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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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;) | KAPPEL Philip Jamaica gallery. Little Brown & Co., Boston (1960) 56 large pp. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. Contains 25 full page etchings depicting typical island life drawn by the author. | £6.00 |
;) | BINNEY Marcus Jamaica's Heritage: An Untapped Resource The Mill Press, Kingston (1991) 88 large pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £18.00 |
;) | BARTY-KING Hugh and MASSEL Anton Rum. Yesterday and today. Heineman (1983) 264pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Fine history of rum production with chapters on many of the West Indian islands and much on slavery. Recommended. | £9.00 |
;) | JOHNSON Anthony Ocho Rios, St. Ann-Portrait of the Garden Parish Teejay Limited, Kingston, Jamaica (1995) 184 large pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. | £30.00 |
;) | WASHINGTON EVES C. Jamaica at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886 Spottiswood and Co., London (1886) xii + 100pp + plates and folding map. 1st ed., clean in original worn decorated cloth. Very scarce | £200.00 |
;) ;) | GOSSE Philip Henry A naturalist's sojourn in Jamaica. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans (1851) 508pp + 8 tinted or coloured plates. 1st ed., clean in very worn full calf prize binding. An important early work with most attractive illustrations. | £175.00 |
;) | MARKS Jeannette Family of the Barrett: A Colonial Romance The Macmillan Company (1938) xix + 709pp + plates. 1st ed., slight damp staining and toning in worn and faded original cloth. A good reading copy. The family were some of the first settlers to Jamaica in 1655 | £12.00 |
;) | SOLA PINTO Geoffrey de Jamaican Houses, a vanishing legacy. (1983) 40 large pp + 40 plates. Clean in D/W. | £14.00 |
;) | BOURNE Gloria The Settler's Handbook for the U.S. Virgin Islands Douglas S. Burns Productions (1987) 114pp. 8th ed., clean in card covers. | £6.00 |
;) | KING Jacqueline A. The Bi-Centennial Handbook 1779 - 1979 Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (1979) vi + 210 large pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £18.00 |
;) | BUISSERET David Historic Jamaica from the Air Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston (1996) 150 large pp. Fine in D/W. | £18.00 |
;) | PARISER Harry S. The Adventure Guide to the Virgin Islands MPC Hunter (1989) 206pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £4.00 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS St Thomas. A souvenir edition with island history and over 55 full-colour reproductions Rolfe Assoc. (1980) 32pp. Clean in card covers. | £4.00 |
;) | VIRGIN ISLANDS The Virgin Islands. A description of the commercial value of the Danish West Indies National Bank of Commerce in New York (1917) 34pp + plates. Small library h/s on cover but without any other marks. Clean in card covers. | £15.00 |
;) | 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 |
Links to other West Indies sites
Family history of Jamaica
http://www.mymynton.com/index.htm
Sources of genealogy and historical information