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1828réf. 30792A Cayenne: L'Imprimerie du Gouvernement 1828. Cayenne Imprint A collection of proposed French administrative documents concerning the establishment of a mortgage and loan office in French Guiana. The various articles are geared toward liberal loan regulations to encourage agricultural development including the allowance of slaves as collateral. Since the restoration of the region to French authority in 1817 via the Treaty of Vienna the promotion of an agrarian economy was a primary concern though the subsequent designation of Cayenne as a penal colony significantly reduced the territory's appeal. Like most Cayenne imprints of this era the present document is quite rare. Not on OCLC. Quarto. Contemporary plain wrappers. Internally clean and bright. Near fine. unknown
1970réf. ZB416671Washington: 1970-1973 passim. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Nov. 2 weekend sale item Newsletters 1970 Numbers 8 9 10; 1971 Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 7; 1972 Numbers 1 2 3 4; 1973 Number 2 along with a few Stop Press and Sepecial Release items; ex library and together in one later black buckram binding most items are 10 pages or less a few illustrations an overall good group. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: hardcover
1799réf. 311123London: printed for J. Wright 1799. First English edition. 4 215 pp. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled calf morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to binding small split to front joint minor marginal worming at beginning. First English edition. 4 215 pp. 8vo. Narrative of the exile of several French revolutionaries to the penal colony of Cayenne in Guiana giving account of travel in the colony and of the voyage residence and escape. Sabin 67630 printed for J. Wright unknown
réf. 3726649Paris: Imprimerie de Firmin Didot Frères 1842. 14 pages. Pamphlet; removed dbd. without wrappers. Title-leaf with closed diagonal tear near spine fold; good. First edition. A rare 1842 French governmental memorandum addressing conditions in the colonies of Martinique Guadeloupe and Guyane in the Caribbean and Bourbon modern Réunion in the Indian Ocean. The report was issued by a small committee and signed in print by its member representing Martinique the French mathematician and economist Baron Pierre Charles François Dupin 1784–1873. The text opens with a stark assessment of economic distress and structural injustice in the colonial system arguing for equality in tariffs and in the regulation of imports and exports as essential remedies. Relief is sought on the grounds of the colonies’ economic importance within the French imperial system. OCLC two copies both at BnF. unknown
1860réf. 46866New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15¼" image area 10½" X 13½". Hand colored. Near fine. Quite faint age toning. Bold bright and lovely map of these half dozen South American countries from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Upper third contains "Map of New Granada Venezuela and Guiana" lower left third contains "Map of Peru and Equador" and lower right third contains "Map of the Argentine Confederation." Today "New Granada" consists of Colombia and Panama. Wonderfully delicately colored with fine decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
1860réf. 46956New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15¼" image area 10½" X 13½". Hand colored. Very good. Mild age toning and bit of faint soiling. Quite nice map of these half dozen South American countries from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Upper third contains "Map of New Granada Venezuela and Guiana" lower left third contains "Map of Peru and Equador" and lower right third contains "Map of the Argentine Confederation." Today "New Granada" consists of Colombia and Panama. Wonderfully delicately colored with fine decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
réf. 134314745X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. #[13617]Amsterdam Isaac Tirion ca. 1760. Engraved map contemporary coloured by hand with a large inset plan of the fortified town and castle to the upper right corner. Ca. 39 x 43 cm. A fine detailed map of Cayenne with many locations identified per key: sugar and coffee works indigo plantations the locations of native villages and a farmstead. An inset plan depicts the plan of the city with the cathedral parade ground Jesuit college hospital and the fortress. The region was not colonized until 1604 when the French founded their first settlement. It was soon destroyed by the Portuguese but the French colonists returned in 1643 and founded Cayenne. They were forced to leave once more following the attacks by the local Indigenous population. In 1664 France finally established a permanent settlement at Cayenne. Over the next decade the colony changed hands between the French Dutch 1658-1664 and 1676 and English before being restored to France. It was used as a French penal colony from 1854 to 1938. Koeman AN III Tir4. unknown
1820réf. 43738London John Murray 1820. Wirhout wrappers as ectracted from "The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts. The Royal Institution of Great Britain" vol. VIII a. IX. Pp. 260-287 a. pp. 1-32 a. 1 folded engraved map 20x25 cm. "Map of the Missions of the Caroni". unknown
1799réf. 30444Londres no printer 1799. Near cont. hcloth. A little rubbed. 6IV183 pp. Engraved portrait of Barthelemy. Halftitle and portrait loose. Halftitle soiled and browned. Large copy but slightly browned. At end a part of another work withbound. There exists different print bearing the same year 1799 A second edition was issued also in 1799. - Sabin: 67627. hardcover
1978réf. 84948Georgetown Guyana: Labour Advocate Printery 1978. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.5cm; bright orange card wrappers with titles printed in black on front cover; xii1053pp. Inscribed by Seymour on the title page to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez: "For Roberto Marquez / from Arthur Seymour / Jan 30. 1978 / With best wishes." Marquez has marked several passages in ink throughout the text. Hint of sunning to spine some trivial wear to extremities; Very Good. Collection of verse by the Guyanese poet capturing memories of his visits to various places Bonafoux Hato Rey Brasilia Rome Gibbs St. Peter and touching on themes of love the national ethos Black consciousness and the "philosophical quest for the underlying and varied meanings of the various moods that come upon us all" from the introduction. 84948. Labour Advocate Printery unknown
réf. PB4359 loose original gelatin silver photographs five photos identical from ca. 88x144 cm 3 ½ x 5 ¾ in to ca. 87x125 cm 3 ¼ x 5 in. Three photos with period pencil captions in English on the verso. Most photos with stamped negative numbers and/or the “Velox” manufacturer’s mark on the verso; with accompanying manuscript index indicating captions to the photographs 1-82; 101-163. 5 pp. of text. Ca. 316x20 cm 12 ¼ x 8 in. Black ink on yellowish lined paper. Three photos lack small fragments at the corners accompanying index with fold marks one page with small tears at the lower left corner but otherwise a very good collection. Historically important collection of 59 original photographs taken by an American field technician during a six-month resource survey expedition for a New York mining syndicate in the Guianas in 1925. By the 1920s gold mining along the Lawa River borderlands between French and Dutch Guiana present-day Suriname had shifted from the gold rushes of the late nineteenth century to more organized syndicate-financed exploration. As easily accessible surface deposits along tributaries such as Crique Eau Claire were exhausted foreign mining companies introduced systematic survey methods to assess deeper placer deposits. Many of these ventures however proved short-lived because of harsh rainforest conditions and high logistical costs. As follows from the accompanying index the expedition lasted from December 1924 to June 1925. The party first traveled through Grenada and Trinidad before proceeding into the interior of Dutch Guiana and crossing into neighboring French Guiana in January. Its members operated mainly along the Lawa River and its tributary creeks carrying out test drilling timber cutting and placer gold mining. The principal mining activity appears to have been concentrated on the French Guiana side of the border namely along Crique Eau Claire and Crique Rufin while smaller outposts along the Lawa River managed transport and supplies. Among the identified members of the expedition is Fred C. Runckel a driller from Dutch Flat who according to both the index and a 1925 article in the Union sailed for home in April. The compiler appears to have been among the last members of the expedition to remain in the Guianas staying there at least until June and visiting among other places the French penal settlement at Saint-Jean. The collection contains fifty-nine original gelatin silver photographs taken during the expedition between December 1924 and June 1925. Although the accompanying master log lists 163 indexed photographs from the journey only part of the series appears to have been printed or preserved. Furthermore matching individual prints to specific index entries remains difficult due to unnumbered photos. About fifteen lively vernacular photographs likely depict Maroon inhabitants of the Guiana interior most probably Youcas poling long canoes navigating river rapids hunting along the Lawa River etc. At least five candid scenes portray native laborers unloading cargo from boats on the Lawa River while expedition members stand on the shore amid wooden crates hampers and heavy field equipment. Especially interesting are more than fifteen well-executed photos of the New York Syndicate’s gold mining operations likely taken near Rufin Creek and Eau Claire Creek at Revanche Camp in French Guiana. The images show local workers digging open-cut trenches erecting timber flume lines and managing placer mining equipment under the supervision of the syndicate's field engineers. The rest of the photos mostly portray San Fernando in Trinidad Port of Spain; Queen St. with signs “W. S. Robertson & Co.” and “Colonial Bank” “Indians of the Tumuc-Humac Mountains in Brazilian Guiana” landscapes and unidentified street views buildings trams and pedestrians. The collection also contains one photograph apparently taken after the expedition. The image shows open-cut nitrate mining in Chile and an electric mine locomotive operated by the Anglo-Chilean Consolidated Nitrate Corporation for which the compiler appears to have later worked. Overall historically important collection of 59 original gelatin silver photographs taken by an American field technician during a six-month resource survey expedition for a New York mining syndicate in the Guianas in 1925. unknown
2026réf. LRB1015210Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 792 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1909. Detailed handbook on British Guiana presenting general and statistical information about the colony in the early twentieth century. An important reference for the study of colonial administration geography economy population trade and public institutions with the practical and documentary character typical of official handbooks of the period. Of particular interest to historians of the British Empire Guyana and colonial-era statistical reporting. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB52624Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 607 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1909. of the 1909 edition of this detailed handbook on British Guiana offering general and statistical information concerning the colony. A useful reference for researchers collectors and readers interested in colonial history administration geography economy and social conditions at the beginning of the twentieth century. This is a modern reproduction not an original period copy; illustrations and text are reproduced from the original source. Non-contractual images. of the 1909 edition of this detailed handbook on British Guiana offering general and statistical information concerning the colony. A useful reference for researchers collectors and readers interested in colonial history administration geography economy and social conditions at the beginning of the twentieth century. This is a modern reproduction not an original period copy; illustrations and text are reproduced from the original source. Non-contractual images. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
réf. a76567Washington 1976 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to. 123pp. original decorated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. VG. . paperback
réf. 29149 March 1930; 'Trent House Main Street Georgetown'. 10 pages on 5 8vo leaves. In good condition but with a few large blots. The first part of a letter by a writer who appears to be English. Straight out of B. Traven. The author wants Joan to join him and Gwen in partnership with Hamerly. 'Hamerly is down here from one of his expeditions & we became friendly through his having lived & travelled widely in the Paraguayan Chaco. He is rather what the Americans call a roughneck but he has a most exhaustive knowledge of South America having done some tremendous journeys right through Brazil has had some extraordinary adventures which he tells amusingly in his broken English . He is like a character in an adventure novel . has made personal friends of all the big men in the mining fields the Venezuala Generals & Colonels &c & also of big Govt officials at Caraccas & he has obtained a concession of very rich gold lands immediately the other side of the frontier which he has not yet had time to work. The terms of his concession permit him to shoot anybody who goes on his land. .' There is 'a small shop at Five Stars run by a Chinaman Che Fat who could make a profit selling at 5 cents per lb cheaper . At Arakaka there is another Chinese store just sold out to Che Fat by Ho Shoo Hamerly is in partnership with Camizoulia wealthy Portugee of Georgetown who sends up the goods he requires . He wants to extend by establishing a permanent store on the frontier & to do that it is necessary to squeeze out the Chinks . I have discussed the proposition with two experienced men & they both agree that the only sound way to do gold mining is to establish it on the basis of a bush store which provides cash to carry on prospecting till creeks with rich pay are found. . If a bush negro comes in with plenty of gold & buys his provisions dirt cheap he feels he has been well treated & is expansive & wants to buy gaudy useless things that attract him & then does not mind how much he pays for it as he is totally without any standard of comparison on which to form an estimate of it's sic value .' More in the same vein on such subjects as gold mining 'in the immediate vicinity of Arekaka'. 9 March 1930; 'Trent House | Main Street | Georgetown'. unknown
2000réf. __0850925770Commonwealth Secretariat 2000. Paperback. New. 289 pages. 9.50x6.00x0.75 inches. Commonwealth Secretariat paperback
1990réf. 139935Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de la Guyane 1990. Paperback. #N/A Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de la Guyane paperback
1997réf. __0915279460Missouri Botanical Garden Press 1997. Hardcover. New. 792 pages. 10.60x7.60x2.20 inches. Missouri Botanical Garden Press hardcover
1995réf. __0915279746Missouri Botanical Garden Press 1995. Hardcover. New. 706 pages. 10.50x7.60x2.00 inches. Missouri Botanical Garden Press hardcover
réf. B9781019938461Hardback. New. hardcover
réf. 346FRENCH GUIANA. BARRÈRE Pierre Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de la France équinoxiale ou Dénombrement des Plantes des Animaux & des Minéraux qui se trouvent dans l'Isle de Cayenne les Isles de Remire sur les Côtes de la Mer & dans le Continent de la Guyane Paris Piget 1741. 8° XXIV 216 pages 4 leaves ; contemporary calf. The first monograph on French Guiana's natural history First edition ; one of the scarce large paper copies mentioned by Sabin. Pierre Barrère 1690-1755 was a French physician and botanist from Perpignan. His thesis on the medical uses of botany attracted the attention of Antoine de Jussieu who put forward his name to the French regent Philippe d'Orléans. He was sent to French Guiana "France équinoxiale " as the King's physician and botanist in Cayenne from 1722 to 1725 to look for medecinal plants. During his stay in the colony he collected plants roots fruits and seeds as well as rocks and minerals which were incorporated into Jussieu's herbarium. After an epidemic of yellow fever he returned to France where in 1741 he published this work on the natural history of Cayenne and Remire in which he compiled a very complete alphabetical list of the plants of this part of the world - he referred to the nomenclature of Tournefort and Plumier - as well as the fauna and minerals. This book was followed by another entitled Nouvelle Relation de la France équinoxale in 1743. Provenance: Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès 1767-1846 geographer printer/editor and slave trader printed bookplate; Rémi Valdemar Chardey 1813-1900 collector from Le Havre who purchased part of the former's library at its posthumous sale. Pritzel 425; Sabin 3603; Leclerc 1511: "This work is more difficult to find than the Relation de la France Equinoxiale by the same author."
1951réf. 734561951. Paperback. Good. All appear to be written in 1951 and all were sent to Rev. Campbell MacRae Lewistall who is identified on a slip laid in one of the envelopes as Founder-teacher Blyden-Lewistall Private School at 314 West 133rd Street in New York City. Some letters are worn; all appear to be complete. Most envelopes present some with stamps. Three of the letters were from Philip Nathaniel King headmaster or head teacher of this Methodist-supported elementary school; one is from his wife; two are from his son; and two are from Mr. King's niece who was also a teacher at the school. All of the letters seem designed to establish contact with Rev. Lewistall who is addressed as Uncle. Some including the letters from King's son thank the New York Uncle for gifts such as an air rifle. The letters picture conditions at the school as far from ideal and make it clear that the the Kings were hoping that their "uncle" in America would provide some financial support. paperback
réf. 33971Diss. Leiden rechtsgeleerdheid 30-6-1831 ; 8 75 p. unknown
réf. #[34004]Diss. Leiden rechtsgeleerdheid 30-11-1835 ; 6 56 p. l Opdracht aan oom Alexander Ferrier. unknown
