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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.
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | ROBERTSON James Gone is the Ancient Glory: Spanish Town, Jamaica, 1534-2000 Ian Randle Publishers (2005) 477pp. clean in slightly worn card covers. | £10.00 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 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. 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 |
![]() | 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 |