‎Caribbean‎

‎BERCHEN Ursala and William;‎

‎Bermuda Impressions‎

‎Bermuda; New York Baxter's Limited; Hastings House` 1976 First edition. . original pictorial heavy paper wraps title lettering on spine and cover cover very slightly used else clean and find. . oblong 4to 21.5 x 26.5 cm; 128 pp frontis filled with illustrations from photos mostly in color. . A very well-illustrated picture of Bermuda at that time with a foreword by Terry Tucker. A picture of this book is available on request by email. Bermuda; New York, Baxter's Limited; Hastings House`, [1976], First edition. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : J11917

‎Bernier Grand Carmen T‎

‎In the Shade of the Nispero Tree‎

‎New York New York: Orchard Books 1999 Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. Private Press. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. ISBN:0-531-33154-7. 186 pages.Because her monther wants her to be part of the world of high society in their native Puerrto Rico nine-year-old Teresa attend a private school but loses her best friend. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. New York, New York: Orchard Books, 1999 hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 5774 ISBN : 0531331547 9780531331545

‎BERRY JAMES:‎

‎A Thief in the Village and other Stories.Author SIGNED copy.‎

‎UK8vo HBdw/djauthor SIGNEDinscribeddated1st edn.NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptnbut author's handwrittenSIGNEDinscribeddated: "With Best WishesJames Berry20 July 1987." to title pageand no price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy laminatedcolour pictorial illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Topfore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal - contents brighttight and clean.Publisher's originalcleanblack cloth bds with brightcrispstamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white eps.UKslim 8vo HBdw/djinscribedSIGNED1st edn1-97pp paginated includes half-titletitle pagescontents list9 chapters/stories. Man-Man and Nenna patrol the coconut plantation in dead ofnightas ratbats fly and criss-cross the darkness.They're out to catch interlopers and Nenna is the only village schoolgirl to 'walk properly'with a gun. . . . Elias has a rubbery-lookinglame leg; he's nicknamed'Dancer' by Bigfellow and the other boys because of the funny way he walksand they tease and torment him all the time.But the day the gang tries to steal Elias's pet mongoose is the day that Granny steps in. . . . Gustas fights his way through a Caribbean hurricane to save his banana treehis 'navel string'.Its fruit will buy him a longed-for pair of shoesso that at last Gustas can go on outings with the cricket team. . . . This is a marvelloius collection of stories about children and young people in present-day then 1987 Jamaica.Wonderfully atmospheric in background situation and rhythms and patterns of speechthese very contemporary narratives bringalive a setting and culture highly relevant to today's multi-ethnic Britain. James Berry was born and grew up in Jamaicaand now lives both there and in the United Kingdom.He is a distinguished writer and poet and has published poems and short stories in the United StatesBritain and the Caribbean. Since April 2013again in March 2015 and in this year toothe UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion templatealtering its pricesweight allowancesdimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! Soplease contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correctshipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1987. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : rja2405/7 ISBN : 024112011X 9780241120118

‎Betania Caribe‎

‎En Orbita - Los Evangelios Spanish Edition‎

‎Grupo Nelson. PAPERBACK. 0899226922 . New. Grupo Nelson paperback‎

Bookseller reference : Z0899226922ZN ISBN : 0899226922 9780899226927

‎Betania Caribe‎

‎En Orbita - Los Evangelios Spanish Edition‎

‎Grupo Nelson. Paperback. 0899226922 . New. 2006-10-10. Grupo Nelson paperback‎

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‎BILLICK David J‎

‎JOSE DE ESPRONCEDA An Annotated Bibliography 1834-1980‎

‎New York: Garland 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/issued without dj. 8vo 184 pages green cloth <br/><br/>Annotated list of the criticism of this South American's poetry. O.P Garland hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : DEMO003458I ISBN : 0824094700 9780824094706

‎Bioy Casares Adolfo‎

‎La trama celeste‎

‎<p>In Spanish. Losada Buenos Aires 1990. New never used. Ghost of small sticker on bastard page. Clean pages firm biding sharp corners. Ships immediately.</p> Losada paperback‎

Bookseller reference : biblio1056 ISBN : 9500341999 9789500341998

‎Blanchard, Melinda‎

‎A trip to the beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean‎

‎296pp. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good The story of Blanchard's Restaurant in Anguilla‎

‎Blond, Stuart R. [Editor]‎

‎The Packard Cormorant - The International Magazine of Packard Automobile Classics, Winter 2011 - Volume LVIII, Number 4 - Focus on 1955 / 1955 Four Hundred Cover Photo‎

‎36 pages. Handsomely produced on glossy stock generously illustrated with color and black and white reproductions of archival photos, ads, and illustrations. Features: William D. Allison - The Master of Suspension; Recollections of Bill Allison's Youngest Son; The 1955 Caribbean Hardtop; Hot Rodding the Packard V-8; Buying a Brand New 50-Year Old Packard - an original 1955 Patrician - article with many color photos; 1955 - Everything Was New; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Book‎

‎BODDAM WHETHAM J. W.;‎

‎Across Central America‎

‎London Hurst and Blackett 1877 First edition. . original red cloth decorated in black gilt spine title lettering spine a little darkened worn and repaired lightly foxed mainly on front few leaves interior is clean and very good in good cover. . 8vo 22.5 x 15 cm; xii 353 pp frontis of Guatemala scene with tissue guard title page printed in black and red with border and with engraved vignette of Flores Lake of Peten. . Grieb GU197: 'One of the classic travelogues by an experienced travel book author recounting his observations during a visit to Guatemala and the Yucatan during 1873. Provides detailed descriptions of physical setting people places life-styles and customs with particular attention to rural Indians furnishing an account of Guatemalan life during the Barrios regime'. Markman 372: 'Interesting observations and reflections on contemporary life'. A picture of this book is available on request by email. London, Hurst and Blackett, 1877, First edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J12587

‎Bold, W.A. van den, 1946 (1970).:‎

‎Contribution to the study of Ostracoda, with special reference to the Tertiary and Cretaceous microfauna of the Caribbean region.‎

‎4to. Pp. 167,[8], many figs. on 18 pls., 2 maps, 8 figs., bibl., index. Orig. cloth. Fine new copy. - Doctoral thesis, Untrecht University. - Reprint with new introduction by the author and a list of changed generic and specific names and the list of references updated to Summer 1969.‎

‎BONAIR AGARD Roger‎

‎. . . in the act of naming lovers messiahs and other Christian things.‎

‎<p>n.p.: Roger Bonair-Agard 2000. <em><strong>Signed by the author.</strong></em> First edition / First printing. Brown printed wrappers. Very fine. A paperbound original. Early work from this Nominee for the 2013 National Book Award in Poetry. Copy on the back cover indicates that his first book has yet to be published and that this self-published chapbook previews what is intended to be his second book. Native of Trinidad and Tobago. <em><strong>Coach of the 1998 National Poetry Slam Winners Nuyorican Cafe Poetry Slam Team. Individual 1998 National Poetry Slam Winner.</strong></em></p> Roger Bonair-Agard, paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 8881-3

‎Bonsal Stephen‎

‎The American Mediterranean‎

‎<p>New York: Moffat Yard & Co. 1912 1st ed. 488pp. illus. green decorated cloth 8vo: Good/no dj age browning; foxing; else a complete and tight copy An examination of the Caribbean region by the noted American writer and diplomat Bonsal 1865-1951. Includes folding map of the West Indies.</p> New York: Moffat, Yard & Co. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 21362

‎Borghi Bartolomeo‎

‎Le piccole Antille Dette anche l'Isole del Vento.‎

‎Bella carta geografica raffigurante l'arcipelago caraibico delle Piccole Antille, tratta dall'atlante del Borghi. mm 320x240 su foglio di mm 470x360. In ottimo stato (fine copy)‎

‎Bourdin‎

‎Relation de ce qui s'est passé au Fort S. Pierre, isle de la Martinique, au sujet des ordres donnés par le général anglois au Missionnaires, de laisser leurs églises libres à certaines heures les jours de dimanche, pour que ses troupes pussent y faire les exercices de leur culte‎

‎S.l.n.d. (1763, Conseil Supérieur de la Martinique). In-12, relié, plein veau moucheté, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre, filets sur chasses et coiffes, 190pp. Plusieurs ex-libris à la plume sur garde blanche et sur garde de fin. Frottements d'usage. Intérieur frais. Bon exemplaire‎

Bookseller reference : HIS4162M

‎Bowman, Heath; Bowman, Jefferson‎

‎CRUSOE'S ISLAND In the Caribbean‎

‎B&W Photographs`; 8vo; 339 pages‎

‎Branon Bill‎

‎Spider Snatch‎

‎Las Vegas Nevada U.S.A.: Huntington Press 1999. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. A young woman after her husband is killed buys a boat to go ot the Bahamian Islands and relaxed. She soon finds herself mixed up with renrgades and pirates. Author of Devils Hole and Let us Pray. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Huntington Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 016624 ISBN : 0929712447 9780929712444

‎Braynard Frank‎

‎FROM SEA CLIFF TO BARCELONA‎

‎1995. Braynard Frank. FROM SEA CLIFF TO BARCELONA. Published by the author c1995. 173pp. illustrated with black and white sketches. 4to. Inscribed by Frank Braynard on title page. As new unread hardcover hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 52247

‎Brian Moore.‎

‎No Other Life: A Novel.‎

‎New York NY Penguin Group: Plume Bks 1997. Hardcover First Edition Thus 1997; First Printing indicated by a complete number line. First Edition Thus 1997; First Printing indicated by a complete number line. Very Good to Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; a small scuff at the heel of the backstrip; the pages have tanned somewhat due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership names dates inscriptions stamps or labels. No longer pristine but remains near perfect without serious flaw. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 8 x 5.25 x .5 inches. 223 pages. Shipping Weight: 7.4 oz. Trade Paperback. A swift spellbinding tale of faith and politics that is plainly based on recent events in Haiti. Written with great speed and economy but with a strikingly brooding atmosphere the narrative hastens to an enigmatic and mournful conclusion. This is the best writing Moore has done in many years and certainly bears comparison with that other 20th-century classic about Haiti Graham Greene's The Comedians. Penguin Group: Plume Bks, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 47146 ISBN : 0452278783 9780452278783

‎BRIGHAM William T.;‎

‎Guatemala; The Land of the Quetzal a Sketch‎

‎New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1887 First edition. . original pictorial red cloth with picture of quetzal on cover spine lightly faded a little rubbed at edges internal hinge repaired internally clean and solid very good copy interior is fine. . 8vo 22 x 16 cm; xv 453 xvi ads pp frontis with tissue guard plates and numerous illus 5 maps including 3 folding one of which is colored bibliog table of Maya dialects index. . A detailed description based on the author's three journeys with much on the peoples the archaeology the country history nature earthquakes and volcanoes etc. Besides the 5 maps included in list of maps there is an ethnographic chart of the country showing the locations of the 19 ethnic groups. The appendix includes types of wood leaf-cutting ants names of towns races cookery list of plants found and an extensive list of works on Central America. The Quetzal is the national bird of Guatemala and is pictured on the cover. Welch p. 118. Phillips p. 54. Humphreys 1747. Smith B135: "Based on three trips to Guatemala this excellent report is surprising for its thoroughness and quality of descriptions." Grieb GU214: 'One of the earliest English language travel accounts of the region detailing the wanderings and observations of a Bostonian in Guatemala during trips in 1869 and 1880s. . . detailed descriptions of flora and fauna minerals agriculture. . . also includes his various adventures and hardships along the way'. A picture of this book is available on request by email. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887, First edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J13783

‎BRIGHAM William T.;‎

‎Guatemala; The Land of the Quetzal a Sketch‎

‎New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1887 First edition. . original pictorial red clothwith picture of quetzal on cover light cover stains a little rubbed at edges internally clean and solid very good copy. . 8vo 22 x 16 cm; xv 453 xvi ads pp frontis with tissue guard plates and numerous illus 5 maps including 3 folding one of which is colored bibliog table of Maya dialects index. . A detailed description based on the author's three journeys with much on the peoples the archaeology the country history nature earthquakes and volcanoes etc. Besides the 5 maps included in list of maps there is an ethnographic chart of the country showing the locations of the 19 ethnic groups. The appendix includes types of wood leaf-cutting ants names of towns races cookery list of plants found and an extensive list of works on Central America. The Quetzal is the national bird of Guatemala and is pictured on the cover. Welch p. 118. Phillips p. 54. Humphreys 1747. Smith B135: "Based on three trips to Guatemala this excellent report is surprising for its thoroughness and quality of descriptions." Grieb GU214: 'One of the earliest English languaage travel accounts of the region detailing the wanderings and observations of a Bostonian in Guatemala during trips in 1869 and 1880s. . . detailed desriptions of flora and fuana minerals agriculture. . . also includes his various adventures and hardships along the way'. A picture of this book is available on request by email. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887, First edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J5454

‎British Abolitionism: Caribbean Slavery: Moorsom Constantine Richard‎

‎PAIR OF SAMMELBANDS CONTAINING TWENTY BRITISH ANTI-SLAVERY AND SUGAR TRADE-RELATED PAMPHLETS BELONGING TO AN IMPORTANT BRITISH ABOLITIONIST‎

‎Various locations in Great Britain but mostly London 1833. Twenty titles bound in two volumes paginations given below. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards spines gilt gilt morocco labels. Occasional foxing or tanning; a few titles with early ink manuscript notations. Very good. A substantial collection of anti-slavery pamphlets belonging to and with one written by Constantine Richard Moorsom vice-admiral in the Royal Navy and later a noted abolitionist. Moorsom's signature or initials appear on the half-title or titlepage of all but three of the present pamphlets and the last pamphlet is inscribed to Moorsom by the author; he also occasionally annotates or underlines the text. In addition there are two contemporary newspaper clippings tipped in at the rear of the first volume - one with marginalia by Moorsom and one signed by him. The central concern of all of the pamphlets is British involvement in slavery most especially in the Caribbean region. A good number of the pamphlets also focus on the economic and labor issues related to Caribbean planting practices namely the sugar trade with numerous arguments in favor of free labor over slave labor. All of the pamphlets were published in the lead-up to the abolition of slavery in the British colonies which was achieved in 1833 with the passage of the Slavery Abolition Act. The Act freed more than 800000 slaves in the Caribbean South Africa and Canada. The pamphlets present here are as follows in bound order: First volume: 1 Pitt William: THE SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM PITT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE 2d OF April 1792 ON THE SUBJECT OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. Newcastle. 1824. 2351pp. Later edition of a work first printed in London in 1792. "The debate of this date was one of the most important in the history of the anti-slavery struggle. It resulted in a victory for the colonial party the latter securing a pledge from the House to support gradual rather than immediate abolition as Wilberforce had desired" - Ragatz. Pitt supported Wilberforce and delivered this speech which reads in part: "I shall.oppose to the utmost every proposition which in any way may tend either to prevent or even to postpone for an hour the total abolition of the slave trade." GOLDSMITHS 24332. RAGATZ p.539 ref. 2 ABSTRACT OF THE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT FOR ABOLISHING THE SLAVE TRADE AND OF THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL FOUNDED ON THEM. London. 1810. 43pp. Printed for the African Institution in London this work contains summaries of the Parliamentary acts relating to the African slave trade specifically those printed in 1806 and 1807 and the "Orders in Council of the 16th of March 1808" which instructed British Customs Collectors to "receive protect and provide for all such Negroes natives of Africa as have been or shall be condemned either as prize of war or forfeiture to the Crown." GOLDSMITHS 20171. 3 A SHORT REVIEW OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVERY WITH CONSIDERATIONS ON THE BENEFIT WHICH WOULD ARISE FROM CULTIVATING TROPICAL PRODUCTIONS BY FREE LABOUR. Birmingham. 1827. 129pp. "Emancipationist. Free labor was cheaper than slave labor. The slave system had been the cause of the exhaustion of the soil in the Caribbean since it did not allow rotation of crops. The inhabitants of Great Britain were the real upholders of slavery as they granted the planters a monopoly of the home market which alone enabled them to maintain their ruinous economic system" - Ragatz. RAGATZ p.457. 4 Wilberforce William: AN APPEAL TO THE RELIGION JUSTICE AND HUMANITY OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN BEHALF OF THE NEGRO SLAVES IN THE WEST INDIES. London. 1823. 56pp. New edition. Wilberforce's APPEAL argued for total emancipation and resulted in the formation of the Anti-Slavery Society in the same year of publication. GOLDSMITHS 23972. KRESS 1172. RAGATZ p.569. 5 A CALM INQUIRY INTO THE COUNTENANCE AFFORDED BY THE SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TO THE SYSTEM OF BRITISH COLONIAL SLAVERY. London. 1832. 27pp. Written by a "Christian Minister" sometimes attributed to George Smith and dedicated to James Cropper the work is "devoted to an examination of the merits of Colonial Slavery in a scriptural point of view" according to the dedication. The text calls for slavery's "speedy annihilation" and that "every appeal to humanity and to Christian people must hasten the event." Rare with only seven copies in OCLC. OCLC 81132275 29130603. 6 Hankey William Alers: A LETTER TO THOMAS WILSON.OCCASIONED BY THE "ANALYSIS" OF HIS EVIDENCE ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY. London. 1833. 482pp. Half title. "Hankey the proprietor of a Jamaican estate which he had never seen.advocated emancipation but held that slavery was a national rather than an individual crime and that the planters should be duly compensated for their property losses" - Ragatz. RAGATZ p.509. 7 Hodgson Adam: A LETTER TO M. JEAN- BAPTISTE SAY ON THE COMPARATIVE EXPENSE OF FREE AND SLAVE LABOUR. Liverpool. 1823. 4582pp. Second edition. Here Hodgson reacts to French economist Jean-Baptiste Say who had argued that while slavery was wrong it was also the most profitable labor system known to man. Hodgson argues the greater value of free labor citing various proponents from the West Indies and the United States including Benjamin Franklin in his 1751 essay OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE INCREASE OF MANKIND. GOLDSMITHS 23959. KRESS 1077. RAGATZ p.513. 8 Cropper James: RELIEF FOR WEST-INDIAN DISTRESS SHEWING THE INEFFICIENCY OF PROTECTING DUTIES ON EAST-INDIA SUGAR. London. 1823. 436pp. Half title. Cropper was a Quaker and a noted East India trader and emancipationist from Liverpool. "Favors an equalization of duties on sugar from all countries including Cuba and Brazil if they abandoned the slave trade as well as the abolition of bounties and the granting of 6s. per hundredweight to the West India planters on all sugar imported from the Caribbean colonies this to be divided annually among them in proportion to the number of slaves each had and the admission of all sugars to be refined in bond" - Ragatz. SABIN 17620. KRESS 1047. RAGATZ p.289. 9 Liverpool Mercury: LETTERS ON THE MEANS OF ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIES AND IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE SLAVES. London. 1827. 870pp. Half title. A series of abolitionist letters "on the means of ameliorating and ultimately abolishing West Indian Slavery" were first written to the Liverpool MERCURY. Exceedingly rare with only three copies in OCLC. Not in Ragatz. OCLC 9658631. 10 Cropper James: THE SUPPORT OF SLAVERY INVESTIGATED. Liverpool. 1824. 227pp. Here Cropper argues that slavery was an unfortunate and "wasteful labor system which could be supported only by virgin lands monopoly prices or fiscal advantage. In the case of the West Indies bounties and protecting duties were its supports. If they were abolished a free labor regime must ensue." GOLDSMITHS 24306. KRESS 1223. RAGATZ p.494. Second volume: 11 EAST INDIA SUGAR OR AN INQUIRY RESPECTING THE MEANS OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND REDUCING THE COST OF SUGAR RAISED BY FREE LABOUR IN THE EAST INDIES. London. 1824. 241pp. An interesting economic report that seeks to solve the problem of the protective duties of ten shillings per hundred weight imposed on East Indian sugar over the prices paid for West Indian sugar. GOLDSMITHS 24127. 12 Moorsom Constantine Richard: HOW DO WE PROCURE SUGAR A QUESTION PROPOSED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. Whitby. 1828. 11pp. A short but persuasive pamphlet published by the Anti-Slavery Society and written by the compiler of the present sammelbands with his initials next to the author credit "By a Naval Officer" on the titlepage. In the text Moorsom intends to make clear to the British people exactly where their sugar comes from: "We procure sugar by the labour of Slaves." The work also furthers the argument that free labor is cheaper and more effective than slave labor "now fully established by experiment and facts." Not in Ragatz. Only one copy in OCLC at the University of California Berkeley. GOLDSMITHS 25688. OCLC 21622755. 13 Conder Josiah: WAGES OR THE WHIP. AN ESSAY ON THE COMPARATIVE COST AND PRODUCTIVENESS OF FREE AND SLAVE LABOUR. London. 1833. 491pp. An important pamphlet that argues for emancipation of the slave labor force in the West Indies accompanied by the settlement continued employment and wages for said emancipated slaves. "Slave labor was in fact expensive and added greatly to the uncertainty of plantership. It was the cause of the exciting West Indian distress" - Ragatz. GOLDSMITHS 28315. KRESS 3445. RAGATZ p.491. 14 Macaulay Zachary: NEGRO SLAVERY; A VIEW OF SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT FEATURES OF THAT STATE OF SOCIETY AS IT EXISTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND IN THE COLONIES OF THE WEST INDIES ESPECIALLY IN JAMAICA. London. 1823. 492pp. An important anti- slavery pamphlet being a compendium of contemporary accounts of the evils of the slavery system in the United States through the travels of Hall and Fearon. The section on conditions in the West Indies includes an account of Jamaica by Rev. Thomas Cooper "missionary in the island from 1817 to 1821 which embroiled him in an acrimonious controversy with the colonials headed by Robert Hibbert" - Ragatz. SABIN 52269. GOLDSMITHS 23964. KRESS 1106. RAGATZ p.522. LIBRARY COMPANY AFRO-AMERICANA 6164A. 15 SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIES caption title. London. 1830. 8pp. Reprinted from the WESTMINSTER REVIEW this penny pamphlet includes accounts of the trial of Esther Hibner and the case of the "Cruelties perpetrated by Henry and Helen Moss on a Female Negro Slave who died under the infliction" in the Bahamas. The text also discusses the economic factors in the West Indies that have contributed to the mistreatment of slaves namely the sugar trade. The head of the first page contains an engraving of a slaver holding a long whip poised to bring the whip down on a chained slave begging on his knees. The engraving is signed by George Cruikshank who would later gain fame illustrating the books of Charles Dickens. A number of similarly-titled publications are listed in Ragatz but not this one. 16 FACTS PROVING THE GOOD CONDUCT AND PROSPERITY OF EMANCIPATED NEGROES AND REMARKS ON MELIORATION caption title. N.p. likely London. ca. 1830. 35pp. A collection of slave troubles far and wide from Haiti to South Africa to Kentucky to Tortola to Liberia and numerous other locations. The anonymous author then argues: "It appears that in every place and time in which emancipation has been tried not one drop of white blood has been shed or even endangered by it; that it has every where greatly improved the condition of the blacks and in most places has removed them from a state of degradation and suffering to one of respectability and happiness. Can it then be justifiable on account of any vague fears of we know not what evils to reject this just salutary and hitherto uninjurious measure; and to cling to a system which we know by certain experience is producing crime misery and death during every day of its existence" 17 Whiteley Henry: THREE MONTHS IN JAMAICA IN 1832: COMPRISING A RESIDENCE OF SEVEN WEEKS ON A SUGAR PLANTATION. London. 1833. 224pp. "The author was sent to Jamaica by a London West India house with a recommendation to the latter's attorney that he be given employment. While on the island he witnessed the harsh punishment accorded the slaves and developed a great antipathy for plantation life. He was found out to be a Methodist and hastily left the colony when his life was threatened" - Ragatz. This foundational pamphlet on abolition was later reprinted around 1862 and retitled THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY to discourage British aid to the fledgling Confederacy during the Civil War. GOLDSMITHS 28339. RAGATZ p.568. 18 Jeremie John: FOUR ESSAYS ON COLONIAL SLAVERY. London. 1832. 41251pp. Second edition after the first published the previous year. For six years Jeremie served as the president of the royal court at St. Lucia before serving as procurer general in Mauritius. These four essays were written in an unofficial capacity but still caused some trouble for Jeremie during the appointment process for Mauritius. "Jeremie urged immediate progressive amelioration leading to emancipation by act of Parliament rather than by the several colonial Legislatures" - Ragatz. GOLDSMITHS 27668. RAGATZ p.517. 19 Godwin Benjamin Rev.: THE SUBSTANCE OF A COURSE OF LECTURES ON BRITISH COLONIAL SLAVERY. London. 1830. xii171pp. plus folding table. Half title. "A series of four lectures on slavery as an institution the evils of the system its unlawfulness the growth and progress of the anti-slave movement and the need for emancipation. The author a nonconformist clergyman at Bradford delivered these addresses in public halls to gain sympathy for the negro cause on the part of those who might be drawn into a dissenting church to hear him speak" - Ragatz. Six years later an American edition appeared in Boston for propaganda purposes under the title LECTURES ON SLAVERY. This copy is heavily annotated and underlined by Moorsom. GOLDSMITHS 26479. RAGATZ p.507. 20 Cropper James: A REVIEW OF THE REPORT OF A SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE STATE OF THE WEST INDIA COLONIES.OR THE INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY AND THE PROSPERITY OF THE WEST INDIA PLANTERS MUTUALLY SECURED IN THE IMMEDIATE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Liverpool. 1833. 30pp. Presentation copy inscribed from Cropper to C.R. Moorsom on the titlepage. A substantial work relating the disadvantageous aspects of the Brazilian slave trade. Here Cropper argues for emancipation of the West Indian slaves and opposes both bounties and the Caribbean monopoly. The work is also sometimes attributed to George Smith but Ragatz's attribution to Cropper and the presentation inscription here both speak well for Cropper's authorship. "The author was a wealthy philanthropist founder and head of the great East India trading house of Cropper Benson & Co. of Liverpool. He devoted much energy to the cause of emancipation cooperating with Wilberforce and Clarkson. Unfortunately his dual position as an importer of oriental produce and an advocate of emancipation which was to be brought about through removing restrictive duties on East India sugar and thus forcing the West India planters to come to terms made him peculiarly subject to attack and his enemies constantly had him on the defensive. He seems however to have been perfectly sincere" - Ragatz. SABIN 70259. GOLDSMITHS 28314. KRESS 3453. RAGATZ p.494 ref. Vice-Admiral Constantine Richard Moorsom 1792-1861 joined the Royal Navy College at age 15 and two years later he embarked on the H.M.S. Revenge. He participated in the bombardment of Algiers in 1816 which resulted in the release of numerous slaves. Moorsom spent considerable time in the Caribbean during his naval service which no doubt informed his later work as an abolitionist. Moorsom wrote several monographs on subjects as diverse as steam navigation naval tactics signal codes and the abolition of slavery. Moorsom is pictured as one of the attendees in a famous painting by Benjamin Haydon of the World Anti- Slavery Convention held in London in 1840; the painting is held at the National Portrait Gallery in London. A deep and diverse collection of anti- slavery works once belonging to an ardent and active abolitionist. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM55221

‎British Film Institute African & Caribbean Unit British Film Institute‎

‎Bosnia by Television British Film Institute‎

‎British Film Institute. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. British Film Institute unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP10419418 ISBN : 0851706126 9780851706122

‎British Film Institute. African & Caribbean Unit‎

‎Realism and the Cinema: A Reader British Film Institute Readers in Film Studies‎

‎Routledge Kegan & Paul 1980 Book in a fair condition. Cover and pages show scruffing and creasing from reading and storage. Routledge Kegan & Paul paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 002111 ISBN : 0710004788 9780710004789

‎British Film Institute. African & Caribbean Unit Hayward Gallery‎

‎Spellbound: Art and Film‎

‎British Film Inst. Used - Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. British Film Inst unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP111747398 ISBN : 085170610x 9780851706108