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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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;) ;) ;) | FOWLER John A Summary Account of the Present Flourishing state of the Respectable Colony of Tobago - in the British West Indies. Illustrated with a map and plan of its settlement, agreeably to the Sales by his Majesty's Commissioners. London: Printed for A. Grant, Catherine Street, Strand (1774) 80pp + detailed hand coloured folding map in pocket at rear. 1st ed. very fine in old quarter calf with marbled boards. The map has been reinforced on the back but is complete and in fine condition. 22.5 x 17" Gives a detailed record of property sales from 1766 and shows the lots still available for purchase together with information on the state of the island. The map, which is dated 1773, is similar to the 1776 Byres plan but smaller and is unrecorded by Tooley. Ragatz p. 224; Sabin, 25309. | £12,500.00 |
![ANON Tabago [sic]: or, a geographical description, natural and civil history, together with a full representation of the produce, and other advantages arising from the fertility, excellent harbours, and happy situation of that famous island](javascript:popup('images/WINBO1523.jpg');) ![ANON Tabago [sic]: or, a geographical description, natural and civil history, together with a full representation of the produce, and other advantages arising from the fertility, excellent harbours, and happy situation of that famous island](javascript:popup('images/WINBO1523-1.jpg');) ![ANON Tabago [sic]: or, a geographical description, natural and civil history, together with a full representation of the produce, and other advantages arising from the fertility, excellent harbours, and happy situation of that famous island](javascript:popup('images/WINBO1523-2.jpg');) | ANON Tabago [sic]: or, a geographical description, natural and civil history, together with a full representation of the produce, and other advantages arising from the fertility, excellent harbours, and happy situation of that famous island London: Printed for W. Reeves ([1749]) 89pp + folding map. 2nd ed., title page with small stain at base which also affects margin of map. Text slightly browned otherwise fine in recent blue sugar papers. Very rare, especially with the map. | £1,800.00 |
;) | 1860 (6 Aug) An Act to authorize an extension of the time for repayment of a loan made by the West India Relief Commissioners to the island of Dominica London 2pp. Fine. | £5.00 |
;) | 1867 (12 Aug) An Act to authorize an alteration in the mode of repayment of a loan made by the West India Relief Commissioners to the island of Dominica. London 2pp. Fine. | £5.00 |
;) | 1868 (31 July) An Act to relieve the consolidated fund from the charge of the salaries of future Bishops, Archdeacons, Ministers and other persons in the West Indies. London 3pp. Fine. | £5.00 |
;) | 1853 Act for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of New Granada for the Suppression of the Slave Trade London 15pp. Fine. | £8.00 |
;) | 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 |
;) | ANON Bermuda Robert O. Clifford, St Georges, Bermuda (1905) 40pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. 10 x 8" Photo views of the island. | £45.00 |
;) | ANON Sixteen Popular Views of Bermuda H.A. & E. Smith, Hamilton, Bermuda (1905 (circa)) 16pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. 10 x 7" Photo views of the island. | £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. 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 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | CAMPBELL John Candid and Impartial Considerations on the Nature of the Sugar Trade; The Comparative Importance of the British and French Islands in the West-Indies: with The Value and Consequence of St. Lucia and Granada, truly stated. London: Printed for R. Baldwin in Pater-noster Row. (1763) 228pp + 3 hand coloured folding maps. 1st ed., minor tears to two of the maps without loss, later end papers otherwise fine in old full calf binding with recent spine. This work is a classic in the field of colonial and Caribbean literature, embodying as it does one of the clearest statements of eighteenth century philosophy regarding the relations which should exist between a metropole and its outlying possessions. (Ragatz) Written just after Britain had acquired Grenada and St Lucia from France following the Peace of Paris. | £900.00 |
;) | KENNEDY Sister Jean de Chantal Biography of a Colonial Town: Hamilton, Bermuda 1790-1897 The Bermuda Book Stores (1963) 400pp + folding maps and plates. 2nd ed., inscription on title page and minor foxing to page edges only otherwise clean in slightly worn D/W. | £12.00 |
;) | U.S. BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES British West Indies and Bermuda; official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Washington (1955) 157 large pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Detailed listing of towns, villages, places and islands | £40.00 |
;) ;) | 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. 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 |
;) ;) | FRANKLIN James The present state of Hayti, (Saint Domingo), with remarks on its agriculture, commerce, laws, religion, finances, and population London: John Murray (1828) vi + 411pp. 1st ed., clean in old quarter calf. A fine copy. | £275.00 |
;) ;) | MALENFANT Colonel Des Colonies, et particulierement de celle de Saint-Domingue; memoire historique et politique Paris (1814) xii + 334pp + index [2] + errata {1]. 1st ed., slightly browned, in modern half calf with new end papers. Much on Toussaint Louverture. Rare. | £475.00 |
;) | BROWN Charles B. and SAWKINS J.G. Reports on the Physical, Descriptive, and Economic Geology of British Guiana Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office and sold by Longmans, Green, & Co. and Edward Stanford (1875) iv + 297pp + folding map and large folding map in rear pocket. 1st ed., clean in worn original cloth. Former owner name, G.R. Sandbach, on inner cover. | £375.00 |
;) | HAMMOND Norman Lubaantun, 1926-70: The British Museum in British Honduras Trustees of the British Museum (1972) 48pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £10.00 |
;) | BINNEY Marcus Jamaica's Heritage: An Untapped Resource The Mill Press, Kingston (1991) 88 large pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £18.00 |
;) | SOLA PINTO Geoffrey de Jamaican Houses, a vanishing legacy. (1983) 40 large pp + 40 plates. Clean in D/W. | £14.00 |
Links to other West Indies sites
Family history of Jamaica
http://www.mymynton.com/index.htm
Sources of genealogy and historical information