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2005107378Washington DC: National Geographic 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Kincaid to author Nicholas Delbanco and his family: "To the D's with love from Jamaica. National Geographic hardcover
1981220112Marceline.: Jamaica Centennial History Committee. 1981. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Jamaica Centennial History Committee. hardcover
1836175381836. This pamphlet is a return to an Address of the House of Commons from March 25 1836 whereby the Agent of Jamaica William Burge protests against the unilateral abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Ordered to be printed by the House of Commons in London April 1836. 13 pages. 13" x 8.25" inches. Included within is a copy of three letters from the Agent to Lord Glenelg the British colonial secretary as well Burge's protest to Glenelg. Burge states: He is desirous that His Majesty's Government should understand that this Protest is made not as the performance of a formal act of official duty but from his conviction that the proposed legislation for Jamaica is a direct violation of the constitutional rights of that Colony rights coeval with its establishment and which have hitherto been respected." The Agent was a colonial official who was the official representative of a British colony who was based in London and acted as lobbyists and trade negotiators for the affairs of the colony. While Burge had at other times claimed to "hate" slavery he employs the British analogue of the "states rights'" argument that many moderate politicians in the United States used to signal personal distaste for slavery but to nonetheless protect the institution's existence on the basis of constitutionality. When the institution of slavery died out in the British Empire after 1836 the abolitionist movement in the US gained tremendous momentum despite the protests of our own William Burge's. This piece is overall in very good condition. unknown
2014BN274906Unionsverlag 2014. 2014. Softcover. Lucy <br/><br/>Lucy Jamaica Kincaid Unionsverlag paperback
1989524075New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Edited by Bradford Morrow. Octavo. 287 9 ads pp. With several black and white illustrations. Green remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in price-clipped and very lightly worn near fine dust jacket. Signed by editor Bradford Morrow on the title page and Signed by Jamaica Kincaid Robert Coover John Edgar Wideman Patrick McGrath and William T. Vollmann at their contributions. Also prints contributions by Robert Creeley John Hawkes and Salman Rushdie among others. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
19832385FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX. NY 1983. Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain gold printed wrappers. Publicity material stapled to the inside of front cover. Author's FIRST book. . FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX. NY 1983 paperback
61311c.1880. . Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition; Dimensions: 235 x 185mm. 9.5 x 7.5 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1880]. unknown
19739Westhorpe Westhorpe House Little Marlow Buckinghamshire . 23 June 1848. 3pp. 16mo. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged worn and creased. See both men's entries in the Oxford DNB. Nugent is delighted to learn of Wallich's 'appointment to the Superintendence of the Botanical Gardens at Calcutta' and is pleased that the post has made Wallich independent: 'I give myself Credit for having confirmed you in the Situation for it was highly favorable to the Company's Interests & I believe the Directors are sensible of it . What a Pleasure it must be to you to see alll your children provided for in such honorable Employment - It is a just Reward for all your Labours & you are fortunate in having adopted England as your Country where you can attend to their Interests'. He thanks him for sending a newspaper 'which reminds me of old Times though I have no longer any Tie in India'. He ends by offering to return any of the documents Wallich has sent him. Westhorpe [ Westhorpe House, Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire ]. 23 June 1848. unknown
14751Duckenfield Hall Estate letter: On Hankey's letterhead of 7 Mincing Lane London EC; 29 December 1915. Meylersfield and Friendship Estates letter: no place; dated 26 June 1917. The two items are in very good condition on lightly-aged paper. Accompanying the two items is the envelope in which they were contained docketted: 'Letters. Duckinfield sic Hall Estate Meylersfield Estate & Friendship Estate Trust'. Both items are signed 'Cyril Gurney H. A. Trotter L. M. Harvey'. ONE Duckenfield Hall Estate letter: 1p. 4to. Begins: 'Owing to the value of Duckenfield Hall Estate being largely in excess of £6000 the sum at which it stands in the firm's books it is agreed between us that in the event of the death of a partner his executors shall receive a share of the surplus profits after ten per cent has been paid on £6000.' The letter continues on the topic of the action to be taken 'in the event of the estate being sold'. A descendant of the English judge Sir John Gurney 1768-1845 and a member of a prominent abolitionist family Cyril Gurney had married Margaret Evelyn Trotter in 1894. TWO: 1p. foolscap 8vo. Setting out what is to be done with 'any profit or surplus arising from the sale of Meylersfield Estate or from the trust in connection with he winding up of Friendship Estate.' From the Hankey & Co. banking archive. Duckenfield Hall Estate letter: On [Hankey's] letterhead of 7 Mincing Lane, London, EC; 29 December 1915. Meylersfield and Frien unknown
14752'Jamaica No 81'. Executive Committee Office. 26 January 1856. 3pp. foolscap 8vo. Bifolium. In good condition on lightly aged and worn paper. The letter begins: 'Gentlemen I am directed to inform you that a Bill of Exchange drawn by His Excellency the Governor and the Members of the Executive Committee on the Lords of the Treasury for the sum of £10.822 . 9 . 6 at thirty days' sight will be forwarded to you by the Receiver General by the present Mail together with Bills of the Colonial Bank making with the Bills already forwarded the further sum of £9.500 - and to provide altogether the sum of £20.000 which I am to instruct you to receive and pay to the Bank of England in liquidation of that amount payable there on the 1st April next for Interest and Sinking Fund on the Jamaica Guaranteed Loan.' The letter continues for more than a page in the same vein. From the Hankey & Co. banking archive. Underneath summary of contents "Ansd do 16 Feb. /56 the date of receiving W.W. William Wilson of Hankeys" has initialled 'Jamaica No 81'. Executive Committee Office. 26 January 1856. unknown
21422Mansfield Street London 8 Dec. 1807. One page 12mo bifolium docketed with names etc of the sender "Gen. Sir A. Clarke" and recipient of letter on p.4 a small part of which is stuck to p.2 separated from the other docketing. Text clear and complete. A mysterious further note appears above the letter text "Entd. OB 236". He says: The bearer George one of my Servants is so much grown that he cannot wear his Blue Livery Coat and Red Waistcoat. You must therefore let them former elided sufficiently in the Body & Sleeves; and lengthen the latter at the Cuffs to make them long enough - Pray do this in the best manner you can and as soon as possible." Mansfield Street, [London], 8 Dec. 1807. unknown
186724796London: Hurst and Blackett 1867. First edition. 355 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in 3/4 contemporary green morocco and marbled boards marbled edges. Veryu Good. First edition. 355 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation on endpaper "C. Noles 1st Prize for Mental Arith Presented by Mr. Burden of Duke Street Grovenor Square." <br /> He travelled to Jamaica Haiti which he called "Niggerdom" and the Southern States. Hurst and Blackett unknown
183937001London 1839. 12 1 blank 1 docket pp. Folio with caption title as issued. New stitching. Very Good.<br /> <br /> Reports are printed "on the actual state of the labouring population and sugar cultivation" with disturbing news that the local magistrate prevents "the labourers from settling and working upon the properties on which they are located." The circumstances under which the laborers work are "wholly unsatisfactory" and further measures are necessary "to protect the rights of the emancipated population of Jamaica. unknown
199771257Kingston: Statistical Institute of Jamaica Vol. XI 1-14 1997. Paperback. Good. 14 vols. vp. maps plans tables wrps. 4to. Part 1; Parish of Kingston. Part 2; Parish of St. Andrew. Part 3; Parish of St. Thomas. Part 4; Parish of Portland. Part 5; Parish of St. Mary. Part 6; Parish of St. Ann. Part 7; Parish of Trelawny. Part 8; Parish of St. James. Part 9; Parish of Hanover. Part 10; Parish of Westmoreland. Part 11; Parish of St. Elizabeth. Part 12; Parish of Manchester. Part 13; Parish of Clarendon. Part 14; Parish of St. Catherine. Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Vol. XI, 1-14) paperback
1834243094London: John Murray 1834. First edition. With leaf of Murray advertisements preceding half-title and 2 small inserted leaves of Simpkins and Marshall ads at back. viii 408 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original drab boards with printed paper spine label. Front board detached else very good. Bookplate of William Arthur Sixth Duke of Portland and label of Chillingham Castle. First edition. With leaf of Murray advertisements preceding half-title and 2 small inserted leaves of Simpkins and Marshall ads at back. viii 408 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Journals of "Monk" Lewis' two residences in Jamaica in 1815-1816 and in 1817. Printed from the manuscript. The author died at sea while returning to England in 1818. It is his last book and has some dozen unpublished poems.<br /> Coleridge called it " . the most unaffected book of travels or touring I have read of late years . it is by far his best work and will live and be popular" NCBEL 3:743; Peck pp. 168-170; Sabin 40821 John Murray unknown
183416914London: John Murray 1834. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original boards. Rebacked printed label laid down some spotting of leaves mostly at front and back. A good copy of this journal by the famous Gothic novelist. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Journals of "Monk" Lewis' two residences in Jamaica in 1815-1816 and in 1817. Printed from the manuscript. The author died at sea while returning to England in 1818. NCBEL 3:743; Peck pp. 168-170; Sabin 40821 John Murray unknown
180945298Örebro Nils Magnus Lindh 1809. Stor8vo. Indbundet helt ubeskåret i et senere pragtfuldt hldrbd. med overdådig rygforgyldning Nanna Grönvall. 4336 pp. 32 delvist foldede kobberstukne plancher prospekter portrætter genrer etc. Enkelte kobberstik med en svag fugtskjold på bagsiden. Trykt på skrivepapir. Et yderst attraktivt eksemplar. <br/><br/><em>With folded engraved plate of Port Royal Kingston Harbour Jamaica with 10 pp. of description of Jamaica 2 engraved plates of Vesuv and Etna eruptions and many other engraved plates. </em> unknown
190530136London: Adam and Charles Black 1905. First edition. With 74 very fine and attractive colourplates from the paintings of Archibald Stevenson Forrest each with a captioned guard. Tall thick 8vo in the publisher's original pale blue cloth the upper cover and spine both decorated with ships craps clouds and sunbursts in brown ivory and gilt and with gilt lettering t.e.g. ix 272 4 ads pp. A handsome copy the plates all fine and bright some very occasional and light foxing within the text the lovely decorated binding is solid and firm with very little sign of wear but with a bit of mellowing to the spine front endpaper with cosmetic only spitting at the still-strong hinge. FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF THE MORE ELUSIVE TITLES IN BLACK'S TRAVEL SERIES A LOVELY BOOK IN FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. The blue seas and sun-drenched islands of the West Indies served as wonderful inspiration for both pen and paintbrush in this hard to find gem. Jamaica receives the lion's share of attention but other subjects include Barbadoes St. Lucia Dominica St. Thomas and Martinique. Archibald Forrest wonderfully captures the bright colourful scenery and colourful peoples of these tropic isles. Adam and Charles Black hardcover
BN65315FISCHER Taschenbuch. Lucy <br/><br/> FISCHER Taschenbuch unknown
1930224461930. Caribbean and Panama travel photograph album. circa early 1930s. This album documents interwar travel through the Panama Canal Zone and Jamaica recording maritime transit canal infrastructure and rural Caribbean life as observed by Western travelers. The photographs provide primary visual evidence of the Panama Canal as a site of industrial activity and international movement alongside scenes of Jamaican village life and landscape establishing a contrast between engineered environments and colonial rural settings. The material is particularly strong in its depiction of canal operations and the presence of local populations within these spaces.<br /> <br /> Album containing 29 silver gelatin photographs mounted on black leaves with individual prints measuring approximately 3.5 x 4.5 to 5 x 7 inches housed in a string-bound album measuring approximately 7 x 9.5 inches. The opening sequence shows passengers aboard a steamship with men and women posed along deck rails and views of ships navigating canal locks and docking areas. Additional images depict cranes drawbridges canal cuts and small boats in the water along with dock workers and uniformed personnel visible among travelers. Architectural and infrastructural views include colonial-style buildings and mechanical equipment associated with canal operation concluding with a monument identified as that of Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Panama City. The Jamaica sequence includes landscape views of hillsides and gardens along with images of Black Jamaican residents posed in village settings. One photograph bears the caption "Kingston Jamaica 10 -- S.S. 'Reliance' West Indies Cruise" showing children and adults gathered along a dirt road lined with wooden and metal-roofed structures. Other images show groups assembled beneath trees and within rural surroundings.<br /> <br /> Produced during a period when the Panama Canal served as a major conduit for global shipping under U.S. administration and Caribbean travel formed part of organized cruise itineraries the album reflects established routes of interwar tourism. The juxtaposition of canal engineering and Jamaican village scenes situates the photographs within broader patterns of travel that linked industrial infrastructure with colonial landscapes. Minor water rippling to pages and photographs; images remain clear; overall very good. A coherent travel album documenting canal operations and Caribbean life in the early twentieth century. unknown
2009Q-0099773813Vintage Books 2009-03-27. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage Books paperback
173034040Augsburg 1730. Contemporary coloring. 1 vols. 22 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches. Framed and glazed. Contemporary coloring. 1 vols. 22 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches. Kapp no. 56 The Printed Maps of Jamaica to 1825 unknown
1776List3149Knaresborough England 1776. Single three page letter measuring 6 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches. Normal wear; Near Fine. A letter from Nathaniel Sharpe in Knaresborough to Edmund Green a merchant in London addressed to Green at the Jamaica Coffee House. This café the first of its kind in London was established in the mid-17th century; in 17th and 18th century Britain coffee houses were popular meeting places particularly for conducting business. Sharpe writes to Green:<br /> <br /> “Your Esteem’d favour of the 22d is before me and the picture you have drawn of the situation of publick affairs are truly very alarming and have no doubt but the Representation is a very just and real one. . But to the following Fact place yourself in my situation and give me your Candid opinion Wether I am safe in letting £2200 lay any longer or whether I ought to call it in and place it out on a Security in this Country.â€<br /> <br /> He describes his investments and states that:<br /> <br /> “I have not one shilling in Trade since 1760 and in Decemr. 1762 Retir’d to this place and found myself in possession of a Happiness that I could ill brook to part with. And which I would wish to preserve. Should this sum be in no danger I can live as usual.â€<br /> <br /> The American Revolutionary War had a significant impact on the British economy; at the time Sharpe was writing although the conflict had been ongoing for some time the war itself was in its early days and uncertainty was high.<br /> <br /> Other than asking for financial advice Sharpe tells Green that Green’s “Brother Tommy had . taken a Cup of Liquor rather too freely and had been drawn into Cards†alarming their mother who had requested that Sharpe inform Green about the event; asks Green to visit her; and sends his good wishes to a mutual friend. unknown
15358Kingston Jamaica. 1785 1787 1789 1791 1792 1795. Chester Vale a substantial estate of 1420 acres paid taxes on 124 slaves in 1801. McLarty d.1844 was Physician-General for Surrey Jamaica and several letters written by him from the island are in the National Library of Scotland and are quoted in Alan L Karras's 'Sojourners in the Sun: Scottish Migrants in Jamaica and the Chesapeake 1740-1800' Cornell 1992. In 1794 he acquired Chester Vale on his marriage to Elizabeth Susanna Breon whose father Edmund Breon had died in 1792 leaving her the ward of the solicitor Thomas Cockburn. The six items in good condition lightly aged and worn. ONE: Docketed 'Edmund Breon Esqe. Sales Coffee &c Acct Current'. Signed 'Errors Excepted July 1st. 1785. for Mark Howard Breon's agent - S White'. 3pp. small 4to. Bifolium. Covering the period of May and June 1785. The first page is headed 'Sales of Coffee on Account of Edmund Breon Esqe.' and the central two pages give double-entry accounts headed 'Edmund Breon Esqre. In Account Current with Mark Howard'. Contains references to orders by John Sleater Doctor Davison and Moses Stobo. TWO: Docketed 'Acct. Sales of Coffee & Indigo Steph Cooke'. Signed 'Errors Excepted Kingston 1 Jany. 1787 Stephen Cooke'. 1p. foolscap 8vo in height 12mo in width. Headed 'Account Sales of Coffee & Indigo recd. from Mr. Edmund Breon'. Entries dating from February 1786 to July 1787. In the form of a table including columns for 'Pounds of Indigo' and 'Pounds of Coffee'. Containing references to Alexander Innes Bernall & Henriques Bayard Hankinson & Barrow Grant Archibald Galbraith Aikman Nelson Lindsay Haughton John G. Yonge Budgen Lewis Captain Smith George Shaw and Stephen Cooke. THREE: Solicitors' accounts relating to the action 'Breon ads Thomson & al'. Docketed 'Account Edmond sic Breon Esquire to Cockburn & Davis'. 1p. foolscap 8vo. Headed 'Edmund Breon Esquire To Cockburn & Davis'. Entries dating from February to November 1789 and in another hand 15 November 1794. Entries include: 'Drawing Defeazance from Henry Tippett Esquire to you & Engrossing the same Containing 3 sides of Royal paper' and 'November To attending Secretary's Office in Spanish Town and Searching for Conveyance of Equity of Redemption from Bridges P Attorney & Edwards & at to Fell when you found that it was not on Record and Searching if ditto from Bridges to Fell was Recorded when found it was Lib 294 fo: 135'. FOUR: Solicitors' accounts relating to action 'Breon ads Richardson at September Kingston Court'. Headed 'Edmund Breon Esquire To Cockburn & Robertson'. 1p. landscape 8vo. Dating from May to September 1791. Entries include: 'June . Motion and Order upon reading your Affidavit & Examining Deputy Marshal that the said actions might be returned Process which was granted'. FIVE: Solicitors' accounts. Headed: Thomas Cockburn Esquire Guardian of Miss E. S. Breon To Cockburn Robertson & Vassall'. 1p. foolscap 8vo. Docketed 'Miss Elizabeth S. Breon to Thomas Cockburn her Guardian'. Entries from January 1792 to May 1793. Entries include 'Mar. In Chancery. In the matter of Guardianship of Miss Elizabeth Susanna Breon' and 'September To attending Secretary's office in Spanish Town Searching where Mortgage Breon to Tippet of Chester Vale was dated & paid for Search' and 'Apl. To Attending the Provost Marshal's Office in Spanish Town bespeaking and afterwards Obtaining a List of Writs against Edmund Breon deceased'. References to Counsellor Peppard and Daniel Pennington. SIX: Solicitors' accounts dated from 'Kingston Jamaica 31 Decembr 1796 Errors Excepted'. Headed 'Colin McLarty Esquire in Account Current with Ballantine Fairlie & Co'. 2pp. small 4to. Double-entry accounts dating from December 1795 to December 1796. Entries include: 'January 26 To Cash paid your Order to William Bailey for Cost of 4 Mules'. References to Christie Lara Cockburn Shaw Inglis & Holt Henriques Barnett Henry Tippett Brockhurst vs Breon. Kingston, Jamaica. 1785, 1787, 1789, 1791, 1792, 1795. unknown
1985mon0000043731Farrar Straus Giroux 1985. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Farrar Straus Giroux paperback
