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Below is a list of my stock of old secondhand and antiquarian books on Trinidad and Tobago for sale.

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CARMICHAEL (A.C.) Mrs Domestic manners and social condition of the white, coloured, and Negro population of the West Indies
CARMICHAEL (A.C.) Mrs Domestic manners and social condition of the white, coloured, and Negro population of the West Indies

London: Whittaker, Treacher and Co (1833)
2 vols. 1st ed., viii, (3) - 336pp, (2 blank): iv, (3) - 338pp, complete thus, with the half title in the first volume (none issued to the second) and blank leaf in volume one. 8vo, original cloth backed boards with printed paper spine labels, uncut. Very clean.
"The writer was the wife of a planter and resided in St Vincent and Trinidad for five and a half years commencing in 1821. The writer is extremely pro-colonial, whitewashes the estate owners of all charges brought against them and finds little that is good in the negro character." Ragatz
£850.00


VERTEUIL L.A.A. De Trinidad: Its Geography, natural resources, administration, present condition and prospects.
VERTEUIL L.A.A. De Trinidad: Its Geography, natural resources, administration, present condition and prospects.

Cassell & Co, London (1858)
xi + 484pp + large folding coloured map. 2nd ed., very clean in modern half calf binding with marbled boards.
£450.00


COLLENS J.H. A guide to Trinidad. - A handbook for the use of tourists and visitors.
COLLENS J.H. A guide to Trinidad. - A handbook for the use of tourists and visitors.

London: Elliot Stock (1888)
vi + 288pp + frontispiece. 2nd revised ed. A little browned in original maroon cloth, rebacked, corners slightly bumped. Last page repaired with tape.
A scarce early guide with attractive engraved plates.
£200.00


STARK James H. Stark
STARK James H. Stark's Guide-Book and History of Trinidad - including Tobago, Granada, and St Vincent; also a trip up the Orinoco and a description of the great Venezuelan Pitch Lake. Containing a description of everything relating to these places that would be of interest to tourists and residents.

Boston (1897)
x + 172pp + plates, folding maps and ads. 1st ed. Small water stain on front end paper and frontispiece only. Clean in worn pictorial cloth.
Fine early guide with good photo illustrations and some engraved views.
£140.00


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M'CALLUM Pierre F. Travels in Trinidad During the Months of February, March, and April

Liverpool: Printed by and for W. Jones (1805)
xvi + 354pp + folding map and 2pp publisher's adverts. Some water staining affecting many pages and the map otherwise clean in modern half calf with new end papers.
£450.00


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


 The Substance of a Speech Delivered by Joseph Marryat, Esq. in the House of Commons, Upon Mr. Hume
 The Substance of a Speech Delivered by Joseph Marryat, Esq. in the House of Commons, Upon Mr. Hume The Substance of a Speech Delivered by Joseph Marryat, Esq. in the House of Commons, Upon Mr. Hume
The Substance of a Speech Delivered by Joseph Marryat, Esq. in the House of Commons, Upon Mr. Hume's Motion for Appointing a Commission of Enquiry on the State of The Island of Trinidad - bound with 'The Crisis Of Spain'

London: Printed by W. Hughes, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden (1823)
xii + 115 pp + [ii] + 81 + [i] pp Original half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt. Some wear to extremities and spine faded; otherwise a very good copy
The Crisis of Spain was published anonymously, but is attributed to Sir Douglas Howard, 3rd baronet (1776-1861), a soldier and colonial administrator. Sir Joseph Marryat (1757-1824) was a West India merchant who served as agent for Trinidad, c.1807- 15. Marryat provides a critique of British colonial policy as applied to Trinidad, which had been captured from Spain in 1797. Spanish laws still applied on the island and this was a grievance which had caused the inhabitants to petition the Commons. Particularly at issue were Spanish commercial and land law and the use of torture against the free, as opposed to slave, inhabitants. Marryat refers briefly to the notorious torture case against Governor Picton, supporting him on the grounds that Picton was merely using an old British cavalry punishment rather than Spanish torture.
£420.00


TROLLOPE Anthony The West Indies and the Spanish Main.
TROLLOPE Anthony The West Indies and the Spanish Main.

Frank Cass & Co (1968)
iv + 395pp. Facsimile reprint of 2nd ed., fine in original green cloth, spine a little faded.
Written by the author while on Post Office business in the West Indies to re-organise the Colonial Post Offices and to undertake postal treaties with the Spanish colonies. Much on Jamaica also chapters on Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Trinidad and St Thomas.
£24.00


TRINIDAD Copy of the Memorial of the Committee of the Inhabitants of Trinidad - addressed to Lord Viscount Goderich, dated in November 1831, praying for a change in the Legislative Council of the Colony.
TRINIDAD Copy of the Memorial of the Committee of the Inhabitants of Trinidad - addressed to Lord Viscount Goderich, dated in November 1831, praying for a change in the Legislative Council of the Colony.

H.M.S.O. (1832)
44 large pp. Folio. Clean in paper covers.
£25.00


TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1905-6.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1905-6.

H.M.S.O. (1906)
26pp. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Small library h/s on title page.
Colonial Office report with economic and social reports from different Government departments.
£8.00


TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1906-7.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Report for 1906-7.

H.M.S.O. (1907)
23pp. 1st ed. Clean in paper covers. Small library h/s on title page.
Colonial Office report with economic and social reports from different Government departments.
£8.00


UNDERHILL E.B. The West Indies: - Their Social and Religious Condition.
UNDERHILL E.B. The West Indies: - Their Social and Religious Condition.
UNDERHILL E.B. The West Indies: - Their Social and Religious Condition.

Jackson, Walford and Hodder (1862)
x + 493pp. 1st ed., lacking front end papers and prelim., title page with tone spots, in worn original green pictorial cloth, corners bumped.
Sections on Bahamas, Cuba, Trinidad, Haiti and Jamaica. The tour described in the book was undertaken at the request of the Treasurer and Committee of the Baptist Missionary Society following emancipation.
£75.00


WALL G.P. and SAWKINS J.G. Report on the Geology of Trinidad; - or, Part 1 of the West Indian Survey.
WALL G.P. and SAWKINS J.G. Report on the Geology of Trinidad; - or, Part 1 of the West Indian Survey.WALL G.P. and SAWKINS J.G. Report on the Geology of Trinidad; - or, Part 1 of the West Indian Survey.WALL G.P. and SAWKINS J.G. Report on the Geology of Trinidad; - or, Part 1 of the West Indian Survey.
WALL G.P. and SAWKINS J.G. Report on the Geology of Trinidad; - or, Part 1 of the West Indian Survey.

Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, London (1860)
xi + 211pp + plus folding maps and sections. 1st ed., fine in contemporary half calf, light tone spotting to end papers and folding maps and plans at rear as usual.
A scarce Trinidad book with many wood engravings in text.
£275.00


BRIERLEY J.N. Trinidad:  Then and Now. - Being a series of sketches in connection with the progress and prosperity of Trinidad, and personal reminiscenses of life in that island 1874-1912.
BRIERLEY J.N. Trinidad:  Then and Now. - Being a series of sketches in connection with the progress and prosperity of Trinidad, and personal reminiscenses of life in that island 1874-1912.
BRIERLEY J.N. Trinidad: Then and Now. - Being a series of sketches in connection with the progress and prosperity of Trinidad, and personal reminiscenses of life in that island 1874-1912.

Trinidad (1912)
[4] + 348pp + photo plates and adverts. 1st ed., fine in original worn green cloth.
Very scarce.
£425.00


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WIKE Ron G. British Empire civil censorship devices. World War II. Trinidad and Tobago. Chavril Press 1993 80 large pp, fine in card covers. Well researched study. Highly recommended.
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KNSM COSTA RICA CRUISE Photographs taken mostly in Trinidad on a cruise from Amsterdam to Colon and return. Good views of Trinidad (25) and Tobago (2) all 3.5 x 2.5"
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CANNING & CO An East Indian Family, Trinidad, B.W.I. Old Trinidad postcard, circa 1950, clean unused.
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1976 (3 Apr) First Flight cover London - Barbados - Trinidad per B.O.A.C. Fine. Illustrated on pg 125 of Wike's Airmails of T & T.
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