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The Serpent and The Rainbow
by Davis Wade
In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis -- people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique deeply enough to place zombification in its proper context within vodoun culture. In the course of his investigation, Davis came to realize that the story of vodoun is the history of Haiti --... Read more about this item
The Traveller's Tree
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was an intrepid traveler, a heroic soldier, and a writer with a unique prose style. After his stormy schooldays, followed by the walk across Europe to Constantinople that begins in A Time of Gifts (1977) and continues through Between the Woods and the Water (1986), he lived and traveled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago. His books Mani (1958) and Roumeli (1966) attest to his deep interest in languages and remote places. In the Second World War he joined the...
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The Cuban Story
by Herbert L Matthews
A personal interpretation of the Cuban revolution and its impact on the United States and on Latin America by the noted New York Times correspondent and editor.
Caribbean Books & Ephemera
PERSONA NON GRATA. An Envoy in Castro's Cuba
by Edwards, Jorge; Harding, Colin (translator)
London:The Bodley Head, (1977). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2018/11/0_img_1265.jpg. London:The Bodley Head. (1977). 275pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very good, clean copy inside and out with a very good, slightly shelfworn dust jacket. *"Jorge Edwards, a Chilean writer and career diplomat, was appointed as his country's first envoy to Cuba by the late President Allende when diplomatic relations were re-established...
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£20.24
Wai-Wai: Through the Forests North of the Amazon
by Nicholas Guppy
New York: E. P. Dutton, December 1958. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Good book in a Good jacket. Ex-library, otherwise a nice reading copy. Spine straight and tight. Shelf and reading wear to jacket. 373 pages.
Through the forests of the Amazon. A marvelous account of a fantastic jungle country and its feathered and painted inhabitants: the beautiful Wai-Wai and Frog Indians and the complex, semi-civilized Wapisianas.
Through the forests of the Amazon. A marvelous account of a fantastic jungle country and its feathered and painted inhabitants: the beautiful Wai-Wai and Frog Indians and the complex, semi-civilized Wapisianas.
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£11.70
The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
Paperback. Acceptable.
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£1.68
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4 Native Plays [cover title]
by Williams, Mackey
(the author), 1979. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 111 pages. Prison Break; The Candidate; Daddy Please Come Home; The Case of the Missing Dog. Uncommon. OCLC locates six copies of this edition and two of the second edition. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
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£25.30
Acta de la Sesion Extraordinaria Celebrada el 26 de Octubre de 1983 (Minutes of the Extraordinary Session Held on October 26, 1983 Considering the Situation in Grenada)
by Consejo Permanente de la Organizacion de los Estados Americanos; Permanent Council of the Organization of American States
Washington, DC: Organization of American States, 1984. Unbound Photocopy. Very Good. 51 pages.
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£8.05
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Pictures of Guyana - Land of Many Waters (Guyana : Yours to Discover, 3) [2009, DVD]
by Mike Charles
Guyana: Mike Charles Productions, 2009. DVD. A narrated video about the people, places, and natural splendor of Guyana with photographs taken by the late Lt. Col. Mike Charles during two decades of travel around the country. No DVD Region code listed.
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£12.10
CHANGING JAMAICA
by Kuper, Adam
Kingston:Kingston Publishers, (1976). hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Kiingston:Kingston Publishers. (1976). xi+163pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very good, clean copy inside and out with a very good, clean dust jacket. *"The winds of change are indeed sweeping through Jamaica--from village, to slum, to city. For some, it has become a time of fear and uncertainty, for others, it is a time of reckoning and a time for restructuring. In order to understand what is...
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£16.19
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Wild Guyana (Guyana : Yours to Discover, 2) [2008, DVD]
by Mike Charles
Guyana: Mike Charles Productions, 2008. DVD. A one hour of video about Guyana's natural splendor, particularly flora and fauna. No DVD Region code listed.
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£16.15
The Golden Antilles
by Severin, Timothy
NY: Knopf, 1970. First Edition. hardcover. VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket. The story of the travelers, adventurers, and soldiers of fortune who searched for a promised land in the Caribbean. Illustrated, with comprehensive index
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£8.10
Castro's Final Hour: The Secret Story Behind the Coming Downfall of Communist Cuba
by Oppenheimer, Andres
Simon & Schuster, 1992. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket 37 b/w photos, like new. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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£16.19
The Pencil of God
by THOBY-MARCELIN, Philippe; MARCELIN, Pierre
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1951. Their second collaboration, inscribed by Thoby-Marcelin to Barbara Howes in 1971. Howes/Smith bookplate front pastedown, causing offsetting to flyleaf at inscription. Introduction by Edmund Wilson, with Howes' pencilled markings in the text of the introduction; spine cloth faded; very good in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with several small edge chips. Uncommon, especially signed. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition....
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£202.38
LIBRO JUBILAR DE EMETERIO S SANTOVENIA EN SU CINCUENTENARIO DE ESCRITOR.
by Fiftieth Anniversary Of Felix Lizaso
Havana, Cuba: Ucar, Garcia. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Ex-Library; frontis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 617 [3] pages; A compiled group of writings on the history of Cuba. Frontis photo. Library label , withdrawn stamp, pin perforated title page. .
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£57.87
History Will Absolve Me: The Moncada Trial Defence Speech, Santiago de Cuba, October 16th, 1953
by Castro, Fidel
Jonathan Cape, 1968. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 110pp., with red printed jacket. Previous owner's name to the half title (ironically enough 'Kennedy'), else a nice clean copy, tight uncreased spine; jacket has just a touch of very light wear. Overall a Near Fine copy.
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£222.61
Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in Haiti
by Herbert Gold
New York: Touchstone, February 1992. Trade Paperback. First paperback printing / Full number line. Very Good+. Interior unmarked. Binding square, tight and uncreased. Cover is clean with light rubbing. Foxing to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 193 pages. A kaleidoscopic memoir of a 35-year love affair with mysterious, exotic Haiti. The dialogue the author conducts with this beleaguered island is rich with surprising revelations and startling juxtapositions.
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£9.67
THE AMERICANS IN SANTA DOMINGO (Studies in American Imperialism)
by Knight, Melvin M
New York:The Vanguard Press, (1928). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:The Vanguard Press. (1928). 1st edition, stated. xix+189pp. Hardcover. Green boards lightly soiled and shelfworn, with labels to front cover and spine strip lightly soiled and worn along edges. Top page edges stained green with light soiling to fore-edges and bottom edges. Internally slight age-toning to end-pages but otherwise clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight...
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£20.24
BIOGRAPHY OF A COLONIAL TOWN. Hamilton - Bermuda 1790-1897.
by de Chantal Kennedy, Sister Jean
Hamilton, Bermuda: The Bermuda Book Stores, no date (circa 1961). first edition. hardcover. near Fine/very good +. With maps and drawings by the author. Additionally there are black and white photo reproductions and a color frontispiece of Henry Hamilton, Governor of Bermuda, 1788-1794. Introduction and acknowledgments are dated 1961. Octavo (approx. 5 3/4" wide by 8 3/8" tall) dark blue cloth covers with gilt titles. 400 pages. Includes appendices and index. Illustrated endpapers with town views. Some...
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£14.57
HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE DEVELOPING CARIBBEAN (Caribbean Ecumenical Consultation for Development Study Paper No. 7)
by Boyd, Dr. Philip Irving
(Bridgetown, Barbados):(CADEC), (1971). soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. (Bridgetown, Barbados):(CADEC). (1971). 11pp. Stapled wrps. Light soiling and wear to cover edges and edge points, otherwise a very good, clean copy inside and out.
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£20.24
The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
Paperback. Good.
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£1.45
LABOUR ORGANISATION AND LABOUR REFORM IN TRINIDAD, 1919-1939.
by Basdeo, Sahadeo
St. Augustine, TT:Institute of Social and Economic Research, UWI , (ca. 1983). soft cover. No jacket. St. Augustine, TT:Institute of Social and Economic Research, UWI. (ca. 1983). 285pp. Wrps.
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£16.19
Caribbean Cuisine
by Betty K
Centax Books, 1990. Trade Paperback. Third Printing - October 1996. Very Good+. One greasy fingerprint to first page, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Corners sharp. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 120 pages. Easy to prepare traditional favourities from many islands.
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£9.27
POLITICS AND THE CARIBBEAN CHURCH. A CONFESSION OF GUILT. (Caribbean Ecumenical Consultation for Development Study Paper No. 2)
by Goodridge, Sehon
(Bridgetown, Barbados):(CADEC), (1971). First Edition. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. (Bridgetown, Barbados):(CADEC). (1971). 20pp. Stapled wrps. In very good, clean condition inside and out.
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£20.24
Text of Broadcast to the Nation on Wednesday 26th October, 1983 by the Prime Minister of Barbados The Right Honourable Tom Adams
by Tom Adams
Bridgetown: Government of Barbados, Oct 26, 1983. Unbound Photocopy. Very Good. Speech in which Prime Minister Adams Explained his reasons for taking part in the invasion of Grenada. As circulated to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States. 8 pages.
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£4.82
GRENADA IS NOT ALONE. Speeches by the People's Revolutionary Government at the First International Conference in Solidarity with Grenada, November 1981
(St. George's, Grenada);Fedon Publishers, (1982). First Edition. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. (St. George's, Grenada);Fedon Publishers. (1982). 147pp. Illustrated. Softcover. White covers lightly soiled and edgeworn. Internally a bit of soiling to top of half title page where bookseller notes have been erased, but otherwise in very good, clean condition.
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£20.24
Cuba:voces para cerrar un siglo: testimonios de cubanos residentes en la Isla y en el exterior
Estocolmo.: Skogs Grafiska., 1999.. Paperback. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 20 cm. 2 v. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial. Compilación y prólogo de René Vázquez Díaz . Cubierta deslucida. ISBN: 9188836142 Historia.(93) [[93]]
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£8.07
Message by a Catholic Bishop about the Cuban Land Reform
by Diaz, Evelio
1959. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded to create 4 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 inches when folded. 'Abridged translation of editorial written by...Diaz...Printed in Bohemia magazine May 29, 1959.' Calling for support for agrarian land reform following the overthrow of Batista. First edition thus. A near fine copy.
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£15.18
