Caribbean

New York: Harperperennial. 1994. Soft Cover. 0062771280 . 386 pages, illustrations, maps, pictorial wrappers, very good. From the rear cover: No other guides provide such instant and portable access to a destination as the ACCESS series. Organized by area and filled with striking graphics and detailed maps, each ACCESS guide lets you see at a glance where you are, where you're headed, and what special attractions await you just around the corner. Color coded entries clearly highlight everything you need to now - about the islands' best restaurants, hotels, shops, beaches, and sights. Follow our well-charted trail; it's all you'll ever need and more. ACCESS also tells you: How to sightsee in a submarine, which are the islands' most secluded beaches, where to hear reggae or zouk, how to drive through a volcano, who serves the best moko jumbies. . more information

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New York: Hastings House,. Very Good. 1976. Hard Cover. 0803807740 . Text by Ursula Berchen. 128 pages, well illustrated (many in color), cloth, oblong 8-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches, very good. From the foreword by Terry Tucker, Bermuda Historical Society: "Mr. Berchen's pictures eschew the obvious. There are no hackneyed views of the usual Bermuda scenes. Instead, each is an original expression of the recognition of the fact of beauty, set, as it happens, against a Bermuda backdrop. . more information

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London: Collins Educational. Very Good. 1983. Soft Cover. 0003293459 . 176 pages, illustrations, map, pictorial wrappers, very good. 7 by 10 inches. From the publisher: This new edition of the authoritative History of Jamaica covers the whole of the history of the island from the arrival of the Arawaks a thousand years ago until the present day. That thousand year period has also seen the arrival of the Spaniards and the extermination of the Amerindians, the coming of the British and the introduction of slavery, the fight for freedom and the achievement of independence. This story, with its many facets; the Buccaneers, the Maroons, the National Heroes and others, is told by the Government Archivist in a flowing narrative which is backed by a knowledge based on the closest contact with original documents. . more information

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London: Oxford University Press,. Very Good. 1969. Hard Cover. Xii,113 pages, cloth, very good. From the publisher: "The third part of Edward Brathwaite's trilogy of poems about the Negro's encounter with the New World interweaves the past and present of his Caribbean homeland." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Edward Kamau Brathwaite (born 1930) is a Barbadian writer, poet and dramatist; his poetry explores the African and Caribbean roots of his country and his people. The "national language" that he proposes is a new type of poetry linked with those themes. Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, he was born to humble parents, and he attended many schools, including Harrison College, Pembroke College, Cambridge, and Sussex University. In 1955, he travelled to Ghana, shortly after independence, where he worked for the Ministry of Education until 1962. Then he moved to Kingston where he taught history at the University of the West Indies and established Savacou the journal of the Caribbean Artists Movement (1966-1970): he was its secretary-general. Since the 1970s he has taught at many United States schools and published many scholarly works. Presently, he teaches comparative literature at New York University. In 1968, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Sussex, and in 1994, the International Neustadt Prize for Literature. His travels gave him knowledge about African culture and traditions and its pre-colonial identity, which then he decided to use in his poetry." . more information

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Washington, DC,: National Geographic Society,. 1980. Hard Cover. 213 pages, well illustrated in color, cloth, dust jacket, very good. Contributing authors: Tom Eigeland, Mary Ann Harrell, Christine Eckstrom Lee, Charles McCarry, Bart McDowell; contributing photographers: Nathan Benn, Jodi Cobb, Cotton Coulson, Donald J. Crump, Tor Eigeland. . more information

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Author (Circa 1965). Very Good. Soft Cover. Contents: LAND: Sporting equipment, films, taxis, stamps, currency, etc.; SEA: Imaginary vs real perils, swimming, boats and boating etc.; SKY: Seasons, trade-wind weather, stars, green flash, etc.; HISTORY: Importance to Americans, which are Windward and Leeward Islands and why. Editors Note: Capt. W.L.M. (Bruno) Brown DSO, OBE, DSC, RN (ret.), the author and illustrator of this pamphlet originally prepared it for yacht charterers based on his almost ten years of cruising in these waters. The information in it, however, appears to be of general interest to all those enjoying this delightful area whether on land, cruise ships, or island hopping by air. . more information

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New York,: Dodd, Mead & Co.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1965. Hard Cover. 184 pages, 8 plates, map endpapers, cloth, dust jacket slightly frayed and chipped otherwise very good. . more information

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New York: American Geographical Society of New York,. 1926. Hard Cover. American Geographical Society. Map of Hispanic America. Publication no. 2. 207 pages, 16 plates, 65 maps, cloth, very good. . more information

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Nassau: An Etienne Dupuch Jr. Publication. Very Good. 1988. Soft Cover. 478 pages, well illustrated, maps, pictorial wraps, very good. Editorial Director: S.P. Dupuch, Managing Editor: Harold Flagg, Contributing Editor: Benson McDermott. Contents include: Our prehistoric past - lost worlds, Obeah - curses, coffins and cash; A man of many faces - Bahama discoverer, Spence - 'happy all the time', Bush bonanzas - the Italian connection, 23 babies were 'a joy' - says Mrs. Cash, 'Petticoat regime' - women at work, A new runway - for Sir Freddie, Island commissioner - a man for all reasons, Freeport information - an alphabetical listing of the who, what, when, wher and why of Freeport / Lucaya day-to-day living, Cabinet ministers, The Senate, House of Assembly, Public service officials, Diplomats and consular representatives in the Bahamas, etc. . more information

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Washington, D. C.: EPICA Task Force. Very Good. 1982. Softcover. 0918346053 . 132 pages, well illustrated, maps, pictorial wrappers, 8 by 11 inches, very good. From the back cover: "12The Ecumenical Program for Interamerican Communication and Action (EPICA) is a nonprofit education / action project which focuses on socio-economic problems and political struggles in Central America and the Caribbean. EPICA publications provide readers with historical background and up-to-date analyses for understanding these societies and the impact of the United States upon them. The EPICA Task Force prepares its publications in close association with grassroots organizations in the region and develops solidarity networks in collaboration with U. S. Social / religious groups in support of justice and liberation efforts in the Caribbean Basin. " SR512AOS ; 132 pages . more information

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New Brunswick,: Rutgers University Press,. 1991. Soft Cover. 0813517389 . 273 pages, wrappers, very good. From the rear cover: This collection of short stories features moving tales from the rich Caribbean oral tradition, stories that question women's traditional roles, present women's perspectives on the history of Caribbean slavery and colonialism, and convey the beautiful cadences of the language of Caribbean women. It offers the general reader a broad selection of the themes, styles, and techniques characteristic of contemporary women's fiction in the Caribbean. There are 27 enjoyable and vibrant tales in this anthology, some of then originally written in English, others in French, Dutch, and Spanish. There are writers from Guadeloupe, Dominica, Jamaica, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Antigua, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Surinam. Along with stories by well-known writers such as Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid, Michelle Cliff, Maryse Conde and Rosario Ferre, the anthology also includes first-rate stories by lesser-known but equally talented writers. The collection also contains a critical introduction, biographical notes, and a bibliography. . more information

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New York: Sterling Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1969. Hard Cover. 64 pages, well illustrated, maps, pictorial boards, very good. Revised edition. The cover caption reads: "A donkey cart is a means of transportation for this lady in rural Barbados." . more information

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Bermuda Trade Development Board, Circa 1950. Very Good. Soft Cover. Kodachromes taken in Bermuda by Toni Frissell. 18 pages, mainly pictorial in color, 1 large folding map in color, pictorial wrappers. 6 by 8-1/2 inches. The photographs of Toni Frissell, or Antoinette Frissell Bacon, (1907-1988) also illustrated Bermuda: The Happy Island (1946). . more information

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Garden Club of Bermuda. Very Good. ca 1973. Softcover. [5], 81 pages, well illustrated, pictorial wrappers, 9 by 12 inches, very good. From the foreword by Carol Flieger: We hope, in this second edition of Bermuda Houses and Gardens published by the Garden Club of Bermuda, to give our readers a special look at the different types of architecture and various styles of planting and gardens on these beautiful islands." SR903OS; 81 pages . more information

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New York: Praeger,. 1985. Soft Cover. 0275916480 . 466 pages, map, pictorial wraps, very good. From the back cover: A wide-ranging survey of Cuba's Quarter-Century of Revolution. Featuring essays by leading experts from the United States, Europe and Canada, this authoritative anthology surveys all aspects of contemporary life in Cuba, and charts the successes and failures of Fidel Castro and the Cuban people. The contributions deal with many social, cultural, economic, political, and foreign policy developments, and also include broad overviews of the past 25 years of Cuban history. Some of the topics covered: Cuban schools, Medicine in the community, Cuba's food distribution system, Women in socialist Cuba, The Church in Cuba, Economic policy and development models, Cuban economic planning, Revolutionary symbolism, Cuban political structure, The Cuban working class, Socialist legality and practice, U.S.-Cuba relations, Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Third World struggle, Cuban internationalism, Sources, scholarship, and literature on the revolution. . more information

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Argos Inc. , (Printed in Spain) , (N. D. , Circa 1970). Hard Cover. 63 pages, well illustrated in color, map, pictorial boards, very good. 6-1/2 inches by 6 inches.Text includes history, discovery, religion, climate, language, government, livelihood of the people, Aruba's role in World War II, and hotels, beaches, recreation. Information on each of the 46 color pictures. . more information

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co,. 1976. Hard Cover. 0396072844 . 578 pages, well illustrated, many maps and charts, cloth, dj, very good. Contributors: Jolyon Byerley: The Windwards and Leewards; Alexander C. Forbes: The Virgin Islands; Kit S. Kapp: The Spanish Main. . more information

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St. Crois, VI: Friendship Publications. Very Good. 1987. Soft Cover. 63 pages, illustrations, pictorial wrappers, gift inscription to former owner on last page otherwise very good. Second printing. By the author of SEEING NEVIS. By Verse, By Thought & By Pen, Book 1. Poems include My Friend Gillus, Two Ladies by the Sea, Annaberg, The Boat Yard, and Children of the Sand. . more information

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London: Macmillan Caribbean. 1978. Soft Cover. 0333238184 . 293 pages, illustrations, maps, pictorial wraps, very good. . more information

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Universal Publishing Company, Ltd.. Very Good. 1982. Soft Cover. 28 pages, mainly pictorial in color, pictorial wrappers, very good. . more information

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English Harbour, Antigua: Reference Library of Nelson's Dockhard National Park Foundation. 1982. Soft Cover. Drawings by T.J. Holmes, R.I.B.A. 62 pages, well illustrated, map, pictorial wrappers, very good. Contents include: The beginning of conflict, The Royal Navy, The arrival of General Thomas Shirley, Famous regiments at Shirley Heights (Royal Scots, Royal Americans, Hompesch's Light Infantry, West India Regiments, Royal Artillery), Canons fired at Shirley Heights, The Soldier's Gun - Brown Bess, Caribbean Food and Clothing, The men who created Shirley Heights. . more information

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El Centro, CA: Imagenes Press. 1985. Hard Cover. 0939302063 . 56 leaves, well illustrated in color, maps, pictorial boards, oblong 11 by 8-1/2 inches. . more information

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St. Croix Landmarks Society. 1964. Soft Cover. . . . containing much information of value to the reader about Whim Greathouse & Old Plantation Days; the story of sugar & rum; description of life on a Cruzan Plantation; the story of the Sugar Cane Plant; Alexander Hamilton's account of a terrible hurricane; the story of our famous governor, Peter von Scholten and the connection between Rum and the American Revolution. 72 pages, well illustrated, maps, pictorial wraps, very good. 5th printing. . more information

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Nassau: An Etienne Dupuch Jr. Publication. 1997. Soft Cover. 599 pages, well illustrated, maps, pictorial wraps, very good. Editorial Director: S.P. Dupuch, Senior Editor: Gordon Lomer, Contributing Editor: Suzanne Twiston-Davies. . more information

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National Geographic Society. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0870442740 . 215, [1] pages, well illustrated in color, maps, cloth, DJ, very good. From the dust jacket: "The book - completely new - takes a fresh look at the Windward and Leeward Island groups, as well as exploring Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and the Dutch ABC. Five writers savor this world of sun, sand, and crystal-clear waters, these realms of vibrant people. They examine the changes taking place as islands emerge into independence, with the rewards and the problems development will bring. " FR5-1 ; 215 pages . more information

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Indianapolis,: Bobbs- Merrill Co. ,. Very Good. 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. 335 pages, 9 plates, cloth, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. Jamaica-born Roberts (1886-1962) was a novelist, poet, historian, and war correspondent founded the Jamaica Progressive League in NY in 1936, author of some two dozen books including novels, poetry and miscellaneous non-fiction. . more information

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Las Vegas,: KC Publications,. Very Good. 1974. Soft Cover. 091612214X . 48 pages, well illustrated in color, pictorial wrappers, very good. 9 by 12 inches. Edited by Gwen DenDooven. Underwater photography by Clarendon Bowman. "This book is dedicated to all who find Nature not an adversary to conquer and destroy, but a storehouse of infinite knowledge and experience linking man to all things past and present. They know conserving the natural environment is essential to our future well-being." Robinson also authored "Marine Research and Resource Management in Virgin Islands National Park." . more information

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New York,: Devin-Adair Co. ,. 1961. Hard Cover. xxii,168p., plates, maps, cloth, frayed dust jacket else v.g. . more information

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Paget, Bermuda: Mrs. Douglas Hunter. Very Good. 1978. Reprint. Spiral bound. 114 pages, illustrations, pictorial wrappers, spiral bound, very good. Published by Mrs. Douglas Hunter, 'Sky High', Paget, Bermuda. M19; 114 pages . more information

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Paget, Bermuda: Mrs. Douglas Hunter. 1981. Soft Cover. 114 pages, pictorial wrappers, spiral bound, very good. . more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf,. 1970. Hard Cover. 336 pages, plates, map, cloth, dust jacket, 1st edition, very good. The story of the travelers, adventurers and soldiers of fortune who searched for a promised land in the Caribbean, including the Scots settlement at Damien. . more information

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Clinton Corners, NY: John De Graff, Inc.. 1978. Hard Cover. 0828600813 . Photography by Harold Hawley, Illustrations by Dee Carstarphen, Chart sketches by the author. 167 pages, well illustrated, many maps, cloth, very good. Signed by author on title-page. From the preface: This manuscript started out as a series of descriptions and stories about the islands and people of the Caribbean, interspersed with personal sailing experiences - relatively short observations and tales without much organization to tie them up into a neat package. . . I've tried to make the book both informative and entertaining by including a scattering of cruising stories and anecdotes. ; Signed by Author . more information

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New York: Viking Press,. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. Hard Cover. 244 pages, 16 plates, map endpapers, 7 text maps, cloth, dj, gift inscription to former owner otherwise very good. From the dj: Mary Slater is virtually all the Caribbean Islands, and has lived for extended periods on many of them. Jamaica and the Bahamas, Trinidad and Barbados, Pureto Rico and the Virgin Islands may now be relatively well known (even if some of the individual Bahaman islands certainly are not: Eleuthera, Andros, Cat Island, Long Cay, Mayaguana and Inaguana, for instance). The Netherlands Antilles are, however, little visited, yet Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba have an altogether individual flavour. And, for all their intrinsic and varying attractions, Grenada, the Turks, Caicos and Cayman Islands - al tense are at present virtually unvisited by the tourist. So that Mary Slater's book deals with many places which, from this point of view, have never been described before. . more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf,. Very Good. 1957. Hard Cover. [20],400 pages, well illustrated, maps, cloth, very good. From An Interview with Bradley Smith in 1992: "Escape to the West Indies was a great shock to me. Alfred Knopf called and he said, "Bradley, Blanche and I have been up tonight and we think that we should do a book on the Caribbean, there isn't any. And we'd like you to do it. We saw a story of yours in Life called 'West Indies Escape.' " I said, "This will be easy. I can use a lot of my Life pictures, and I'll do some more pictures and that will be the West Indies." And he said, "I don't want any pictures in the book. I want about 80,000 words, 70,000 at the least, and I want you to do all 31 islands of the Caribbean. I want you to do the history and any anecdotal material; their poetry and music." I said, "That's going to cost quite a bit to go back and do that." He said, "We'll raise the advance a bit" - it wasn't much anyway - "that's what we want." I said, "Could we have one black-and-white picture to introduce each chapter?" He said that would be okay. "This is a book that will be beautifully printed, we'll use great paper, the best designer we've got in the house, and that's what we'd like you to do." So here I was, a photographer being hired as a writer to do a book for a very prestigious firm. It never happened again, I don't think." . more information

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Macmillan Caribbean. Fair. 1983. Soft Cover. 0333345975 . Vi,313 pages, well illustrated, diagrams, pictorial wrappers, some shelf-wear, else very good. 7-1/2 by 10 inches. 1984 reprint of 1983 edition. With the collaboration of W.K. King, Lecturer in Science Education at the University of the West Indies. Assisted by F. Commissiong and A. Maund. Front cover photograph is of a goldentail moray with a cleaner shrimp. . more information

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Washington: Government Printing Office,. Very Good. 1904. Hard Cover. Compiled under the direction of Worthington Chauncey Ford, chief, Division of Manuscripts. 148 pages, 4 plates, cloth, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. From the preface by Worthington Chauncey Ford, Chief, Division of Manuscripts: "This list is based upon a collection of manuscripts which once belonged to George Chalmers, of England. The volumes were purchased by Peter Force, and with his collection came into the possession of the Library of Congress in 1867. Known as the Vernon-Wager papers, they comprise the correspondences of two men, Sir Charles Wager and Edward Vernon. They 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 on the Spanish main, constitute the naval features. The slave trade, the commercial operations of the South Sea Company, and much relating to Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Nova Scotia, are matters of civil concern. The light thrown upon the history of North American and upon British colonial policy is important; as is also the development of naval regulation and policy when Great Britain was contesting with Spain the supremacy of the West Indies." . more information

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Macmillan Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. Hard Cover. 456 pages, illustrations, maps, cloth, dj, very good. From the publisher: This superb guide to the sunny Caribbean vacation spots is designed for the tourist with a mind of his won. ~ And, in addition, a unique feature of this lively guidebook is the 25 special articles - descriptive, entertaining, beautifully written personal essays by famed novelist James Ramsey Ullman which impart the real flavor of these vacations lands in the sun. . more information

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New York: Blue Ribbon Books,. 1930. Hard Cover. 207 pages, 6 plates, text illustrations, cloth, later edition. Birthday card pasted to verso of frontispiece otherwise very good. . more information

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New York: Benziger Brothers. Very Good. 1925. Hard Cover. 252 pages, 9 plates, blue cloth, 1st edition, very good. History and description of Jamaica. . more information

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Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing. 1995. Soft Cover. 155868204X . Photography by Bob Krist. Text by Margaret Zellers. 80 pages, well illustrated in color, pictorial wrappers, 8-1/2 by 11 inches, very good. . more information

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