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Below is a list of my stock of old secondhand and antiquarian books on the island of Antigua for sale.
Notes on Antigua books:-
Possibly the most important book on the history of Antigua is V.L. Oliver's 'History of the island of Antigua' published in 3 large vols. in 1894. A reprint of this is available from a colleague of mine in Canada. For details see http://www.candoo.com/olivers/index.html You can order direct from me if you prefer at the same price. Another book which I have only seen once is Johnson J. 'An historical and descriptive account of Antigua' published in 1830 but it fetched over £20,000 in auction.
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ANTIGUA Appendix to Mr Gannon's report on the state and condition of apprenticed Africans at Antigua. H.M.S.O. 1827. 107pp. 1st ed., clean in blue paper covers. Folio. Detailed listing of captured slaves from French and Spanish ships stating their names, origin, age, place of residence on Antigua, employment, present condition and character. Fascinating.ANTIGUA015255 £40
ANTIGUA Letter from Ker B. Hamilton to Rt. Hon. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, M.P. No. 112 Antigua. 1858. 6pp printed letter on blue paper. 8.25 x 13" Locally printed letter replying to a Memorial addressed to Her Majesty concerning a riot in Antigua on March 23rd, 1858 originating from a quarrel between Thomas Barnard a native of Barbuda and Henry Jarvis of Antigua.ANTIGUA019130 £75
ANTIGUA An Act to raise a Volunteer Militia Force No. 1108 Antigua. 1858. 2pp printed letter on blue paper. 8.25 x 13" Locally printed act with the names of Ker B. Hamilton, Oliver Nugent, Nathaniel Humphrys, A. Musgrave and J.L. Bindon.ANTIGUA019131 £75
ANTIGUA Treatment of Cholera Rules for the guidance of Clergymen, House-to-House Visitors, Dispensers, and others. Antigua. 1858 (circa). 1pp printed poster on blue paper. 8 x 13" Locally printed poster found amongst similar papers for Antigua so obviously printed there but not marked as such.ANTIGUA019132 £50
ANTIGUA An Act to Establish a Supreme Court, and to define its jurisdiction. Henry T. Irving. Antigua. 1873. 4 large pp. Some worm damage with slight loss of text. An early printed document from Antigua.ANTIGUA019134 £50
ANTIGUA The romance of English Harbour. Antigua. 1960 (circa). 32pp + plates. Fine in card covers. Historical description of the fortifications and military history.ANTIGUA008766 £8
ANTIGUA Colony of Antigua-Barbuda. Triennium report on the education department for the years 1961-3 Govt. Printing Office, Antigua. 1965. 33pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. ANTIGUA008060 £3
ANTIGUA Report of the Antigua constitutional conference. H.M.S.O. 1966. 22pp. 1st ed., small punch hole through top left, clean in paper covers. ANTIGUA008058 £4
ANTIGUA Assumption of status of association with the U.K. Constitutional documents. Antigua. 1967. 73 large pp + appendicies. Clean in card covers. ANTIGUA010163 £8
BAIRD R. Impressions and experiences of the West Indies and North America in 1849. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh. 1850. 2 vols. 329 + 315pp + 2 tinted engravings of Cuba. Fine in maroon cloth, some spotting. Greatly expanded from the American ed. Description of travel throughout the islands with good chapters on Antigua, Cuba, Jamaica and St Thomas.BAIRDR001483 £175
CHARTER C.F. Soil survey (reconnaissance) of Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands. Crown Agents. 1947. 31pp + 2 maps. 1st ed., clean in card covers. CHARTERC010146 £8
GASPAR D.B. Bondsmen and rebels. A study of Master-Slave relations in Antigua with implications for Colonial British America. John Hopkins Uni Press. 1985. 338pp, 1st ed., occasional pen markings in margin o/w fine in orig. cloth. Fine historical study.GASPARDB003096 £25
GURNEY J.J. A winter in the West Indies. Described in familiar letters to Henry Clay, of Kentucky. London. 1840. 282pp + 2 engraved views of Jamaica + printer's ads. 2nd ed., fine in modern half calf. The two plates a little browned and stained as usual. Gurney was a Quaker emancipationist. Chapters on Antigua, Dominica, Jamaica, St Kitts, St Thomas, Tortola and Cuba.GURNEYJJ017623 £140
HARLOW V.T. Christopher Codrington. 1668-1710. Hurst & Co, London. 1990. 252pp. Reprint of 1928 ed., fine in orig. cloth. Biography of the founder of Codrington College in Barbados and Governor General in the West Indies who held estates in Antigua and Barbuda.HARLOWVT009593 £20
HMSO Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations from February 1708-9 to March 1714-5, preserved in the Public Record Office. London. 1925. v + 680pp. 1st ed., ex library with small h/s's on end paper and title page otherwise very fine in original blue blind stamped cloth. 7 x 10.5" Much on the West Indies, particularly the islands of Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica, Nevis and St Kitts with details of invasions by the French.HMSO016590 £45
HMSO Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations from March 1714-5 to October 1718, preserved in the Public Record Office. London. 1925. iv + 488pp. 1st ed., ex library with small h/s's on end paper and title page otherwise very fine in original blue blind stamped cloth. 7 x 10.5" Much on the West Indies, particularly the islands of Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica, Nevis and St Kitts with details of invasions by the French.HMSO016591 £45
HMSO Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations from January 1734-5 to December 1741 preserved in the Public Record Office. London. 1930. iv + 447pp. 1st ed., ex library with small h/s's on end paper and title page otherwise very fine in original blue blind stamped cloth. 7 x 10.5" Much on the West Indies, particularly the islands of Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda and St Kitts Nevis.HMSO016595 £45
HOVEY S. Letters from the West Indies; relating especially to the Danish island of St Croix, and to the British islands Antigua, Barbadoes and Jamaica. Gould & Newman, New York. 1838. 212pp, 1st ed. Foxing throughout particularly affecting title page, in original lilac blindstamped cloth with original paper label, spine faded. The author's letters are invaluable sources for the apprenticeship period in the three British islands visited but also contain well written accounts of the state of slavery and of island opposition to emancipation before 1834. (Ragatz)HOVEYS018155 £220
JOHNSTON J.R.V. The Stapleton sugar plantations in the Leeward Islands. John Rylands Library, Manchester. 1965. 32pp. Reprint from the bulletin, fine in card covers. History of the Stapleton family sugar estates on Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis and St Christopher.JOHNSTON008017 £15
LOCKETT M.G. Antigua then. Scenes from a West Indian childhood. Antigua Press. 2003. 216pp. 2nd ed., fine in card covers. Memoir of a lady who lived on Antigua from 1920 to 1943, the daughter of a plantation owner. Fascinating description of day to day life.LOCKETTM014027 £16
MILLER H.H. Colonel Parke of Virginia. The Greatest Hector in the Town. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 1989. xx + 232pp. 1st ed., clean in D/W. Biography of the C17th Virginian who became an infamous governor of the Leeward Is. and was murdered in Antigua.MILLERHH014187 £20
PATON W.A. Down the islands. A voyage to the Caribbees. New York. 1887. 301 large pp + plates. 1st ed. Very fine in original maroon cloth, top of spine freyed. 6.5 x 8.5" Fine descriptions of many of the islands illustrated by photos and very attractive engraved views. Much on Antigua, Barbados, Martinique, St Kitts and St Lucia. A classic early work on the Caribbean. Cundall 2357.PATONWA016928 £85
ST JOHNSTON T.R. The Old Naval Dockyard, Antigua. Being an extract from 'The Leeward Islands during the French Wars,' a book in preparation. Leeward Is. Govt. Printing Office, Antigua. 1900 (circa). 12pp + 4 plates, 1st ed., fine in paper covers. History of the dockyard sold in aid of the dockyard restoration fund.STJOHNST008052 £16
STARK J.H. Stark's history and guide to Barbados and the Caribbee Islands, containing a description of everything on or about these islands of which the visitor or resident may desire information, including their history, inhabitants, climate, agriculture, geology, government and resources. Boston. 1893. 224pp + plates, folding maps and ads. 1st ed. Very fine in clean pictorial cloth. Contains fine engravings and photo views of the islands. Mostly on Barbados, but a little on St Kitts Nevis, Antigua, Montserrat, Martinique and St Lucia.STARKJH017242 £95
THOME J.A. Emancipation in the West Indies A six months tour in Antigua, Barbadoes and Jamaica in the year 1837. American Anti-Slavery Society, New York. 1839. 412pp + folding map, 2nd ed., fine in orig. cloth. Detailed report on the workings of the apprentice system in each of these islands with many details of individual estates and descriptions of court sessions, etc.THOMEJA002897 £125
TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 55. Printed maps of Antigua, 1689 - 1899. London. 1969. 12pp + 16 plates. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Detailed listing of C17th - C19th maps of the islands with notes on identification and important features.TOOLEYRV018082 £24