Search Results: West-Indies from D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)

London: Printed by John Baskett, 1739., 1739. 2 Parts with separate titles. folio. pp. x, 182; [1 leaf], clxvii-clxviii, 169-198. woodcut ornaments, initials & title vignette. engraved headpiece by G. Vander Gucht. modern quarter calf (title backed repairing marginal tears, some browning & marginal dampstains, several repaired tears with no loss of text, few leaves with wormtrack in upper blank margin). Discovered by Columbus in 1493, St. Christopher (St. Kitts) was the first of the Leeward Island to be colonized by the British (1623). Held jointly by the French and English from 1628 to 1713, the island was returned to Great Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. This present collection of laws provides for the early English government of the colony, with acts relating to the militia, taxes, trade and commerce, negroes and other slaves, public works, &c. Although the pagination and collation are irregular, the work is complete as issued, pp. 165-182 with drop-heading:… Read More

London: John Murray, 1828., 1828. 2 Vols. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]- 604; 1 p.l., [v]-xii, 505, [2]. lacking half-titles? modern quarter calf (few pencil notations, occasional staining to margins). First Edition, Second Issue, with cancelled title in Vol. I dated 1828 of "one of the best known histories of a Caribbean island.The book was taken off the market by court order following action brought against the publisher by two free persons of color, Lescesne and Escoffery, who had been deported from Jamaica unjustly, because of the libel it contained on them." (Ragatz) Bridges' history provides information on Jamaica from the earliest times to 1826, including chapters on the British administration and slavery. Cundall 4. Sabin 7820 (erroneously stating both vols. were first published in 1827). Ragatz p. 194.. F.

New York: Street & Smith, [1898]. First Edition. 2 Volumes in 1. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l., [5]-178; 171. with half-title to second title only. 2 folding coloured maps. original pictorial cloth, t.e.g

Alckmaer: Jan Claesz, 1647., 1647. small 4to. [ff. 16]. woodcut tailpiece. disbound (small library stamp on title). "A conversation between a Dutchman and a Frenchman concerning the negotiations at Münster, and the relative trustworthiness of the French and Spanish." (Bell) "Includes the Extract uyttet register der resolutien vande.Staten Generael of 6 and 19 Feb. 1647, with ref[erence]s to the West-Indische Compagnie." (Alden) Alden 647/136. Bell O91..

Paris: Jules Renouard, 1827., 1827. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., xxxii, 361, [1 leaf]errata. half-title with ads on verso. folding engraved map. contemporary calf, rebacked preserving spine label, corners renewed (some foxing throughout). First Edition of the Spanish Translation by José Lopez de Bustamente. Sabin 33720.. F.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1914. 16mo. pp. ix, 533. 5 folding coloured maps. frontis. & 46 plates (45 double-sided). cloth (little soiled & faded, text block skewed)

[Milwaukee: E.C.Kropp Co., c1930]. 8vo. 24 colour illus. on 6 leaves. pictorial wrs. dola2079

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1884., 1884. 8vo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], 343. folding partially hand-coloured engraved map. original black & gilt-stamped cloth, recased (covers rubbed, spine ends repaired with darker coloured cloth). First Edition. St. John wrote this account of Haiti after spending several years there as a chargé d'affaires and later, resident minister. Included are chapters on population, voodoo worship and cannibalism, and a general description of the country and its history. Cundall 507.. F. Hardcover.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1853. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l., xiii, [1]blank, [11]-421, [1]blank, xxiii. original blind-stamped cloth (spine faded & ends bit frayed, occasional stains & spotting). First Edition. Largely concerned with St. Thomas, Martinique, and Kentucky, but also including chapters on Bermuda, Haiti, Cuba, Georgia, and Louisiana. Not in Sabin or Cundall.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

Paris: Pierre Blanchard, 1812., 1812. 8vo. pp. xxxi, [1]blank, [33]-246. with half-title. A nice copy in contemporary tree sheep, gilt back (small marginal repair to last leaf). Second Edition of the French Translation (first: 1802). The author was a West India merchant with plantations in Jamaica, where he lived for more than twenty years. He visited Saint-Domingue shortly after the negro revolt in 1791. Edwards condemned the settlers' treatment of the negroes and was extremely critical of their conduct towards the English who came there after 1791. Sabin 21896. cfCundall 430.. Hardcover.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1852. First Edition. The author was a pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church in St. Thomas. He provides a history of the Virgin Islands (Danish West Indies), with remarks on commerce, missions, and slavery, and a more particular account of St. Thomas with chapters on climate, geography, geology and natural history, religious sects, and working classes. He includes a catalogue of plants found on the island, a list of the names of the first colonists, and a list of names of Lutheran clergyman with dates of service (in our copy one of the names has been corrected in pencil). Sabin 38170. 12mo. pp. xii, [13]-271. folding lithographed map of St. Thomas & tinted lithographed frontis. original blind-stamped cloth (spine ends chipped). elala5411

Boston: Phillips, Sampson And Company, New York: J.C.Derby., 1854., 1854. 12mo. pp. viii, 230, [10]ads. 6 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.). original blind-stamped cloth (spine ends frayed, endpapers renewed, slight discolouration to lower spine). First Edition. Including much on politics, and remarks and observations on slavery, religion, music and theatre, bull-fighting, tobacco consumption, agriculture, trade, &c. Cundall 650. Sabin 2972.. F. Hardcover.

London: Printed For John Stockdale, 1807., 1807. 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xlviii, 576; viii, 616; 1 p.l., xxx, 477. engraved frontis. portrait, 11 folding engraved maps, & 10 folding engraved plates by F. Bartolozzi, T.Milton, Scott, Storer, Grignion, W.Grainger, & Audinet after B.West, Hayes, Thomas Stothard, &c. contemporary sprinkled calf (little worn & rubbed, margins of a few plates browned, few short tears in several plates repaired - no loss). ownership entry & armorial bookplate of the Hon. Archibald Cochrane, R.N. Fourth Edition of a classic in British Caribbean literature. Edwards lived in Jamaica with his uncle for a number of years and inherited the latter's estate. He is also said to have been left heir in 1773 to the substantial property of a Mr. Hume of Jamaica. Returning permanently to England in 1792 he became a highly successful West Indian merchant, founder of a bank, and a member of Parliament. In his account of the British West Indies Edwards argued for unrestricted… Read More

London: S.Bagster, [1833]-1833., 1833. [BOUND WITH:] A Second Letter.Containing An Analysis Of The Anti-Slavery Evidence Produced Before The Committee. 2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 196; iv, 152. large folding broadside, Summary Of The Colonial Evidence, bound in after p. 194 of first title, apparently as issued. 19th century half calf (spine worn, broadside torn along folds but with no loss of text). First Editions. The author seeks to expose the witnesses appearing before the committee of the House of Lords named to investigate the true state of slavery in the West Indies (the Duke of Manchester, Henry John Hinchcliffe, John Baillie, Lord Seaford, Sir John Keane, and others) as being influenced by "strong personal interest, incapacitated by ignorance, or guilty of gross inconsistency". His allegations are based upon excerpts from actual published testimony. In the Goldsmiths' catalogue the broadside is noted as being issued with the Letter although it is not mentioned at all in the… Read More

Philadelphia & London: J.B.Lippincott Company, 1903. First American Edition. 8vo. pp. xiii, 335. map, 33 plates (2 double-sided), & numerous text illus. original pictorial cloth, recased

London: Printed By William Clowes And Sons, 1843., 1843. folio. pp. 9, [1]; 31. disbound. Cundall 2854 (p. 147)..

Pola.Vienna: Carl Gerold, 1887., 1887. 8vo. pp. vii, 276, [1] + [1 leaf]ads. folding coloured lithographed map. modern half cloth. First Edition. Report of an official Austrian expedition to the West Indies from the Mediterranean port of Pola, Yugoslavia, published as a supplement to Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens. It contains important information on the places visited, inter alia, Trinidad, Barbados, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Stockholm: 1833., 1833. 2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. 149; 136. contemporary quarter calf. First Edition of this detailed description of the author's sea trip and experiences in the West Indies. Larson 257. cfSabin 28068 (German Edn.).. F.

[Amsterdam?: 1608?]., 1608. small 4to. [ff. 4]. modern bds. Including references to the West Indies trade and Spanish cruelty towards the Indians. Alden 608/153..

London: James Ridgway, 1830., 1830. 8vo. pp. 29. lacking half-title. modern cloth. First Edition. The author proposes a reduction of the duty on West India sugar to increase consumption of the surplus production and a temporary ban on sugar imports from Cuba and Brazil until slavery is abolished. While most references list the work as an anonymous publication, the British Library Catalogue attributes authorship to K.Douglas as a result of a manuscript inscription on the title of their copy. The title of ours is also inscribed from Keith Douglas, here to Francis Baring, M.P., presumably Francis Thornhill Baring, Baron Northbrook [1796-1866], statesman and Lord of Treasury (1830-34). Sabin 36623. Kress C.2678. Goldsmiths' 26214. Sabin 86623. Ragatz p. 271.. Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover.