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

Notes on Dominica books:-

The earliest history of the island is Thomas Atwood's 'History of Dominica' published in 1791.  There are some fine early guide books to Dominica produced in the late C19th promoting the island to European settlers.

There is a new website with much information on the history and culture of the island which I am pleased to recommend, apart from the suggestion that you purchase books from Amazon:- http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com

Another new website features music from the island  and is well worth a look http://www.sunsworksmedia-uk.com

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My books are now also listed on a second site where there is a shopping cart and a secure order form which you should find much easier to use as it includes a good search engine.  The only downside is that there are no images.  Please click here Pennymead Books

BELL H.H. Notes on Dominica and hints to intending settlers. Compiled by the Administrator. Dominica. 1903. 7 large pp. Fine. Details of island infrastructure.BELLHH010164 £36

BELL H.H. Notes on Dominica and hints to intending settlers. Compiled by the Administrator. Unknown publisher. 1998. 7pp p/copy of 1903 locally produced pamphlet. Bound in card covers. BELLHH002979 £3

CRACKNELL B.E. Dominica. David & Charles. 1973. 198pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Good general guide to the island.CRACKNEL001653 £8

DOMINICA Standing Rules and Orders of the Legislative Council of Dominica Printed at the Guardian Office, Roseau, Dominica. 1898. 10pp. 1st ed., fragile but complete in original paper covers. DOMINICA019136 £40

DOMINICA Dominica. Nature island of the Caribbean. Hansib. Pub. 1989. 320 large pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Fine study of the island, profusely illustrated with colour plates. Recommended.DOMINICA002981 £7

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

HONYCHURCH L. The Dominica Story. A history of the island. Dominica Institute. 1984. 225pp. 2nd revised ed. Fine in original card covers. HONYCHUR017656 £16

HONYCHURCH L. Dominica. Isle of adventure. Macmillan. 1991. 138pp. 2nd ed. Fine in original card covers. HONYCHUR017658 £6

HONYCHURCH L. The Dominica Story. A history of the island. Macmillan. 1995. 318pp. Revised ed. Fine in original card covers. HONYCHUR019112 £20

OLIVER V.L. The monumental inscriptions of the British West Indies. Dorchester. 1927. 267 large pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. Record of inscriptions on headstones found in graveyards of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago and Br Guiana plus military graveyards throughout all the islands. An important work.OLIVERVL006075 £120

TAYLOR D. The Caribs of Dominica. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 1938. 50pp + 6 plates. Reprint from bulletin 119 of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Clean in orig. brown card covers. Detailed anthropological study.TAYLORD015447 £45

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