Resultados de búsqueda: Caribbean from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. 427 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Expected browning. First Edition. Dust jacket with age-toned flaps. "Through a series of personal journeys, interwoven with scenes from the country's past, this documents Amy Wilentz's arrival in Haiti in 1986, days before the ousting of Haiti's President for Life, Jean-Claude Duvalier and shows how the hope of change turned to disappointment when liberation led to chaos and stagnation. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, Wilentz leads us through the streets, bustling by day and by night filled with gunfire and burning tyres. She explores the countryside where young soldiers control road-blocks and farmers struggle to survive and where belief in voodoo the peasants' religion is as strong as ever. Wilentz offers portrtais of today's Haitians - Father Aristide the rebel priest and spiritual force behind the opposition, the various military-backed leaders, the wild kids who roam the streets, the State… Leer más

Los Angeles and London: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Merrell Publishers, 2001. Cloth, 159 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Exhibition held April 15 to July 1, 2001, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; August 28 to October 27, 2001, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York; and November 18, 2001 to Febrary 10, 2002, Museum of Contemporary Center for Photography, Chicago. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Here is work by three generations of Cuban photographers that highlights the continuing achievements of Cuba s artistic community, as well as the social and political changes in Castro s Cuba. Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography after the Revolution, organized in three sections with a prologue gallery, includes more than 100 black-and-white and color… Leer más

Los Angeles and London: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Merrell Publishers, 2001. 159 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held April 15 to July 1, 2001, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; August 27 to October 27, 2001, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York; and March 3 to May 26, 2002, Contemporary Center for Photography, Chicago. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Gently browsed, clean copy. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Here is work by three generations of Cuban photographers that highlights the continuing achievements of Cuba s artistic community, as well as the social and political changes in Castro s Cuba. Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography after the Revolution, organized in three sections with a prologue gallery, includes more than 100 black-and-white and color photographs. The prologue gallery… Leer más

La Habana, Cuba; Havana, Cuba: Galeria Habana, 2002. 37 pages, illustrations; 22 x 24 cm. Text in Spanish and English. MUY BIEN+. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st.. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers; A Panache Press Book, 2000. 252 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "The ambient warmth of the tropics causes architectural distinctions between indoors and out to evaporate, along with the walls that divide them. Houses expand into the landscape, while the sights, sounds, and scents of nature waft through living spaces. Indeed, one of the pleasures of living in the tropics is an awakening of the senses that brings us closer to nature. Internationally renowned photographer and writer Tim Street-Porter has spent more than ten years traveling through Bali, Java, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Belize, and Jamaica. This book's 272 stunning photographs, supported by Street-Porter's fascinating and informed commentary, capture the appeal and the meaning of the enviable dwellings… Leer más

New York: Kent Gallery, 2001. Cloth, 64 pages, colour illustrations; 19 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light handling soil/boards. Stated First printing. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo.

Garden City, NY: Anchor Books; Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. 462 pages, maps; 19 cm. A433, Previously published with title: Cuba. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. First thus.. 1st. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo.

New York: Corinthian Publications [1950s?] 6 colour illustrations (each 19 x 24 cm.) inserted in a portfolio/mailing envelope. A near-fine copy, with all six prints, age toned. Suitable for framing.. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong. Collectible.