Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Summer '64 ; Featuring a Report on the Canadian Students' Work Tour to Cuba, A Poem by Al Purdy, Impressions by Dorothy Steeves including excerpts from Castro's May Day Speech '64
Published by Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Amis du Peuple Cubain, Toronto, 1964
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Seller: Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts, Toronto, ON, CanadaBlack's Fine Books & Manuscripts
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pp. 36. 12mo., measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Contents include: Al Purdy writes on his visit; Unionists visit to Canada; Amigos de Cuba; Hurricaine Relief Fund; Poem to the Sailors on the "Oxford"; Portion of Castro's May Day Speech, and much else. Scarce in commerce. On June 30th the first group of Canadian students will leave from Eastern Canada for Cuba where they will spend from six to eight weeks working with and talking to Cubans from all walks of life. The second group leaves on July 3rd from points west of Winnipeg and will join up in Mexico City before proceeding to Havana. A total of 45 students will participate in the program and will be led by Captain David Middleton, a retired Canadian army officer. The group are representative of Canadian university students from Fredericton and Halifax on the east coast to Victoria on the west coast. Th students represent fifteen campuses in eight provinces and courses in engineering, science, accountancy, medicine, political science, philosophy, liberal arts, psychology, sociology, law, school teaching, library and theology. Some of the students are in post-graduate studies. The objective of the tour is two-fold: to work as a group on some project or projects alongside Cubans, thereby creating a bond of friendship leading to a better understanding between Cubans and Canadians, and secondly, to provide an opportunity for the group to assess the Cuban experiment in social reconstruction.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Summer '64 ; Featuring a Report on the Canadian Students' Work Tour to Cuba, A Poem by Al Purdy, Impressions by Dorothy Steeves including excerpts from Castro's May Day Speech '64
- Author
- [Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Amis du Peuple Cubain]; Al Purdy; Doroty Steeves; Fidel Castro;
- Publisher
- Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Amis du Peuple Cubain, Toronto
- Publication year
- 1964
- Binding
- Card Covers
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Philosophy & Politics
Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts
Toronto, ON, Canada
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We are a rare book firm specializing in a diverse range of works on paper. With nearly two decades of experience, we are pleased to offer a wide selection of over 25,000 scarce and unique titles, from the retrospective to the modern. Our specialisms include, but are not limited to, antiquarian and fine bindings, manuscripts, ephemera, Canadiana, culinaria, Indigenous studies, and socialist literature. We are also home to one of the nation’s largest private collections of Ukrainian émigré publications. Our Services & Expertise: We actively buy, sell and place rare and out-of-print books, as well as manuscripts, printed ephemera, and archival collections in Canada, the United States, and Europe. In addition, our practice is actively engaged in the thoughtful placement and stewardship of literary and institutional archives, and we provide USPAP compliant monetary appraisals for universities, museums, and private clients. Our Clients: We are proud to serve a diverse and distinguished clientele. Our clients have included Library and Archives Canada, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, McGill University, McMaster University, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, University of Alberta (Bruce Peel Special Collections), The British Library, and The Library of Congress, among others. Curated lists are issued periodically and may be viewed at www.blacksbooks.ca.…
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