Paris: Depot-general de la Marine, 1754. Map. Hand colored engraving. 22 by 35 inches. Paris: 1754. Beautiful large scale map of the Caribbean focused on Hispaniola, (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Turks & Caicos Islands, southern Bahamas, the eastern end of Cuba and Jamaica, part of Puerto Rico. Some mis-folds with small repairs, staining and toning but otherwise in very good condition. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was the official hydrographer to the French king and the first person to hold..... More

Paris: Didot, 1730. Ecrite particulierement sur des Memoires Manuscrits du P. Jean-Baptiste le Pers, Jesuite, Missionnaire a Saint Domingue, & sur les Pieces Originales, qui se conservent au Depot de la Marine. 14 engraved plates (most folding maps), vignettes. 2 volumes, small square 4to, 1/2 calf, ornately gilt spine (rubbed); some pages darkened, worming, few inked markings. Paris: Francois Didot, 1730. Very good. Recounts the island's history from its discovery by Columbus to the 1720s. Author was a Jesuit historian..... More

New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1899. Frontis. 37 full-page black-and-white photographic illustrations. 297 pages, 8vo, blue decorated cloth; lightly rubbed. New York: F. Tennyson Neely, (1899). First Edition. A very good(+) copy. This work is the first book of a cruise by a female member of the New York Yacht Club. Day was captain of the yacht, Scythian. The Scythian sailed from New York to the West Indies in 1897. Ports of call included St. Thomas, Saba, St. Kitts, Dominica..... More

Wicks Nautical Store, 1841. Map. Measures 15.5 x 20.75". Miniature sailing chart showing the route of Columbus from Oct. 11, 1492 up to approx. the 1st. of Dec. 1492. Also shown are the Great Bahama Bank, the Old Bahama Channel, part of Cuba, Jamaica, and Saint Domingo. Plan by D.G. Johnson. Lettered by D.R. Harrison. Dampstaining but otherwise in good condition. More

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by the Author, 1798. Containing, general observations on the climate, population and productions; On the character and manners of the inhabitants; With an account of the several branches of the government. Translated from the French, by William Cobbett. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, leather labels, lacks last two pages of text in volume I, head of spine and edges of corners worn on volume I, spine ends lightly worn on volume II, both volumes rubbed..... More

Netherlands: Idea Books, 2010. profusely illustrated throughout with lovely color photographs by Massimo Listri, all featuring the fine details of Oscar de la Renta's estate and gardens in the Dominican Republic. Thick 4to, pictorial boards, d.w., matching slipcase. The Netherlands: Idea Books, [2010]. First edition. Long gift inscription from someone associated with the estate, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper and box. Quite scarce. More

Santo Domingo: J.R. Vda, 1926. Segunda Edicion preparada por el C. Armando Rodriguez. a few illus. 283 pages. Small 4to, 1/2 modern buckram, marbled boards. Santo Domingo: J.R. Vda. Garcia, 1926. Very Good. Signed by C. Armando Rodriguez. More