rural tailor, statue of Dessalines, a very unusual photo of the citadel and much more. A very difficult item to find.
  • Nice condition edition. $34.00.

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