From left to right: Zoilo J. Hilario, Manuel Bernabé, José G. Reyes, Adelina Gurrea Monasterio
Date
From left to right: 1914, 1929, 1930, 1954
Item Source
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Description
Pictured above are four of the books, from left to right: On the cover of Patria y redención, published in 1914, we see an oval portrait of the author in the upper left-hand corner, next to the script of the title. On the left side of the cover, there is a crowned woman wearing a long bustier gown, the top half blue with white stars, and the skirt of it red and white stripes. She sits on a throne at the top of some stairs. In the foreground, there is a woman with long, dark hair. She runs toward the crowned woman, her shackled hands reaching towards her. In the background, there is a body of water and the sun, drawn as a simple red disc with rays. Cantos del trópico, published in 1929, features the title in an Art Deco-style font in the top center of the cover. From right to left, we see a forest of bamboo that opens up giving space to two figures, a man (wearing a bright blue shirt and bright red pants) and a woman (wearing a pale yet bright pink dress), flanking a bust of Bernabé himself. The man’s body is turned away from the bust and there is a machete at his feet. The woman decorates the bust with a string of pink flowers, some of which she also wears in her hair. Published in 1930, the watercolor cover of Novela de la vida real is more pale than the covers of the previous two books described. The hues of Novela are muted blues and greens. Two women stand in the foreground, picking flowers alongside the bank of a river. One of them waves at somebody out of frame, and in the background there is a two-story house. The final featured book cover is of Filipinas: auto histórico-satírico, published in 1954. Painted in monochrome (blue) on a lightly textured paper are three figures beneath the title: two women flanking Uncle Sam, who wears the typical tailcoat, bow tie, striped slacks, and top hat with blue band and white stars. The woman on the left, wearing a cross around her neck, also dons a Flamenco-style dress and holds in one hand a fan. On his right, the woman wears a slim-fitted terno dress with the characteristic butterfly sleeves.
