Five books by Latin American authors published by 'Nuevo Mundo'. Series 'Escritores Latinoamericanos'. 

1. Rodríguez, Félix Pita [The Chronicles: Poetry under Command]. Las Crónicas: Poesía bajo consigna;
2. Lillo, Baldomero [Underground]. Sub-Terra; 
3. Alegría, Ciro [The Golden Serpent]. La Serpiente de Oro;
4. González, José Luis [On This Side]. En Este Lado;
5. Cabrera, Lydia [Black Tales from Cuba]. Cuentos Negros de Cuba.

La Habana, Nuevo Mundo, 1961. 
8vo, 96 pp.; 154, [4] pp.; 160 pp.; 123, [4] pp.; 154 pp.

In original pictorial wrappers and modern clamshell box. With rare belly band for all five books features blurbs for each. 
In good condition, lightly rubbed and soiled, small tears to belly band, some sunning to wrappers and spine. 

With rare belly band. First edition of 'Las Crónicas' by Félix Pita Rodríguez. 

This collection includes works by five Latin American authors: the Cuban journalist, poet, and literary critic Félix Pita Rodríguez (1909–1990); the Chilean naturalist writer Baldomero Lillo (1867–1923); the distinguished Peruvian novelist Ciro Alegría (1909–1967); one of the most important Puerto Rican authors of the 20th century, José Luis González (1926–1996); and the Cuban ethnographer and writer Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991), an authority on Santería and other Afro-Cuban religions.
All five books were published by Nuevo Mundo, a publishing house in Cuba known for its focus on history, culture, and the social sciences, particularly in relation to Latin America and the Caribbean, including Cuba. 
Of the five authors, two are of Cuban origin. Notably, Félix Pita Rodríguez, an active communist, was exiled from Cuba for many years and returned only in 1960, after Castro’s overthrow of the Batista government. In contrast, Lydia Cabrera left the country shortly after the revolution, in 1960, and never returned.
This collection comes from the private library of Aleksandr Anikst (1910–1988), a Russian Shakespearean scholar.