Haiti: RARE, UNUSUAL AND SPECIAL DEMAND BOOKS FOR SALE AND AUCTION

List as of April 14, 2008

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

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• # R6   Barskett, S. J. (1824)    HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF ST. DOMINGO: FROM ITS FIRST DISCOVERY BY COLUMBUS     New York, Mahlon Day. Dark brown worn leather binding, and yellowing heavy pages. There are some water marks on two blank pages from the inside cover, but no markings are on the text pages themselves, 266 pages. The publisher celebrates the even-handedness of the author.
  • $400.00

• # R25   Bigelow, John    THE WIT AND WISDOM OF THE HAYTIANS     This was published as a 112 page pulp book in 1877. It contains proverbs and jokes and such from Haiti. This whole "wit and wisdom" was serialized in Harper's Magazine in 1875 before it was collected into a book. Pages 288-291 is an excerpt from the book. The magazine itself is 312 pages long and worn, but in good condition.
  • $42.00

• # R62   Bird, M. B.    THE BLACK MAN, OR HAYTIAN INDEPENDENCE: DEDUCED FROM HISTORICAL NOTES AND DEDICATED TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF HAYTI     New York: M.B. Bird, 1869. This 461 page book is by a missionary who lived in Haiti for nearly 30 years.
  • $325.00

• # R140   Bontemps, Arna and Langston Hughes    POPO AND FIFINA     New York: The McMillan Company, 1932. Famous story of children in Haiti by these two great writers of the Harlem Renaissance. No dust jacket, but otherwise a fine copy of this important work.
  • $200.00

• # R1186   Candler, John    BRIEF NOTICES OF HAYTI: WITH ITS CONDITIONS, RESOURCES, AND PROSPECTS    London: Thomas Ward and Co., 1842. Original blind-stamped cloth (spinal extremities bit chipped), library number on spine, otherwise a very nice copy. First edition. Cundall 478. Sabin 10673.
  • $400.00

• # R108   Clark, B. C.    A PLEA FOR HAITI WITH A GLANCE AT HER RELATIONS WITH FRANCE, ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES FOR LAST SIXTY YEARS     Boston, Eastburn's Press, 1853. 50 page essay. Nice condition, some nicks and tears on cover bottom, pages yellowing some.
  • $165.00

• # R4   De Wimpffen, B. A. S. (1797)    A VOYAGE TO SAINT DOMINGO, IN THE YEARS 1788, 1789, AND 1790     London, T. Cadell, Jr. and W. Davies and J. Wright. 378 page account. The book is spectacular to look at. Deep tan leather. One very large thick fold-out map. The inside front cover and facing page were both blank. The owner (from the 18th century), has written some pencil notes on those pages about Baron De Wimpffen, and in the text itself in about 4-6 cases he has little marginal notes in pencil as well. Very lovely book.
  • $1150.00

• # R45   Dismond, Binga    WE WHO WOULD DIE AND OTHER POEMS INCLUDING HAITIAN VIGNETTS     NY:Wendell, Malliet and company, 1943. 1st edition. 7 illustrations (by E. Simms Campbell), approx. (91) unnumbered pages. Blue boards and original dust jacket. Some tears on the dust jacket near the top spine and top of the back side. Signed by the author to a friend, a singer. Overall a nice copy. His only book of poetry.
  • $150.00

• # R130   Durham, John S    DIANE, PRIESTESS OF HAITI    Lippincotts Magazine. Philadephia, 1902. My copy is in the bound volume of Lippincotts Magazine for 1902 which contains all 12 volumes of the year. The novel by Durham is in the April edition. The front cover of the 2 3/4 inch thick volume is loose. Inside all 12 issues of text are attached and in good condition. In the 80 pages of the novel itself there is one page which has a small 1/2 inch tear at the top, otherwise in very good condition. Durham (1861-1919) was U.S. Minister to Haiti until 1893. He is an African-American writer and this novel was not published except in this issue of Lippincotts, at least I have not been able to find any other mention of it. Extremely rare.
  • $1500.00

• # R117   Edwards, Bryan    HISTORY, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL, OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN THE WEST INDIES    London, Luke Hanford, 1801. 3 volumes complete. Vol I is over 550 pages, Vol II is over 600 and Vol III is nearly 500. I had these books beautifully rebound and they are immaculate. In this condition they are extremely rare.
  • $1500.00
  # R50   Franklyn, Irwin R.    KNIGHTS OF THE COCKPIT: A ROMANTIC EPIC OF THE FLYING MARINES IN HAITI     Fiction set in Haiti during the U.S. Occupation, but not actually historical fiction. However, it does have very early "flying marines." Book is in the original colorful dust jacket which is a bit ragged on the edges but seemingly fully intact. 310 pages, clean and intact, but a bit yellowed. New York: Dial Press, 1931.
  • $120.00

• #R30   Garran-Coulon, M.    AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE INSURRECTIN OF THE NEGROES IN THE ISLAND OF ST. DOMINGO. TO WHICH ARE ADDED OBSERVATIONS BY M. GARRAN-COULON ON THE SAME SUBJECT, READ IN HIS ABSENCE BY M. GUADET, BEFORE THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, 29TH FEB. 1792.     London, 1792. This document is an English translation of his speech.
  
  (enclosed with this document was the following)
  
  [St. Domingue]: AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE INSURRECTION OF THE NEGROES IN THE ISLAND OF ST. DOMINGO. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, OBSERVATIONS OF M. GARRAN—COULON ON THE SANE SUBJECT, READ IN HIS ABSENCE BY M. GUADET, BEFORE THE NATICNAL ASSEMBLY, 29TH FEB. 1792. London: 1792. 32pp, later plain wrappers, stitched. Short tear to an inner margin with signature loose. Light wear and foxing, Good to Very Good. The bloody slave revolt culminated in independence of Haiti, St. Domingue’s successor, caused almost total destruction of Saint Doningue. . .destroved France’s most lucrative colony.. .and transformed the entire balance of power.’ Davis Slavery and Human Stogress 6, 78. “The Haitian revolution of the 179O’s terrified American and European whites and was disastrous for the North American merchants who had supplied provisions for the French West Indian expansion. But the eclipse was a godsend for British, Brazilian, Cuban, and North American planters.” Id.
  
  Abolitionists were quite anxious about “the kind of evolutionarv struggle and racial warfare that had ravaged Haiti.” Zd. at 115. Indeed, they were blamed for it. But this piece places the blame squarely on the planters, whose inhumane treatment of the slaves is deplored.
  
  This is the first edition. NUC lists a 39—page edition republished in Philadelphia later in 1792. Neither Sabin nor Blockson cites this edition.
  
  FIRST EDITION. NUC 0086864. Sabin 75135 (39pp ed.). Blockson 3112 (39pp ed.). #1698)
  • $1250.00

• #1453Z   Greene, Anne    THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN HAITI: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE     East Lansing, MI: Michigan Univ. Press, 1993. Like new copy in original dust jacket.
  • $180.00

• #R140 R   Hughes, Langston -- see Bontemps, Arna and Langston Hughes-- under Bontemps.

• # R128   Hughes, Langston    TROUBLED ISLAND: AN OPERA IN THREE ACTS    New York: Leeds Music Corp., 1949. This is the libretto which Hughes wrote for the opera. The music is not in this work. The music was by William Grant Still. The main character of the opera is Jean-Jacques Dessalines. The libretto is about 8x6, paper and is very good condition.
  • $350.00

• # 472Z   Laguerre, Michel S.    THE COMPLETE HAITIANA: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE SCHOLARLY LITERATURE 1900 - 1980     Millwood, NY: Kraus International Publications, 1992. 2 huge and very heavy volumes, hard bound, of bibliographic material, probably the largest bibliography of material on Haiti ever assembled. Both volumes are in perfect condtion. They are quite heavy and this two-volume set will require $10.00 for media mail.
  • $275.00

• # R44   Lee, Hannah . F. (1854). . Westport, CT, Negro University Press.    MEMOIR OF PIERRE TOUSSAINT, BORN A SLAVE IN ST. DOMINGO    Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1854.
  
  Pierre Toussaint has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. His case for sainthood is in process. This is the earliest known publication on this potential Haitian saint. Pierre Toussaint was born in San Domingue in 1766 and died in New York in 1853. This book was published the year after his death. There is a facsimile of his signature under a photograph or lithorgraph of Toussaint. The book is in decent condition. On the title page there is a small triangle missing which is in a place where there was no text. Otherwise the book is fully intact, if worn.
  • $425.00

• # R8   Lorne, T. M. (1867)    A TRIP TO THE TROPICS AND HOME THROUGH AMERICA     London, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers. More than 50 pages of this 355 page travel log is on Haiti. Revealing and fascinating topics such as: "native soldiers, a black lady's salutation, Negro laziness, fishing in the lagoon, hiring a mule, in the streets, shops and houses, English Methodist chapel, story of Haytian cannibalism, the Gros Morne, President Geffard, long section on Port-au-Prince including a visit to the National Palace. Fascinating reading. The sort of history of the period one can't get from standard texts.
  • Leather bound, but front cover is detached from book. Otherwise the book is tight. Spine is weak. $275.00

• # R89   Marshall, Harriet Gibbs    THE STORY OF HAITI: FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE ISLAND BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS TO THE PRESENT DAY    Boston, The Christopher Publishing House, 1930. A little known, excellent history of Haiti that is quite scarce. It has photos of most of the presidents up to 1930. This is a first edition, signed copy in the original dust jacket and in very nice condition.
  • $130.00

• # R139   Morisseau-Leroy, Felix    ANTIGONE EN CREOLE     Petionville, Morne Hercule, 1954 Creole text for this play by one of Haiti's more famous writers. This first edition copy has tatter edges around the top, bottom and side of the cover which is thin paper and larger than the text, thus easy to tatter. Otherwise the text is in very good condition.
  • $144.00

• # 1035Z   Nader, Gary    LATIN AMERICAN ART PRICE GUIDE: AUCTION RECORDS MAY 1977 -- NOV. 1996    Miami: Gary Nader Editions, 1996. Large heavy book like new. 350 pages, small print listing of art sales by artist and work. Very valuable guide to Haitian art prices.
  • $350.00

• # 480Z   Nicholls, David    FROM DESSALINES TO DUVALIER: RACE COLOUR AND NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN HAITI     London: Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, 1979. I actually purchased this copy of the book at a book store on the main street of Cambridge, England about 15 years ago.
  • $120.00

• # 1376Z       PAPERS RELATING TO THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH THE ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT    Washtington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1902. The book itself is an 1100 page book published by the House of Representatives on Foreign Relations of the U.S. in 1902. The Haiti section: pp. 587-682 Topics are: Revolution in Haiti, Protection of Cuban interests by U.S. consular officials, Question of "right of asylum" in U.S. legislations, accident to President Roosevelt. Very heavy hardbound. Ex-library in good condition. This heavy book will require $7.00 for media mail postage.
  • $120.00

• # R101       A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE INSURRECTION OF THE NEGROES OF ST. DOMINGO, BEGUN IN AUGUST 1791: SPEECH MADE IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, THE THIRD OF NOVEMBER, 1791, BY THE DEPUTIES FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FRENCH PART OF ST. DOMINGO.     Disbound from an unknown source. 32 pages. Text is in very nice condition.
  • $150.00

• # 723Z   Price-Mars    SO SPOKE THE UNCLE    Washington, DC: Three Continents Press, 1983. The book is hard bound and like new. However, the previous owner took the (mint condition) dust jacket, cut it down the middle long-ways and scotch-taped the dust jacket to the back of the book cover and facing (blank) page. A very scarce book.
  • $110.00

• # R13   Redpath, J. (1861)    GUIDE TO HAYTI     Boston, Haytian Bureau of Emigration. This guide was to encourage American Negro emigration to Haiti during the Geffrard presidency. Consequently it is rather uncritical and glowing. 180 pages, includes a very lovely colored map, and even has some photos of coins of the day, and a inside cover photo of President Geffrard.
  • $850.00

• # R14   St. John, Sir Spencer    HAYTI OR THE BLACK REPUBLIC     (1889). . New York, Scribner and Welford. Sir Spencer was the British ambassador to Haiti and didn't like it at all. His book was one of the first to claim cannibalism in Voodoo and human sacrifice. Later on J.N. Leger replied to that charge in his book (also in this list) HAITI: HER HISTORY AND DETRACTORS. He had Sir Spencer St. John in mind as one of the key detractors. The book is 389 pages long and in good condition.
  • $180.00

• # R129   Tuttle, Sarah    A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF HAYTI     Boston: Mass. Sabbath School Union, 1831. 68 pages; history of Haiti; original papered boards and leather spine; edges and corners heavily worn. Some water marks on the first 13 pages and some spotting on others, but over all a good copy.
  • $120.00

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