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![]() | DOWNING E.C. 50 Years - Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the transfer of the Virgin Islands from Denmark to the United States of America, March 31, 1967 St Thomas Friends of Denmark Society (1967) 72 large pp. 1st ed., fine in orange card covers. Historical articles on different aspects of life in the Virgin Islands by various authors. | £8.00 |
![]() ![]() | BAIRD Robert Impressions and Experiences of the West Indies and North America in 1849 William Blackwood & Sons (1850) 2 vols. bound in one, vi + 329pp + iv + 315pp + two tinted frontispieces. 1st ed., remarkably clean copy with no foxing, bound in modern quarter calf with marbled boards. Vol 1 gives the author's impressions as he travelled through the Caribbean islands with good sections on Antigua, Cuba, Jamaica, St Kitts Nevis and St Thomas while Vol 2 is concerned with the U.S.A. | £175.00 |
![]() | JADAN D. A guide to the natural history of St John. Virgin Islands Conservation Society (1971) 73 large pp. 1st ed., clean in stained card covers. Well illustrated guide to the islands wildlife and flora. | £9.00 |
![]() ![]() | LARSEN Jens Virgin Islands Story. - A history of the Lutheran State Church, other churches, slavery, education, and culture in the Danish West Indies, now the Virgin Islands. Muhlenberg Press (1950) xii + 250pp + plates. 1st ed., clean in original cloth in very worn D/W. | £40.00 |
![]() | BALLOU Maturin M. Equatorial America. - Descriptive of a visit to St Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes and the principal capitals of south america. Houghton, Mifflin & Co (1892) x + 371pp. 1st ed., clean in original cloth. | £40.00 |
![]() ![]() | TAYLOR C.E. Leaflets from the Danish West Indies: - descriptive of the social, political, and commercial condition of these islands. With a sketch of the author and a biographical sketch written by PH Linet. Wm Dawson & Sons, London (1888) ix + 228pp + coloured plate + tinted frontispiece and engraved plate of author + ads. 1st ed., some tone spotting otherwise clean in original slightly worn decorated blue cloth. Historical notes on St Thomas and St John illustrated with many engraved views. Very scarce. | £450.00 |
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