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Below is a list of my stock of old secondhand and antiquarian books on Bermuda for sale.
Collectors of Bermuda books can form a large and fascinating collection. The history of Bermuda has been well documented by Wilkinson and there are a number of fine illustrated books, my favorite being Williams 'Bermudiana' which has the fine photo illustrations by Rutherford.
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BEEBE W. Field Book of the Shore Fishes of Bermuda. G.P. Putnam, New York. 1933. xiv + 337pp + colour plates and photo plates, 1st ed., fine in fine original cloth with slightly faded spine. Study of Bermuda fish.BEEBEW018156 £60
BELL E.Y. Beautiful Bermuda The standard guide to Bermuda. Beautiful Bermuda Pub. Co. 1929. xxxix + 235pp + folding map. Sixth ed. Slightly browned otherwise clean in worn and marked original pictorial card covers. BELLEY016827 £30
BELL W. The Gateway to Bermuda. Special Services Edition. S.E. Bell. 1945. 32pp + large folding map. Clean in pictorial card covers. BELLW019116 £25
BENJAMIN S.G.W. The Atlantic Islands as Resorts of Health and Pleasure. Harper Bros., New York. 1878. 274pp + 3pp publisher's catalogue. 1st ed., clean in slightly worn original pictorial cloth. 6.5 x 9" Chapters on the Bahamas and Bermuda plus the Channel Islands, Azores, Madeira, Tenerife, Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island. Many fine woodcut engravings in text. A surprisingly scarce work.BENJAMIN017670 £175
BERMUDA Road map of the island of Bermuda. Robert Owston, New York. 1910. Coloured folding map 17.5 x 12" with inset town plan of Hamilton, fine in worn original card covers. BERMUDA017621 £35
BERMUDA Report for 1918. H.M.S.O. 1920. 14pp. 1st ed., clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. Reports on the state of the islands from the various government departments plus the effects of the Great War on the islands.BERMUDA015802 £10
BERMUDA Bermuda. Bermuda. 1925 (circa). 24pp. Clean in detached paper covers. Guide to the islands with many photo views.BERMUDA014764 £12
BERMUDA Bermuda. The isles of rest. Bermuda Trade Development Board. 1935 (circa). 22pp + folding map. Fine in pictorial card covers. Different cover to previous copy.BERMUDA008083 £25
BERMUDA Yorkshire's Visit to Bermuda. Bermuda. 1964. 24 large pp. 1st ed., fine in original pictorial card covers. Souvenir programme with details of the Yorkshire cricket team and their hosts including photos of some of the Bermuda players.BERMUDA017669 £50
BERMUDA Report for 1963 and 1964. H.M.S.O. 1966. 92pp + coloured folding map and photo plates. 1st ed., ex libre with a few h/s's otherwise clean in card covers. Reports on the state of the islands from the various government departments.BERMUDA012542 £10
BERMUDA Report for 1970. H.M.S.O. 1971. 84pp + coloured folding map and photo plates. 1st ed., ex libre with a few h/s's otherwise clean in card covers. Reports on the state of the islands from the various government departments.BERMUDA012547 £10
BLERK Ds J.A. Van Op die Bermudas Beland. My herinneringe uit die tweede vryheidsoorlog. Amsterdam. 1949. 145pp + photo plates. 1st ed., minor tone spotting otherwise fine in original blue cloth. The author was an Afrikaans pastor who was interned on Bermuda during the Boer War. Includes a list of prisoners and fine photo illustrations.BLERKDSJ017856 £120
BRITTON N.L. Flora of Bermuda. (Illustrated) Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1918. xi + 585pp + coloured frontispiece. 1st ed., clean in worn original cloth, reference number removed from spine. Cataloguing number on title page and colourless embossed handstamp of firm of architects so not a ex library copy. A scholarly work with many line drawings in text.BRITTONN018449 £325
BUSHELL J.J. A little story about Bermuda. Written for those who desire a brief and accurate narrative. Bermuda Furnishing & Supply Co., Hamilton. 1905 (circa). 50pp. 1st ed., clean in original pictorial card covers. 7.5 x 5.5" Guide book with 24pp of multi view colour illustrations. Scarce.BUSHELLJ016550 £70
BUSHELL J.J. Bushell's picturesque Bermuda handbook. The standard yearbook of the Bermudas alias Somers Islands. J.J. Bushell. 1935. 28pp + 33pp of plates + 164pp + lvi + plates and ads. and folding maps 26th ed., fine in card covers. BUSHELLJ016750 £38
CHAPIN H.M. Bermuda Privateers. 1625 - 1703. Bound with Bermuda Privateers 1739 -1748. Hamilton, Bermuda. 1923. 6 large pp + 6pp. Reprinted from the Royal Gazette and Colonial Daily Thursday, January 22nd, 1925. Lightly browned, clean in library boards with library label on inside cover. 8.5 x 11" Very scarce.CHAPINHM019107 £85
CHATTERTON E.K. Captain John Smith. John Lane the Bodley Head, London. 1927. 285pp + folding plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. pictorial cloth. Biography of the famous adventurer who traded to Virginia and was one of the founders of Bermuda.CHATTERT012216 £45
FORSSTRAND C. Bland Oleandrar och Liljor Minnen fran en sommar pa Bermuda eller Somers oar. Stockholm. 1895. 122pp + frontispiece and folding map. 1st. ed. Very fine in attractive blue half cloth binding with marbled boards. Many fine photo illustrations of the islands. Text in Swedish. Good bibliography of books on Bermuda at end. Very scarce.FORSSTRA016505 £250
GODET T.L. Bermuda: its history, geology, climate, products, agriculture, commerce, and government, from the earliest period to the present time; with hints to invalids. Smith, Elder & Co., London. 1860. xv + 271pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue at rear. 1st ed., very clean in original cloth, rebacked with book label of Minnesota Historical Society on inside cover. Head of spine skilfully repaired. Very scarce.GODETTL017592 £450
HAYWARD W.B. Bermuda past and present. A descriptive and historical account of the Somers Islands. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. 1927. 242pp + plates. Revised ed., rather browned in almost fine D/W, small piece missing from top of spine. Illustrated history and guide to the islands. Very scarce in D/W.HAYWARDW017659 £45
HERRINGTON N.W. Bermuda. Isles of rest and enchantment. Herrington Co., Hamilton, Bermuda, 1930 (circa). 36pp, 1st ed., fine in pictorial card covers. 9.5 x 8" Dated neatly in manuscript, 'Oct 8th to 13th, 1936' on outside cover. An attractive album of black and white photo views of the island. Seldom seen. HERRINGT017668 £80
HMSO Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations from January 1728 to December 1734, preserved in the Public Record Office. London. 1928. iv + 464pp. 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 whaling industry and Jamaica.HMSO016594 £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
HMSO Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations from January 1764 to December 1767, preserved in the Public Record Office. London. 1936. viii + 484pp. 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 Bermuda, Grenada and Jamaica.HMSO016600 £45
JACKSON J.J. Bermuda. David & Charles. 1989. 208pp + plates. 2nd ed., fine in D/W. Good description of the island with chapters on history, politics and the economy plus notes for holidaymakers.JACKSONJ018071 £6
KENNEDY Capt. W.R. Sport, Travel, and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies. William Blackwood & Sons. 1885. Coloured frontispiece, x + [1] + 399pp + 18 engravings of line drawings + folding map. 1st ed., tone spotting to first few pages otherwise very clean in modern quarter calf binding with marbled boards. Good sections on Bermuda and Jamaica plus much on hunting and fishing in Newfoundland.KENNEDYC018008 £175
KENNEDY J. Isle of devils. Bermuda under the Somers Island Company 1609-1685. Collins. 1971. 288pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in marked D/W. Authorative history.KENNEDYJ010882 £14
LEFROY Lieut. Gen. Sir J.H. Book of the survey of Bermuda by Richard Norwood. 1662-3. Reprinted from the trustees of the Bermuda Public Library, for local use, from appendix xv., vol. II of the Memorials of the Discovery and early settlement of the Bermudas or Somers Islands, 1511-1687. Longmans, Green & Co., London. 1879. 89pp. Uncut, in orig. buff card covers. Worm damage to back cover and last 20pp otherwise clean. Very scarce.LEFROYLI015579 £150
LEFROY Maj. Gen. J.H. Memorials of the discovery and early settlement of the Bermudas or Somers Islands 1515-1685. Compiled from the Colonial records and other original sources. Bermuda Government Library. 1932. 2 vols. xxxvi + 772pp + xix + 760pp + plates and folding maps. Light toning to half titles and title pages. Very minor tone spotting to page edges only otherwise clean in orig. green decorated cloth, slightly shaken. Overall a fine copy of this important work.LEFROYMA015710 £450
MACKIE J.M. From Cape Cod to Dixie and the Tropics. New York. 1864. 422pp. 1st ed., lightly browned throughout otherwise clean in worn original cloth. Includes chapters on the Bahamas, Bermuda and Cuba.MACKIEJM018162 £60
MARCHANT Sir John Gaspard Le Bermuda 1857. Reproductions of watercolours by Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, 1803 - 1874. John Bluck, Netherlands. 1973. Brown cloth folder cont. 28 reproductions of water colour paintings of Bermuda plus text, 13 x 11" Ltd ed., no. 53 of 500. Back board with some paper adherence otherwise clean. A deluxe work and now very elusive.MARCHANT019127 £250
MORLEY C. Notes on Bermuda. Henry, Longwell & Another, New York. 1931. 32pp. 1st ed., fine in slightly damaged D/W. Very scarce thus. The author describes his impressions of the island. Scarce.MORLEYC011554 £45
McQUADE J. The cruise of the Montauk to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida. Thomas R. Know & Co., New York. 1885. xv + 441pp + engraved plates. Tone spotting to frontispiece otherwise very clean in original pictorial cloth, front hinge shaken. Description of cruise calling at Bermuda, St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Trinidad, Curacao, Jamaica and Cuba, illustrated with attractive wood engravings.MCQUADEJ017991 £90
PALMER M. Printed maps of Bermuda. Map Collectors' Circle. 1970 (circa). 26pp + 31 plates. 2nd revised ed., very fine in fine D/W. Detailed listing of maps of Bermuda.PALMERM014261 £55
PENNINGTON J. The currency of the British Colonies. Augustus M. Kelley, New York. 1967. 247pp. Facsimile reprint of 1848 ed., fine in orig. cloth. An important early work with chapters on Br. Guiana, B.N.A., Bermuda, Gibraltar, Malta, Mauritius, Ceylon and Hong Kong, etc.PENNINGT005634 £8
REDMAN J.L. Isles of Summer seas. (Beautiful Bermuda) G.W. Dillingham Co., New York. 1913. 242pp. 1st ed., fine in worn pictorial cloth. The author describes his trip to the island with many historical notes. Over 100 attractive line drawings in text.REDMANJL005675 £90
RIDER F. Rider's Bermuda. A guide book for travellers. Macmillan Co., New York. 1924. liv + 158pp + 4 maps + ads. 2nd ed., very clean in fine orig. green cloth. Scarcer guide book.RIDERF016748 £60
RIDER F. Rider's Bermuda. A guide book for travellers. Macmillan Co., New York. 1928. iv + 247pp+ xxxvi + photo plates + 4 maps + ads. 3rd ed., small tears to bottom margin only of some pages otherwise very clean in fine orig. green cloth. Scarcer guide book.RIDERF015581 £90
SMITH L.H. Bermuda's oldest inhabitants. Tales of plant life. J. Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks. 1963. 80pp + 9 col. plates of paintings by May Middleton. 3rd ed., fine in torn D/W. Descriptions of native plants plus history of introduction of other species and reasons for their use.SMITHLH010483 £22
SMITH M.C. Mary Paget. A romance of old Bermuda. Macmillan Co., New York. 1922. vi + 326pp. Clean in worn orig. blue cloth. SMITHMC015583 £95
STARK J.H. Stark's illustrated Bermuda Guide: containing a description of everything on or about these places of which the visitor or resident may desire information, including their history, inhabitants, climate, agriculture, geology, government and resources. Boston. 1890. viii + 157pp + ads + fine photo plates and engraved plates and two folding maps. 1st ed. Clean in orig. slightly worn pictorial green cloth. Very good early guide book.STARKJH015455 £90
STARK J.H. Stark's illustrated Bermuda Guide: containing a description of everything on or about these places of which the visitor or resident may desire information, including their history, inhabitants, climate, agriculture, geology, government and resources. Boston. 1902. 153pp + index + ads + fine photo plates and folding map. 2nd ed. Binding slightly loose and lacking loose map from rear pocket otherwise fine in orig. slightly faded pictorial cloth. STARKJH005425 £40
STEPHENS D. Holiday in Bermuda, 1889. Published by the author. 1993. ix + 107 large pp. 1st ltd. ed., no. 1559 of 2000 copies. Very fine in very fine D/W. Reproductions of a series of photographs taken by a tourist to the islands in 1889 together with historical notes.STEPHENS015716 £45
TREIDLER A. Bermuda. 8 reproductions in color from paintings by Adolph Treidler Bermuda. 1936. 1pp + 8 colour plates in special blue folder. 1st ed. Fine in worn original folder. 15 x 19" Lovely colour plates which could be framed.TREIDLER018581 £120
TROLLOPE A. The West Indies and the Spanish Main. Chapman & Hall. 1860. 371pp. 6th ed., contents shaken and very loose in very worn original cloth, spine faded. Written by the author while on Post Office business in the West Indies to re-organise the Colonial Post Offices and to undertake postal treaties with the Spanish colonies. Much on Jamaica also chapters on Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Trinidad and St Thomas.TROLLOPE018222 £50
TUCKER T. Bermuda's story. Bermuda Book Stores. 1967. 213pp. 5th impression, fine in D/W. Brief history of the islands.TUCKERT017618 £12
TUCKER T. Bermuda today and yesterday. 1503-1978 Robert Hale. 1979. 219pp + plates. 2nd ed., fine in D/W. History of the islands.TUCKERT005791 £16
VERRILL A.E. The Bermuda Islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Published by the Author, New Haven. 1903. x + 548pp + 38 plates + frontispiece. 1st ed., very good in modern card covers retaining orig. blue card covers and title which have been skilfully pasted down. Some page edges chipped due to fragile paper. Contains many attractive line drawings in text. A very scarce work.VERRILLA015576 £400
WALLACE E. Mark Twain and the Happy Island. A.C. McClurg, Chicago. 1913. 139pp + photo plates. 1st ed., clean in worn and marked orig. pictorial cloth. Many fine photo plates.WALLACEE015584 £225
WARDMAN E.L. The Bermuda Jubilee garden. Garden Club of Bermuda. 1971. 349 large pp + col. plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Detailed botanical descriptions of native plants and much info. on gardening.WARDMANE005865 £25
WEDEMEYER A.J.D. On Sapphire Seas, or cruising in the Tropics. A souvenir of the special cruise of the S.S. Madiana to Bermuda, the West Indies and Demerara, in February and March, nineteen hundred and two. Ernest Hart Printing Co., New York. 1903. 112pp. 1st ed., fine in very fine illustrated blue cloth. 7 x 10" Illustrated with many photo plates with good chapters on Barbados and Guiana and including a detailed account of the wreck of the steamship Madiana on the North Rock of Bermuda. Rare.WEDEMEYE018005 £175
WHITNEY C.M. The Bermuda Garden. Garden Club of Bermuda. 1955. 234 large pp + col. plates. 1st ed., minor tone spotting mostly on frontispiece, fine in torn D/W. Botanical and gardening guide.WHITNEYC005900 £40
WILKINSON H.C. Bermuda from sail to steam. The history of the island from 1784 to 1901. Oxford Uni. Press. 1973. 2 vols. 951pp + plates and folding map. 1st ed., clean in rubbed D/W's. Very detailed history. Recommended.WILKINSO016806 £80
WILLIAMS R.J. Bermudiana. Rinehart & Co, New York. 1946. 256 large pp. 2nd. ed., fine in damaged D/W. 9 x 12" Lovely B & W photos by this well known photographer showing all aspects of island life with interesting accompanying text. Recommended.WILLIAMS015959 £45