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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MAUS C.P. Puerto Rico in pictures and poetry. Caxton Printers, Idaho 1947 196pp. Fine in D/W. Poems and many fine photo plates. £15 MAYS J. Jamaica: Caribbean Challenge. A people's primer by the EPICA Task Force. Washington 1979 119 large pp. Paperback. Clean. Jamican polital and economic history. £9 MCFARLANE J.E.C. Selected shorter poems. Pioneer Press, Jamaica 1954 93pp. 1st impression, December 1954. Paperback. Clean. Poems by Poet Laureate of Jamaica. Very scarce. £25 METHODIST CHURCH For Ever Beginning. Two Hundred Years of Methodism in the Western Area. Literature Department of the Methodist Church (Jamaica District) 1960 vi + 96pp. 1st ed., clean in original blue cloth. Well illustrated history with much on Jamaica and the Turks & Caicos Islands. £45 METHODIST CHURCH For Ever Beginning. Two Hundred Years of Methodism in the Western Area. Literature Department of the Methodist Church (Jamaica District) 1960 vi + 96pp. 1st ed., clean in worn D/W. Well illustrated history with much on Jamaica and the Turks & Caicos Islands. £50 IJZERMAN Dr R. Outline of the Geology and Petrology of Surinam (Dutch Guiana). Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague 1931 xv + 519pp + 48 photo plates + 2 folding maps in rear pocket. 1st ed., very fine in original red. cloth. £85 KAPPEL P. Jamaica gallery. Little Brown & Co., Boston 1960 56 large pp. 1st special ltd. ed. of 1000, signed by the author in blue slip case. Fine. Cont. 25 full page etchings depicting typical island life drawn by the author. £35 KAPPLER A. Zes Jaren in Suriname 1836-1842. Schetsen en taferelen. De Walburg Pers 1983 160 large pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Views of the colony some in colour with accompanying text in Dutch and 20pp summary in English. £22 KIERAN B.L. The Lawless Caymanas. A story of slavery, freedom and the West India Regiment. Grand Cayman 1992 189 large pp. 1st ed., very fine in fine D/W. Well illustrated history with much on slavery and the West India regiment. £40 LAWRENCE-ARCHER J.H. Monumental inscriptions of the British West Indies from the earliest date, with genealogical and historical annotations from original local, and other sources, illustrative of the histories and genealogies of the seventeenth century, the calendars of state papers, peerages and baronetages; with engravings of the arms of the principal famlies. Chatto & Windus, London 1875 xii + 442 large pp. Thick royal quarto (9 x 12in) 1st ed., fine apart from a little tone spotting, in very fine old quarter calf binding with cloth boards and decorated spine. An important genealogical work. Mostly on Jamaica but with short chapters on most of the islands. £450 LEVY C. Emancipation, sugar, and Federalism: Barbados and the West Indies, 1833-1876. Uni. of Florida 1980 206pp. Reprint of 1924 ed., fine in original cloth. Fine historical study of the effects of emancipation in Barbados. £16 LEWIS G.K. The growth of the modern West Indies. Modern reader paperbacks, New York 1969 506pp. Paperback. Fine. Political history from 1930 with much on Federation. £6 LEYBURN J.G. The Haitian people. Yale Uni Press, New Haven 1941 342pp. 1st ed., fine in slightly faded original cloth. Historical study plus description of the island plus notes on politics and creole language. £18 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 LOONEY R.E. The Jamaican Economy in the 1980's. Economic decline and structural adjustment. Westview Press 1987 xiii + 257pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Fine. £5 LUCAS C.P. A historical geography of the British Colonies. Vol. II, West Indies. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1890 343pp + 12 col. maps. 1st ed., fine in original green cloth. Although part of a series of works on the colonies this volume is complete in itself. An authorative and well researched work. Recommended. £40 LUCAS C.P. and EGERTON, ROGERS A historical geography of the British Colonies. Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1900-7 8 vols. Uniformly bound in half calf by Hatchards of Piccadilly with raised bands and gilt decoration. An important work with volumes on the West Indies, Australia, Australaisia, Canada (2), West Africa, South & East Africa, Mediterranean and the origin and growth. A handsome set. £475 LABAT R.P. Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de L'Amerique (Voyage au Pays des Flibustiers et des Caraibes). Collection Ailleurs, Paris 1931 xvi + 194pp. Very fine in half calf decorated binding by Henry Sotheran Ltd of Piccadilly with original card covers bound in at rear. Early history of the Caribbean. Much on Martinique and Guadeloupe. £75 LABAT R.P. Voyages aux Isles de L'Amerique (Antilles) 1693-1705. Editions Duchartre, Paris 1931 2 vols., 355 + 478pp + plates. Ltd ed., no. 815 of 150 copies printed on hand made paper. Very fine in half calf decorated binding by Henry Sotheran Ltd of Picadilly with original card covers bound in at rear. Early description of the New World with many fine plates. £300 LEFROY Maj. Gen. J.H. Memorials of the discovery and early settlement of the Bermudas or Somers Islands 1515-1685. Compiled from the Colonial records and other original sources. Bermuda Government Library 1932 2 vols. xxxvi + 772pp + xix + 760pp + plates and folding maps. Light toning to half titles and title pages. Very minor tone spotting to page edges only otherwise clean in original green decorated cloth, slightly shaken. Overall a fine copy of this important work. £450 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