London: Pleiades Books, 1949. 61 illus. Thin 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. torn and chipped, d.w. lightly soiled, corners of cloth lightly bumped, top margins of plates slightly wavy. London: Pleiades Books, 1949. More
Dorchester: Longmans, 1949. Folding map of Tobago, Illus. Thin 8vo, pr. wrs. Dorchester: Longmans, (1949). vg. More
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
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
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
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. 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, 1934 Author stayed in St. Kitts, Antigua, Wilimington, North Carolina, and Lisbon. More
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
New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce, 1966. illus. 8vo, blue cloth, front cover very lightly dampstained. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1966). More
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
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Garden City, 1974. More
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
Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006. 8vo, black boards. Albany: State University of New York Press, (2006). Very good. More
Paris: Horizions de France, 1958. 100 photo Illus., two maps. 4to, pr. wrs. Paris: Horizons de France, (1958). Very good. More
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
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
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. A few maps. 8vo, pr. wrs. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2002). Fine. More
New York: Greenberg, 1947. 10 maps. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. and cloth lightly soiled, d.w. chipped. New York: Greenberg, (1947). More
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
Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. 422pp. 8vo, blue cloth. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001. Near Fine. More
London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1891. xv, 382pp. 8vo, original blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, small chip to right margin of last page of table of contents, otherwise very good. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1891. Reprinted from the London, 1816 edition. More
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
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
503pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. Los Angeles: Univ. of California, Center for Afro-American Studies, (1991). vg Presentation copy. More
8vo, cloth, d.w. Doubleday, 1955. vg Travels in the West Indies. 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
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