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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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;) | HOYOS F.A. Builders Of Barbados Macmillan (1972) xii + 146pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers | £7.00 |
;) | ROACH Patrick The Bridge - Barbados Coles Printery (n.d.) 153pp. Clean in card covers. Chapters on different aspects of Barbadian history. | £8.00 |
;) | TITUS Noel Development of Methodism in Barbados 1823 - 1883 Verlag Peter Lang (1994) x + 292pp. 1st ed., very fine in card covers. | £30.00 |
;) | CAMPBELL P.F. The Church in Barbados in the Seventeenth Century Barbados Museum & Historical Society (1982) 188pp. 1st ed., fine in original card covers. | £8.00 |
;) | HANSCHELL & CO Barbados Tourist Guide (1912) 22pp + 2 maps, photo plates and adverts. Fine in card covers. Front cover detached. Scarce early guide to the island | £65.00 |
;) | HANSCHELL & CO Barbados Tourist Guide (1913) 25pp + map, photo plates and adverts. Fine in card covers. Scarce early guide to the island | £75.00 |
;) ;) ;) | MACMILLAN Allister The West Indies Illustrated. - Historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial, facts, figures and resources. London (1911) 386 large pp. Very slight worm damage near spine to end papers and margins of prelims otherwise fine in original green cloth. An important work with chapters on each island giving details of the companys on each island and with many fine photo plates. Scarce. | £200.00 |
;) ;) ;) | The Substance of a Speech Delivered by Joseph Marryat, Esq. in the House of Commons, Upon Mr. Hume's Motion for Appointing a Commission of Enquiry on the State of The Island of Trinidad - bound with 'The Crisis Of Spain' London: Printed by W. Hughes, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden (1823) xii + 115 pp + [ii] + 81 + [i] pp Original half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt. Some wear to extremities and spine faded; otherwise a very good copy The Crisis of Spain was published anonymously, but is attributed to Sir Douglas Howard, 3rd baronet (1776-1861), a soldier and colonial administrator. Sir Joseph Marryat (1757-1824) was a West India merchant who served as agent for Trinidad, c.1807- 15. Marryat provides a critique of British colonial policy as applied to Trinidad, which had been captured from Spain in 1797. Spanish laws still applied on the island and this was a grievance which had caused the inhabitants to petition the Commons. Particularly at issue were Spanish commercial and land law and the use of torture against the free, as opposed to slave, inhabitants. Marryat refers briefly to the notorious torture case against Governor Picton, supporting him on the grounds that Picton was merely using an old British cavalry punishment rather than Spanish torture. | £420.00 |
;) ;) | BACON E.M. The new Jamaica. - Describing the island, explaining its conditions of life and growth and discussing its mercantile relations and potential importance. Walbridge & Co, New York (1890) 243pp + plates and two folding maps. Original pictorial cloth fine apart from bumped corners and shaken binding. Attractive woodcut illusts. accompany good guided tour of island. A scarce work. | £60.00 |
;) ;) | STARK James H. Stark's Jamaica Guide (illustrated) - Containing a description of everything relating to Jamaica of which the visitor or resident may desire information. Boston (1902) viii + 209pp + plates, folding maps and ads. 1st ed., clean in worn pictorial cloth. Fine early guide with good photo illustrations and some engraved views. | £60.00 |
;) ;) | CUNDALL Frank Studies in Jamaican History. Sampson Low, Marston and Co (1900) 78pp + plates. 1st ed., some light foxing otherwise clean in worn and marked pictorial cloth. A scarce work with attractive line drawings. | £50.00 |
;) | NEITA Clifton Who's Who Jamaica 1969 Kingston (1968) 424pp. 1st ed., fine in original cloth. Biographical notes on important Jamaicans. | £50.00 |
;) | CUNDALL Frank Catalogue of the portraits in the Jamaica History Gallery of the Institute of Jamaica. Institute of Jamaica (1914) 30 + iv + plates. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £35.00 |
;) | JAMAICA Ministry of Education & Social Welfare Directory Kingston (1953) 46pp. Clean in card covers. | £5.00 |
;) | COTNER Janet A Motoring Guide to St Kitts Heidelberg Press (1981) 42pp + 4pp insert. Fine in card covers. | £15.00 |
;) | JAMAICA TOURIST ASSOCIATION Jamaica Official Guide Kingston (1911) vii + 64pp + adverts. and folding map. 1st ed., clean in worn paper covers. Includes large folding map of the island by Colin Liddell dated 1895. | £45.00 |
;) | JAMAICA TOURIST ASSOCIATION Jamaica Official Guide Kingston (1915) ix + 97pp + errata slip tipped in dated October 1st 1915 + adverts. and folding map. 1st ed., fine in paper covers. Includes large folding map of the island by Colin Liddell dated 1895. | £60.00 |
;) | JAMAICA TOURIST ASSOCIATION Jamaica Official Guide Kingston (1920) xi + pp + 134pp + folding map. 1st ed., clean in slightly damaged paper covers. Map with tear which could be repaired. Includes large folding map of the island by Colin Liddell dated 1895. | £40.00 |
![MILLS, I.P. [editor] Jamaica Motor and Tourist Guide. A complete Guide to the Island of Jamaica, with Maps showing Motor Routes, Illustrations, History, Points of Interest, description of Towns, Hotels, Methods of Travel Etc.](javascript:popup('images/WINBO1404.jpg');) | MILLS, I.P. [editor] Jamaica Motor and Tourist Guide. A complete Guide to the Island of Jamaica, with Maps showing Motor Routes, Illustrations, History, Points of Interest, description of Towns, Hotels, Methods of Travel Etc. Boston and Swampscott, Massachusetts, Ainslie and Grabow Press (1908) 98pp + adverts and two folding maps. 1st ed., clean in slightly worn original card covers. | £50.00 |
![MILLS, I.P. [editor] Jamaica Motor and Tourist Guide. A complete Guide to the Island of Jamaica, with Maps showing Motor Routes, Illustrations, History, Points of Interest, description of Towns, Hotels, Methods of Travel Etc.](javascript:popup('images/WINBO1405.jpg');) | MILLS, I.P. [editor] Jamaica Motor and Tourist Guide. A complete Guide to the Island of Jamaica, with Maps showing Motor Routes, Illustrations, History, Points of Interest, description of Towns, Hotels, Methods of Travel Etc. Boston and Swampscott, Massachusetts, Ainslie and Grabow Press (1908) 98pp + adverts and two folding maps. 1st ed., clean in worn and chipped original card covers. | £40.00 |
Links to other West Indies sites
Family history of Jamaica
http://www.mymynton.com/index.htm
Sources of genealogy and historical information