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1910-1911. BOOK: (HISTORIA-CUBA). WEYLER AND NICOLAU,...

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1910-1911. BOOK: (HISTORIA-CUBA). WEYLER AND NICOLAU, VALERIANO (Marquis of Tenerife and Duke of Rubí): MY COMMAND IN CUBA (10 FEBRUARY 1896 TO 31 OCTOBER 1897). MILITARY AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE LAST SEPARATIST WAR DURING THAT COMMAND. Madrid: Imp., Lit. and Editorial House of Felipe González Rojas, 1910-1911. 5 vol.4º. I: 496 p.+ 1 h.+ frontispiece, 6 portraits and 2 maps. II: 530 p.+ 1 h.+ 6 portraits and 2 maps. III: 554 p.+ 1 h.+ 6 portraits and 3 maps. IV: 590 p.+ 1 h.+ 6 portraits and 5 maps. V: 663 p.+ 1 h.+ 4 portraits and 5 maps. Some pencil notes and underlining by Melchor Fernández Almagro. Enc. in half skin and cardboard. Stamps from the Bible of the Ins. Int. and slight losses in the lower part of the backs due to the gluing of the label, but in general a good specimen. Illustrated with 1 coloured frontispiece, 28 sheets of chromolithographed portraits and 17 folded maps and sketches. Complete with all its sheets. First edition. Palau 374896, inaccurate description