There is a surprisingly rich resource of books on the West Indies.  Only a few books on the Caribbean are commonly found in bookshops but there are an enormous range of titles in existence.  There is a fine online bibliography of West Indies books, mostly sorted by author, compiled by Don Mitchell at http://books.ai

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WARD F. Golden islands of the Caribbean. Thomas Nelson & Sons 1972 160 large pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Coffee table type book with many fine colour plates plus some historical background and reproductions of old prints. Uncommon. £9 WARD J.R. Poverty and Progress in the Caribbean. 1800-1960. Macmillan 1985 82pp. Paperback. Rather browned. £3 WARDLAW C.W. Green havoc. In the lands of the Caribbean. W. Blackwood & Sons 1935 318pp + plates. 1st ed., some minor spotting in original green cloth. The writer toured the islands to discover the extent of devastation caused to the banana crop by disease. £9 WARMKE G.L. and ABBOTT R.T. Caribbean seashells. A guide to the marine mollusks of Puerto Rico and other West Indian Islands, Bermuda and the Lower Florida Keys. Livingston Pub. Co., Wynnewood, USA 1962 348pp. 2nd printing., top right corner bumped causing slight crease in margin throughout text, in original decorated blue cloth. Detailed guide with good illustrations. £15 WARNER O. William Wilberforce and his times. B.T. Batsford Ltd., London 1962 174pp + plates. 1st ed., very fine in fine D/W. Good biography. £14 WAUGH A. A family of islands. A history of the West Indies from 1492 to 1898, with an epilogue sketching events from the Spanish American war to the 1960's. Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1964 290pp. 1st ed. Occasional tone spots otherwise clean in torn D/W. £5 WEINSTEIN E.A. Cultural aspects of delusion. A psychiatric study of the Virgin Islands. Free Press of Glencoe 1962 215pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. £16 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. 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 WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY Papers relative to the Wesleyan Missions, and to the State of Heathen Countries London 1827 16pp. Bound with Missionary Notices January 1827 - December 1827, 192pp. Bound with 'The Report of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society for the year ending December 1826, xx + 124pp. Bound with 'Contributions to the Wesleyan Mission Fund, 1826.' Clean in very worn contemporary half calf. Reports from missions around the World with many reports on the Caribbean. Much on the re-building of the Mission Chapel in Bridgetown, Barbados. £90 WEST INDAN COMMISSION Time for Action. The report of the West Indian Commission. Black Rock, Barbados 1992 xxviii + 592pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Clean. £5 WEST INDIES Report on the working of the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies. H.M.S.O. 1906 289pp. 1st ed., fine in attractive blue cloth binding with bookplate of Norman Lamont. £30 WEST INDIES Agriculture in the West Indies Compiled from documents supplied to the West Inida Royal Commission, 1938-1939, and other sources H.M.S.O. 1942 280pp + plates and folding map. 1st ed., fine in green boards. Chapters on each of the island. £18 WHITEHEAD N.L. The Discoverie of the Large, Rich, and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh, transcribed, annotated and introduced by Neil L. Whitehead. Uni. of Oklahoma Press 1997 viii + 232pp. 1st ed., very fine in very fine D/W. £12 WHITNEY C.M. The Bermuda Garden. Garden Club of Bermuda 1955 234 large pp + col. plates. 1st ed., minor tone spotting mostly on frontispiece, fine in torn D/W. Botanical and gardening guide. £30 WIARDA H.J. The Dominican Republic. Nation in transition. F.A. Praeger, New York 1969 249pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. History and description of the island. £12 WILBERFORCE S. Life of William Wilberforce by his son Samuel Wilberforce, D.D. Lord Bishop of Oxford. Revised and condensed from the original edition. John Murray, London 1868 xiv + 452pp. Fine in original worn blue half calf with raided bands and red label. £65 WILGUS A.C. The Caribbean: British, Dutch, French, United States. Uni. of Florida Press 1963 331pp. Clean in original green cloth. Political and economic study. £15 WILKINSON H.C. Bermuda from sail to steam. The history of the island from 1784 to 1901. Oxford Uni. Press 1973 2 vols. 951pp + plates and folding map. 1st ed., clean in slightly worn D/W's. Very detailed history. Recommended. £75 URING Capt. Nathaniel A History of the Voyages and Travels of Capt. Nathaniel Uring. With Introduction and notes by Captain Alfed Dewar. Cassell & Co 1928 xxxiii + 253pp + plates. Reprint of 1726 ed., toning to page edges only otherwise clean in original brown cloth. The author was captain of some of the Dummer Packet boats which sailed to Jamaica. A fascinating account with much on the slave trade and life in the West Indies. £45 Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Next page

Links to other West Indies sites

CaribSeek - The Caribbean Search Directory  

Caribbean Vacation Guide

http://caribbean-guide.info/

Make the Caribbean Guide your first stop for learning about the advantages of traveling to these gorgeous islands.

Family history of Jamaica

http://users.pullman.com/mitchelm/jamaica.htm

Sources of genealogy and historical information

Turks and Caicos Islands Museum

http://www.tcmuseum.org