Birds Of The Caribbean.
New York: Viking, 1961. 98 color plates. 4to, green cloth, spine faded from sun exposure, cloth dampstained, bottom edge of back cover lightly worn, New York: Viking Press, (1961). More
WEST INDIES
Recueil d'Estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procure l'Independance aux Etats unis de l'Amerique.
16 plates including engraved t.p., with tissue guards. 4to, contemporary mottled calf, leather label, a.e.g.; (covers lightly worn, front cover lightly bowed, internally very good except for a some foxing to the margins of the plates). Paris: Ponce and Godefroy, n.d., [1784]. "First French book with a title-page mentioning the United States." Howes C-576. This copy is "another issue" according to Howes, USIANA, with no separate title-page. It was published in the same year as the issue with a separate..... More
Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. in the years 1774 to 1776. Illus. 8vo, 3/4 gray cloth, boards worn on edges, pages slightly wavy throughout. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. Author stayed in St. Kitts, Antigua, Wilimington, North Carolina, and Lisbon. More
Puerto Rico in the American Century; A History since 1898
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. Illus. 427pp. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (2007). Fine. More
The Sunny Caribbees; An Informal Guide to the West Indies.
New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce, 1966. illus. 8vo, blue cloth, front cover very lightly dampstained. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1966). More
Jamaica Labrish.
Kingston: Sangster's Book Store, 1966. Notes and Introduction by Rex Nettleford. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. with a small amount of light edgewear and inner flaps creased, bookplate of previous owner. (Kingston): Sangster's Book Store, (1966). First Edition. Jamaica Dialect Poems. More
The Bermuda Triangle.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Garden City, 1974. More
Residence in Bermuda.
Bermuda: Trade Development Board, 1936. 51 illustrations, 8 full page watercolors by Adolph Treidlerin, the black & white plates are photographic illustrations by David Knudsen, Walter Rutherford, Thurman Rotan and F.S. Lincoln. 94 pages, tall slim folio, blue and silver cloth. n.p.: (Bermuda Trade Development Board), 1936. Designed and produced by James Albert Wales and Lorraine Follett. Printed in the U.S.A. by Edward Stern & Company, Inc. Philadelphia. Limited First Edition. Near Fine. 1029 of 2000 numbered copies... More
Puerto Rico under Colonial Rule; Political Persecution and the Quest for Human Rights
Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. 8vo, black boards. Albany: State University of New York Press, (2006). Very good. More
Puerto Rico: Cien Anos de Lucha Politica
Rio Piedras: Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1979. 4 volumes, bound in five. 1500; 702; 601; 621 pages. Tall 8vos, red leatherette with highly decorative spines, edgeworn & spotted d.w. Rio Piedras: Universidad de Puerto Rico, (1979). Light spotting on fore-edge and a few bent corners, else a near fine set in good dust wrappers. More
Martinique et Guadeloupe; Terres francaises des Antilles.
Paris: Horizions de France, 1958. 100 photo Illus., two maps. 4to, pr. wrs. Paris: Horizons de France, (1958). Very good. More
Paid Servant
London: Reader's Union, 1963. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Reader's Union, 1963. Account of the author's work in the London Dept. of Child Welfare. More
Child of the Tropics; Victorian Memoirs
London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1980. Edited and completed by Nicholas Guppy. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. London: Collins and Harvill Press, (1980). First Edition Memoirs of growing up in Trinidad in the latter part of the 19th century. Nicholas Guppy was the author's nephew. More
Reproducing Empire; Race, Sex, Science, and U. S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. A few maps. 8vo, pr. wrs. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2002). Fine. More
Angry Men-Laughing Men; The Caribbean Caldron
New York: Greenberg, 1947. 10 maps. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. and cloth lightly soiled, d.w. chipped. New York: Greenberg, (1947). More
C. L. R. James; The Artist as Revolutionary
London: Verso, 1988. 197pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. with a few small tears, inner flaps of d.w. creased, back cover of cloth lightly soiled. London: Verso, (1988). First Edition. More
Foreign in a Domestic Sense; Puerto Rico, American Expansion and the Constitution
Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. 422pp. 8vo, blue cloth. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. Near Fine. More
Candid and Impartial Considerations on the Nature of the Sugar Trade; The Comparative Importance of the British and French Islands in the West-Indies: with The Value and Consequence of St. Lucia and Granada, truly stated.
3 hand colored folding copperplate maps. 228pp. 8vo, 1/2 morocco: (rubbed, front cover detached). London: R. Baldwin, 1763. First edition. "This work is a classic in the field of colonial and Caribbean literature, embodying as it does one of the clearest statements of eighteenth century philosophy regarding the relations which should exist between a metropole and its outlying possessions." Ragatz, p. 284. Maps depict the Lesser Antilles and Grenada. Sabin 10232. Kress 6081. More
Our Artist in Cuba.; Fifty Drawings on Wood. Leaves from the Sketch-Book of a Traveler, during the Winter of 1864-5.
New York: Carleton, 1865. Illustrated throughout with b/w drawings, each printed within a colored boarder. Wide 12mo (larger format than usually seen - measuring 6 x 7.5 inches), original pink cloth with beveled edges; gilt-stamped title emblem on cover (spine evenly faded). New York: Carleton, 1865 [title page roman numerals erroneously read MDCLXV]. First Edition. - Sabin 10902. More
Whispers from the Caribbean; I Going Away, I Going Home.
503pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. Los Angeles: Univ. of California, Center for Afro-American Studies, (1991). vg Presentation copy. More
The Trade Wind Islands.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Doubleday, 1955. vg Travels in the West Indies. More
Histoire de L'Isle Espanole ou de S. Domingue.
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
Bajan Cook Book
Bridgetown: 1967. 73pp. 8vo, spiral bound, wrappers lightly soiled, otherwise very good. (Bridgetown), Barbados, 1967. Second Edition Contains many ads from local businesses in Barbados. Some of the ads are illustrated. More
Diario del Descubrimiento.
Madrid: Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, 1976. Edited by Manuel Alvar. Illustrated with facsimiles. 2 vols. 8vo, full brown leather, decorative covers and red spine labels. (Madrid: Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria), 1976. Near Fine. More
Songs from Trinidad
London: Oxford University Press, 1958. Illus. on title page. 76pp. 4to, blue library buckram, ex-lib, small dampstain to some margins, some pencil marks in margins. London: Oxford University Press, (1958). Arranged for voices, guitar, drum and bass by Gareth Walters. More