Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

215 c   (HAITI.) Firmin, Joseph-Anténor. M. Roosevelt, Président des États-Unis, et la République d’Haïti. Frontispiece portrait. x, 501 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, damp- staining and minor wear; staining to frontispiece, otherwise minor wear to contents; early pencil signature on front wrapper. NewYork and Paris, 1905 [400/600] Joseph-Anténor Firmin (1850-1911) was a Haitian politician and academic, generally considered to be the first anthropologist of African descent; he helped launch the Pan-African movement. In this book, he predicted that the American president Theodore Roosevelt would invade Haiti. He was not precisely correct, but still perceptive; the twenty-year American occupation of Haiti did not begin until 1915. Cundall,West Indies 579. 215 216 c   (HAITI.) Viard, Félix. La Légende du Dernier Marron. Numerous illustra- tions by Edmond Mangonés. [21] pages. 4to, 12 1 / 2 x 9 1 / 2 inches, stitched; moderate edge wear, rear leaf detached. [Port-au-Prince, Haiti], [Ateliers de La Presse, 1932] [400/600] An epic poem in French on the Haitian Revolution, written toward the end of Haiti’s occupation by the United States. No original copies in OCLC, though one microfilm holding is listed. 216