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STARK J.H. and RODWAY J. Stark
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
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


BRETT Rev. W.H. Mission Work Among the Indian Tribes in the Forests of Guiana.
BRETT Rev. W.H. Mission Work Among the Indian Tribes in the Forests of Guiana.

London: S.P.C.K. (1880 (circa))
xii + 260pp + folding map. 1st ed., fine in original pictorial cloth, spine faded.
Many wood cut illustrations.		£120


ANDRE E. A naturalist in the Guianas.
ANDRE E. A naturalist in the Guianas.

Smith, Elder & Co., London (1904)
xiv + 310pp + plates and folding map. 1st ed., a very clean copy in original pictorial cloth which sadly is discoloured.
The author travelled from Trinidad up the Macareo River in Venezuela and then the Orinoco River to Ciudad Bolivar and beyond. Fine photo plates and including two fine chromo litho bird plates.		£110


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


BRETT Rev. W.H. The Indian tribes of Guiana; Their Condition and Habits. - With Researches into Their Past History, Superstitions, Legends, Antiquities, Languages, &c
BRETT Rev. W.H. The Indian tribes of Guiana; Their Condition and Habits. - With Researches into Their Past History, Superstitions, Legends, Antiquities, Languages, &cBRETT Rev. W.H. The Indian tribes of Guiana; Their Condition and Habits. - With Researches into Their Past History, Superstitions, Legends, Antiquities, Languages, &c		BRETT Rev. W.H. The Indian tribes of Guiana; Their Condition and Habits. - With Researches into Their Past History, Superstitions, Legends, Antiquities, Languages, &c

London: Bell and Dandy (1868)
xiii + 500pp + folding map and 8 coloured plates. Errata slip tipped in. 1st ed., clean in worn original green cloth.
£240


HARLOW V.T. The Discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh - edited from the original text, with introduction, notes and appendixes of hitherto unpublished documents.
HARLOW V.T. The Discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh - edited from the original text, with introduction, notes and appendixes of hitherto unpublished documents.		HARLOW V.T. The Discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh - edited from the original text, with introduction, notes and appendixes of hitherto unpublished documents.

Argonaut Press (1928)
cvi + 182pp + plates and folding maps. Ltd. ed. no 404 of 975 on Japon Vellum. Fine in original quarter vellum and cloth.
£90


BRITISH GUIANA Report of the Lands and Mines Department for the year 1946.
BRITISH GUIANA Report of the Lands and Mines Department for the year 1946.

Daily Chronicle, Georgetown (1947)
30pp + Appendices. 1st ed., folio. Filing notes on title page and cover otherwise clean in card covers.
£18


SURINAME Netherlands Guiana
SURINAME Netherlands Guiana

Tourist Association for Netherlands Guiana at Paramaribo (n.d.)
36pp + ads. Mostly clean in pictorial card covers.
Guide to the colony with many photo illustrations.		£32


SCOTT Rev David To the West Indies and Back. One hundred days.
SCOTT Rev David To the West Indies and Back. One hundred days.

Meikle, Motherwell (1908)
xii + 109pp + photo plates. 1st ed., a few pages with toning otherwise clean in original worn decorated blue cloth.
£85


BRITISH GUIANA Report of the British Guiana Refugee Commission - to the advisory committee on Political Refugees appointed by the President of the United States of America
BRITISH GUIANA Report of the British Guiana Refugee Commission - to the advisory committee on Political Refugees appointed by the President of the United States of America

H.M.S.O. (1939)
17pp + map.
Looking into the possibility of resettling Jewish refugees from central europe.		£8


PACHTERE Felix De Ballingschap van den eerweirden Heer J. B. De Bay, naer de Fransche Guyane in Zuyd-Amerika ten jaere 1798. Uytgegeeven door
PACHTERE Felix De Ballingschap van den eerweirden Heer J. B. De Bay, naer de Fransche Guyane in Zuyd-Amerika ten jaere 1798. Uytgegeeven door

Brugge (1837)
216pp. 1st ed., clean in worn original paper covers.
Includes detailed list of priests in French Guiana.		£85


THOMPSON S. The journal of John Gabriel Stedman 1744-1797. - Soldier and author. Including and authentic account of his expedition to Surinam, in 1772.
THOMPSON S. The journal of John Gabriel Stedman 1744-1797. - Soldier and author. Including and authentic account of his expedition to Surinam, in 1772.

Mitre Press (1962)
437pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W.
Stedman was an officer in the Scots Brigade, a mercenary regiment, and describes his mission to Surinam to subdue the revolted negroes. This work includes useful historical notes on the text.		£10


WEISS H. Vier maanden in Suriname.
WEISS H. Vier maanden in Suriname.WEISS H. Vier maanden in Suriname.		WEISS H. Vier maanden in Suriname.

Nijkerk (1915)
viii + 166 + folding map. 1st ed., clean in original cloth.
Fine illustrated guide to the former Dutch colony with many attractive photo views.		£55


WEISS H. Vier maanden in Suriname.
WEISS H. Vier maanden in Suriname.WEISS H. Vier maanden in Suriname.		WEISS H. Vier maanden in Suriname.

Nijkerk (1915)
viii + 166 + folding map. 1st ed., clean in original worn card covers.
Fine illustrated guide to the former Dutch colony with many attractive photo views.		£35


SMITH N. Black Martinique - red Guiana.
SMITH N. Black Martinique - red Guiana.		SMITH N. Black Martinique - red Guiana.

Bobbs-Merrill Co., New York (1942)
312pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in worn original cloth.
Story set in Martinique and French Guiana.		£15


STAUNTON ST CLAIR Lt. T. A soldier
STAUNTON ST CLAIR Lt. T. A soldier's sojourn in British Guiana. (1806-1808) - Edited by Vincent Roth.

Daily Chronicle, Georgetown (1947)
iii + 281pp + viii. 1st ed., page edges toned otherwise clean in original pictorial card covers.
Extracts from 'A residence in the West Indies and America, with a narrative of the expedition to the island of Walcheren,' published in 1834.		£45


STEDMAN Cap. J.G. Narrative of a five years
STEDMAN Cap. J.G. Narrative of a five years		STEDMAN Cap. J.G. Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted negroes of Surinam - in Guiana on the wild coast of South America from the years 1772 to 1777. Elucidating the history of that country and describing its productions..

Imprint Society, Massachusetts (1971)
2 vols. in slip case. 480 large pp + 80 plates and folding maps. Fine ltd. ed. of 1950 copies reprint.
The best reprint available of this important work. Includes 13 plates after William Blake. Stedman had the opportunity to study the natural history of the country and the social and economic state of the people. His descriptions of the cruelties practised on the negroes by their masters, and of the moral deterioration resulting, amounts to one of the most vivid indictments of slavery ever written.		£120


RAMEL General Narrative of the deportation to Cayenne, - of Barthelemy, Pichegru, Willot, Marbois, La Rue, Ramel, etc. in consequence of the 18th Fructidor, (September 4, 1797) containing a variety of important facts relative to that revolution, and to the voyage, residence and escape of Barthelemy, Pichegru, etc. From the French of General Ramel, commandant of the legislative body guard.
RAMEL General Narrative of the deportation to Cayenne, - of Barthelemy, Pichegru, Willot, Marbois, La Rue, Ramel, etc. in consequence of the 18th Fructidor, (September 4, 1797) containing a variety of important facts relative to that revolution, and to the voyage, residence and escape of Barthelemy, Pichegru, etc. From the French of General Ramel, commandant of the legislative body guard.		RAMEL General Narrative of the deportation to Cayenne, - of Barthelemy, Pichegru, Willot, Marbois, La Rue, Ramel, etc. in consequence of the 18th Fructidor, (September 4, 1797) containing a variety of important facts relative to that revolution, and to the voyage, residence and escape of Barthelemy, Pichegru, etc. From the French of General Ramel, commandant of the legislative body guard.

Dublin (1800)
122pp. 1st ed., some light toning, fine in modern cloth
£65


RALEGH Sir W. The Discoverie of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh, 1596 - and the discoveries of the World by Antonio Galvao, 1601
RALEGH Sir W. The Discoverie of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh, 1596 - and the discoveries of the World by Antonio Galvao, 1601

World Publishing Co, Cleveland (1966)
112 + 97pp facsimile reprint + booklet of 20pp with historical introductions by A.L. Rouse and bibliographical notes by R.O. Dougan. Fine in vellum binding in special case.
A high quality facsimile in fine binding.		£60


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PENNINGTON J. The currency of the British Colonies. Augustus M. Kelley, New York 1967 247pp. Facsimile reprint of 1848 ed., fine in original cloth. An important early work with chapters on Br. Guiana, B.N.A., Bermuda, Gibraltar, Malta, Mauritius, Ceylon and Hong Kong, etc.
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