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Below is a list of my stock of old secondhand and antiquarian books on Guyana and Suriname, formerly made up of British Guiana and French Guiana, for sale.

On this page I list my stock of books on British Guiana, now Guyana, Dutch Guiana, now Suriname and French Guiana.  There are some fine books on the Guianas, the works by Schomburgk and Stedman being the most well known.

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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


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


ANON The Case of the Free-Labour British Colonies: Submitted to the British Legislature and British Nation for an Impartial Re-Hearing
ANON The Case of the Free-Labour British Colonies: Submitted to the British Legislature and British Nation for an Impartial Re-Hearing

London: James Madden (1852)
xvi + 155pp. 1st ed., fine in original card covers with modern spine.
Mostly on British Guiana and Jamaica. Very scarce.		£195


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


COLONIAL OFFICE Appendices to the report of the British Guiana Refugee Commission to the Advisory Committee on Political Refugees appointed by the President of the United States of America.
COLONIAL OFFICE Appendices to the 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. (1949)
106pp. 1st ed., Air Ministry Library h/s on title page, damaged card covers.
£7


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


COLONIAL OFFICE Papers relative to the West Indies. 1841. British Guiana.
COLONIAL OFFICE Papers relative to the West Indies. 1841. British Guiana.

H.M.S.O. (1841)
273 large pp. 1st ed., clean in original blue paper covers.
Detailed accounts of the running of the country with correspondence from the Colonial administrators.		£90


COLONIAL OFFICE Correspondence relating to Disturbances in British Guiana + Further Correspondence.
COLONIAL OFFICE Correspondence relating to Disturbances in British Guiana + Further Correspondence.		COLONIAL OFFICE Correspondence relating to Disturbances in British Guiana + Further Correspondence.

H.M.S.O. (1906)
63 + 110 large pp. 1st ed., clean in original blue paper covers.
Detailed accounts of dock workers riots over wages.		£30


COLONIAL OFFICE Appendices to the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Treatment of immigrants in British Guiana. - (Part II)
COLONIAL OFFICE Appendices to the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Treatment of immigrants in British Guiana. - (Part II)

H.M.S.O. (1871)
149 large pp. 1st ed., clean in original paper covers.
£25


COLONIAL OFFICE Copies of all Orders in Council, or Colonial Ordinances, for the better regulation and enforcement of the relative duties of masters and employers, and articled servants, tradesmen and labourers, in the colonies of British Guiana and Mauritius; and of correspondence relating thereto.
COLONIAL OFFICE Copies of all Orders in Council, or Colonial Ordinances, for the better regulation and enforcement of the relative duties of masters and employers, and articled servants, tradesmen and labourers, in the colonies of British Guiana and Mauritius; and of correspondence relating thereto.

H.M.S.O. (1838)
138 large pp. 1st ed., clean in soiled original paper covers.
£75


COLONIAL OFFICE Demerara. Proceedings of a Court Martial, on trial of Mr John Smith, a Missionary: October - November 1823 + Further Papers.
COLONIAL OFFICE Demerara. Proceedings of a Court Martial, on trial of Mr John Smith, a Missionary: October - November 1823 + Further Papers.		COLONIAL OFFICE Demerara. Proceedings of a Court Martial, on trial of Mr John Smith, a Missionary: October - November 1823 + Further Papers.

H.M.S.O. (1824)
92 + 38 large pp. 1st ed., mostly clean in soiled original paper covers. Requires re-stitching.
Rev John Smith had prior knowledge of a slave uprising but had urged restraint, was accused of helping to ferment the rebellion. He was tried and sentenced to death. He died in jail awaiting execution unaware that his appeal to the British Government had resulted in instructions to commute his sentence and set him free. The Demerara uprising resulted in hundreds of slaves being wounded or killed and 33 were summarily tried and executed. 		£175


COLONIAL OFFICE British Guiana. Copies or Extracts of all correspondence between the Governor of British Guiana and Earl Grey on the subject of Constitutional Reform..
COLONIAL OFFICE British Guiana. Copies or Extracts of all correspondence between the Governor of British Guiana and Earl Grey on the subject of Constitutional Reform..

H.M.S.O. (1851)
86 large pp. 1st ed., mostly clean in original paper covers.
£15


THURN Everard F. im Among the Indians of Guiana: Being Sketches Chiefly Anthropologic from the Interior or British Guiana
THURN Everard F. im Among the Indians of Guiana: Being Sketches Chiefly Anthropologic from the Interior or British GuianaTHURN Everard F. im Among the Indians of Guiana: Being Sketches Chiefly Anthropologic from the Interior or British Guiana		THURN Everard F. im Among the Indians of Guiana: Being Sketches Chiefly Anthropologic from the Interior or British Guiana

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co (1883)
xvi + 445pp + folding map, 10 plates (3 coloured lithographs) and 43 wood-engravings. 1st ed., clean apart from soiling to page edges, in original faded and worn pictorial cloth.
£200


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


RODNEY W. The Groundings with my brothers.
RODNEY W. The Groundings with my brothers.

Bogle-L'Ouverture Pubs. (1975)
68pp. Paperback.
Guyanese writer.		£6


RODWAY J. Guiana: - British, Dutch and French.
RODWAY J. Guiana: - British, Dutch and French.		RODWAY J. Guiana: - British, Dutch and French.

T. Fisher Unwin (1921)
318pp + plates and folding map. 2nd ed., clean in original cloth, back cover discoloured.
History and description of the Guianas. Very scarce.		£60


MARTINEAU H. Illustrations of Political Economy. - No. IV. Demerara. A tale.
MARTINEAU H. Illustrations of Political Economy. - No. IV. Demerara. A tale.		MARTINEAU H. Illustrations of Political Economy. - No. IV. Demerara. A tale.

London (1832)
143pp + publisher's ads. 1st ed., clean in original grey card covers.
Educational novel about life in Demerara making the point that slavery was not economically sound and that free labour would be more cost effective.		£75


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BRITISH GUIANA Philatelic Journal. Exhibition Number, no 11. Demerara 1911 22pp. Fine in detached paper covers. Long article on the special stamp exhibition.
£12

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HEADECKER C.C. Botanic Gardens, Georgetown Guyana. 3 postcard size photos, circa 1930. Fine.
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BOOKER BROS. Indian Benab. Mazaruni River. Old British Guiana postcard dated 1919, clean unused.
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1891 Demerara Bill of Lading for 3910 centrifugal sugar with British Guiana 12c cancelled in manuscript. Fine.
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DAVIES R.E.G. Airlines of Latin America Since 1919. Putnam 1984 xiv + 698pp. 1st ed., clean in original blue cloth. A few words lightly underlined in the index. Definitive reference work.
£30

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