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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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;) | JARVIS J. Antonio and MARTIN Rufus Virgin Islands Picture Book Dorrance & Co (1948) xi + 113pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. | £30.00 |
;) | HARTOG Dr J. History of St Eustatius Aruba (1976) 173pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. | £15.00 |
;) | HARTOG Dr J. The Jews and St Eustatius. The eighteenth century Jewish congregation Honen Dalim and description of the old cemetery Aruba (1976) 67pp. 1st ed., signed by author on title page, clean in card covers. | £15.00 |
;) | HARVEY John Buddy Lindo. Folk songs of Trinidad and Tobago for unison voices and guitar. Oxford Uni Press (1973) 24pp., 1st ed., clean in card covers. | £8.00 |
;) | JACOBS H.P. Sixty Years of Change, 1806-1866. - Progress and Reaction in Kingston and the countryside. Institute of Jamaica (1973) 122pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in good D/W. | £32.00 |
;) | ROBINSON Carey The fighting maroons of Jamaica. William Collins and Sangster (Jamaica) Ltd (1971) 160pp + plates. Clean in worn D/W. | £12.00 |
;) | SIBLEY Inez Knibb Dictionary of Place-Names in Jamaica. Institute of Jamaica (1978) 184pp + photo plates and index. 1st ed., clean in worn card covers. | £30.00 |
;) | STYCOS J. Malone and BACK Kurt W. The control of human fertility in Jamaica Cornell University Press (1964) xii + 377pp. 1st ed., minor foxing to page edges otherwise clean in worn D/W. Birth control | £12.00 |
;) | HENNINGSEN Henning The Danish West Indies in old pictures. American-Danish Friendship Festival (1967) 1st ed., clean in card covers. Old images of the islands, some taken from old postcards. | £22.00 |
;) | 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 |
;) | LEWISOHN Florence Divers information on the romantic history of St Croix. - From the time of Columbus until today. St Croix Landmarks Society (n.d.) 72pp. Reprint in card covers. Well illustrated articles on the island's history. | £4.00 |
;) | DOOKHAN Isaac A History of the British Virgin Islands 1672 to 1970. Caribbean Universities Press (1975) xiii + 255pp. 1st ed., a little foxing on page edges otherwise fine in D/W. | £45.00 |
;) | DYDE Brian A History of Antigua: The Unsuspected Isle. Macmillan (2000) xi + 320pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. | £32.00 |
;) | FERGUS Howard A. Montserrat. Emerald Isle of the Caribbean Macmillan Caribbean (1992) 88pp. Clean in card covers. | £6.00 |
;) | LEWISOHN Florence Tales of Tortola and the British Virgin Islands. Dukane Press (1981) 89pp. 5th printing, fine in card covers. Many attractive line drawings in text. | £8.00 |
;) | DE BOOY Theodore and FARIS John T. The Virgin Islands. - Our New Possessions and the British Islands. J.B. Lippincott Co (1918) 292pp + plates and maps. 1st ed., a little tight foxing otherwise fine in original pictorial cloth. Many photo plates. | £75.00 |
;) ;) ;) | HANNAH Rev J. The Story of the Wreck of the Maria Mail Boat: - with a memoir of Mrs Hincksman, the only survivor. Wesleyan Conference Office London (1890 (circa)) 96pp + 3 plates and engraved frontispiece. Occasional stains otherwise clean in original cloth. Description of the loss of the mail boat Maria off the coast of Antigua in 1826. | £45.00 |
;) | BARBADOS The Advocate Year Book and Who's Who Barbados 1951 Advocate Co Ltd (1951) 233pp + xxxv + folding map and adverts. 1st ed., minor worm damage to end papers and pages of adverts only otherwise clean in original cloth with worm damage. Very scarce | £125.00 |
;) ;) | BARCLAYS BANK British West Indies London (1952) 64pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Brief guide to the islands with short sections on each island and good B7 W photo illustrations. | £14.00 |
;) | HOYOS F.A. Two Hundred Years. A history of the Lodge School. Advocate Co Ltd (1945) 111 + v + plates pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. | £75.00 |
Links to other West Indies sites
Family history of Jamaica
http://www.mymynton.com/index.htm
Sources of genealogy and historical information