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

Books on Haiti are very collectable.  Many of the early books cover the whole island of Hispaniola now made up of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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MCCONNELL H.O. and SWAN E. You can learn Creole. - A simple introduction to Haitian Creole for English Speaking People
MCCONNELL H.O. and SWAN E. You can learn Creole. - A simple introduction to Haitian Creole for English Speaking People

Imprimerie de L'Etat, Port Au Prince (1945)
106pp. 1st ed., water stained in damaged card covers. Text complete so O.K. as a reading copy.
£9


LORNE Marquis A trip to the Tropics and home through America.
LORNE Marquis A trip to the Tropics and home through America.		LORNE Marquis A trip to the Tropics and home through America.

London: Hurst & Blackett (1867)
xii + 355pp + engraved frontispiece and publisher's catalogue. 2nd ed., spotting to title page otherwise clean in worn and shaken green cloth.
Much on Haiti and Jamaica.		£110


PRICHARD H. Where black rules white. - A journey across Hayti.
PRICHARD H. Where black rules white. - A journey across Hayti.

Archibald Constable & Co (1900)
288pp + plates. 1st ed., clean in original worn cloth, spine re-backed.
Fascinating description of the island with fine photo plates.		£70


BUTCHER Pablo Urban Vodou. - Politics and Popular Street Art in Haiti.
BUTCHER Pablo Urban Vodou. - Politics and Popular Street Art in Haiti.

Signal Books Ltd (2010)
118 large pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Inscribed by the author on title page.
£15


MACAULAY Zachary (Ed) Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter.
MACAULAY Zachary (Ed) Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter.

London (1830)
Vol iii, no 8 - Vol iv, no 1. No 56 - 73. pp 167 - 300, (iv), 301 - 508, 1 -24. 8vo. 1st ed., fine in slightly worn half calf with later contemporary spine. The Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter is bound between 'Monthly Extracts from the Correspondence of the British and Foreign Bible Society for 1830 in 12 issues, pp 321-430 and 'Quarterly Extracts of the British Society for Promoting the Religious Principles of the Reformation, 5 issues for 1830.
Detailed accounts of abuse of slaves on Barbados and Jamaica also description of conditions in Haiti'Of source value for the emancipation struggle.' (Ragatz p 382).		£450


RAINSFORD M. An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: - comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state.
RAINSFORD M. An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: - comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state.RAINSFORD M. An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: - comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state.		RAINSFORD M. An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: - comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state.

London (1805)
xxiii + [1] + 467pp + index + [3] publisher's ads. + folding maps and plates. 1st ed., very clean in original full calf, rebacked. The map and plan toned due to having been printed on inferior paper.
£1200


LEMOINE M. Bitter Sugar. - Translated from the French by Andrea Johnston.
LEMOINE M. Bitter Sugar. - Translated from the French by Andrea Johnston.

Zed Books Ltd. (1985)
308pp. 1st English ed., very fine in original 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.		£9


WILLIAMS S. Voodoo and the art of Haiti.
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.		£12


WOLLASTON N. Red Rumba - A journey through the Caribbean and Central America.
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.		£5


UNDERHILL E.B. The West Indies: - Their Social and Religious Condition.
UNDERHILL E.B. The West Indies: - Their Social and Religious Condition.		UNDERHILL E.B. The West Indies: - Their Social and Religious Condition.

Jackson, Walford and Hodder (1862)
x + 493pp. 1st ed., lacking front end papers and prelim., title page with tone spots, in worn original green pictorial cloth, corners bumped.
Sections on Bahamas, Cuba, Trinidad, Haiti and Jamaica. The tour described in the book was undertaken at the request of the Treasurer and Committee of the Baptist Missionary Society following emancipation. 		£75


PRICHARD H. Where black rules white. - A journey across Hayti.
PRICHARD H. Where black rules white. - A journey across Hayti.		PRICHARD H. Where black rules white. - A journey across Hayti.

Archibald Constable & Co (1900)
288pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in half calf with marbled boards, spine faded.
Fascinating description of the island with fine photo plates.		£95


JEANNOPOULOS P.C. Haiti: - A catalog of Picture Postcards, 1897 - 1997.
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 11in
Detailed listing of all known picture postcards (almost 4000).		£40


JEANNOPOULOS P.C. Images of Port au Prince
JEANNOPOULOS P.C. Images of Port au Prince

New York (2000)
x + 102 large pp. 1st ed., fine in pictorial card covers.
Enlargements of old picture postcard views of Port au Prince with historical descriptions. 11 x 8.5"		£16


LOEDERER R.A. Voodoo fire in Haiti.
LOEDERER R.A. Voodoo fire in Haiti.

Beacon Library, New York (1937)
283pp. 2nd ed., fine in slightly soiled original cloth.
Good description of the island with much on history also description of voodoo worship, illust. by attractive etchings.		£8


JONES C.L. The Caribbean since 1900.
JONES C.L. The Caribbean since 1900.

Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York (1936)
511pp. 1st ed., ex library still very good in original blue cloth.
Political history of the region with chapters devoted to Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Latin American countries.		£15


LAGUERRE M.S. The complete Haitiana. - A bibliographic guide to the scholarly literature 1900 - 1980.
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 original cloth.
Detailed and very useful bibliography arranged by subjects.		£90


LEAF E. Isles of rhythm.
LEAF E. Isles of rhythm.		LEAF E. Isles of rhythm.

A.S. Barnes & Co., New York (1948)
211pp. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. Damage to head of spine.
Enthusiastic study of dance in the Caribbean, profusely illust. with photos by the author. Chapters on Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica Virgin Is. and Trinidad.		£35


HUMPHREYS R.A. Latin American History. - A guide to the literature in English.
HUMPHREYS R.A. Latin American History. - A guide to the literature in English.

Oxford Uni. Press (1966)
197pp. Fine in slightly torn D/W.
Very useful bibliography divided by subjects, different periods of history and countries.		£12


ISY-SCHWART M. Haiti Cherie.
ISY-SCHWART M. Haiti Cherie.

Editions Henri Deschamps, Haiti (1953)
207 large pp. 1st ed., fine in original 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.		£30


HAZARD S. Santo Domingo, past and present; with a glance at Hayti.
HAZARD S. Santo Domingo, past and present; with a glance at Hayti.		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.		£20


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GRIMSTON FAWKES Lionel Port au Prince, Haiti. 1882 Watercolour on paper, two sheets joined at centre. Fine. 14 x 5" This British artist was a Colonel in the Royal Artillery. He was the grandson of J.M.W. Turner's patron Walter Fawkes, and served as ADC to General Gamble, C-in-C West Indies, from 1878-1884.
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MAUGER ET BRIERRE Jeremie. Cimetiere. No 12 Old Haiti postcard used in 1908 to France.
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1967 (15 Nov) registered First Flight cover from Port au Prince, Haiti to Pointe A Pitre, Guadeloupe. Fine.
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