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 about Histoire de L'Isle Espanole ou de S. Domingue

photo. illus., musical notations. xv, 371pp. 4to, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. lightly soiled, pencil notes on last blank page, otherwise very good). Univ. of California Press, 1960. More about The Drum and the Hoe; Life and Lore of the Haitian People

Paris: V. Regnard & Demonville, 1771. 2 volumes. 16mo, contemporary tree calf, leather label, gilt spines, spine ends, edges of corners, and top of back cover, all lightly worn on volume II, blank page near end of volume II has 2 inch tear, first and last blank pages lightly soiled on volume II, inner hinge strengthened on volume I. A Lausanne, et se trouve a Paris: V. Regnard & Demonville, 1771. First Edition Jacques-Vincent Delacroix was a prominent French lawyer... More about Memoires d'un Americain, Avec une Description de la Prusse & de L'Isle de Saint-Domingue

London: Peter Owen, 2012. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w., cloth lightly soiled, some right margins slightly wavy. London: Peter Owen, (2012). More about Seeds of Fiction; Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America, 1954-1983

Paris: Chez Arthus - Bertrand, 1803. Illustrated with 2 folding charts and 1 large folding map. [4], CCVIII, 216; [4], 406 pages. 2 volumes, 8vo, attractively bound in older 1/2 black morocco over green boards; blind-stamped spines with raised bands; marbled endpapers. iParis: Chez Arthus-Bertrand, 1803, An XI. Second printing of this rather scarce book -- OCLC lists only 3 copies of this edition. A near fine copy with minimal scattered foxing and toning. The treatise "Medicine domestique de Saint-Domingue" and the "Pharmacopee" are by Jean B. Poupee-Desportes. More about Manuel des Habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un precis de l'Histoire de cette Ile, depuis sa...

1798. To which is added, an Historical Survey of the French Colony in the Island of St. Domingo. Abridged Edition. Folding map of the West Indies and Central America. xvi, 373pp. + 7pp. of publisher's ads. 8vo, original tree calf with elaborately gilt spine; (front cover detached, spine ends and corners worn, some light foxing, not affecting map). London: B. Crosby, 1798. "A classic in British Caribbean literature and probably the most famous work in the field. Standard for over... More about The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies

Ouvrage ecrit d'apres des documents inedits et les papiers historiques et secrets de la famille Louverture. Frontis. portrait of Toussaint Louverture. viii, 402pp. 8vo, later half black morocco; (edges of boards worn, some foxing including margins of portrait, very small tear in margin of first few pages, otherwise very good). Paris: A. Durant et Pedone-Lauriel, 1877. The portrait of Toussaint Louverture is based on a painting of him from the collection of his son, Isaac. The painting was painted by... More about Toussaint Louverture, general en chef de l'armee de Saint-Domingue, surnomme le premier des noirs

New York: Bleak Beauty, 1988. Photographic illustrations. 63pp. Slim 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. (New York: Bleak Beauty Books, 1988). First edition. A fine copy, as new. A photographer's account of Haiti and the February Revolution. More about Merci Gonaives

Port-au-Prince: 1816. 4 pages, 3 blank, 8.25 x 6 inches, manuscript on printed official stationery, round state seal, Port-au-Prince, April 16, 1816. This letter, written in French, directs the keeper of the state warehouse to provide cloth and other furnishings for a uniform for one of his army officers, in part: "...invite le Garde Magasin de l'Etat a delivrer du drap necessaire a faire un Habit de la toile pour le doubler une garniture de boutons au Lieutenant Jean Salie... More about Autographed Letter Signed as Haitian President

Port-au-Prince: 1815. 4 pages, 2 blank, 11.5 x 7.25 inches, manuscript on printed official stationery, Port-au-Prince, December 12, 1815. In this letter, Petion directs the republic's administrator of finances, authorizing a payment of a bill, in part: "Je vous invite, Citoyen administrateur, a faire ordonnoncer le compte ci-joint montant a la somme de mille six cent vingt gourdes -- faveur de Mad'me V." Some browning; closed tear on the right edge affects one word; faint damp-stain at the bottom. Good condition. More about Autographed Letter Signed as President

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. Signed by Langston Hughes. Translated by Langston Hughes and Mercer Cook. 180 pages, short slim 8vo, blue cloth, edge-worn, rubbed, chipped, and slightly foxed dust wrapper. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1947). Slightly sunned edges, still a very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Signed and inscribed by Langston Hughes to Jose Ferrer on endpaper: "To Jose Ferrer - Sincerely, Langston Hughes. New York, May 28, 1951." More about Masters of the Dew

32 illus. 292pp. 4to, cloth, New York, 1939. Zoologist's travels in Surinam, Trinidad, Curacao, and Haiti. Very good(-). More about Carribbean Treasure

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, 1938. Color Frontis., b/w photo Illus. 8vo, red cloth, edges of corners worn and bumped, spine ends very slightly worn, cloth lightly soiled, pages slightly wavy throughout. Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, (1938). Narrative of a trip through Haiti by an American woman from New England. More about A Puritan in Voodoo-Land