Haiti

1800 (Circa) Letter to His Excellency the Governor of Jamaica written in French. Orig. M/S. 1800. The writer is applying to rejoin his associate in Jeremie (Haiti) where he had been a resident since 1792. He offers to swear an oath of allegiance and submission to the laws of his government. Two pages, lacking address panel. Fine. Together with English translation.1800CIRC008153 £40

ABBOTT E. Haiti. The Duvaliers and their legacy Robert Hale. 1991. 402pp + plates. 1st UK ed., fine in D/W. Detailed political history of the infamous dictatorship.ABBOTTE007197 £10

BEEBE W. Beneath tropic seas. A record of diving among the coral reefs of Haiti. Blue Ribbon Books, New York. 1932. 234pp + photo plates. 7th impression., fine in orig. cloth. BEEBEW008803 £20

BESAULT L. DE President Trujillo. His work and the Dominican Republic. Washington Pub. Co. 1936. 344pp + plates, fine with embossed portrait of Trujillo on front board, ex libre but still in fine condition. Highly complimentary biography of the dictator.BESAULTL001493 £35

CAVE H.B. Haiti. Highroad to adventure. Henry Holt & Co, New York. 1952. 306pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. Description of life on the island.CAVEHB001611 £9

COLE H. Christophe: King of Haiti. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London. 1967. 307pp + plates. 1st ed., clean in orig. cloth. History of Haiti during the late C18th and early C19th.COLEH010180 £9

DAVIES H.P. Black democracy. The story of Haiti. The Dial Press, New York. 1929. 372pp + plates and folding map. Fine in worn cloth. Good historical study concentrating on early C20th.DAVIESHP001693 £30

DAVIS W. The serpent and the rainbow. Collins. 1986. 297pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. brown cloth. Study of voodoo in Haiti.DAVISW001695 £7

DESINOR C.M. Haiti. The first negro republic in the New World. Brussels. 1968 (circa). 160 large pp. Clean in worn orig. black pictorial cloth. 9 x 11" Book of mostly colour photos of Haiti, many reproducing Haitian artwork.DESINORC015456 £12

DIEDERICH B Papa Doc. Haiti and its dictator. Penguin. 1972. 424pp. Paperback. DIEDERIC007330 £3

ETIENNE Maj. F.E. Les Decorations Haitiennes a travers l'Histoire. Port-au-Prince. 1954. 120 large pp + [2] + loose 4pp supplement giving details about the author. 1st limited edition, no. 635 of 3000 copies. Three small library h/s's on front end papers otherwise very fine in original torn and creased D/W. 9 x 12" A scarce work on military and civilian decorations and medals illustrated with many colour plates.ETIENNEM016783 £75

FOSTER H.L. Combing the Caribbees. John Lane, the Bodley Head Ltd., London. 1929. ix + 302pp + photo plates. 1st ed., clean in slightly shaken and worn orig. yellow cloth binding with small tear at head of spine. Author's travels through Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti and the Dominican Republic with many good photo views.FOSTERHL015280 £20

GRIFFITHS L. History of Methodism in Haiti. Port au Prince. 1991. 379pp + [4]. 1st ed., very fine in worn covers. Paperback. Signed dedication from the author on title page. Detailed historical study. Very scarce.GRIFFITH016769 £42

HAITI Haiti 1919-1920. Blue book of Haiti. A pictorial review of the republic of Hayti, including special articles on history, Government, geography, commerce and natural resources. Compiled under Government supervision. Compagnie Biographique. 1920. 260 large pp. 1st ed. Ex library with labels on inside cover and h/s's on contents page otherwise clean in original blue cloth. Binding broken at front with several loose pages. 9 x 12" Company histories and Who's who type guide. Many photo illustrations throughout.HAITI017610 £80

HANNA Rev. S.W. Notes of a visit to some parts of Haiti, Jan, Feb, 1835 by the Reverend S.W. Hanna; island curate of St Georges, Jamaica. R.B. Seeley & W. Burnside & L.G. Seeley. 1836. lxii + 153pp + 4 wood cut plates. 1st ed., very clean in later quarter calf with green boards. Small 8vo. Sabin 30232HANNAREV016765 £175

HARVEY W.W. Sketches of Hayti; from the expulsion of the French, to the death of Christophe. L.B. Seeley & Son, London. 1827. xvi + 416pp + folding frontispiece. 1st ed., some light one spotting mostly in margins with the folding plate more badly affected otherwise clean in original full calf boards but with later spine and new end papers. HARVEYWW016415 £240

HAZARD S. Santo Domingo, past and present; with a glance at Hayti. Santo Domingo. 1974. 511pp + 24 engraved plates. Facsimile reprint of 1st ed., fine in pictorial boards in slip case. Fine history and description of the island with attractive engraved views.HAZARDS017690 £24

ISY-SCHWART M. Haiti Cherie. Editions Henri Deschamps, Haiti. 1953. 207 large pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. 9.5 x 12" Coffee table type book with many mostly black and white photos of the island. Text in French and English. Scarce.ISYSCHWA005437 £45

JAMES C.L.R. The Black Jacobins. Toussaint L'Overture and the San Domingo revolution. Vintage Books. 1962. 426pp. Paperback. Clean. JAMESCLR016304 £3

JEANNOPOULOS P.C. Haiti: A catalog of Picture Postcards, 1897 - 1997. Haitiana Publications, Inc. 1997. 464 large pp. 1st ed., very fine in pictorial card covers in ring binding. 8.5 x 11" Detailed listing of all known picture postcards (almost 4000).JEANNOPO017793 £40

JEANNOPOULOS P.C. Images of Port-au-Prince. Next Step Technologies Inc. 2000. x + 102 large pp. 1st ed., very fine in pictorial card covers. 11 x 8.5" Images of Port au Prince in picture postcards printed between 1895 - 1930 with explanatory text in English and French. Recommended.JEANNOPO016707 £16

JONES C.L. The Caribbean since 1900. Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York. 1936. 511pp. 1st ed., ex libre still very good in orig. cloth. Political history of the region with chapters devoted to Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Latin American countries.JONESCL010509 £20

LAGUERRE M.S. The complete Haitiana. A bibliographic guide to the scholarly literature 1900 - 1980. Kraus International. 1982. 2 large vols., 1562pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. Detailed and very useful bibliography arranged by subjects.LAGUERRE005518 £120

LEAF E. Isles of rhythm. A.S. Barnes & Co., New York. 1948. 211pp. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. Enthusiastic study of dance in the Caribbean, profusely illust. with photos by the author. Chapters on Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica Virgin Is. and Trinidad.LEAFE018084 £35

LEMOINE M. Bitter Sugar. Translated from the French by Andrea Johnston. Zed Books Ltd. 1985. 308pp. 1st English ed., very fine in orig. boards. Story of Estime, a Haitian, who enrols as a migrant labourer to cut cane in the Dominican Republic and finds that he has been sold into virtual slavery.LEMOINEM016392 £12

LEYBURN J.G. The Haitian people. Yale Uni Press, New Haven. 1941. 342pp. 1st ed., fine in slightly faded orig. cloth. Historical study plus description of the island plus notes on politics and creole language.LEYBURNJ005533 £30

LOEDERER R.A. Voodoo fire in Haiti. Beacon Library, New York. 1937. 283pp. 2nd ed., fine in slightly soiled orig. cloth. Good description of the island with much on history also description of voodoo worship, illust. by attractive etchings.LOEDERER010510 £12

LOGAN R.W. Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Oxford Uni. Press. 1968. viii + 220pp + folding map. 1st ed., signed presentation copy, fine in worn D/W. History of the island.LOGANRW018108 £16

MARLES M. De Histoire descriptive et pittoresque de I'Ile Saint Domingue. Tours. 1858. 235pp + engraved frontispiece. Fine in highly decorative cloth with inset colour litho view on front board. A most attractive binding.MARLESMD013403 £275

 

NICHOLLS D. From Dessalines to Duvalier. Race, colour and national independence in Haiti. Rutgers Uni. Press, New Jersey. 1996. 357pp. Fine in orig. blue cloth. NICHOLLS009354 £14

PATRICK T. Holiday Vol. 5, No. 2 Curtis Pub. Co., Philadelphia. 1949. 134 large pp. Fine in paper covers. Magazine with articles featuring the West Indies. Fine coloured photo views of Cuba, also Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico plus many good adverts.PATRICKT009050 £10

PATTERSON C.B. Haiti: Beyond mountains, more mountains. National Geographical Magazine Vol. 149. 1976 Jan. 28pp article in comp. magazine. Many colour photos.PATTERSO011640 £4

PERKINS D. The United States and the Caribbean. Harvard Uni. Press. 1947. 253pp. 1st ed., h/s of U.S. navy on title page, fine in D/W. Description of U.S. policy with much on Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala.PERKINSD005638 £14

PETTIGREW R.L. The story of Fort Liberty and the Dauphin Plantation. USA. 1958. 266pp + folding map. 1st ed., with signed dedication by the author on f.e.p. Fine in orig. cloth. History of this area of Haiti and establishment of a sisal plantation.PETTIGRE015205 £45

PRICHARD H. Where black rules white. A journey across Hayti. Archibald Constable & Co. 1900. 288pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth, rebacked and with new spine label. Fascinating description of the island with good photo plates.PRICHARD010182 £75

PRICHARD H. Where black rules white. A journey across Hayti. Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1910 (circa). xiv + 368pp + plates and publisher's catalogue. Revised ed., clean in original worn and marked blue cloth. PRICHARD016561 £40

RODMAN S. Haiti: the black republic. Devin-Adair Co., Old Greenwich. 1954. 168pp + plates. 1st ed. fine in D/W. Good guide book.RODMANS013595 £16

SANDERSON I.T. Caribbean treasure. Viking Press, New York. 1939. 292pp. 1st U.S. ed., fine in orig. pictorial cloth, spine faded. Study of wildlife in Trinidad, Haiti and Suriname with attractive drawings by the author.SANDERSO011536 £10

SEABROOK W.B. The magic island. George R. Harrap & Co. 1929. 320pp + plates. Some tone spots, frontispiece loose otherwise clean in pictorial cloth. Description of voodoo in Haiti with attractive line drawings by Alexander King.SEABROOK011551 £6

TAFT E. A puritan in Voodoo-Land. The Penn Pub. Co., Philadelphia. 1938. 407pp + plates and col. frontispiece. 1st ed., front hinge loose otherwise fine in D/W. Description of the journey of lady who visited the island and describes the country. Good photo plates.TAFTE010028 £45

VANDERCOOK J.W. Black Majesty. The life of Christophe King of Haiti. Harper & Bros., New York. 1928. 207pp + 6 col. plates. 1st ed., minor tone spotting, fine in orig. decorated cloth. Story of the Haitian general with attractive drawings by Mahlon Blaine.VANDERCO005798 £25

WILLIAMS S. Voodoo and the art of Haiti. Morland Lee Ltd. 1969. xv + 109pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. Well illustrated guide with colour reproductions of Haitian art.WILLIAMS013391 £14

WOLLASTON N. Red Rumba A journey through the Caribbean and Central America. Hodder & Stoughton. 1962. 231pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. Good travel book in which the author describes his four and half month visit to the Caribbean. Includes account of Cuba, Dominican Republic shortly after the assassination of President Trujillo and Haiti.WOLLASTO005426 £8