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Showing items in West Indies Books - Trinidad
Below is a list of my stock of old secondhand and antiquarian books on Trinidad and Tobago for sale.
For a good historical summary of Tobago plus much more information I can recommend the following website:- http://www.mytobago.info
;) | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1914-5. H.M.S.O. (1916) 24pp + large coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Small library h/s on title page. Colonial Office report with economic and social reports from different Government departments. Map shows coastal steamer routes and proposed new roads. | £10 |
;) | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for April - December 1915. H.M.S.O. (1916) 24pp + large coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Small library h/s on title page and repair to map. Colonial Office report with economic and social reports from different Government departments. Map shows coastal steamer routes and proposed new roads. | £8 |
;) | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for April - December 1915. H.M.S.O., Trinidad (1916) 24pp + two large coloured folding maps of Trinidad and Tobago. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. Colonial Office report with economic and social reports from different Government departments. Loss of coastal steamer and Royal Mail Steamer due to the war plus embarkation of West India Contingent. | £12 |
;) | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1916. H.M.S.O., Trinidad (1917) 21pp + large coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. Colonial Office report with economic and social reports from different Government departments. Mention of Internment camp at St James containing 101 P.O.W.'s and escape of 3 prisoners by boat to Venezuela. | £10 |
;) | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1917. H.M.S.O., Trinidad (1919) 22pp + large coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. Colonial Office report with economic and social reports from different Government departments. More drafts for the West Indies Regiment plus introduction of War Tax on mail. | £10 |
;) | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1919. H.M.S.O., Trinidad (1921) 28pp + two large coloured folding maps of the two islands. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. Colonial Office report with economic and social reports from different Government departments. | £10 |
;) | KINGSLEY Charles At last. - A Christmas in the West Indies. Macmillan (1905) 334pp + plates and publisher's ads. Clean in original cloth, worn at corners and head and tail of spine. The author gives his impressions of Trinidad. Many good line engravings. | £35 |
;) | SEWELL W.G. The ordeal of free labor in the British West Indies. Harper Bros., New York (1861) 325pp + publisher's catalogue. 1st ed., very fine in original blindstamped brown cloth. An important study of the abuses made of the apprenticeship system. The author made a detailed tour through the islands. Fine descriptions of Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica. Recommended. | £180 |
;) ;) | VERTEUIL L.A.A. De Trinidad: - Its Geography, natural resources, administration, present condition and prospects. Ward Lock, London (1858) xii + 508pp. 1st ed., ex New South Wales Parliamentary library with small h/s's on end papers and title and contents pages. Tone spotting mostly affecting title page and end papers. Fine original half calf binding with marbled boards. | £450 |
;) | WILSON T. Transatlantic sketches; - or Travelling Reminiscences of the West Indies and United States. Montreal (1860) 179pp. 1st ed., inscribed by the author on front end paper, clean in worn original cloth. Chapters on Cuba and Trinidad with much on sugar cultivation and social life in Havana. | £225 |
;) | TROLLOPE A. The West Indies and the Spanish Main. Frank Cass & Co (1968) iv + 395pp. Facsimile reprint of 2nd ed., fine in original green cloth. Written by the author while on Post Office business in the West Indies to re-organise the Colonial Post Offices and to undertake postal treaties with the Spanish colonies. Much on Jamaica also chapters on Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Trinidad and St Thomas. | £40 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | TRINIDAD Trinidad and Tobago. West India Committee (1935 (circa)) 32pp. 1st ed., clean in slightly torn card covers. 8.25 x 6.25" | £55 |
;) | REGO Michael Queen's Park Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad. - West Indies History Booklet No. 2 Published by the author (2009) 28 large pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Well illustrated history of the famous hotel, now no more, using views from photographs, old advertisments and postcards. | £8 |
;) ;) | COLLENS J.H. A guide to Trinidad. - A handbook for the use of tourists and visitors. London (1888) vi + 288pp. 2nd revised ed. Clean in original green cloth, corners slightly bumped. A scarce early guide with attractive engraved plates. | £250 |
;) | NAIPAUL V.S. The loss of El Dorado. - A history. Andre Deutsch (1969) 334pp. 1st ed., almost fine in good D/W. History of the Spanish occupation of Trinidad at the end of the C16th and the British sponsored attempt to set going a revolution in the Spanish Empire at the end of the C18th. | £18 |
;) | MAGID A. Urban nationalism. - A study of political development in Trinidad. Uni press of Florida. (1988) 294pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Political history of the islands mostly in the period 1895-1914. | £10 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) ;) | GREY Earl The Colonial Policy of Lord John Russell's Administration. Richard Bentley, London (1853) 2 vols. xii + 473pp, iv + 414pp. 1st ed., mostly clean in original rather faded blindstamped cloth, showing wear to hinges and spine. Good sections on Guiana, Jamaica, St Lucia and Trinidad and sections on other countries within the Commonwealth. | £200 |
;) ;) ;) | 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, one page rather loose. 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. | £65 |
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ALI Jazad N. and WIKE Ronald G. Machine Cancellations of Trinidad & Tobago 1923-1997. Philatelic Society of Trinidad & Tobago 1997 120 large pp. 1st ed., fine in spiral ring binding. Signed by Ron Wike on title page.
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HARRISON & SONS Map of the Island of Trinidad. 1889 Small tinted map showing the extent of the railway lines at this period. Minor tone spots. 6.5 x 5"
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ANON The Islands, Trinidad, B.W.I. Old real photo Trinidad postcard, circa 1930, clean unused.
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1862-3 Trinidad 4d deep purple (SG61), f.u.
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ALI Jazad N. and WIKE Ronald G. Machine Cancellations of Trinidad & Tobago 1923-1997. Philatelic Society of Trinidad & Tobago 1997 120 large pp. 1st ed., fine in spiral ring binding. Signed by Ron Wike on title page.
£24
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HARRISON & SONS Map of the Island of Trinidad. 1889 Small tinted map showing the extent of the railway lines at this period. Minor tone spots. 6.5 x 5"
£6
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ANON The Islands, Trinidad, B.W.I. Old real photo Trinidad postcard, circa 1930, clean unused.
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