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Below is a list of my stock of old secondhand and antiquarian books on Guyana and Suriname, formerly made up of British Guiana and French Guiana, for sale.

On this page I list my stock of books on British Guiana, now Guyana, Dutch Guiana, now Suriname and French Guiana.  There are some fine books on the Guianas, the works by Schomburgk and Stedman being the most well known.


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BOLINGBROKE Henry A Voyage to the Demerary Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements There and Those of the Essequebo, the Berbice and Other Continguous Rivers of Guyana
BOLINGBROKE Henry A Voyage to the Demerary Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements There and Those of the Essequebo, the Berbice and Other Continguous Rivers of Guyana		BOLINGBROKE Henry A Voyage to the Demerary Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements There and Those of the Essequebo, the Berbice and Other Continguous Rivers of Guyana

Printed For Richard Phillips (1809)
216pp + folding engraved map. Map with a little foxing otherwise clean in modern quarter cloth with marbled boards. The pagination is incorrect as is found on all copies from this edition but is complete.
A good description of Guyana and of daily life in the colony with much fascinating detail. Sabin 6182. This edition from Phillips collected voyages & travels.		£145.00


BRITISH GUIANA Directory, with Almanack and Diary for the year of our Lord 1871,
BRITISH GUIANA Directory, with Almanack and Diary for the year of our Lord 1871,		BRITISH GUIANA Directory, with Almanack and Diary for the year of our Lord 1871,

Demerara: Printed and published by L. M'Dermott, Water Street, Georgetown (1871)
145pp + diary + adverts. 1st ed., fine in original decorated full calf.
Includes names of owners of plantations, details of the Post Office with postal rates and the receiving offices for the Georgetown penny post, a trade directory of Georgetown and much more.		£900.00


COLERIDGE Rev. W.H. Charges delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Barbados and the Leeward Islands; - together with prayers on certain public occasions; and addresses to candidates for Holy Orders: to young persons offering themselves for confirmation within that Diocese: and at the consecration of a chapel and burial ground in the city of Caracas.
COLERIDGE Rev. W.H. Charges delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Barbados and the Leeward Islands; - together with prayers on certain public occasions; and addresses to candidates for Holy Orders: to young persons offering themselves for confirmation within that Diocese: and at the consecration of a chapel and burial ground in the city of Caracas.		COLERIDGE Rev. W.H. Charges delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Barbados and the Leeward Islands; - together with prayers on certain public occasions; and addresses to candidates for Holy Orders: to young persons offering themselves for confirmation within that Diocese: and at the consecration of a chapel and burial ground in the city of Caracas.

London (1835)
x + 324pp + 44pp + 4 hand coloured folding maps. 1st ed., clean in original worn and faded cloth with original paper label.
Includes chapters on Antigua and British Guiana with maps of each. A scarce work with details of the final abolition of slavery. The author was uncle of H.N. Coleridge.		£250.00


HALLIDAY Andrew The West Indies: The Natural and Physical History of the Windward and Leeward Colonies; with some account of the Moral, Social, and Political Condition of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the Abolition of Negro Slavery
HALLIDAY Andrew The West Indies: The Natural and Physical History of the Windward and Leeward Colonies; with some account of the Moral, Social, and Political Condition of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the Abolition of Negro SlaveryHALLIDAY Andrew The West Indies: The Natural and Physical History of the Windward and Leeward Colonies; with some account of the Moral, Social, and Political Condition of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the Abolition of Negro Slavery		HALLIDAY Andrew The West Indies: The Natural and Physical History of the Windward and Leeward Colonies; with some account of the Moral, Social, and Political Condition of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the Abolition of Negro Slavery

John William Parker, London (1837)
viii + 408pp + 3 folding maps and a table. 1st ed., map of Barbados slightly torn along folds but without loss, edges of leaves darkened otherwise clean in half calf with marbled boards.
The author was Deputy Inspector General of Army Hospitals and visited Barbados, British Guiana and Trinidad in 1833.		£320.00


BROWN Charles B. and SAWKINS J.G. Reports on the Physical, Descriptive, and Economic Geology of British Guiana
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


COLERIDGE Rev. W.H. Charges delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Barbados and the Leeward Islands; - together with prayers on certain public occasions; and addresses to candidates for Holy Orders: to young persons offering themselves for confirmation within that Diocese: and at the consecration of a chapel and burial ground in the city of Caracas.
COLERIDGE Rev. W.H. Charges delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Barbados and the Leeward Islands; - together with prayers on certain public occasions; and addresses to candidates for Holy Orders: to young persons offering themselves for confirmation within that Diocese: and at the consecration of a chapel and burial ground in the city of Caracas.COLERIDGE Rev. W.H. Charges delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Barbados and the Leeward Islands; - together with prayers on certain public occasions; and addresses to candidates for Holy Orders: to young persons offering themselves for confirmation within that Diocese: and at the consecration of a chapel and burial ground in the city of Caracas.		COLERIDGE Rev. W.H. Charges delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Barbados and the Leeward Islands; - together with prayers on certain public occasions; and addresses to candidates for Holy Orders: to young persons offering themselves for confirmation within that Diocese: and at the consecration of a chapel and burial ground in the city of Caracas.

London (1835)
x + 324pp + 44pp + 4 hand coloured folding maps. 1st ed., fine in original cloth with later paper label.
Includes chapters on Antigua and British Guiana with maps of each. A rare work with details of the final abolition of slavery. The author was uncle of H.N. Coleridge.		£280.00


DALTON Henry G. The history of British Guiana - A general description of the colony; a narrative of some of the principal events from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time; together with an account of its climate, geology, staple products and natural history
DALTON Henry G. The history of British Guiana - A general description of the colony; a narrative of some of the principal events from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time; together with an account of its climate, geology, staple products and natural historyDALTON Henry G. The history of British Guiana - A general description of the colony; a narrative of some of the principal events from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time; together with an account of its climate, geology, staple products and natural history		DALTON Henry G. The history of British Guiana - A general description of the colony; a narrative of some of the principal events from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time; together with an account of its climate, geology, staple products and natural history

Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London (1855)
2 vols., 8vo. 518 + 580pp + 6 attractive engraved plates and folding map. 1st ed., mostly fine in modern blue half morocco. Inscribed by author on f.e.p.
Good history of the island plus description of its present state and a study of the natural history. A very scarce work.		£525.00


HARLOW V.T. Colonising Expeditions to the West Indies and Guiana, 1623-1667
HARLOW V.T. Colonising Expeditions to the West Indies and Guiana, 1623-1667

The Hakluyt Society (1925)
xcv, [1], 262pp + plates and maps. 1st ed., very fine in original cloth.
£95.00


STEDMAN Cap. J.G. Narrative of a five years
STEDMAN Cap. J.G. Narrative of a five yearsSTEDMAN Cap. J.G. Narrative of a five yearsSTEDMAN Cap. J.G. Narrative of a five years		STEDMAN Cap. J.G. Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted negroes of Surinam - in Guiana on the wild coast of South America from the years 1772 to 1777. Elucidating the history of that country and describing its productions..

London (1806)
2 vols. 4to, 2 engraved titles both with handcoloured vignettes of ships at sea and 81 coloured engravings including 3 plates engraved by William Blake. 2nd ed., large paper copy. Very fine in contemporary tree calf, rebacked with old backs laid down, red and black letter pieces.
(Watermarks on paper: text 1796, plates, 1794, J. Whatman paper). The Large Paper copy of which only a few were printed was published coloured at £5.5s as opposed to the plain issue on ordinary paper at £3.3s. Abbey 719, Sabin 91075		£14,000.00


BRETT Rev. W.H. Mission Work Among the Indian Tribes in the Forests of Guiana.
BRETT Rev. W.H. Mission Work Among the Indian Tribes in the Forests of Guiana.

London: S.P.C.K. (1880 (circa))
xii + 260pp + folding map. 1st ed., fine in original pictorial cloth, spine faded.
Many wood cut illustrations.		£120.00


ANON The Case of the Free-Labour British Colonies: Submitted to the British Legislature and British Nation for an Impartial Re-Hearing
ANON The Case of the Free-Labour British Colonies: Submitted to the British Legislature and British Nation for an Impartial Re-Hearing

London: James Madden (1852)
xvi + 155pp. 1st ed., fine in original card covers with modern spine.
Mostly on British Guiana and Jamaica. Very scarce.		£195.00


BRETT Rev. W.H. The Indian tribes of Guiana; Their Condition and Habits. - With Researches into Their Past History, Superstitions, Legends, Antiquities, Languages, &c
BRETT Rev. W.H. The Indian tribes of Guiana; Their Condition and Habits. - With Researches into Their Past History, Superstitions, Legends, Antiquities, Languages, &cBRETT Rev. W.H. The Indian tribes of Guiana; Their Condition and Habits. - With Researches into Their Past History, Superstitions, Legends, Antiquities, Languages, &c		BRETT Rev. W.H. The Indian tribes of Guiana; Their Condition and Habits. - With Researches into Their Past History, Superstitions, Legends, Antiquities, Languages, &c

London: Bell and Dandy (1868)
xiii + 500pp + folding map and 8 coloured plates. Errata slip tipped in. 1st ed., clean in worn original green cloth.
£240.00


COLONIAL OFFICE Demerara. Proceedings of a Court Martial, on trial of Mr John Smith, a Missionary: October - November 1823 + Further Papers.
COLONIAL OFFICE Demerara. Proceedings of a Court Martial, on trial of Mr John Smith, a Missionary: October - November 1823 + Further Papers.		COLONIAL OFFICE Demerara. Proceedings of a Court Martial, on trial of Mr John Smith, a Missionary: October - November 1823 + Further Papers.

H.M.S.O. (1824)
92 + 38 large pp. 1st ed., mostly clean in soiled original paper covers. Requires re-stitching.
Rev John Smith had prior knowledge of a slave uprising but had urged restraint, was accused of helping to ferment the rebellion. He was tried and sentenced to death. He died in jail awaiting execution unaware that his appeal to the British Government had resulted in instructions to commute his sentence and set him free. The Demerara uprising resulted in hundreds of slaves being wounded or killed and 33 were summarily tried and executed. 		£175.00


DALTON Henry G. The history of British Guiana - A general description of the colony; a narrative of some of the principal events from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time; together with an account of its climate, geology, staple products and natural history
DALTON Henry G. The history of British Guiana - A general description of the colony; a narrative of some of the principal events from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time; together with an account of its climate, geology, staple products and natural historyDALTON Henry G. The history of British Guiana - A general description of the colony; a narrative of some of the principal events from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time; together with an account of its climate, geology, staple products and natural history		DALTON Henry G. The history of British Guiana - A general description of the colony; a narrative of some of the principal events from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time; together with an account of its climate, geology, staple products and natural history

Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London (1855)
2 vols., 8vo. 518 + 580pp + 6 attractive engraved plates and folding map. 1st ed., mostly fine in original worn cloth.
Good history of the island plus description of its present state and a study of the natural history.		£425.00


SCHOMBURGK R.H. Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: - from drawings executed by Mr Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society London, and aided by Her Majesty
SCHOMBURGK R.H. Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: - from drawings executed by Mr Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society London, and aided by Her MajestySCHOMBURGK R.H. Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: - from drawings executed by Mr Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society London, and aided by Her MajestySCHOMBURGK R.H. Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: - from drawings executed by Mr Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society London, and aided by Her MajestySCHOMBURGK R.H. Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: - from drawings executed by Mr Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society London, and aided by Her MajestySCHOMBURGK R.H. Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: - from drawings executed by Mr Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society London, and aided by Her MajestySCHOMBURGK R.H. Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: - from drawings executed by Mr Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society London, and aided by Her MajestySCHOMBURGK R.H. Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: - from drawings executed by Mr Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society London, and aided by Her Majesty		SCHOMBURGK R.H. Twelve views in the interior of Guiana: - from drawings executed by Mr Charles Bentley, after sketches taken during the expedition carried on in the years 1835 to 1839, under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society London, and aided by Her Majesty's Government.

Whitehead & Co for Ackerman & Co (1841)
Hand coloured additional lithographic title by M. Gauci after Charles Bentley, 2pp subscriber's list + 38 large pp + 12 col. plates and map. Folio (14 x 21in). Very fine mid 20th century binding in brown morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spine in six compartments with raised bands. Bookplates of G.R. Nicolaus and William Foyle.
A very fine copy of this rare and important work. Abbey Travel, 720; Sabin 77796.		£9,000.00


KIRKE Henry Twenty-five years in British Guiana.
KIRKE Henry Twenty-five years in British Guiana.		KIRKE Henry Twenty-five years in British Guiana.

London (1898)
x + [1] + 364pp + plates and coloured folding map. 1st ed., fine in original blue cloth.
Fascinating account of life in the colony by a British magistrate.		£80.00


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