CASTRO’S ARRIVAL IN HAVANA AND THE EARLY DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION [CUBA, MEXICO AND MIAMI] A collection of newspapers spanning the years 1959-1960 Mexico City/Miami Beach: El Mundo, Prensa Libre , Ultimas Noticias Excelsior, 1959-60 £250 A collection of five newspapers, each measuring up to 62 x 40cm when fully unfolded; between 8 and 26 pages in length, including ‘El Mundo’, ‘Presna Libre’ and ‘Ultimas Noticias Excelsior’, printed mostly in black but with occasional titles in blue; containing numerous black and white photographs of Fidel and Ramon Castro, Che Guevara, Celia Sanchez, Adolfo Lopez Mateos, and other members of the Revolution, including the execution of Garcia Olayón, as well as Richard Nixon, J. F. K, and other political figures; all newspapers fragile, and toned in accordance with age, with some splits and chips along folds, with some loss of text in places; chips to edges and occasional brown spots; one small annotation in blue ink of ‘Imogen Browning, National Coffee Shop’ in Miami; remarkable survivals nonetheless, and very good overall. A scarce collection of newspapers which together portray a vivid picture of the turbulent political and social scene towards the end of the 1950s. Articles include ‘The Destruction of Santa Clara’, and ‘With the Rebel Leaders in the Villages’, with copious photographs, and there are numerous celebratory passages welcoming in Fidel Castro, the ‘Supreme Leader’ and ‘Los Gloriosos Héroes de la Revolución’. There is also a map of the invasion of Cuba, and advertisements for children’s toys which include automatic pistols, army trucks and plastic rockets. All text in Spanish. *Please note that these items do contain some graphic images*