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Showing items in West Indies Books
There is a surprisingly rich resource of books on the West Indies. Only a few books on the Caribbean are commonly found in bookshops but there are an enormous range of titles in existence. There is a fine online bibliography of West Indies books, mostly sorted by author, compiled by Don Mitchell at http://books.ai
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;) | PILGRIM John H. Snippets of St Lucia's History The Standard, Castries, Saint Lucia (1960) 40pp. 1st ed., pages browned otherwise clean in card covers. Very scarce. | £36.00 |
;) | GRIEVE Symington Notes Upon the Island of Dominica (British West Indies); - Containing Information for Settlers, Investors, Tourists, Naturalists, and Others With ... Crown Lands and Import and Export Duties. London: Adam & Charles Black (1906) 126pp + photo plates and folding map. 1st ed., vex library with a few h/s's otherwise clean in worn and shaken original cloth. Good early guide to the island. | £50.00 |
;) | LOWENTHAL David The West Indies Federation: Perspectives on a New Nation (American Geographical Society) Columbia University Press, New York (1961) 142pp. 1st ed., signed by author on compliments slip, fine in D/W. | £10.00 |
;) | ST VINCENT 1877-1997 100th Anniversary Diocese of the Windward Islands. St Vincent (1977) 48 large pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Chapters on each island | £8.00 |
;) | NICHOLSON Desmond V. The story of English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies Historical & Archaeological Society (1991) 16 large pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £7.00 |
;) | SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH OF CLUNY IN THE CARIBBEAN 150 Years of Witness and Worship 1836-1986 Port of Spain (1986) 123 large pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. | £9.00 |
;) | CRANDALL Donald R. A military history of Montserrat W.I Attacks, fortifications, cannons, defenders 1632-1815 Published by the author (2000) xxvi + 398 large pp. 1st ed., fine in spiral ring binding. | £30.00 |
;) | JINKINS Dana and BOBROW Jill St Vincent and the Grenadines Concepts Publishing (1985) 125 large pp. 1st ed., front end paper with some loss otherwise clean in D/W. Fine colour photo views of the islands. | £4.00 |
;) | BAKKER Piet Naar de West Utrecht (1950) 73 large pp. 1st ed., clean in original pictorial boards. Description of the Dutch Caribbean with tipped in colour photo views. | £8.00 |
;) | STOUTE Edward Barbados: Yesterday and Today: a Collection of Photographs of Old Barbados (Parkinson's Barbados No. 1) Barbadian Heritage Publications Trust, Christ Church, Barbados (1979) 56 large pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. | £8.00 |
;) | PINTO Geoffrey de Sola Jamaican Houses: A Vanishing Legacy De Sola Pinto Publishers (1993) 40 large pp. Clean in worn card covers. | £7.00 |
;) | ANTIGUA Antigua Independence in Association Antigua Ministry of Social Services (1967) Large booklet on the island, fine in card covers. | £14.00 |
;) | MITCHELL Carleton Islands to Windward: Cruising the Caribbees D. Van Nostrand Co (1955) xvi + 295 large pp + plates. 2nd ed., clean in worn and faded original cloth. Chapters on most of the islands. | £14.00 |
;) | LYNN Bruce G. The Grenadines. Undiscovered Islands of the Caribbean. Dukane Press (1968) Clean in worn D/W. Colour photos of island life. | £4.00 |
;) | WATTERSON Gerald G. Tobago Heritage: Drawings of the Island's Past Published by the author (1993) 57 large pp. 1st ed., fine in original pictorial boards. | £28.00 |
;) | VERTEUIL Anthony de Western Isles of Trinidad Lithos Press, Trinidad (2006) 270 large pp. Revised ed., fine in pictorial boards. Pictorial history. Recommended. | £24.00 |
;) | COX John Cameos Of Old Bermuda Orange Valley, Bermuda (2009) ix + 83pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. First hand accounts of life on the islands through the centuries. | £20.00 |
;) | MARRYAT Joseph A Reply to the Arguments contained in various publications, recommending an equalization of the duties on East & West Indian Sugar. London : Printed for J.M. Richardson (1823) 111pp. 1st ed., fine, disbound retaining half title. Marryat was the founder of a large commercial house with interests in the trade of Trinidad. 'Opposes equalization and attempts to prove that East India sugar was a slave, not a free-grown, product. Presents arguments on both sides very fully.' [Ragatz p.308] | £75.00 |
;) ;) | BERMUDA Souvenir Album of Bermuda. Wm. Weiss & Co (1911) 48 large pp. Light toning to first and last pages otherwise fine in original blue cloth. Fine quality photo views of the islands. | £85.00 |
;) ;) ;) | ANON Windward Islands 1902. Quebec Steamship Company Ltd (1902) 40pp. Clean in stained card covers. Advertising brochure with photo views of the islands and descriptions of each one. | £50.00 |
Links to other West Indies sites
Family history of Jamaica
http://www.mymynton.com/index.htm
Sources of genealogy and historical information