Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War
New York: Grove Press, Inc. [1968], 1968. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-287, [1] pp. Green cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several black and white photographs from the Cuban revolution and the war, with a few maps of the different battles of the war (endpapers contain maps as well). The most complete version of Guevara's recollections of the war, with some of the essays in this book previously published in Spanish and French before this publication in English. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Che Guevara: Argentine-Cuban revolutionary". Here the Latin American revolutionary figure recollects his experiences of fighting guerilla warfare and of orchestrating Cuba's socialist revolution. Guevara believed a complete social revolution was the only remedy to abject poverty that he witnessed in Central America. He served as both a doctor and a soldier in the Cuban Revolutionary War, and was later killed in Bolivia fighting on behalf of leftist revolutionaries there. Very Good+ / Near Fine. Item #00009741
A Very Good+ book with a touch of fading to the edges of the boards and a spot of foxing to the top textblock; jacket is Near Fine with minor edge wear.
Price: $125.00