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Jamaica:

Will, H.A. . PROBLEMS OF CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN JAMAICA, MAURITIUS AND TRINIDAD, 1880-1895
London 1966. Article in The English Historical Review. Lg.8vo., 24pp., wraps. Whole issue of this journal with several articles. Good plus, some discoloration on the front, light wear; light bump on lower corner. (a47408b)
$35.00 Ford, Worthington Chauncey . LIST OF THE VERNON-WAGER MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Washington 1904 GPO. These eighteenth century papers cover a very interesting period in the history of the English operations in the West Indies. The expedition against Cartagena and Cuba, a proposed expedition against Georgia and Florida and the attempts to suppress piracy. ...(T)he slave trade, the commercial operations of the South Sea Company and much relating to Jamaica, the Bahamas and Nova Scotia. (p. 5) 4to., 148pp., 3 photo illustrations of the documents, index, cloth. Institution bookplate and blind stamp. Good, light wear. (a48611)
$39.00 Lynch, Edie . WITH GLORY I SO HUMBLY STAND
NY 1982 1st Vantage. Lovely poetry and photographic paean to Jamaica. 4to., 4pp. of poetry, 20 photo plates (rectos only), hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ, one very tiny hole on edge of front panel. (a54335)
$55.00 (jamaica) . THE MAROONS OF JAMAICA
NY 1860. Article at pp. 213-22 in the February, 1860 edition of the Atlantic Monthly. Complete issue, removed and rebound in later wraps with original front wrap. VG, lacks original rear wrap for the issue. (a54660a)
$45.00 Underhill, Harold . JAMAICA WHITE
London 1979 The Novelty Trading Company. 8vo., 256pp., hardcover. VG in VG DJ, light wear. (a57930)
$30.00 Greene, Rheunick . RED CROSS ON THE SAND. ISBN 0-533-07304-9.
NY 1987 1st Vantage. ISBN 0-533-07304-9. Murder and mayhem in Jamaica in novel written by Jamaican. 8vo., 141pp., hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ, extremely light wear to one corner. (a59764)
$45.00 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 Rubin, Vera (editor) . CARIBBEAN STUDIES: A SYMPOSIUM
Jamaica 1957 Institute of Social and Economic Research. Includes: M G Smith; The African Heritage in the Caribbean, and Eric Williams; Race Relations in Caribbean Society, plus other articles. Octavo, 124pp., hardcover. Three tiny ink checkmarks in text margins. Owner signed. Good, cover a bit soiled. (a74840)
$39.00 Bacon, Edgar Mayhew and Eugene Murray Aaron . THE NEW JAMAICA
New York 1890 1st Walbridge. Full title: Describing the island, explaining its conditions of life and growth and discussingits mercantile relations and potential importance: adding ...matters which directly interest the tourist and the heath seeker. Hardcover 12mo., 243pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, numerous illustrated ads at the beginning, light blue cloth. Mounted ad for Travelers Insurance Co inside front board. Small library name stamp on front end paper (no other library marks). VG, light fading of black lettering on front. (a75752)
$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 Boyd, Derick A. C. . ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND POVERTY IN JAMAICA
New York 1988 1st Praeger. ISBN 0-275-92651-6. Hardcover. Octavo, 164pp., cloth. Fine. unused, small spot from removed price tag. (a79264)
$80.00 Jones, Evan . STONE HAVEN
Gollancz no date, no place. Novel about Jamaica. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 596 leaves printed on rectos only, blue buckram cloth with gilt spine lettering and trim. Tiny printed owner label on front blank end paper of Robin Straus Agency, New York. Near Fine, just very slight wear. (a80064)
$950.00 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)
$160.00Dunn, E. R.. THE FROGS OF JAMAICA
Boston 1926. Offptint from the Proceedings of Boston Society of Natural History Volume 38. Octavo, pp. 111-130, 2 photo plates, original printed wraps. Uncut. VG no owner marks. (a88188)
$30.00 Siler, J F . MEDICAL NOTES ON JAMAICA- parts 1 and 2 , complete
Articles in two separate complete issues of The American Journal of Tropical Diseases, February 1916, pp. 433-457 and March 1916 pp. 481-501. First edition. octavo wraps. Original green printed wraps. Several other articles in both issues as well as the Siler article. Good , light cover chipping. (a88998)
$49.00Abrahams, Peter. JAMAICA AN ISLAND MOSAIC
London 1957 first edition. HMSO. Hardcover octavo. Red cloth. 284p. Foldout color maps. Pictorial end papers. Near Fine in VG dj. (color dj designed by Namba Roy. ) no owner marks. (a97384)
$45.00Kappel, 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