Souvenir Album of Cuban Revolutionaries, Including Castro and Guevara

[Cuban Revolution]

Expedición y Desembarco del "Granma" [cover title: Album Expedicionarios del Granma]

[Havana}: (S.n.), [c.1960]. Black and white photographs. Softcover. Oblong duodecimo. 41 unnumbered leaves. Black wrappers printed in green, quite worn with edge chips and rubbed wrinkles. Photographs inside are all in nice condition, with an occasional edge chip to scattered leaves but with no image loss.

Album commemorating the 1956 invasion of Cuba by revolutionaries under Fidel Castro in the yacht Granma. The album consists of individual photographs of the participants in the invasion, opening with the photographs of 27 men who were killed, labeling them martyrs.

The album includes youthful photographs of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and Raul Castro as well as many others. An uncommon souvenir of the Cuban Revolution against the Batista government, which ultimately resulted in the establishment of a new government under Fidel Castro.

Item #1445

Price: $300