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Caribbean Travel:
McIntosh, Burr . THE LITTLE I SAW OF CUBA
London 1899 Neely. Hardcover. Oblong octavo, 173pp., monochrome photo illustrationa, cloth. Good, front hinge just beginning to crack, cover lightly worn and lightly soiled. (a10644)
$35.00
Kay, Frances . THIS IS GRENADA
St. George's 1971 1st Carengage Press. 8vo., 179pp., wraps. Business directory at end. VG plus. (a21614)
$25.00
Helweg-Larsen, Kjeld. PIECES OF PARADISE (signed)
London 1967 first edition. Jarrolds. Hardcover octavo. 184pp., photos. ***Presentation copy signed by Helweg-Larsen. Near Fine in VG, toned, dj. no owner marks. West Indes; Bahamas. (a22053)
$37.00
Garrettson, F. P. . A SNAP-SHOT IN THE WEST INDIES A 35 DAY TRIP
Newport 1902 Herald. 12mo., 182pp.,,photo illus., map. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Good, hinges beginning to crack, cover soiled and a bit worn. (a27746)
$130.00
Hall, Edward H. . REMINISCENCES OF DR. JOHN PARK
Worcester 1890. In the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Vol VII, New Series Part 1, October 21 1890 at pp.69-93. Dr. Park, a surgeon, spent much time in the West Indies. He was also a pioneer in the education of women. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. Unopened. Text VG; cover good with small chips and light wear. (a31172d)
$55.00
Lindsey, N. Allen . CRUISING IN THE MADIANA THE RECORD OF A WINTER TRIP TO THE TROPICS
Boston 1901 1st. Printed for private circulation. Limited to 300 copies. Author from Marblehead, Massachusetts. 12mo., 182pp., monochrome photo illus., hardcover. VG. Very scarce. (a42523)
$125.00
Hood, C. I. . HOOD'S PHOTOS OF THE WORLD - WEST INDIES
Lowell n.d. (c.1900). 10 photo views (4 of which are of Cuba) , all view identified with text on verso. Photos 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches and are individually printed on medium heavy stock and are cased in original printed envelope (printed on both sides.) Fine in Good envelope. (a51924)
$25.00
Batista, Domingo and Julio Gonzalez . THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC A CARIBBEAN TREASURE
Santiago de los Caballeros 1988. Hardcover. 4to., 203pp., underwater photographs by Pedro J. Borrell, color photo illustrations, hardcover. Fine in very Near Fine DJ, slight rubbing. No ownership marks. Fine Gift book. (a54077)
$30.00
Champlain, Samuel . NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE WEST INDIES AND MEXICO IN THE YEARS 1599-1602 WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
NY c. 1970. Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt Society edition. Translated ...with biographical notices and notes by Alice Wilmere. Edited by Norton Shaw. Hardcover. Octavo, xcix, 48pp., illustrations, blue grey cloth. VG, light spotting on endpapers. (a58217)
$145.00
Eves, C. Washington . THE WEST INDIES
London 1893 3rd Sampson Low Marston. Hardcover. Small octavo,, 351pp., woodcut illustrations, 9 large color folding maps, bright red cloth with gilt picture and lettering on front and lettering on spine. All edges gilt, Good, new end papers, spine ends professionally reinforce, spine and corners a bit worn. Scarce. (a58377)
$190.00
Venables, General . THE NARRATIVE OF GENERAL VENABLES WITH AN APPENDIX OF PAPERS RELATING TO THE EXPEDITION TO THE WEST INDIES AND THE CONQUEST OF JAMAICA 1654-1655
London 1900 1st Longmans Green. Edited for the Royal Historical Society by C. H. Firth. Square octavo, 180pp., original brown cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine, (a66260)
$145.00
de Leeuw, Hendrik . CROSSROADS OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA (signed)
NY 1935 first edition. Messner. Surinam, Venezuela, Haiti. Hardcover. Octavo, 331pp., decorated orange cloth with pictorial end paper maps. ** Inscribed and signed by de Leeuw. VG, spine a bit browned and lightly soiled, no DJ. (a67703)
$34.00
McQuade, James. THE CRUISE OF THE MONTAUK TO BERMUDA, THE WEST INDIES AND FLORIDA
New York 1885 (1884) Knox. Octavo, 441pp., full pictorial brown cloth. VG slight wear; hinges not cracked in or out. no dj. (a67816)
$38.00
Maas, C.. WHY DON'T YOU TRY IT, MON?
c. 1950. Privately Printed Memoir of two week sailing trip in Windward Islands, British West Indies by Mrs. Stanley E. Maas. 4to., 37pp., plastic spiral binding with pictorial front wrap. 37p. Small ink note on front end paper. VG plus. (a68130)
$45.00
Oppenheim, E. Phillips . THE QUEST FOR WINTER SUNSHINE
Boston 1927 1st Little Brown. Caribbean tour. Octavo, 161pp., photo illustrationsm, hardcover. Good, cover a bit worn and faded, light soiling, no DJ. (a68302)
$20.00
LoCascio, AlfredJr. . BLOODS OF THE EQUATOR
Boston 1939 1st Meador. World travel: West Indies, Java, Kenya, etc. focusing on juju, scorcery, and magic in each country. Small octavo, 202pp., green cloth hardcover. Eight line mss inscription in ink signed by Lo Cascio. VG plus, no DJ. (a68304)
$55.00
Utting, Mattie Johns . GIBRALTAR TO SUEZ
Boston 1942 1st Christopher Publishing. 12mo., 180pp., photo illustrations, green cloth hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Utting. VG plus in VG plus DJ. (a69695)
$45.00
Gurney, Joseph John . FAMILIAR LETTERS TO HENRY CLAY OF KENTUCKY DESCRIBING A WINTER IN THE WEST INDIES
NY 1840 1st Mahlon Day. Hardcover. Mostly on Jamaica, much on slave trade. 8vo., 203pp., cloth hardcover. Good, original spine label remounted on later paper spine, corners worn and bent, somewhat foxed throughout. (a7852)
$49.00
Nicholas, Francis C.. AROUND THE CARIBBEAN AND ACROSS PANAMA
Boston 1903 First edition Caldwell. Hardcover. Octavo, 373pp., photo illustrations, map. **Unusually attractive cloth cover of caribbean folk motifs, gilt lettering on red and grey cloth. Design appears on both front and rear cover and on backstrip as well. Top edge gilt. Near Fine. no DJ. Pictures available on request. (a83172)
$45.00
Cundall, Frank . THE HANDBOOK OF JAMAICA FOR 1920
Kingston 1920 Government Printing Office. Comprising historical , statistical and general information concerning the Island. Hardcover. Octavo, 706pp., large foldout map of Jamaica, cloth. Library bookplate and library blind stamp on title page; stamped Library of Congress duplicate, tiny square residue of paper label at heel of spine. Good, cover a bit worn, lower corners bumped. Binding secure, text clean. (a83209)
$160.00
Murray, Hon. Amelia M. . LETTERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, CUBA AND CANADA
NY 1856 Putnam. Murray was Lady in Waiting to Queen of England and travelled as her emissary. Intelligent, high content letters with much on practice of slavery. Only two chapters on Cuba, most chapters on US. 2 volumes in one. 8vo., 402pp., boards. Good, some foxing, front hinge cracked, cover worn and backstrip quite chipped and worn. (a9180)
$125.00
Warburton, Eliot . HOCHELAGA; OR, ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD
NY 1848 John Wiley. Warburton, an Irishman who travelled in Canada in 1844, wrote several well-received travel books and died in January of 1852 during a fire aboard a ship near the West Indies. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo., 198pp., boards. Owner bookplate. Old owner bookplate. Good, worn, spine ends torn, foxing. (a9208)
$65.00
Kappel, Philip. JAMAICA GALLERY
Boston 1960 1st Little Brown. 4to., 25 drawings plus text of Author's impressions of Jamaica, hardcover. Inscribed and Signed by Kapper. VG in Good DJ. (lat188)
$27.00