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Below is a list of my stock of old secondhand and antiquarian books on Cayman Islands for sale.

Very few books have been written specifically on the Cayman Islands.  The only good history of the island is by Hirst published in about 1900 which fortunately has been reprinted but of course is sold out.  My stock always seems to be very depleted sadly.

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COVER W.A. The handbook of Jamaica for 1952 comprising historical, statistical and general information concerning the island, obtained from Official and other reliable sources and compiled. Govt. Printing Office, Jamaica. 1952. 690 + xxvi pp + plates + two large folding maps. 1st ed., ex library with a few handstamps and a label otherwise clean in original red decorated cloth which has library number on spine. Includes folding map of the Cayman Islands.COVERWA018167 £70

COVER W.A. The handbook of Jamaica for 1953 comprising historical, statistical and general information concerning the island, obtained from Official and other reliable sources and compiled. Govt. Printing Office, Jamaica. 1953. 626 + xxii pp + plates + two folding maps. 1st ed., ex library with a few handstamps and a label otherwise clean in original red decorated cloth which has library number on spine. Includes folding map of the Cayman Islands.COVERWA018168 £50

HIRST G.S.S. Notes on the history of the Cayman Islands. Caribbean Colour Ltd. 1967. 3 vols, 412pp in slipcase. Facsimile reprint of the 1910 edition, fine in green card covers. HIRSTGSS016805 £70

KIERAN B.L. The Lawless Caymanas. A story of slavery, freedom and the West India Regiment. Grand Cayman. 1992. 189 large pp. 1st ed., very fine in fine D/W. Well illustrated history with much on slavery and the West India regiment.KIERANBL015256 £48

VAQUERO Life and Adventures in the West Indies. A sequel to Adventures in search of a living in Spanish America. John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd., London. 1914. xiii + 284pp + photo plates, coloured frontispiece and maps. 1st ed., very good with usual foxing, mostly confined to page edges and end papers, in original red cloth. The author visited Cayman Islands (24pp + 6 photo views), Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, St Lucia, Martinique, Grenada, Dominica, Montserrat, St Kitts, Saba, St Thomas and Trinidad. Well written and with very fine photo plates.VAQUERO017582 £320

WILLIAMS N. A history of the Cayman Islands. Govt. of Cayman Is. 1970. x + 94pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in red cloth. WILLIAMS017726 £14

 

 
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