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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 Traveller's Tree
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
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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El General de Brigada His Majestys of Sweden ordinance and edict about fees for awards, decrees, and other writings, contracts, and attestations relating to the Office of Justice in the island of St. Bartholomew in the West Indies. Given at the palace of Stockholm in the 2 of May 1797
Stockholm: Tryckt i Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1797. Folio broadside, approx. 21" x 17", text in triple column in Swedish, French, and English; previous folds in quarters, else near fine. A handsome folio broadside in three languages concerning the administration of the Island of St. Bartholomew, a Swedish colony between 1785 and 1878 (the Swedish West India Company was founded in 1786). Comprises fees for different awards, citations, donations, certificates, translations, "journeys into the country," "entering...
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£608.39
![An account of the expedition to the West Indies, against Martinico, with the reduction of Guadelupe, and other the [sic] Leeward Islands; subject to the French King, 1759 ... The third edition](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/526/781/870781526.0.b.jpg)
An account of the expedition to the West Indies, against Martinico, with the reduction of Guadelupe, and other the [sic] Leeward Islands; subject to the French King, 1759 ... The third edition
by Gardiner, Richard
Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville, for G Steidel, 1762. 4to, pp. [6], 91, [1]; 4 engraved copperplates (2 folding); bound with, as often: the French version of the same: Relation de la Expedition... Birmingham, 1762, pp. [6], 91, [1]; together in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, red morocco labels on spine, edges stained yellow; very good, sound copy. An uncommon Baskerville production, first published in London in 1759. The last copy at auction was that from the Library of the Earls...
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£4,211.93
Letters From the West Indies During a Visit in the Autumn of MDCCCXXXVI and the Spring of MDCCCXXXVII
by Lloyd M.D., William
London UK: Darton and Harvey. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages appear somewhat discolored, map discolored and worn but still intact ; It appears the book has been rebound in a modern binding, 3/4 dark red leather over dark rust red cloth. Spine has gilt stamped titles and decorations with raised bands. Ten B&W illustrations by Underwood with tissue guards. Fold-out map facing title page. Text block is tight, hinges intact ; Small 8vo...
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£813.90
Rampspoedige water-togt door Franciscus de Porras, met eenige muitelingen van Jamaica naa Hispaniola vrugteloos ondernoomen, in 't jaar 1504. Verhalende niet alleen des ammiraal Kolumbus zeldzaam wedervaren met gemelden de Porras, maar ook zyne verdere togten, en wederkomst in Kastilien tot aan zyn dood. Beneffens de zee-togt van Ferdinandes Cortes, in 't zelve jaar gedaan naar Hispaniola
by Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de
Leyden: Pieter van der Aa, 1706. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 43, [5]; engraved vignette on title page, tail-pieces and initials; 2 folding engraved plates; very good and sound in 20th-century marbled wrappers. Exerpt and translation of the author's Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos, first printed Madrid, 1601, and later reissued in Pieter van der Aa's Naaukeurige versameling, Leyden, 1707 (see Alden, European Americana, 707/2). Alden, European Americana, 706/113; John Carter Brown...
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£421.19
THE TRAVELLER'S TREE
by FERMOR, PATRICK LEIGH
Dj has been tarted up ; closed matching chips front and rear. Book is somewhat tanned on edges. 2p map in green paper. Not included in the pagination is 42 pp high quality b&w photos with captions on the opposite page - unfortunately no list. Fermor travelled through the Caribbean islands in the late 1940's including to Guadaloupe, Martinique, Dominica, Barbados, Trinidad, Antigua, Haiti and Jamaica,
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£12.54
Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies
by MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus Jr
Philadelphia: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr., 1866. unbound. W. Williams. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13.25" x 21".<br/> <br/> Beautiful map of Mexico published in 1866. centered on the Gulf of Mexico. Includes four inset maps; Jamaica, Cuba, Bermuda and Panama. <br> <br> Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. (1792-1868) was one of the leaders in American cartography of the 19th century and pioneered the conversion of engraved map plates to more...
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£142.43
West India Docks
by ROWLANDSON, Thomas; PUGIN, A.C
London: Ackermann, 1808. John Bluck. Print. Aquatint. Page measures 10 1/4" x 12 1/2"<br/> <br/> Lovely view of London depicting the West India docks on the Isle of Dogs in London. The West India Docks, opened in 1802, were a series of docks and warehouses built to accommodate trade between England and the British West Indies. Several small row-boats with passengers are seen rowing along the canals. Expertly designed and engraved by renowned caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and...
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£134.29
Behind the Lianas. Exploration in French Guiana
by Larsen, Henry, and May Pellaton
Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1958. First English edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], photoreproductive plates; full blue cloth, gilt title on spine, fine in dust jacket with some soiling and closed tears at folds.
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£18.72
A Voyage in the West Indies: containing various observations made during a Residence in Barbadoes, and several of the Leeward Islands..
by Waller, John Augustine
London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1820. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated with 1 map and 6 black & white aquatints. Slim 8vo, 106pp., deckled edges, 1/4 recent crimson morocco, marbled boards. London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1820. First Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> Sabin 10114; Cundall 2150. Issued as partk of Sir Richard Phillips' New Voyages.<br/> <br/>
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£773.20
Savitri
by Bain, Francis J
Paradise, St. Andrew, Grenada: Management Services, no date. Paperback. [1v], 125, ii p. Originally released in 1980, this unknown printing from around 1990-1991 (see OCLC) . Covers and page edges soiled. Black ink to top page edges near spine.
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£12.21
The Traveller's Tree: A Journey through the Caribbean Islands
by Leigh Fermor, Patrick
Paperback. Very Good.
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£3.04
The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
Paperback. Very Good.
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£1.45
The history, civil and commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. (Vol. III. edited by Sir W. Young.) Sketch of the life of the author, by himself.
by Bryan Edwards
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The history, civil and commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. (Vol. III. edited by Sir W. Young.) Sketch of the life of the author, by himself..
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£28.51
![An address to Christian ministers of every denomination; also, to religious professors, who are in any way connected with West-Indian slavery. (Extracted from the Review of Buddicom's Christian Exodus, in the Christian Observer, for April, 1827.) [Drop title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/778/083/1325083778.0.b.jpg)
An address to Christian ministers of every denomination; also, to religious professors, who are in any way connected with West-Indian slavery. (Extracted from the Review of Buddicom's Christian Exodus, in the Christian Observer, for April, 1827.) [Drop title]
Bristol [England]: T. D. Clark, printer, St. Michael's Hill, 1827. Bifolium (approx. 13" x 7¾"), pp, [3]; last page blank except for a docket: "Joanna Buffinton's paper." Split at previous folds, with neat repair; all else very good. Not found in Afro-Americana. McGill only in OCLC.
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£350.99
Nouvelles de l'Amerique, Ou le Mercure Ameriquain. Ou sont contenues trois histoires veritables arrivees de notre temps
by PIRATES
Rouen: Francois Vaultier, 1678. First. hardcover. good. 267pp. + 1 page from the publisher. 24mo, 18th century or early nineteenth century 1/2 calf with gilt spine and marbled boards, head of spine and edges of corners very lightly worn, several pages cropped on top margin, bottom margins throughout are lightly soiled, later annotations on margins of title page, preface, and page 266., bottom margin lacking on last page of text, with a slight loss to letters in two words of the publisher's ad page...
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£3,255.60
A historical account of St. Thomas, W.I., with its rise and progress in commerce; missions and churches; climate and its adaption to invalids; geological structure; natural history, and botany; and incidental notices of St. Croix and St. Johns; slave insurrections in these islands; emancipation and present condition of laboring classes
by Knox, John P., Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church, St. Thomas, W.I
New York: Charles Scribner, 145 Nassau Street, 1852. 12mo, pp. xii, [1], 14-271, [1]; tinted lithograph frontispiece of Charlotte Amalie, folding map of the island by H. B. Hornbeck, M.D. in Danish; original brown blindstamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine; cloth cracked along the upper joint, spine a bit dull, one gathering extended, and the map miscreased; all else good and sound. This copy with a whacky reader's extensive annotations on the preliminaries and also a number of pages within. Starting on...
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English-speaking Communities in Latin America
by Marshall, Oliver, editor
Hampshire / New York: Macmillan / St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hardcover. xxviii, 387p., cloth-covered boards, 5.5x8.5 inches, maps, tables, small stain on free front endpaper else very good condition in like dj. Institute of Latin American Studies Series. Focuses on British, Irish and West Indian immigrants and their descendants in Mexico, Central, and South America.
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£20.35
The Caribbean Cruise
by Foster, Harry L
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show some shelf wear, light soiling.; A tight solid book, hinges intact. B&W photos and illustrations, color foldout map of the West Indies.Gilt stamped titles front and spine (worn) ; B&W Photographs, Maps; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 350 pages .
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£18.31
Thomas Gage, the English-American: A New Survey of the West Indies, 1648
by Gage, Thomas; edited and introduced by A.P. Newton
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1928. Hardcover. xxxii, 406p. + [8]p list of other titles in the series, cloth-covered boards, 5.5x8.75 inches, corners bumped, previous owner's name penned on free front endpaper and rear pastedown endpaper, penciled check marks in list of other titles else very good condition. No dj. The Broadway Travellers.
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£40.70
The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies:Vol. 2
by Bryan Edwards
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies:Vol. 2.
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£43.58
![Partie occidentale de l'isle de la Guadeloupe, appellée la Basse Terre. [With:] Partie orientale de l'isle de la Guadeloupe, appellée la Grande-Terre](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/352/812/1432812352.0.b.jpg)
Partie occidentale de l'isle de la Guadeloupe, appellée la Basse Terre. [With:] Partie orientale de l'isle de la Guadeloupe, appellée la Grande-Terre
by Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
[Paris: Jean-Baptiste Croisey, n.d., 1764. Two engraved maps hand-colored in outline, each approx. 12¾" x 17¾" overall (image size 8¾" x 14"); previous central folds, all else very good. Map nos. 87 and 88 extracted from Bellin's Le petit atlas maritime, 1764. Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by soundings, oriented with north to the left.
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£350.99
COTEJO DE LA CONDUCTA DE S.M. CON LA DE EL REY BRITANICO...HIS CATHOLICK MAJESTY'S CONDUCT COMPARED WITH THAT OF HIS BRITANNICK MAJESTY, AS WELL WITH REGARD, TO WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE CONVENTION OF THE 14TH OF JANUARY OF THIS YEAR 1739, AS TO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE; UNTILL THE PUBLICATION OF REPRISALS AND DECLARATION OF WAR. PRINTED BY AUTHORITY AT MADRID BY ANTONIO MARIN
by Spain
London: Printed for T. Cooper..., 1739. 63, [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern vellum. Early leaves dusted, minor scattered foxing. Else Very Good. "In Spanish and English, and relates principally to affairs in America" [Sabin], with particular emphasis on Florida. The book charges that the King of England authorized Captains of the ships 'Pompey Galley' and 'Fortune' to cruise the Florida coast and collect loot from ship-wrecks. With a force of 600 men, the English overpowered Spaniards who were guarding...
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£1,017.38
The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
New York Review Books, 2011. Soft cover. Very Good. 403 pages with index, additional section on unnumbered pages of about 50 b&w photos by A. Costa, each with a substantial caption verso; a few b&w drawings elsewhere in book. Introduction by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, photos by A. Costa. NYRB Classics series edition of book first published 1950. Trade paperback, minimal shelf wear, light smudges to wraps and edges, pages bright and unmarked.
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£8.95
