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197884949Georgetown Guyana: S.i. 1978. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; printed manila card wrappers; text is mimeographed with author's name and title hand-written in ink on the spine; ii78-10414pp. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez with his ink name and date 8/79 on upper front endpaper. Seymour has inscribed this copy to him and mis-dated it on the half-title page: "For Roberto from AJ / with admiration affection / Aug 5. 1969." This was Marquez's working copy showing numerous passages marked over several readings showing extensive interaction with the text. Wrappers are edgeworn dust-soiled with a few small adhesive marks to same; Very Good. <br /> <br /> "This is a pioneering literary work. It is a distillation of my personal development as critic and editor in Guyana over several decades and it gathers within two covers what I may describe as a guide to as well as a survey of major forms of creative writing in the Guyana experience" from the preface. 84949. S.i. unknown
177521553Paris 1775. Very good condition. Detailed copper engraved map of Guyana from Cap Nassau down to Cap de Nord. Showing many towns and coastal ports. With decorative cartouche compass rose and rhumb lines. From Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages".<br /> <br /> Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King.<br /> <br /> Folding 13 x 9 3/4". Strong impression very clean. unknown
29149 March 1930; 'Trent House Main Street Georgetown'. 10 pages on 5 8vo leaves. In good condition but with a few large blots. The first part of a letter by a writer who appears to be English. Straight out of B. Traven. The author wants Joan to join him and Gwen in partnership with Hamerly. 'Hamerly is down here from one of his expeditions & we became friendly through his having lived & travelled widely in the Paraguayan Chaco. He is rather what the Americans call a roughneck but he has a most exhaustive knowledge of South America having done some tremendous journeys right through Brazil has had some extraordinary adventures which he tells amusingly in his broken English . He is like a character in an adventure novel . has made personal friends of all the big men in the mining fields the Venezuala Generals & Colonels &c & also of big Govt officials at Caraccas & he has obtained a concession of very rich gold lands immediately the other side of the frontier which he has not yet had time to work. The terms of his concession permit him to shoot anybody who goes on his land. .' There is 'a small shop at Five Stars run by a Chinaman Che Fat who could make a profit selling at 5 cents per lb cheaper . At Arakaka there is another Chinese store just sold out to Che Fat by Ho Shoo Hamerly is in partnership with Camizoulia wealthy Portugee of Georgetown who sends up the goods he requires . He wants to extend by establishing a permanent store on the frontier & to do that it is necessary to squeeze out the Chinks . I have discussed the proposition with two experienced men & they both agree that the only sound way to do gold mining is to establish it on the basis of a bush store which provides cash to carry on prospecting till creeks with rich pay are found. . If a bush negro comes in with plenty of gold & buys his provisions dirt cheap he feels he has been well treated & is expansive & wants to buy gaudy useless things that attract him & then does not mind how much he pays for it as he is totally without any standard of comparison on which to form an estimate of it's sic value .' More in the same vein on such subjects as gold mining 'in the immediate vicinity of Arekaka'. 9 March 1930; 'Trent House | Main Street | Georgetown'. unknown
346<p>FRENCH GUIANA. BARRÈRE Pierre Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de la France équinoxiale ou Dénombrement des Plantes des Animaux & des Minéraux qui se trouvent dans l'Isle de Cayenne les Isles de Remire sur les Côtes de la Mer & dans le Continent de la Guyane Paris Piget 1741.<br />8° XXIV 216 pages 4 leaves ; contemporary calf.</p><p><br />The first monograph on French Guiana's natural history<br />First edition ; one of the scarce large paper copies mentioned by Sabin. Pierre Barrère 1690-1755 was a French physician and botanist from Perpignan. His thesis on the medical uses of botany attracted the attention of Antoine de Jussieu who put forward his name to the French regent Philippe d'Orléans. He was sent to French Guiana "France équinoxiale " as the King's physician and botanist in Cayenne from 1722 to 1725 to look for medecinal plants. During his stay in the colony he collected plants roots fruits and seeds as well as rocks and minerals which were incorporated into Jussieu's herbarium. After an epidemic of yellow fever he returned to France where in 1741 he published this work on the natural history of Cayenne and Remire in which he compiled a very complete alphabetical list of the plants of this part of the world - he referred to the nomenclature of Tournefort and Plumier - as well as the fauna and minerals. This book was followed by another entitled Nouvelle Relation de la France équinoxale in 1743.</p><p>Provenance: Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès 1767-1846 geographer printer/editor and slave trader printed bookplate; Rémi Valdemar Chardey 1813-1900 collector from Le Havre who purchased part of the former's library at its posthumous sale.</p><p>Pritzel 425; Sabin 3603; Leclerc 1511: "This work is more difficult to find than the Relation de la France Equinoxiale by the same author."</p>
10739London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. Printed by Darling and Son Ltd London. 1913. Folio 59 pp. Stitched. In original blue printed wraps. Good on lightly-aged paper in lightly-worn wraps. Title ends: '. by the Honorary Correspondents of their Commercial Intelligence Branch in those Colonies. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty.' Title-page carries shelf-mark and stamp of the Bibliotheque du Palais de la Paix. Scarce. London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. Printed by Darling and Son, Ltd, London. 1913. paperback
186046866New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15¼" image area 10½" X 13½". Hand colored. Near fine. Quite faint age toning. Bold bright and lovely map of these half dozen South American countries from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Upper third contains "Map of New Granada Venezuela and Guiana" lower left third contains "Map of Peru and Equador" and lower right third contains "Map of the Argentine Confederation." Today "New Granada" consists of Colombia and Panama. Wonderfully delicately colored with fine decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
186046956New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15¼" image area 10½" X 13½". Hand colored. Very good. Mild age toning and bit of faint soiling. Quite nice map of these half dozen South American countries from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Upper third contains "Map of New Granada Venezuela and Guiana" lower left third contains "Map of Peru and Equador" and lower right third contains "Map of the Argentine Confederation." Today "New Granada" consists of Colombia and Panama. Wonderfully delicately colored with fine decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
10091Trent House Main Street Georgetown British Guiana 10 June 1947. One page folio fold marks good condition. She has approached Dingwall as someone who could help make conditions in British Guiana better known in England. She refers to the enclosure of "Resolutions" from public meetings identifying herself as the wife of a King's Counsel "who has acted as a judge on the Supreme Court Bench of this Colony." They need help to take on the merchants who are standing in the way of improving the standard of living. "The extreme poverty of the working classes of this Colony makes it imperative that steps be taken to bring down the cost of living . . ." She notes that copies of the enclosures have been sent to Dr Edith Summerskill Quintin Hogg The Secretary of the Colonial Fabian Society F.A. Fulfordof the Editorial Staff The Catholic Herald. Accompanied by15 typewritten pages folio comprising Resolutions formed at public meetings: Resolution I four pages refers to '"blackmarket and corrupt" practices of a large section of the Mercantile Community "some of whom are members of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce." She then covers the supply of basic foodstuffs flour split peas salted butter salt fish condensed milk and the effects of corrupt practices on various trades and others resolving that the "unfair monopoly" should be removed and action taken against the culprits. Resolution 2 2pp. outlines circumstances forced on the colony by war exigencies seven years of black marketing and hoarding etc. resolving that an Officer to support a Committee should be appointed to represent consumers. Resolution 3 making statements which lead to the resolution that an enquiry should be made into the cost of living that quota restrictions should be removed or a new quota system put in place and current quotas investigated. With: seven pages last one damaged with some loss of text of copy correspondence including documentation of business being stifled by corruption and an analysis of price rises on essential foodstuffs clothing and soap between 1938 and 1947 including comments on the black market etc. Trent House, Main Street, Georgetown, B[ritish] G[uiana], 10 June 1947. hardcover
18372252821837. Watercolor on paper. 19 x 26 cm. 7-1/2 x 10-1/4 inches. Matted. Watercolor on paper. 19 x 26 cm. 7-1/2 x 10-1/4 inches. Adriaan David van der Gon Netscher was a member of the Netscher family a Dutch military family that traces its heritage back to the 1600s. <br /> <br /> Adriaan David was a naval officer honorably discharged in 1848 and a member of the Court of Police in British Guyana where he painted this striking little watercolor of the Public Building. unknown
216661Amsterdam: Blaeu n.d. With contemporary coloring. Large Cartouche hand-colored upper rigt "Guiana sive Amazonum Regio." Signed "Guiljelmus Blaew" lower right. 1 vols. 15-3/4 x 20 inches. Mounted and framed. With contemporary coloring. Large Cartouche hand-colored upper rigt "Guiana sive Amazonum Regio." Signed "Guiljelmus Blaew" lower right. 1 vols. 15-3/4 x 20 inches. Blaeu unknown
a76567Washington 1976 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to. 123pp. original decorated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. VG. . paperback
1799311123London: printed for J. Wright 1799. First English edition. 4 215 pp. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled calf morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to binding small split to front joint minor marginal worming at beginning. First English edition. 4 215 pp. 8vo. Narrative of the exile of several French revolutionaries to the penal colony of Cayenne in Guiana giving account of travel in the colony and of the voyage residence and escape. Sabin 67630 printed for J. Wright unknown
1963204873San Francisco 1963. Tiny shallow chip to one edge; fine. Broadside printed on one side of a single leaf approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in. Full page letter to American union members reporting on the manipulation of AFL and other American unions supporting the general strike in British Guiana sic. Not well remembered today the 80-day walkout was the longest general strike on the world. This letter calls out George Meany and other union leaders for falling in line with this action which was being pushed by right-wing anti-communist organizations aiming for political change and not representing the interests of workers. The operation was part of a covert US effort secretly funded by the CIA who used the American unions as tools to oust the popular Guianese leader Cheddi Jagan who was friendly with Cuba's Fidel Castro. unknown
185528012New York: J.H. Colton & Co 1855. 13 3/4" X 16½" image 13¼" X 16¼". Hand colored. Near fine. Faint age toning. A beauty clean margined and striking. Small insets at lower left showing "Pernambuco" and "Rio de Janeiro." Full text "The Republic of Chili" on verso. J.H. Colton & Co unknown
