Martinique

ALLMON C. Martinique: A tropical bit of France. National Geographical Magazine Vol. CXV. 1959 Feb. 30pp article in comp. magazine. Many colour and B & W photo plates.ALLMONC011634 £8

CEHEL M. Saint - Pierre. Les derniers jours. (28 Avril - 8 Mai 1902) Martinique. 1990 (circa). 51pp. Clean in pictorial card covers. Account of the volcanic eruption with reproductions of old photographs.CEHELM016944 £6

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

GARAUD L. Trois ans a La Martinique. Etudes de moeurs - Paysages et croquis - Profils et portraits. Paris. 1895. 344 large pp + folding map. Clean in orig. pictorial cloth. Pages slightly browned as usual. Many line drawings in text.GARAUDL011281 £85

GARDINER Cap. An account of the expedition to the West Indies, against Martinico, with the reduction of Guadelupe, and other the Leeward Islands; subject to the French King, 1759. By Captain Gardiner of the King's Royal Musqueteers, late Captain of Marines on board His Majesty's ship Rippon, employed on this expedition. John Baskerville, Birmingham. 1762. 91pp + 4 engraved plates + 91pp French translation. 3rd ed. (the first Baskerville ed.) 4to. Light damp staining to end pages otherwise clean in fine modern half calf binding with marbled boards. Gardiner commanded a detachment of Marines at St Pierre, Martinique, and again at the siege of Guadeloupe, publishing this account on his return. The British joint task force was repulsed at Martinique in January, 1759, but took Guadeloupe after a protracted campaign lasting from February to April of that year. A rare work. Sabin 26628. 'A beautiful specimen of typography.GARDINER018444 £850

GEACHE E. Une nuit d'orgies a Saint-Pierre Martinique. Paris. 1961. ix + 140pp + 13 colour plates. 1st ltd. no. ed., 388 of 750 copies. Fine uncut copy in slip case. Erotic historical novel set in Martinique.GEACHEE018073 £75

LABAT R.P. Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de L'Amerique (Voyage au Pays des Flibustiers et des Caraibes). Collection Ailleurs, Paris. 1931. xvi + 194pp. Very fine in half calf decorated binding by Henry Sotheran Ltd of Piccadilly with orig. card covers bound in at rear. Early history of the Caribbean. Much on Martinique and Guadeloupe.LABATRP015320 £75

MACLEISH K. Martinique: Liberte, Egalite, and uncertainty in the Caribbean. National Geographical Magazine Vol. 147. 1975 Jan. 24pp article in comp. magazine. Many colour photo plates.MACLEISH011639 £4

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

NOEL A. La Martinique en couleurs. Iris, Paris. 1974. 88pp. Clean in pictorial card covers. Contents loose. Many fine colour photo views of the island plus short descriptive text in English and French.NOELA012234 £10

NOURRY P. A La Martinique. Ant' Isle de L'Amerique. Editions D'Histoire et D'Art - Libraire Plon. 1967. 221pp + colour and B & W plates. 1st ed., clean in pictorial card covers. A good history and anthropology of the island.NOURRYP015233 £25

PATON W.A. Down the islands. A voyage to the Caribbees. London. 1888. xiii + 301 large pp + plates. Fine in original maroon cloth. 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.PATONWA018764 £80

 

POPE-HENNESSY J. The bath of Absalom. A footnote to Froude. Allan Wingate. 1954. 64pp. 1st ed., signed presentation copy, slightly browned otherwise clean in D/W. Critical view of Dominica, Martinique and St Lucia.POPEHENN016936 £15

ROSE-ROSETTE F. La Martinique. A & P Jarach, Paris. 1953. 114 large pp. 1st ed., fine in embossed card covers. Description of the island illustrated with attractive drawings and many B & W and colour photo plates. Seldom seen.ROSEROSE012210 £50

SMITH N. Black Martinique - red Guiana. Bobbs-Merrill Co., New York. 1942. 312pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in worn orig. cloth. Story set in Martinique and French Guiana.SMITHN005765 £25

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

TALBOYS W.P. West India pickles. Diary of a cruise through the West Indies in the yacht Josephine. New York. 1876. 209pp. 2nd ed. Slightly browned otherwise clean in original pictorial cloth. The author visited St Thomas, Saba, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, St Domingo and Cuba and recounts his experiences. Illustrated with attractive engraving in text. TALBOYSW018068 £85

THOMAS G. The day their world ended. Souvenir Press. 1969. 308pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. Detailed history of the volcanic erruption of Mt. Pelee in Martinique.THOMASG013599 £15

WILLYAMS C. An account of the campaign in the West Indies, in the year 1794, under the command of their excellencies Lieut. General Sir Charles Grey, K.B. and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. commanders in chief in the West Indies; with the reduction of the islands of Martinique, St Lucia, Guadeloupe, Marigalante, Desiada, &c. and the events that followed those unparrelled successes, and caused the loss of Guadeloupe. London, printed by T. Bensley for G. Nicol. 1796. 149 + [5] + 62 large pp + plan of Fort Bourbon in Martinique and map of the island with two aquatint engravings in text. 4to. 1st ed., few worm holes in margin only and light browning otherwise fine in orig. half calf. 9 x 11" The author was a chaplain with the British navy at the time of the occurrence of the events described. Rare. Note this edition does not include the full page acquatint plates. It is printed in a smaller size font and has much smaller margins than the other edition.WILLYAMS013317 £650