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

Notes on Barbados books:-

One of the earliest histories of the island is Frere's 'A short history of Barbados' published in 1768.  Important later works include Poyer's 'The history of Barbados' published in 1808 and Schomburgk's 'History of Barbados' published in 1848.

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TREVES Sir Frederick The Cradle of the Deep. - An account of a voyage to the West Indies.
TREVES Sir Frederick The Cradle of the Deep. - An account of a voyage to the West Indies.

London: John Murray (1934)
xii + 378pp + plates. Clean in original blue cloth.
An important work with good sections on Barbados, Jamaica and St Kitts Nevis.		£15


ANON Barbados. Island in the Sun.
ANON Barbados. Island in the Sun.

Carib Publicity Co Ltd (n.d.)
64pp. Illustrated guide book, circa 1960, fine in card covers.
£18


TREVES Sir Frederick The Cradle of the Deep. - An account of a voyage to the West Indies.
TREVES Sir Frederick The Cradle of the Deep. - An account of a voyage to the West Indies.		TREVES Sir Frederick The Cradle of the Deep. - An account of a voyage to the West Indies.

London: John Murray (1934)
xii + 378pp + plates. Some light foxing particularly to page edges otherwise clean in slightly worn original cloth.
An important work with good sections on Barbados, Jamaica and St Kitts Nevis.		£12


ELIOT E.C. Broken Atoms.
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


ANON Barbados.
ANON Barbados.

Photo Precision Ltd (1960 (circa))
40pp. Clean in card covers.
Tourist guide with many colour photos including ill fated North Point surf resort.		£18


LESTER H.Lenton High lights in the West Indies and Mexico.
LESTER H.Lenton High lights in the West Indies and Mexico.

Privately printed (1937)
61pp + 11 photo plates. 1st ed. printed on hand made paper, with signature of author on last page, fine in original cloth.
The author describes a cruise from England visiting Madeira, Barbados, Curacao, Panama, Mexico, Miami, Bermuda and the Azores. Very scarce.		£45


WALLER John Augustine A voyage in the West Indies: - Containing various observations made during a residence in Barbadoes, and several of the Leeward Islands; with some notices and illustrations relative to the city of Paramaribo, in Surinam.
WALLER John Augustine A voyage in the West Indies: - Containing various observations made during a residence in Barbadoes, and several of the Leeward Islands; with some notices and illustrations relative to the city of Paramaribo, in Surinam.WALLER John Augustine A voyage in the West Indies: - Containing various observations made during a residence in Barbadoes, and several of the Leeward Islands; with some notices and illustrations relative to the city of Paramaribo, in Surinam.		WALLER John Augustine A voyage in the West Indies: - Containing various observations made during a residence in Barbadoes, and several of the Leeward Islands; with some notices and illustrations relative to the city of Paramaribo, in Surinam.

London (1820)
106 + map and 5 fine aquatint plates. 1st ed., clean in modern half calf. Last page of text with small tear and title page with one margin trimmed.
The author was a surgeon assigned to the naval hospital in Barbados in 1807 and later to a war vessel cruising through the islands. He gives a fascinating description of day to day life in Barbados. Recommended.		£250


HOVEY Sylvester Letters from the West Indies; - relating especially to the Danish island of St Croix, and to the British islands Antigua, Barbadoes and Jamaica.
HOVEY Sylvester Letters from the West Indies; - relating especially to the Danish island of St Croix, and to the British islands Antigua, Barbadoes and Jamaica.

Gould & Newman, New York (1838)
212pp, 1st ed. Foxing throughout as usual, otherwise clean in later quarter cloth.
The author's letters are invaluable sources for the apprenticeship period in the three British islands visited but also contain well written accounts of the state of slavery and of island opposition to emancipation before 1834. (Ragatz)		£240


CAMPBELL P.F. An Outline of Barbados History.
CAMPBELL P.F. An Outline of Barbados History.

Caribbean Graphics (1974)
28pp. 1st ed., fine in original card covers.
£7


HOUSE OF COMMONS Appendix to the reports.
HOUSE OF COMMONS Appendix to the reports.

H.M.S.O. (1814 (circa))
1st ed., clean in modern boards with cloth spine.
Eye-witness testimony from customs officers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent, Dominica and Martinique. Very detailed. Includes John Prescod Williams, collector of customs at Hole Town, Barbados and Charles Kydd Bishop in Speights-town.		£60


PINCKARD George Notes on the West Indies...including Observations on the Island of Barbadoes, - and the Settlements Captured by the British Troops, upon the Coast of Guiana; likewise Remarks relating to the Creoles and Slaves of the Western Colonies, and the Indians of South America: with occasional hints, regarding the Seasoning, or Yellow Fever of hot climates.
PINCKARD George Notes on the West Indies...including Observations on the Island of Barbadoes, - and the Settlements Captured by the British Troops, upon the Coast of Guiana; likewise Remarks relating to the Creoles and Slaves of the Western Colonies, and the Indians of South America: with occasional hints, regarding the Seasoning, or Yellow Fever of hot climates.		PINCKARD George Notes on the West Indies...including Observations on the Island of Barbadoes, - and the Settlements Captured by the British Troops, upon the Coast of Guiana; likewise Remarks relating to the Creoles and Slaves of the Western Colonies, and the Indians of South America: with occasional hints, regarding the Seasoning, or Yellow Fever of hot climates.

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme (1806)
3 vols. xxiv + 448 + xx + 472 + xix + 456pp. 1st ed., very clean in old cloth. A handsome set.
The author was deputy inspector general of hospitals in the British army. Gives detailed accounts of colonial life in Barbados and along the Guiana coast. Urges for emancipation of the slaves and gives some graphic accounts of mistreatment of slaves.		£1250


MAKINSON David H. Barbados. A study of North-American West-Indian relations, 1739-1789.
MAKINSON David H. Barbados. A study of North-American West-Indian relations, 1739-1789.

Mouton & Co (1964)
142pp + plates. est ed., fine in fine D/W.
£30


COLLYMORE F.A. Notes for a glossary of words and phrases of Barbadian dialect.
COLLYMORE F.A. Notes for a glossary of words and phrases of Barbadian dialect.

Barbados National Trust (1970)
120pp. Fine in card covers.
£7


KLINGBERG F.J. Codrington chronicle. - An experiment in Anglican altruism on a Barbados plantation, 1710-1834.
KLINGBERG F.J. Codrington chronicle. - An experiment in Anglican altruism on a Barbados plantation, 1710-1834.

Uni. of California Press (1949)
157pp. 1st ed., fine but lacking cover.
Study of the Codrington plantations and building of the college.		£20


DE FOREST DAY Susan The Cruise of the Scythian.
DE FOREST DAY Susan The Cruise of the Scythian.

F. Tennyson Neely (1899)
297pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in worn original pictorial cloth.
Good descriptions of Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Nevis, Saba, St Kitts and St Lucia.		£80


HOYOS F.A. Barbados. - A history from the Amerindians to Independence.
HOYOS F.A. Barbados. - A history from the Amerindians to Independence.

Macmillan (1978)
viii + 293pp. Clean in worn D/W.
£12


ALLEYNE Warren Historic Bridgetown.
ALLEYNE Warren Historic Bridgetown.

Barbados National Trust (1978)
117pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers but some pages loose.
£9


MURRAY JORDAN J. In the West Indies.
MURRAY JORDAN J. In the West Indies.

J. Murray Jordan, Philadelphia (1903)
32pp. Clean in original pictorial card covers. Centre page loose. 10 x 8in
Photographic views of the islands with many of Barbados and Jamaica.		£70


WOOD Walter E. Venezuela; or, Two Years on the Spanish Main
WOOD Walter E. Venezuela; or, Two Years on the Spanish Main		WOOD Walter E. Venezuela; or, Two Years on the Spanish Main

Middlesbrough (1896)
xxxii + 196pp + plates. 1st ed. Damp staining to first 30 pages but then clean in badly damaged original cloth.
Mostly on Venezuela but with a short account of visits to Barbados, St Lucia and Grenada. Many attractive plates.		£45


BALLOU Maturin M. Equatorial America. - Descriptive of a visit to St Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes and the principal capitals of south america.
BALLOU Maturin M. Equatorial America. - Descriptive of a visit to St Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes and the principal capitals of south america.

Houghton, Mifflin & Co (1892)
x + 371pp. 1st ed., clean in original cloth.
£40


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1947 (17 Sep) British North America and British West Indies incl. J.M. Gingold collection. Robson Lowe Ltd 22pp + 4 plates. Fine.
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MOLINEUX MONTGOMERIE Barbados. Watercolour on paper from 1901. Fine. 8.5 x 5" Elinor Lascelles married Cecil Thomas Crisp Molineux Montgomerie in 1868. The Molineux Montgomerie family were plantation owners in the West Indies, and the newly-married couple travelled frequently between their West Indian estates and their estate in Garboldisham, Norfolk.
£175

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W.G. COOPER Barbados. Sugar Mile. (Old Process) No 16. Old Barbados postcard, circa 1905, fine unused.
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1916-9 Barbados 3/- printer's sample proof ovptd. Specimen. (Thick type DS1) Fine.
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BARRATT John Cromwell's Wars at Sea. Pen & Sword 2006 208pp + plates. est ed., fine in fine D/W. Includes section on Barbados.
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