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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SAINSBURY N. and FORTESCUE J.W. Calendar of state papers. Colonial Series. America and the West Indies. Preserved in the state papers department of Her Majestys public records office. 1696-1697. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, London 1904 2 + xxix + 714pp + errata + HMSO catalogue. Large 8vo. Very fine in orig. blue-green decorated blindstamped cloth. Published between 1860-1969 the series covers the period 1577-1738 and provides a comprehensive summary of all State correspondence concerning America and the West Indies. Shorter documents are fully transcribed and larger ones are summarised. Noted are many letters from important figures in West Indian history including Codrington plus many from Governors of the colonies. A very important historical source. £40 SAINSBURY N. and FORTESCUE J.W. Calendar of state papers. Colonial Series. America and the West Indies. Preserved in the state papers department of Her Majestys public records office. 1689-1692. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, London 1901 2 + xxxvi + 807pp + errata + HMSO catalogue. Large 8vo. Very fine in orig. blue-green decorated blindstamped cloth. Published between 1860-1969 the series covers the period 1577-1738 and provides a comprehensive summary of all State correspondence concerning America and the West Indies. Shorter documents are fully transcribed and larger ones are summarised. Noted are many letters from important figures in West Indian history including Codrington plus many from Governors of the colonies. A very important historical source. £40 SAINSBURY N. and FORTESCUE J.W. Calendar of state papers. Colonial Series. America and the West Indies. Preserved in the state papers department of Her Majestys public records office. 1685-1688. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, London 1899 2 + xxxviii + 713pp + errata + HMSO catalogue. Large 8vo. Very fine in orig. blue-green decorated blindstamped cloth. Published between 1860-1969 the series covers the period 1577-1738 and provides a comprehensive summary of all State correspondence concerning America and the West Indies. Shorter documents are fully transcribed and larger ones are summarised. Noted are many letters from important figures in West Indian history including Codrington plus many from Governors of the colonies. A very important historical source. £40 SAINSBURY N. and FORTESCUE J.W. Calendar of state papers. Colonial Series. America and the West Indies. Preserved in the state papers department of Her Majestys public records office. 1681-1685. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, London 1896 2 + lv + 828pp + errata + HMSO catalogue. Large 8vo. Very fine in orig. blue-green decorated blindstamped cloth. Published between 1860-1969 the series covers the period 1577-1738 and provides a comprehensive summary of all State correspondence concerning America and the West Indies. Shorter documents are fully transcribed and larger ones are summarised. Noted are many letters from important figures in West Indian history including Codrington plus many from Governors of the colonies. A very important historical source. £40 SAINSBURY N. Calendar of state papers. Colonial Series. America and the West Indies. Preserved in the state papers department of Her Majestys public records office. 1677-1680. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, London 1896 2 + lxi + 700pp + HMSO catalogue. Large 8vo. Very fine in orig. blue-green decorated blindstamped cloth. Published between 1860-1969 the series covers the period 1577-1738 and provides a comprehensive summary of all State correspondence concerning America and the West Indies. Shorter documents are fully transcribed and larger ones are summarised. Noted are many letters from important figures in West Indian history including Codrington plus many from Governors of the colonies. A very important historical source. £40 SAINSBURY N. Calendar of state papers. Colonial Series. America and the West Indies. Preserved in the state papers department of Her Majestys public records office. 1675-1676, also Addenda, 1574-1674. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, London 1893 lxi + 594pp + errata + HMSO catalogue. Large 8vo. Very fine in orig. blue-green decorated blindstamped cloth. Published between 1860-1969 the series covers the period 1577-1738 and provides a comprehensive summary of all State correspondence concerning America and the West Indies. Shorter documents are fully transcribed and larger ones are summarised. Noted are many letters from important figures in West Indian history including Codrington plus many from Governors of the colonies. A very important historical source. £40 RICHARDSON AND SELWAY Illustrated Souvenir Booklet of Trinidad. The brightest jewel of the Caribbean. Richardson & Selway Ltd., Port of Spain 1920 (circa) 20pp. 1st ed., fine in original orange card covers. 7 x 4.5in Small booklet containing photo illustrations and a few pages of information for tourists plus pages of advertisments. £45 RANSFORD O. The slave trade. The story of transatlantic slavery. Readers Union 1972 292pp + plates. Fine in D/W. Useful historical study. £6 RAMCHAND K. and GRAY C. West Indian Poetry. An anthology for schools. Longman Caribbean 1973 132pp. Paperback. Fine. £3 POUPEYE V. Caribbean Art. Thames & Hudson 1998 224pp. Paperback. Fine. Well illustrated in colour. £3 POST K. Strike the iron. A colony at war: Jamaica 1939-1945 Humanties Press, New Jersey 1981 2 vols., 567pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. Academic study of economic and social history. £35 PORTO RICO Report of the Commissioner of Education for Porto Rico to the secretary of the interior, U.S.A. for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1906. Washington 1907 273pp + photo plates. 1st ed. University of London bookplate on inside front cover and a couple of small library h/s's otherwise fine in library brown cloth binding. Attractive photo plates of different school buildings on the island. £20 PEMBERTON E. and SNEATH D. Caribbean Heritage. Leicestershire Museums 1986 16pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Illustrated guide to the slave trade in the Caribbean. £4 PAYNE A.J. The International Crisis in the Caribbean. Croom Helm 1984 177pp. 1st ed., clean in fine D/W. £5 PAYNE A. and SUTTON P. Modern Caribbean Politics. John Hopkins Uni. Press 1993 332pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Fine. £6 PATTULLO P. Last resorts. The Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean. Cassell 1996 xiii + 220pp. Paperback. Fine. £4 PARISER H.S. Jamaica. A visitor's guide. Hunter Pub. Inc. 1993 240pp. Paperback. Fine. Guidebook with colour photo plates. £6 NEWMAN F.W. Anglo-Saxon abolition of negro slavery. Negro Uni. Press, New York 1969 136pp. Reprint of 1889 ed., fine in original brown cloth. £5 MUNROE T. The Marxist Left in Jamaica 1940 - 1950. Working Paper No. 15 Institute of Social & Economic Research, Mona 1977 76 large pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. £6 MUNROE T. and LEWIS R. Readings in Government and Politics of the West Indies. Department of Government, Uni. of the W.I. 1971 xi + 270 large pp. Fine in card covers. £8 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