Isla De Cuba. Reflexiones Sobre Su Estado Social, Politico Y Economico; Su Administracion Y Gobierno
Madrid: Imprenta De J.M. Ducazcal, 1865. First edition. leather_bound. 118 pages. 23 x 15 cm. In 1859 Letona was promoted to brigadier and appointed governor of Havana. In 1860 he was commander general of the Eastern Department, but in 1862 he resigned for health reasons. In January 1869 he was sent back to Cuba to suppress an insurrection which was called the "Ten Years' War. Although it failed to achieve Cuban independence it spawned a number of important later Cuban leaders, including José Martí, Fernando Figueredo, and Tomás Estrada Palma. Signed by Letona on free front endpaper in ink. Contents generally clean. Nicks to spine head and foot. Raised bands, spine panels in gilt motifs with binding tight an firm. OCLC: 794351281. Full mottled calf with decorated endpapers. Very good. Item #24269
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