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Showing items in West Indies Books
There is a surprisingly rich resource of books on the West Indies. Only a few books on the Caribbean are commonly found in bookshops but there are an enormous range of titles in existence. There is a fine online bibliography of West Indies books, mostly sorted by author, compiled by Don Mitchell at http://books.ai
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;) | BAHAMAS Archives Exhibition. The Bahamas during the World Wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. Department of Archives (1985) 55pp. Clean in card covers. | £12 |
;) | ELIOT E.C. Broken Atoms. London, Geoffrey Bles (1938) 254pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Scarce thus. Autobiography of former Colonial Governor who held appointments in the Caribbean in Barbados, British Guiana, Dominica, Tobago and also the Gilbert & Ellis Is where he became embroiled in an affair concerning phosphate mining. | £75 |
;) | CUNDALL Frank Catalogue of the portraits in the Jamaica History Gallery of the Institute of Jamaica. Institute of Jamaica (1914) 30 + iv + plates. 1st ed., some foxing throughout, worm damage to binding. Some pen annotations to text. Crudely rebound in boards lacking original card covers. | £30 |
;) | BAHAMAS Nassau and the Treasure Islands of the Bahamas. Development Board, Nassau (1930 (circa)) 24 large pp. Fine in pictorial card covers. Includes many fine photo views of the Out Islands as well as Nassau. | £125 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | JUAN Don George and ULLOA Don Antonio A voyage to South America. Describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c on that extensive Continent. London, printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers (1760) 2 vols. 2nd ed., revised and corrected. xx + [iv] + 498pp + [iv] + 410pp + index. 7 folding maps and plans (split and torn without loss, one plate neatly stitched). Contemporary gilt ruled full calf with old manuscript paper labels. Contents clean with one small tear to pp383-4 noted. An important early work on Spanish America. | £420 |
;) ;) | RICHARD Henry Memoirs of Joseph Sturge. London: S.W. Partridge (1864) xix + 622pp + frontispiece with tipped in sepia photo. 1st ed., clean in original full calf, with new spine. Biography of the missionary with much on his time in the West Indies including a chapter on his opposition to the apprentice system. | £195 |
;) | LUCKOCK Benjamin Jamaica. Enslaved and free. London, The Religious Tract Society (1846) 192pp. 1st ed., bound with 'Our Song Birds' and 'Life of Julius Caesar' both published by the Religious Tract Society. Fine in old half calf with marbled boards. History of Jamaica with chapters on slavery and its abolition. | £60 |
;) ;) | MONTGOMERY James The West Indies and other poems. London (1810) 160pp. 7th ed., fine in original blind stamped cloth, a.e.g. Long poem written in honour of the abolition of the African slave trade by the British Legislature in 1807. | £50 |
;) | STARK J.H. and RODWAY J. Stark's guide-book and history of British Guiana. - Containing a description of everything relating to this colony that would be of interest to tourists and residents. Boston (1902 (circa)) 120pp + plates, folding map and ads. Clean in faded pictorial cloth. Map loose. Fine early guide with good photo illustrations and some engraved views. | £85 |
;) | STARK J.H. and RODWAY J. Stark's guide-book and history of British Guiana. - Containing a description of everything relating to this colony that would be of interest to tourists and residents. Boston (1902 (circa)) 120pp + plates, folding map and ads. Clean in very faded pictorial cloth. Plate of native Indians removed. Fine early guide with good photo illustrations and some engraved views. | £35 |
;) | CASSIDY F.G. Jamaica Talk. - Three hundred years of the English language in Jamaica. Institute of Jamaica (1961) 468pp. 1st ed., minor spotting to prelims. and page edges, otherwise clean in D/W. Authorative study. | £36 |
;) | GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Tobago Hurricane of 1847. - Historical Documents of Trinidad & Tobago No 3. Government Printery, Trinidad (1966) 27pp. Clean in card covers. | £16 |
;) | TRINIDAD Trinidad and Tobago. West India Committee (1935 (circa)) 32pp. 1st ed., very fine in original card covers. 8.25 x 6.25" | £65 |
;) | ANON Gasparee Caves Trinidad. - Nature's Fairyland. Vandyck Photogravure (1920 (circa)) 9pp booklet containing tipped in sepia photo views of the caves, some bent corners otherwise fine in original card covers. 8.5 x 7" | £80 |
;) | TRINIDAD Photographic View Album of Trinidad. Trinidad, James Todd & Sons (1890 (circa)) 24 photo views of the island, fine in original boards. 9 x 7" | £120 |
;) | TRINIDAD Photographic Views of Trinidad. Muir Marshall & Co (1890 (circa)) 16 photo plates, minor damp staining in bottom right margin of all pages, otherwise clean in red boards. 9.5 x 6" | £45 |
;) ;) | BORDE Pierre Gustave Louis The History Of The Island Of Trinidad Under The Spanish Government. Paria Publishing Co Ltd (1982) 2 vols. Facsimile reprint of 1876 ed., clean in card covers. | £60 |
;) | VERTEUIL Anthony de Seven slaves and slavery: Trinidad, 1777-1838. Published by the author (1992) 427pp. 1st ed., very fine in card covers. | £75 |
;) ;) | TRINIDAD View Album of Trinidad. Davidson & Todd (1890 (circa)) 21 photo plates + advertisements. Clean in original black boards. 8 x 5" | £70 |
;) | BULLBROOK J.A. The Aborigines of Trinidad. Royal Victoria Institute Museum (1960) 60pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. | £18 |
Links to other West Indies sites
CaribSeek - The Caribbean Search Directory
Caribbean Vacation Guide
Make the Caribbean Guide your first stop for learning about the advantages of traveling to these gorgeous islands.
Family history of Jamaica
http://users.pullman.com/mitchelm/jamaica.htm
Sources of genealogy and historical information