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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BENBOW C. Boer Prisoners of War in Bermuda. Bermuda Historical Society 1962 1st ed. Paperback. Very fine, in original card covers. Well illustrated account with chaper on postal history and postmarks. £25 SEYFARTH F. Tales of the Caribbean: a feast of islands. Spanish Main Press 1988 126pp. Clean in card covers. Sailing experiences around the islands with attractive line drawings in text. £6 SHERLOCK P. Norman Manley. A biography. Macmillan 1980 224pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Occasional pencil underlining. £5 SHERLOCK P.M. Caribbean Citizen. Longmans, Green & Co 1957 158pp + photo plates. Paperback. Fine. £5 SHERLOCK P.M. West Indian Nations. A new history. Macmillan 1973 362pp. Paperback. Fine. £6 SHINEBOURNE J. The last English Plantation. Peepal Tree Press 1988 184pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Inscription on title page otherwise very clean. Novel set in 1950's British Guiana. £4 SHREWSBURY W.J. Sermons preached on several occasions in the island of Barbadoes. London 1825 426pp + publisher's catalogue. 1st ed., foxing to end papers otherwise very fine in original cloth with original paper label. The author was a British Methodist missionary who served in Barbados from 1815-1823. His chapel was destroyed by a mob in 1823 after the Demerara Rebellion of the same year sparked fear in the planters. Very scarce. £275 SIMMONS D.C. Confederate Settlements in British Honduras. McFarland & Co, N. Carolina 2001 vii + 176pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. During and after the American Civil War more Confederate sympathisers sought exile in British Honduras than anywhere else. This work provides an interesting history and is also of use to geneologists as it provides lists of arrivals at hotels and passenger lists. £12 SINCKLER E.G. The Barbados handbook. Duckworth & Co 1912 xii + 203 + 40pp adverts + plates + front pocket containing folded map of the island. Occasional tone spotting otherwise clean in original pictorial blue cloth, spine faded. £85 SLAVERY Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter. London 1825-7 2 vols. 392 + 488 + 12pp. 1st ed., fine in slightly worn half calf. Contemporary reprint of a monthly magazine together with detailed index. Reports from all the West Indian islands plus Berbice and Mauritius. Many eye-witness reports of maltreatment of slaves with names and details of estates. Discussion of slave laws and moves towards the emancipation of the slaves. Rare. £650 SMITH B. Escape to the West Indies. A guidebook to the islands of the Caribbean. Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1956 399pp. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. Chapters on each of the islands with many fine photo plates. £12 SMITH J.J. William Knibb: Missionary in Jamaica. Alexander & Shepheard 1896 134pp + 12 plates. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. Biography with good photo illusts. of Jamaica. £65 SMITH L.H. Bermuda's oldest inhabitants. Tales of plant life. J. Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks 1963 80pp + 9 col. plates of paintings by May Middleton. 3rd ed., fine in D/W. Descriptions of native plants plus history of introduction of other species and reasons for their use. £20 SMITH M.J. Bird watching in Jamaica. Pioneer Press, Kingston 1956 159pp + plates (some in colour), 1st ed., P.B. Attractive illustrations by the author's daughter (?) £6 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 SMITH W.S. The Closest of Enemies. A personal and diplomatic history of the Castro years. W.W. Norton & Co, New York 1987 308pp. 1st ed., clean in D/W. U.S. foreign policy towards Cuba. £3 STANLEY E. Claims and resources of the West Indian Colonies. A letter to the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P. London 1850 111pp, 2nd ed., fine in modern ¼ leather binding. Proposes to protect W.I. planters by sanctions to prevent the import of goods produced by slaves such as sugar from Cuba. £125 STARK J.H. Stark's illustrated Bermuda Guide: containing a description of everything on or about these places of which the visitor or resident may desire information, including their history, inhabitants, climate, agriculture, geology, government and resources. Boston 1902 153pp + index + ads + fine photo plates and folding map. 2nd ed. Some minor stains in margins only, small tears to one map but loose map in fine condition. Original pictorial cloth binding worn on spine and along edges. Very good early guide book. £70 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 worn and faded pictorial cloth. Map loose. Fine early guide with good photo illustrations and some engraved views. £65 STARK J.H. Stark's history and guide to Barbados and the Caribbee Islands, containing a description of everything on or about these islands of which the visitor or resident may desire information, including their history, inhabitants, climate, agriculture, geology, government and resources. Boston 1903 197pp + plates, folding maps and ads. 2nd ed. Very fine in clean pictorial cloth. Contains fine engravings and photo views of the islands. Mostly on Barbados, but a little on St Kitts Nevis, Antigua, Montserrat, Martinique and St Lucia. £95 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