Signed book: Fidel Castro by Jules Dubois. First edition. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 391 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint, “To Howard W. Sams, who is responsible for this book and whose speed and direction of the production of the manuscript set a record in the publishing business. With appreciation, thanks and warmest regards and best wishes, Jules Dubois, Houston, April 27, 1959,” “Fidel Castro,” and “R. Castro.” Small tears to edges of dust jacket and textblock slightly toned, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by a poster advertising the book and a brief note from Dubois to Sams. A correspondent for the Chicago Times, Dubois was described as ‘the world's most widely known and most decorated reporter of Latin American affairs.’ He had been present in Guatemala during its 1954 coup d’etat and his obituary declared that he ‘knew every president, every chief of staff, every dictator, and most of the would-be dictators in Latin America’—thus his ease in connecting with Castro. Published and signed in the early months of the revolutionary Cuban regime, this is a unique inscribed example of the book that helped introduce Castro to America. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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