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Below is a list of my stock of old secondhand and antiquarian books on Jamaica for sale.
A large library of books on Jamaica can be formed. The bibliography of books on Jamaica by Frank Cundall is worth acquiring and fortunately a reprint has been published. This book is not in stock at the moment though.
Postage and packing is extra but costs are kept to a minimum. On overseas orders I can offer cheap shipping per airmail M Bag service where total weight is over 1.5kg (3lbs) Cost will be advised after you have submitted your order and before payment is taken.
;) | CHRISTIANI & NIELSEN Development of Harbour Facilities in Kingston with a proposal for a Free Port. - A report prepared for the Industrial Development Corporation (1954) 58 + 16 + 21 + drawings and plans. Bound in blue cloth. Fine. Detailed report including proposed new harbour facilities and information on existing free ports around the world. | £75.00 |
;) | JAMAICA Sesqui-Centennial Anniversary of the Granting of a Charter to the City of Kingston Jamaica, B.W.I. - 1802 - 1952. Official Souvenir Album. Kingston & St Andrew Corporation (1952) 76 large pp. 1st ed., clean in original pictorial boards. 8.5 x 11" Historical essays by various authors on the city's past with many illustrations. | £25.00 |
;) ;) | 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 |
;) | 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 |
;) | CUNDALL Frank Bibliography of the West Indies (excluding Jamaica) Martino Fine Books (n.d.) 179pp. Facsimile reprint, fine in original cloth. | £20.00 |
;) | DICKSON Roy The Jamaica Directory of Personalities, 1981-82 The Gleaner Co (1982) 386pp + folding map. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. | £30.00 |
;) | CUNDALL Frank and PIETERSZ Joseph L. Jamaica under the Spaniards. Abstracted from the archives in Seville. Institute of Jamaica (1919) 115pp. 1st ed., clean in original worn card covers. Very scarce. | £75.00 |
;) | GARDNER W.J. A History of Jamaica from Its Discovery By Christopher Columbus to the Year 1872. - Including an Account of its Trade and Agriculture; Sketches of the Manners, Habits, and Customs of all Classes of its Inhabitants Frank Cass (1971) 510pp + folding map. Facsimile reprint of the 1873 ed., fine in D/W. | £30.00 |
;) | BRYCE Wyatt Reference Book of Jamaica Kingston (1946) xxiv + 404pp + folding demographic map of the island. 1st ed., contents clean in worn pictorial cloth, front hinge loose. Detailed directory and much factual information. Very scarce. | £90.00 |
;) | CUNDALL Frank Bibliographia Jamaicensis: A List of Jamaica Books and Pamphlets, Magazine Articles, Newspapers, and Maps, Most of Which are in the Library of the Institute of Jamaica Burt Franklin, New York (1971) 83pp. Facsimile reprint of 1902 edition. Fine in original cloth. | £36.00 |
;) | LIVINGSTON Noel B. Sketch Pedigrees of Some of the Early Settlers in Jamaica. Compiled from the Records of the Court of Chancery of the Island with a List of the Inhabitants in 1670 and other matters relative to the early History of the same. Jamaica: The Educational Supply Co. (1909) 139pp + iv. 1st ed., toning to end papers and title page otherwise clean in original boards. Very scarce. | £120.00 |
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DUPERLY Adolphe Court House, Bath, (St Thomas in the East) A. Duperly, Kingston 1844 Lithograph print with full margins, light overall toning. 10.5 x 8.5" From 'Daguerian Excursions in Jamaica, being a collection of Views of the most striking Scenery, public Buildings and other interesting objects, taken on the spot with the Daguerreotype by Adolphe Duperly and lithographed under his direction by the most eminent Artists in Paris.'
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1941 Kriegsgefangenenpost printed cover to Jamaica with British censor label probably applied in Bermuda. Unusually with German 40pf applied as P.O.W. was supposed to free. Sent from R.A.F. pilot in Oflag X C III with long message which has been partially deleted by the censor.
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MELVILLE Fred J. Jamaica. Melville Stamp Books 1910 89pp + xv + folding plate. 1st ed., fine in slightly damaged card covers. Includes folding plate of the Official overprint.
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DUPERLY Adolphe Court House, Bath, (St Thomas in the East) A. Duperly, Kingston 1844 Lithograph print with full margins, light overall toning. 10.5 x 8.5" From 'Daguerian Excursions in Jamaica, being a collection of Views of the most striking Scenery, public Buildings and other interesting objects, taken on the spot with the Daguerreotype by Adolphe Duperly and lithographed under his direction by the most eminent Artists in Paris.'
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