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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.


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HENDERSON John Jamaica - Peeps at many lands
HENDERSON John Jamaica - Peeps at many lands		HENDERSON John Jamaica - Peeps at many lands

A. & C. Black (1906)
87pp + 24 colour plates of paintings by A.S. Forrest. 1st ed., clean with some tone spotting to page edges and more to half title and end papers in worn pictorial cloth, spine sunned and rebacked.
Attractive views of the island.		£22.00


JAMAICA Jamaica Slaves. Return from the Provost Martial of the Island of Jamaica, of the number of slaves sold under execution for debt in that island, in each year, since 1st Jan 1808 to the present time; with the aggregate amount of the sales in each case.
JAMAICA Jamaica Slaves. Return from the Provost Martial of the Island of Jamaica, of the number of slaves sold under execution for debt in that island, in each year, since 1st Jan 1808 to the present time; with the aggregate amount of the sales in each case.

H.M.S.O. (1828)
5 large pp. 1st ed., clean in paper covers.
£40.00


CHAPMAN Esther and THWAITES Marjorie Pleasure Island. - The book of Jamaica.
CHAPMAN Esther and THWAITES Marjorie Pleasure Island. - The book of Jamaica.

Arawak Press, Kingston (1961)
324pp + ads. 5th revised ed., clean in D/W.
Well illustrated history and guide book covering all aspects of island life.		£5.00


GURNEY J.J. A winter in the West Indies. - Described in familiar letters to Henry Clay, of Kentucky.
GURNEY J.J. A winter in the West Indies. - Described in familiar letters to Henry Clay, of Kentucky.

London (1841)
282pp + 2 engraved views of Jamaica + printer's ads. 3rd ed., very clean apart from the two plates which are toned as usual, in original blind stamped cloth with bumped corners not affecting pages and defect to top of spine.
Gurney was a Quaker emancipationist. Chapters on Antigua, Dominica, Jamaica, St Kitts, St Thomas, Tortola and Cuba.		£75.00


CARNEGIE James Some aspects of Jamaica
CARNEGIE James Some aspects of Jamaica's Politics. - 1918 - 1938.

Institute of Jamaica (1973)
194pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W.
£35.00


RENNY Robert An history of Jamaica. - With observations on the climate, scenery, trade, productions, negroes, slave trade, diseases of Europeans, customs, manners and dispositions of the inhabitants.
RENNY Robert An history of Jamaica. - With observations on the climate, scenery, trade, productions, negroes, slave trade, diseases of Europeans, customs, manners and dispositions of the inhabitants.		RENNY Robert An history of Jamaica. - With observations on the climate, scenery, trade, productions, negroes, slave trade, diseases of Europeans, customs, manners and dispositions of the inhabitants.

J. Cawthorn, London (1807)
xx + 333pp + [2] publisher's catalogue + large folding map. 1st ed. 4to, lacking half title, repair to title page, some sporadic light brown staining throughout. Modern half calf with marbled boards.
Very scarce.		£525.00


STEWART John A View of the Past and Present State of Jamaica; - with remarks on the moral and physical condition of slaves, and on the abolition of slavery in the colonies.
STEWART John A View of the Past and Present State of Jamaica; - with remarks on the moral and physical condition of slaves, and on the abolition of slavery in the colonies.		STEWART John A View of the Past and Present State of Jamaica; - with remarks on the moral and physical condition of slaves, and on the abolition of slavery in the colonies.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd (1823)
xiii + 363pp. 1st ed., browning to pages otherwise mostly clean in modern half calf.
The author holds that the planters have at times been unfairly accused but that their advocates have also been too prone to vindicate indiscriminately. Approves of abolition but is opposed to sudden emancipation. Supports the work of the sectarists and religious toleration. (Ragatz)		£375.00


BINNEY Marcus Jamaica
BINNEY Marcus Jamaica's Heritage: An Untapped Resource

The Mill Press, Kingston (1991)
88 large pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers.
£18.00


SOLA PINTO Geoffrey de Jamaican Houses, a vanishing legacy.
SOLA PINTO Geoffrey de Jamaican Houses, a vanishing legacy.

(1983)
40 large pp + 40 plates. Clean in D/W.
£14.00


KING Jacqueline A. The Bi-Centennial Handbook 1779 - 1979
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


JACOBS H.P. Sixty Years of Change, 1806-1866. - Progress and Reaction in Kingston and the countryside.
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


STYCOS J. Malone and BACK Kurt W. The control of human fertility in Jamaica
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


CHRISTIANI & NIELSEN Development of Harbour Facilities in Kingston with a proposal for a Free Port. - A report prepared for the Industrial Development Corporation
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


BACON E.M. The new Jamaica. - Describing the island, explaining its conditions of life and growth and discussing its mercantile relations and potential importance.
BACON E.M. The new Jamaica. - Describing the island, explaining its conditions of life and growth and discussing its mercantile relations and potential importance.		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, front hinge loose, contents fine.
Attractive woodcut illusts. accompany good guided tour of island. A scarce work.		£60.00


CUNDALL Frank Catalogue of the portraits in the Jamaica History Gallery of the Institute of Jamaica.
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
JAMAICA Ministry of Education & Social Welfare Directory

Kingston (1953)
46pp. Clean in card covers.
£5.00


JAMAICA TOURIST ASSOCIATION Jamaica Official Guide
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


DICKSON Roy The Jamaica Directory of Personalities, 1981-82
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 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
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


DUNCAN Rev. Peter A Narrative of the Wesleyan Mission to Jamaica - With Occasional Remarks on the State of Society.
DUNCAN Rev. Peter A Narrative of the Wesleyan Mission to Jamaica - With Occasional Remarks on the State of Society.		DUNCAN Rev. Peter A Narrative of the Wesleyan Mission to Jamaica - With Occasional Remarks on the State of Society.

London: Partridge and Oakey (1849)
xii + 399pp. 1st ed., a fine clean copy in original blind stamped cloth which has loss to top of spine. Uncut.
£150.00


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1982 (14 Dec) Jamaica Postal History J.N. Sissons 72pp + PR. Clean.
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JAMAICA Group of souvenir original photographs probably sold by a cruise line, circa 1930, all 3.5 x 2.75" (11)
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A. DUPERLY & SONS Back view of Myrtle Bank Hotel, destroyed by the Earthquake on the 14th January 1907 Old Jamaican postcard, circa 1907, fine unused.
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196 Jamaica obliterator on 1883-97 1d (SG18) used at Ewarton
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