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ANDRE E. A naturalist in the Guianas. Smith, Elder & Co., London. 1904. xiv + 310pp + plates and folding map. 1st ed., fine in orig. decorated red cloth, spine faded and front board with small stain. The author travelled from Trinidad up the Macareo River in Venezuela and then the Orinoco River to Ciudad Bolivar and beyond. Fine photo plates and including two fine chromo litho bird plates.ANDREE014209 £125
ANTHONY M. The Year in San Fernando. Heinemann Educational Books. 1985. xix + 137pp. Paperback. Clean. Novel set in Trinidad.ANTHONYM016981 £3
BERNARD K. ST Trinidad 1950 Calypsos. Song hits by the Kings of Calypso for the 1950 Carnival Season compiled by The Mighty Dictator. Gazette, Trinidad. 1950. 40pp. 1st ed., a little worn in original card covers. BERNARDK018467 £65
BRITON-JONES H.R. Wilt diseases of coconut palms in Trinidad. (Part 1 & 2) Trinidad. 1928. 12 + 12 large pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in card covers. BRITONJO002975 £12
BRYANS R. Trinidad and Tobago. Faber & Faber. 1967. 306pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Description of life in the islands with some historical background.BRYANSR013598 £7
CARMICHAEL G. The history of the West Indian islands of Trinidad and Tobago 1498-1900. Alvin Redman. 1961. 463pp + plates. 1st ed., clean in original cloth. Spine slightly knocked. Well written history of the islands. Recommended.CARMICHA017587 £18
CHARLES F. Days and nights in the Magic Forest. Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications. 1986. 64pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Poetry by Trinidad author.CHARLESF017164 £6
COLLENS J.H. A guide to Trinidad. A handbook for the use of tourists and visitors. London. 1888. vi + 288pp. 2nd revised ed. Clean in original maroon cloth, corners bumped. A scarce early guide with attractive engraved plates.COLLENSJ018294 £285
CONSTANTINE L. Cricket in the Sun. Stanley Paul & Co. 1945 (circa). 131pp + plates. 1st ed., front end paper missing otherwise clean in worn original black cloth. Autobiography of the Trinidad cricketer.CONSTANT016735 £4
COTHONAY R.P.M. BERTRAND Trinidad Journal d'un missionnaire Dominicain des Antilles Anglaises. Paris. 1893. 451pp + folding map and folding plate. 1st ed., light browning otherwise clean in original worn quarter calf with marbled boards. Work of Missionaries in Trinidad plus a chapter on missionary work in St Vincent illustrated with attractive woodcuts. Scarce.COTHONAY018481 £185
GOVERNMENT An Act for enabling His Majesty to direct the Issue of Exchequer Bills to a limited Amount, for the Purposes and in the Manner therein mentioned; and for giving relief to Trinidad, British Guiana, and Saint Lucie. London. 1832. 31pp. Fine. GOVERNME016963 £8
GREY Earl The Colonial Policy of Lord John Russell's Administration. Richard Bentley, London. 1853. 2 vols. xii + 473pp, iv + 414pp. 1st ed., mostly clean in original rather faded blindstamped cloth, showing wear to hinges. Good sections on Guiana, Jamaica, St Lucia and Trinidad and sections on other countries within the Commonwealth.GREYEARL016892 £200
HERSKOVITS M.J. & F.S. Trinidad Village. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1947. viii + [3] + 351pp + xxv. 1st ed., fine in original yellow cloth. Life in the village of Toco.HERSKOVI016874 £36
HIGGINS H.H. Notes by a field naturalist in the Western Tropics. From a journey kept on board the Royal Mersey steam yacht 'Argo.' Liverpool. 1877. 205pp + plates and folding map of harbour of Nassau, Bahamas. 1st ed., very fine in orig. slightly faded decorated cloth. Description of a natural history expedition to the West Indies. Fine delicate litho views of Grenada, Paradise Estate, Trinidad (4), Carthagena and Jamaica. Very scarce.HIGGINSH014806 £250
HILL E. The Trinidad Carnival. Mandate for a National Theatre. New Beacon Books. 1997. 139 large pp + plates. Revised ed., very fine in card covers. History of Carnival.HILLE016394 £30
JACKSON T.B. The book of Trinidad. Muir, Marshall & Co., Trinidad. 1904. 154pp + ads. and large folding photographic panoramic view of Port of Spain. 1st ed., very fine in original pictorial card covers, binding cracked at one point only. Well illustrated guidebook with many fascinating adverts. Chapters on the Usine St Madeleine, Cocoa industry and folklore and superstition also section on Tobago.JACKSONT016869 £95
JAMES C.L.R. Notes on Dialectics. Hegel, Marx, Lenin. Allison & Bushby. 1980. 231pp. Paperback. Fine. First published in 1948.JAMESCLR016715 £12
JAMES C.L.R. At the Rendezvous of Victory. Selected writings. Allison & Bushby. 1984. xi + 303pp. Paperback. Fine. JAMESCLR016716 £12
JUSSAWALLA F. Conversations with V.S. Naipaul. Uni Press of Mississippi. 1997. xxi + 174pp. Paperback. Fine. JUSSAWAL016720 £5
KINGSLEY C. At last. A Christmas in the West Indies. Macmillan. 1880. 401pp + plates. Very fine in contemporary decorated full red morocco prize binding of St George's College, Harrogate. The author gives his impressions of Trinidad. Many good line engravings.KINGSLEY014951 £75
LEAF E. Isles of rhythm. A.S. Barnes & Co., New York. 1948. 211pp. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. Enthusiastic study of dance in the Caribbean, profusely illust. with photos by the author. Chapters on Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica Virgin Is. and Trinidad.LEAFE018084 £35
LOELACE E. The Dragon Can't Dance. Longman. 1984. 240pp. Paperback. Clean. Novel set in Trinidad.LOELACEE016984 £3
MACDONALD S.B. Trinidad and Tobago. Democracy and development in the Caribbean. Praeger. 1986. 231pp. 1st ed., fine in orig. cloth. Political history.MACDONAL008934 £20
MACLEAN G. Cazabon. The Harris Collection. Maclean Publishing Ltd., Trinidad. 1999. 108 large pp. 1st ed., oblong small folio, very fine in fine D/W. 12 x 9" Biography of the Trinidad artist with many fine colour illustrations of his work, mostly views of Trinidad in the mid nineteenth century.MACLEANG017443 £85
MAGID A. Urban nationalism. A study of political development in Trinidad. Uni press of Florida. 1988. 294pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Political history of the islands mostly in the period 1895-1914.MAGIDA005567 £14
MALIK Y.K. East Indians in Trinidad. A study in Minority Politics. Oxford Uni. Press. 1971. xv + 199pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Focuses on East Indian culture and social exclusiveness and racial ethnic loyalties.MALIKYK014976 £35
MARTIN R. MONTGOMERY History of the West Indies: comprising Jamaica, Honduras, Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, the Bahamas, and the Virgin Isles + Vol 2 comprising British Guiana, Barbadoes, St Vincents, St Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, St Christophers, &c. London. 1844. xxxvi + 308 small pp + engraved plate + viii + engraved plate and two folding maps. Fine in worn orig. cloth. Vol. IV and V of Montgomery's British Colonial Library but complete in itself. Good descriptions of each of the islands mentioned in the titles with attractive engraved views of Kingston, Jamaica and Kingstown, St Vincent.MARTINRM017732 £225
MAYNARD O.C. My Yesterdays. Privately published. 1992. 220pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Inscribed by author on title page. Life in Trinidad and Tobago.MAYNARDO016426 £18
MILLETTE J. The genesis of Crown Colony Government: Trinidad, 1783 - 1810. Moko Enterprises, Trinidad. 1970. 295pp + folding map and table. 1st ed., one corner bumped with minor creasing to some pages otherwise fine in D/W. MILLETTE013121 £45
NAIPAUL V.S. The loss of El Dorado. A history. Andre Deutsch. 1969. 334pp. 1st ed., fine in slightly torn D/W. History of the Spanish occupation of Trinidad at the end of the C16th and the British sponsored attempt to set going a revolution in the Spanish Empire at the end of the C18th.NAIPAULV007194 £20
NAIPAUL V.S. An area of darkness. A classic of modern Indian travel. Penguin. 1987. 267pp. Paperback. Fine. NAIPAULV016721 £2
NAIPAUL V.S. India: a wounded civilization. Penguin. 1994 (circa). 175pp. Paperback. Fine. NAIPAULV016980 £2
NAIPAUL V.S. Between father and son. Family letters. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 2000. xi + 297pp. 1st U.S. ed. Fine in fine D/W. NAIPAULV017140 £3
OXAAL I. Black Intellectuals come to power. The rise of Creole Nationalism in Trinidad & Tobago. Schenkman Pub. Co. 1968. 194pp + plates. 1st ed., library h/s on title page otherwise clean in damaged D/W. OXAALI016299 £8
PERSAUD L. Sastra. Peepal Tree. 1993. 273pp. Paperback. Signed by author on f.e.p. Very fine. Novel set in Trinidad in the 1950's written by Trinidad author.PERSAUDL016307 £12
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 4.5" Small booklet containing photo illustrations and a few pages of information for tourists plus pages of advertisments.RICHARDS017243 £45
SALKEY A. Georgetown Journal. A Caribbean Writer's journey from London via Port of Spain to Georgetown, Guyana, 1970. New Beacon Books. 1972. 416pp. Paperback. Fine. Much on the 1970 rebellion in Trinidad.SALKEYA016977 £6
SAMPATH M. Half slave, half free. Arawak Pub., Trinidad. 1971. 203pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Articles on current affairs, mostly in Trinidad.SAMPATHM005728 £12
SANDERSON I.T. Caribbean treasure. Viking Press, New York. 1939. 292pp. 1st U.S. ed., fine in orig. pictorial cloth, spine faded. Study of wildlife in Trinidad, Haiti and Suriname with attractive drawings by the author.SANDERSO011536 £10
SEWELL W.G. The ordeal of free labor in the British West Indies. Harper Bros., New York. 1861. 325pp + publisher's catalogue. 1st ed., very fine in original blind-stamped brown cloth. An important study of the abuses made of the apprenticeship system. The author made a detailed tour through the islands. Fine descriptions of Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica. Recommended.SEWELLWG018152 £180
SHEPHARD C.Y. Cacao industry of Trinidad. Govt. Printer, Trinidad. 1932-9. also annual reports on Cacao research for 1933, 1935-8. 11 parts, bound in card covers. Study includes history of the industry, economic and agricultural reports.SHEPHARD010157 £45
TALBOYS W.P. West India pickles. Diary of a cruise through the West Indies in the yacht Josephine. New York. 1876. 209pp. 2nd ed. Slightly browned otherwise clean in original pictorial cloth. The author visited St Thomas, Saba, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, St Domingo and Cuba and recounts his experiences. Illustrated with attractive engraving in text. TALBOYSW018068 £85
TAYLOR J. Masquerade. The visitor's introduction to Trinidad and Tobago. Macmillan. 1986. 135pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Fine. Many colour photo plates.TAYLORJ007362 £4
TOOLEY R.V. Map Collectors' Circle No. 10 Some early printed maps of Trinidad and Tobago. With a facsimile of Faden's Descriptive account of the island of Trinidad, 1802. London. 1964. 12pp + 9 plates + 15pp + folding table. 1st ed., clean in worn orig. buff card covers (7.5 x 10"). TOOLEYRV018081 £25
TRINIDAD Trinidad and Tobago Council Papers. 1916-1918 Govt. Printing Office, Port of Spain. 1918. Collection of reports on various aspects of Government, bound in cloth. Includes report on the Railway, also San Fernando Water Supply and Trinidad Central Oilfields (with coloured map).TRINIDAD010582 £50
TRINIDAD Trinidad and Tobago. Annual General Report for the year 1919. Govt. Ptg. Office, Port of Spain. 1921. 28 large pp + 2 folding maps. Also 4pp 'Bill relating to the Caroni and Laventille reclamation scheme' and 10pp 'Government Printing Department report of the manager for the year 1920.' Good coloured maps of Trinidad and a separate map of Tobago.TRINIDAD011649 £35
TRINIDAD Minutes of the proceedings of the Legislative Council and Council Papers for the half year, January to June, 1922 Trinidad. 1922. Detailed reports bound together in worn card covers. Includes two detailed maps of Trinidad and one of Tobago showing roads and proposed road construction. Noted are reports on roads and the postal department.TRINIDAD010586 £60
TRINIDAD Handbook of Trinidad and Tobago. Govt. Printer, Trinidad. 1924. viii + 239pp + plates and two folding maps in rear pocket, clean in worn orig. cloth. Detailed handbook with interesting map of the oil fields.TRINIDAD009665 £70
TRINIDAD Model oil prospecting liscence, bond and mining lease. (Alienated Lands) Govt. Printer, Trinidad. 1924. 32pp. Folio. Describes royalties to be paid, etc.TRINIDAD010152 £8
TRINIDAD Trinidad and Tobago Trade Directory. 1963-64. Diplomatic Press & Pub. Co. 1963. 72 large pp. 1st ed., ex reference library with several handstamps otherwise clean in original slightly damaged pictorial limp card covers. Detailed list of businesses on the island.TRINIDAD017647 £45
TRINIDAD Trinidad and Tobago pictorial diary 1967. Junior Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago. 1966. 108pp. Fine in spiral ring binding. Desk diary interleaved with colour and black and white photo views of the island. 8 x 5.5" TRINIDAD016871 £10
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1904-5. H.M.S.O. 1905. 26pp. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. Colonial Office report with economic and social reports from different Government departments. TRINIDAD012777 £8
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1905-6. H.M.S.O. 1906. 26pp. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. End of Royal Mail Steam Packet Co contract and introduction of a new coastal steamer.TRINIDAD012778 £8
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1906-7. H.M.S.O. 1907. 20pp + coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. Mention of extensions to the railway system.TRINIDAD012779 £10
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1907-8. H.M.S.O. 1908. 21pp + coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Small library h/s on title page. Map shows coastal steamer routes and railways.TRINIDAD012460 £10
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1911-12. H.M.S.O., Trinidad. 1912. 30pp + large coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. New mail contract and appearance of new island off Southern Coast.TRINIDAD012780 £10
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1912-13. H.M.S.O., Trinidad. 1914. 25pp + large coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. Six cases of bubonic plague also mention of further railway extensions.TRINIDAD012781 £10
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1914-5. H.M.S.O. 1916. 24pp + large coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Small library h/s on title page. Map shows coastal steamer routes and proposed new roads.TRINIDAD012464 £10
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for April - December 1915. H.M.S.O. 1916. 24pp + large coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Small library h/s on title page and repair to map. Colonial Office report with economic and social reports from different Government departments. Map shows coastal steamer routes and proposed new roads.TRINIDAD012465 £8
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for April - December 1915. H.M.S.O., Trinidad. 1916. 24pp + two large coloured folding maps of Trinidad and Tobago. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. Loss of coastal steamer and Royal Mail Steamer due to the war plus embarkation of West India Contingent.TRINIDAD012783 £12
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1916. H.M.S.O., Trinidad. 1917. 21pp + large coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. Mention of Internment camp at St James containing 101 P.O.W.'s and escape of 3 prisoners by boat to Venezuela.TRINIDAD012784 £10
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1917. H.M.S.O., Trinidad. 1919. 22pp + large coloured folding map. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. More drafts for the West Indies Regiment plus introduction of War Tax on mail.TRINIDAD012785 £10
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1918. H.M.S.O., Trinidad. 1920. 28pp + two large coloured folding maps of the two islands. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. TRINIDAD015816 £10
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1919. H.M.S.O., Trinidad. 1921. 28pp + two large coloured folding maps of the two islands. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Scarce large paper edition. TRINIDAD015817 £10
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Blue Book. 1930. Govt. Printing Office, Port of Spain. 1931. 690pp, folio. Ex reference library with labels on inside cover and a few handstamps otherwise clean in original blue boards. Detailed statistical information from all government departments.TRINIDAD017653 £40
TROLLOPE A. The West Indies and the Spanish Main. Chapman & Hall. 1860. 371pp. 6th ed., contents shaken and very loose in very worn original cloth, spine faded. Written by the author while on Post Office business in the West Indies to re-organise the Colonial Post Offices and to undertake postal treaties with the Spanish colonies. Much on Jamaica also chapters on Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Trinidad and St Thomas.TROLLOPE018222 £50
VERTEUIL L.A.A. De Trinidad: Its Geography, natural resources, administration, present condition and prospects. Ward Lock, London. 1858. xii + 508pp. 1st ed., ex New South Wales Parliamentary library with small h/s's on end papers and title and contents pages. Tone spotting mostly affecting title page and end papers. Fine original half calf binding with marbled boards. VERTEUIL017993 £450
WILL H.A. Constitutional change in the British West Indies 1880-1903. With special reference to Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1970. 331pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. WILLHA017728 £28
WILLIAMS E. History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago. Andre Deutsch. 1964. 292pp. Paperback. Fine apart from occasional underlining. WILLIAMS016302 £3
WILLIAMS E. Inward Hunger. The education of a Prime Minister. Andre Deutsch. 1969. 352pp. Paperback. Fine. Autobiography.WILLIAMS016303 £8
WILSON T. Transatlantic sketches; or Traveling Reminiscences of the West Indies and United States. Montreal. 1860. 179pp. 1st ed., inscribed by the author on front end paper, clean in worn original cloth. Chapters on Cuba and Trinidad with much on sugar cultivation and social life in Havana. WILSONT018157 £225
WOOD D. Trinidad in transition. The years after slavery. Oxford Uni. Press. 1968. 318pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in orig. black cloth. Scholarly work discussing the effects of the abolition of the slave trade and consequent introduction of indentured labourers from India and China.WOODD013120 £35