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188625455Jamaica L.I. New York: Republican Club 1886. 6 pages; printed at Jamaica Queens L.I. New York by Long Island Farmer Print; back cover with American flag illustration. Officers of the club for 1886 were Richard C. McCormick President; William Dykes Vice Pres.; Samuel S. Aymar Sec.; Henry M. Haviland Treasurer. ".The object of the Club shall be to unite the Republicans of the town under a central and permanent organization for consultation and action in the interest of the Republican part; and to provide them a pleasant place of resort where access may be had to political papers and documents and social intercourse may be promoted." Approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size; side-sewn. Paper a little darkened a few spots dustiness; top corner chipped away; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Republican Club paperback books
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
1910227821910. Caribbean Photography Large-format Caribbean photography archive documenting everyday life labor and landscape across multiple British Caribbean territories during the early twentieth century. Produced circa 1910s-1920s the photographs depict Jamaica St. Thomas Trinidad and Bermuda at a time when maritime trade imperial administration and expanding leisure travel were reshaping island economies and social environments. The images record agricultural labor coastal fishing village and market activity transportation routes and the built environment of island communities offering visual evidence of how Caribbean societies lived and worked within systems of colonial governance during the decades preceding the major economic disruptions of the Great Depression. Scenes of women carrying fruit children in domestic garden spaces and fishermen working near the shoreline provide direct documentation of gendered labor and community life rarely preserved in formal colonial records.<br /> <br /> Archive of 19 original silver gelatin photographs taken across Jamaica St. Thomas Trinidad and Bermuda circa 1910s-1920s. The photographs depict tropical interior landscapes palm-lined roads coastal harbors village and town infrastructure markets and local economies and scenes of daily labor and recreation among local inhabitants. Several photographs show women working balancing baskets of fruit atop their heads and fishermen working along shorelines while others present panoramic views of bays harbors and anchored ships alongside expanding waterfront construction. Architectural views include roads market environments and hotel grounds illustrating the physical fabric of island towns and the commercial transport infrastructure threaded through them. Each photograph measures approximately 8 x 10 inches and retains a penciled caption on the verso identifying the scene or location. The geographic range - from Jamaica's mountainous interior and coastal towns to maritime scenes in Trinidad Bermuda and St. Thomas - creates a comparative visual record of early twentieth-century Caribbean environments shaped by plantation economies maritime trade routes and the transatlantic shipping networks operating across the region during the period. Light handling wear with occasional surface scuffing visible on several prints and mild curling along some edges. Images remain well contrasted with strong clarity. Overall very good condition. A substantial early photographic record of Caribbean landscapes labor and community life spanning several islands during a formative period in the region's economic and visual history. unknown
130458aafSierre, Editions à la Carte, 2002, in-8vo, 244 p., ill. n./b., envoi sur 6 lignes signé par l’auteur, brochure originale ill.
197464110London: Secker and Warburg 1974. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xii196pp; illus. Neat ownership stamp to front free endpaper and title page else tight clean and unmarked. In the original dustwrapper price-clipped else Fine. <br /> <br /> The Jamaican anthropologist's final published work a pioneering study of attitudes towards race-mixing in the West Indies Latin America and the United States. Henriques 1916-1976 was a major theorist of class color and sexuality best-known for his massive three-volume survey Prostitution and Society 1962-68. He was Director of the Centre for Multi Racial Studies from 1964 to 1974. Secker and Warburg unknown
64361aafSt. Andrä-Wördern, Hannibal, 1992, 422 S. + photogr. Tafeln, Original-Broschüre.
45391Dépots des Cartes et Plans de la Marine.1753.Sans réhauts de couleurs. Carte encadrée. TBE.
Paris, 1760 circa. Incisione in rame al'acquaforte, colore, cm 23 x 35,2 (alla lastra). Sono segnati meridiani e paralleli sulla “Longitude du Méridien de l'Isle de Fer” e sulla “Longitude du Méridien de Paris”. Buone condizioni.
109878Barbados, The Press University of the West Indies 1996, 225x150mm, 224pages, paperback. Book in very good condition.
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
1967990Berlin, Frankfurt a. M., Wien: Verlag Ullstein GmbH, 1967. 191 Seiten , 21 cm, Leinen
1334557543.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0666290180.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
033213928X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1021769282.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1019725729.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
B9781019725726Hardback. New. hardcover
0484858688.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1330555007.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1527842975.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards show small bump on bottom edge. Edge wear to dust jacket. 80 pages. 9 1/4"w x 12 1/8"h. Many color and b&w photos.
197535234ABBerlin, Safari., (um 1975). 8°. 348 Seiten. Originalleinenband mit Deckelvignette. (Foliiertes und gestempeltes Bibliotheksexemplar mit Nummern, Verleihliste und -tasche). - Ein gut erhaltenes, sauberes Exemplar ohne Eintragungen.
159 pages. "Deserted by his wife Estella, Jake is engaged in the symbolic carving of Samson whose story is not unlike his own." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
197984943London: Community Education Trust 1979. New Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; pictorial wrappers stapled; ii322pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the inner front cover to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez: "For Roberto Marquez / with fraternal greetings / Richard Hart / Sept.1981." Gentle sunning to spine touch of dust-soil to rear wrapper; Near Fine. Text of two lectures by the Jamaican historian and politician delivered at the Institute of Jamaica in May 1975 and first published by the Institute in 1977. With a foreword by George Lamming. Uncommon in commerce. 84943. Community Education Trust unknown
Hardcover in-12, 190 pp., cartonnage editeur, jaquette illustree. TTB exemplaire + TB jaquette. [FL-3][ESC-]
