West Indian Literature from Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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Heartease.
by GOODISON, Lorna.
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London: New Beacon Books, (1988). First edition, paper issue. 21.5 cm x 14 cm, card covers, pp. 61. The uncommon third book by this important Jamaican poet. Near fine.. Item Price
$22.00

Bahamian Odyssey. A Book of Island Poetry and Illustrations.
by SAWYER, Tyrone G. (Illustrated by Kendal I. Major II).
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(Miami: Self-published, 1989). First edition. 8vo., card covers, pp. 93; illustrated with coloured illustrations and b&w photos of basketball teams. A little worn at spine ends and with a sticker pull to the spine, else very good.. Item Price
$16.50

Honorary White. A Visit to South Africa.
by BRAITHWAITE, E.R.
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London: Bodley Head, 1975. First edition. Very good in dust jacket (slight wear at spine ends).. Item Price
$16.50

Lucy.
by KINCAID, Jamaica.
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New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1990). First edition. Signed by the author. Fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
$15.00

Buxton Spice.
by KEMPADOO, Oonya.
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London: Phoenix House, [1998]. First edition. Kempadoo was born in England of Guyanese parents in 1966. She was brought up in Guyana, and at the time of this book's publication resided in Grenada. Fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
$16.50

Rights of Passage.
by BRATHWAITE, Edward [Kamua].
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London: Oxford University Press, 1967. First edition. Octavo, brown cloth with a small slug (291) impressed in lower corner of rear cover, pp. 86. Signed by Brathwaite and dated in the year of publication. The poet's first book, and the first in a trilogy of works.. Lacks front free endpaper, else very good. No dust jacket.. Item Price
$50.00

The Schoolmaster.
by LOVELACE, Earl.
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London: Collins, 1968. First edition. Octavo, dark green paper-covered boards, pp. 224. Signed by Lovelace. The author was born in Trinidad. Faint scattered foxing to page edges and oter leaves, else near fine in a very good plus price-clipped dust jacket, with light soiling to the rear panel.. Item Price
$125.00

Higher Ground.
by PHILLIPS, Caryl.
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(New York): Viking, (1989). First American edition. Signed by Phillips. Remainder line to bottom edge, else near fine in a dust jacket which is somewhat darkened at the edges.. Item Price
$22.00

Reluctant Neighbours.
by BRAITHWAITE, E.R.
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London: Bodley Head, 1972. First edition. Small, faint rubberstamped address on endpaper, else near fine in a very good or better, price-clipped dust jacket, with a tiny tear to rear panel.. Item Price
$16.50

Black and White.
by NAIPAUL, Shiva.
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London: Hamish Hamilton, (1980). First edition. Octavo, black boards, pp. 215. Signed by Shiva Naipaul. Text concerns, the murder of a U.S. congressman, and the subsequent mass suicides known as the Jonestown massacre in Guyana, 1978. " .Shiva Naipaul's interest in the story lies not so much in the events themselves as in the ideas and environments that shaped those… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Hot Country.
by NAIPAUL, Shiva.
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London: Hamish Hamilton, (1983). Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. Pale blue wraps, bumped at the spine and lower corners, else very good.. Item Price
$22.00

Salt.
by LOVELACE, Earl.
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New York: Persea Books, (1997). First American edition. Octavo, black boards backed in green cloth, pp. 260. Signed by Lovelace. The author was born in Trinidad. This novel was the winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for its region. Fine in dust jacket, with a few tiny crinkles to the spine ends, and a small crease at the top corner… Read more about this item Item Price
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A State of Independence.
by PHILLIPS, Caryl.
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London: Faber & Faber, (1986). First edition. Signed by Phillips. Corners slightly bumped otherwise fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
$45.00

Talk Stories.
by KINCAID, Jamaica. Foreword by Ian Frazier.
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New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (2001). First edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo, off-white boards backed with tan cloth, pp. xx, 247. A collection of Kincaid's original writings for the New Yorker's "Talk of the Town", composed during the years after she first arrived in the United States from Antigua, from 1978 to 1983. Near fine in dust jacket.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Giving Back to my People.
by KWESI, Lasana. [Winston Daniel].
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(N.p.: Self Published, 1973). First edition.. Soft cover. Very Good. 21.2 cm x 16.9 cm, stapled card covers, pp. 42; illustrations and cover design by Kolo. Poetry. Inscribed by the author, "One Love, Laksana M. Kwesi, 13/6/76". Rear cover states " Printed by Imprint for the Publisher Winston Daniel". Lasana Kwesi was an important figure in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Last Cool Days.
by STEWART, John.
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(London): Deutsch, (1971). First edition. Octavo, black boards, pp. [190]. The Trinidadian author's first novel. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon.. Item Price
$30.00

The Schoolmaster.
by LOVELACE, Earl.
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London: Collins, 1968. First edition. Octavo, dark green paper-covered boards, pp. 224. Signed by Lovelace. The author was born in Trinidad. Non-authorial inscription on front free endpaper, else near fine in a very good plus price-clipped dust jacket, showing light soiling to the rear panel.. Item Price
$100.00

I Want a Black Doll.
by HERCULES, Frank.
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London: Collins, 1967. First English edition. Fine in an exceptionally bright, price-clipped dust jacket.. Item Price
$55.00

Caribbean Literature. An Anthology.
by COULTHARD, G.R.
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London: University of London, (1966). First edition. Includes material by Wallcott, Lamming, Claude McKay, John Hearne and others. Spine slightly cocked, else very good in dust jacket.. Item Price
$27.50

The Nature of Blood.
by PHILLIPS, Caryl.
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London: Faber & Faber, (1997). First edition. Signed by Phillips. Fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
$27.50