Paris: Didot, 1730. Ecrite particulierement sur des Memoires Manuscrits du P. Jean-Baptiste le Pers, Jesuite, Missionnaire a Saint Domingue, & sur les Pieces Originales, qui se conservent au Depot de la Marine. 14 engraved plates (most folding maps), vignettes. 2 volumes, small square 4to, 1/2 calf, ornately gilt spine (rubbed); some pages darkened, worming, few inked markings. Paris: Francois Didot, 1730. Very good. Recounts the island's history from its discovery by Columbus to the 1720s. Author was a Jesuit historian..... More

3 color folding maps. 2 vols. thick 8vo, cloth. Santo Domingo: Editora de Santo Domingo, 1975. very good Facsimile of the Madrid, 1884 edition. More

1947. Scarce signed statement as Ambassador to the United Nations, removed from a letter but complete in itself. 1 page, 3.75 x 7.75 inches, in Spanish, no place, no date, circa 1947, upon presenting his credentials to the Secretary General of the United Nations as the representative of Santo Domingo, expressing his thanks for being granted the consideration and opportunity to serve, in full: "Hago provecho de opportunidad, Senor Secretario General, para, reiterarle las seguridades de mi mas alta consideracion."..... More

Netherlands: Idea Books, 2010. profusely illustrated throughout with lovely color photographs by Massimo Listri, all featuring the fine details of Oscar de la Renta's estate and gardens in the Dominican Republic. Thick 4to, pictorial boards, d.w., matching slipcase. The Netherlands: Idea Books, [2010]. First edition. Long gift inscription from someone associated with the estate, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper and box. Quite scarce. More

New York: Holt, 2011. Illus. 449pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (2011). Very good. More