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1967réf. 990Berlin, Frankfurt a. M., Wien: Verlag Ullstein GmbH, 1967. 191 Seiten , 21 cm, Leinen
1930réf. 224461930. Caribbean and Panama travel photograph album. circa early 1930s. This album documents interwar travel through the Panama Canal Zone and Jamaica recording maritime transit canal infrastructure and rural Caribbean life as observed by Western travelers. The photographs provide primary visual evidence of the Panama Canal as a site of industrial activity and international movement alongside scenes of Jamaican village life and landscape establishing a contrast between engineered environments and colonial rural settings. The material is particularly strong in its depiction of canal operations and the presence of local populations within these spaces. Album containing 29 silver gelatin photographs mounted on black leaves with individual prints measuring approximately 3.5 x 4.5 to 5 x 7 inches housed in a string-bound album measuring approximately 7 x 9.5 inches. The opening sequence shows passengers aboard a steamship with men and women posed along deck rails and views of ships navigating canal locks and docking areas. Additional images depict cranes drawbridges canal cuts and small boats in the water along with dock workers and uniformed personnel visible among travelers. Architectural and infrastructural views include colonial-style buildings and mechanical equipment associated with canal operation concluding with a monument identified as that of Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Panama City. The Jamaica sequence includes landscape views of hillsides and gardens along with images of Black Jamaican residents posed in village settings. One photograph bears the caption "Kingston Jamaica 10 -- S.S. 'Reliance' West Indies Cruise" showing children and adults gathered along a dirt road lined with wooden and metal-roofed structures. Other images show groups assembled beneath trees and within rural surroundings. Produced during a period when the Panama Canal served as a major conduit for global shipping under U.S. administration and Caribbean travel formed part of organized cruise itineraries the album reflects established routes of interwar tourism. The juxtaposition of canal engineering and Jamaican village scenes situates the photographs within broader patterns of travel that linked industrial infrastructure with colonial landscapes. Minor water rippling to pages and photographs; images remain clear; overall very good. A coherent travel album documenting canal operations and Caribbean life in the early twentieth century. unknown
1930réf. 224461930. Caribbean and Panama travel photograph album. circa early 1930s. This album documents interwar travel through the Panama Canal Zone and Jamaica recording maritime transit canal infrastructure and rural Caribbean life as observed by Western travelers. The photographs provide primary visual evidence of the Panama Canal as a site of industrial activity and international movement alongside scenes of Jamaican village life and landscape establishing a contrast between engineered environments and colonial rural settings. The material is particularly strong in its depiction of canal operations and the presence of local populations within these spaces. Album containing 29 silver gelatin photographs mounted on black leaves with individual prints measuring approximately 3.5 x 4.5 to 5 x 7 inches housed in a string-bound album measuring approximately 7 x 9.5 inches. The opening sequence shows passengers aboard a steamship with men and women posed along deck rails and views of ships navigating canal locks and docking areas. Additional images depict cranes drawbridges canal cuts and small boats in the water along with dock workers and uniformed personnel visible among travelers. Architectural and infrastructural views include colonial-style buildings and mechanical equipment associated with canal operation concluding with a monument identified as that of Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Panama City. The Jamaica sequence includes landscape views of hillsides and gardens along with images of Black Jamaican residents posed in village settings. One photograph bears the caption "Kingston Jamaica 10 -- S.S. 'Reliance' West Indies Cruise" showing children and adults gathered along a dirt road lined with wooden and metal-roofed structures. Other images show groups assembled beneath trees and within rural surroundings. Produced during a period when the Panama Canal served as a major conduit for global shipping under U.S. administration and Caribbean travel formed part of organized cruise itineraries the album reflects established routes of interwar tourism. The juxtaposition of canal engineering and Jamaican village scenes situates the photographs within broader patterns of travel that linked industrial infrastructure with colonial landscapes. Minor water rippling to pages and photographs; images remain clear; overall very good. A coherent travel album documenting canal operations and Caribbean life in the early twentieth century. unknown books
réf. 109878Barbados, The Press University of the West Indies 1996, 225x150mm, 224pages, paperback. Book in very good condition.
Paris, 1760 circa. Incisione in rame al'acquaforte, colore, cm 23 x 35,2 (alla lastra). Sono segnati meridiani e paralleli sulla “Longitude du Méridien de l'Isle de Fer” e sulla “Longitude du Méridien de Paris”. Buone condizioni.
réf. 45391Dépots des Cartes et Plans de la Marine.1753.Sans réhauts de couleurs. Carte encadrée. TBE.
réf. B9781013307744Hardback. New. hardcover
réf. 64361aafSt. Andrä-Wördern, Hannibal, 1992, 422 S. + photogr. Tafeln, Original-Broschüre.
1974réf. 64110London: Secker and Warburg 1974. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xii196pp; illus. Neat ownership stamp to front free endpaper and title page else tight clean and unmarked. In the original dustwrapper price-clipped else Fine. The Jamaican anthropologist's final published work a pioneering study of attitudes towards race-mixing in the West Indies Latin America and the United States. Henriques 1916-1976 was a major theorist of class color and sexuality best-known for his massive three-volume survey Prostitution and Society 1962-68. He was Director of the Centre for Multi Racial Studies from 1964 to 1974. Secker and Warburg unknown
1974réf. 64110London: Secker and Warburg 1974. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xii196pp; illus. Neat ownership stamp to front free endpaper and title page else tight clean and unmarked. In the original dustwrapper price-clipped else Fine. The Jamaican anthropologist's final published work a pioneering study of attitudes towards race-mixing in the West Indies Latin America and the United States. Henriques 1916-1976 was a major theorist of class color and sexuality best-known for his massive three-volume survey Prostitution and Society 1962-68. He was Director of the Centre for Multi Racial Studies from 1964 to 1974. Secker and Warburg unknown books
réf. 130458aafSierre, Editions à la Carte, 2002, in-8vo, 244 p., ill. n./b., envoi sur 6 lignes signé par l’auteur, brochure originale ill.
1910réf. 227821910. Caribbean Photography Large-format Caribbean photography archive documenting everyday life labor and landscape across multiple British Caribbean territories during the early twentieth century. Produced circa 1910s-1920s the photographs depict Jamaica St. Thomas Trinidad and Bermuda at a time when maritime trade imperial administration and expanding leisure travel were reshaping island economies and social environments. The images record agricultural labor coastal fishing village and market activity transportation routes and the built environment of island communities offering visual evidence of how Caribbean societies lived and worked within systems of colonial governance during the decades preceding the major economic disruptions of the Great Depression. Scenes of women carrying fruit children in domestic garden spaces and fishermen working near the shoreline provide direct documentation of gendered labor and community life rarely preserved in formal colonial records. Archive of 19 original silver gelatin photographs taken across Jamaica St. Thomas Trinidad and Bermuda circa 1910s-1920s. The photographs depict tropical interior landscapes palm-lined roads coastal harbors village and town infrastructure markets and local economies and scenes of daily labor and recreation among local inhabitants. Several photographs show women working balancing baskets of fruit atop their heads and fishermen working along shorelines while others present panoramic views of bays harbors and anchored ships alongside expanding waterfront construction. Architectural views include roads market environments and hotel grounds illustrating the physical fabric of island towns and the commercial transport infrastructure threaded through them. Each photograph measures approximately 8 x 10 inches and retains a penciled caption on the verso identifying the scene or location. The geographic range - from Jamaica's mountainous interior and coastal towns to maritime scenes in Trinidad Bermuda and St. Thomas - creates a comparative visual record of early twentieth-century Caribbean environments shaped by plantation economies maritime trade routes and the transatlantic shipping networks operating across the region during the period. Light handling wear with occasional surface scuffing visible on several prints and mild curling along some edges. Images remain well contrasted with strong clarity. Overall very good condition. A substantial early photographic record of Caribbean landscapes labor and community life spanning several islands during a formative period in the region's economic and visual history. unknown
1910réf. 227821910. Caribbean Photography Large-format Caribbean photography archive documenting everyday life labor and landscape across multiple British Caribbean territories during the early twentieth century. Produced circa 1910s-1920s the photographs depict Jamaica St. Thomas Trinidad and Bermuda at a time when maritime trade imperial administration and expanding leisure travel were reshaping island economies and social environments. The images record agricultural labor coastal fishing village and market activity transportation routes and the built environment of island communities offering visual evidence of how Caribbean societies lived and worked within systems of colonial governance during the decades preceding the major economic disruptions of the Great Depression. Scenes of women carrying fruit children in domestic garden spaces and fishermen working near the shoreline provide direct documentation of gendered labor and community life rarely preserved in formal colonial records. Archive of 19 original silver gelatin photographs taken across Jamaica St. Thomas Trinidad and Bermuda circa 1910s-1920s. The photographs depict tropical interior landscapes palm-lined roads coastal harbors village and town infrastructure markets and local economies and scenes of daily labor and recreation among local inhabitants. Several photographs show women working balancing baskets of fruit atop their heads and fishermen working along shorelines while others present panoramic views of bays harbors and anchored ships alongside expanding waterfront construction. Architectural views include roads market environments and hotel grounds illustrating the physical fabric of island towns and the commercial transport infrastructure threaded through them. Each photograph measures approximately 8 x 10 inches and retains a penciled caption on the verso identifying the scene or location. The geographic range - from Jamaica's mountainous interior and coastal towns to maritime scenes in Trinidad Bermuda and St. Thomas - creates a comparative visual record of early twentieth-century Caribbean environments shaped by plantation economies maritime trade routes and the transatlantic shipping networks operating across the region during the period. Light handling wear with occasional surface scuffing visible on several prints and mild curling along some edges. Images remain well contrasted with strong clarity. Overall very good condition. A substantial early photographic record of Caribbean landscapes labor and community life spanning several islands during a formative period in the region's economic and visual history. unknown books
1989réf. 524075New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Edited by Bradford Morrow. Octavo. 287 9 ads pp. With several black and white illustrations. Green remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in price-clipped and very lightly worn near fine dust jacket. Signed by editor Bradford Morrow on the title page and Signed by Jamaica Kincaid Robert Coover John Edgar Wideman Patrick McGrath and William T. Vollmann at their contributions. Also prints contributions by Robert Creeley John Hawkes and Salman Rushdie among others. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1989réf. 57484New York:: Collier Macmillan. 1989. SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in stiff wrappers. First printing a trade paperback. A bi-annual journal of new writing. SIGNED by THREE authors: Jamaica Kincaid at her story "Ovando"; Peter Straub at an excerpt from his forthcoming novel 'Mrs God' and Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge at the poem 'Irises.' This issue includes contributions by Salman Rushdie Walter Abish Barbara Guest John Edgar Wideman William Vollman Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge Peter Straub Gary Indiana Patrick McGrath and more. Notes on contributors. 287 pp plus advertisements. We specialize in literary journals and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. Collier Macmillan. unknown
1989réf. 524075New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Edited by Bradford Morrow. Octavo. 287 9 ads pp. With several black and white illustrations. Green remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in price-clipped and very lightly worn near fine dust jacket. Signed by editor Bradford Morrow on the title page and Signed by Jamaica Kincaid Robert Coover John Edgar Wideman Patrick McGrath and William T. Vollmann at their contributions. Also prints contributions by Robert Creeley John Hawkes and Salman Rushdie among others. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1886réf. 25455Jamaica L.I. New York: Republican Club 1886. 6 pages; printed at Jamaica Queens L.I. New York by Long Island Farmer Print; back cover with American flag illustration. Officers of the club for 1886 were Richard C. McCormick President; William Dykes Vice Pres.; Samuel S. Aymar Sec.; Henry M. Haviland Treasurer. ".The object of the Club shall be to unite the Republicans of the town under a central and permanent organization for consultation and action in the interest of the Republican part; and to provide them a pleasant place of resort where access may be had to political papers and documents and social intercourse may be promoted." Approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size; side-sewn. Paper a little darkened a few spots dustiness; top corner chipped away; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Republican Club paperback
réf. 18620A Londres et à Paris, chez la veuve Duchesne, 1767, 1 broché, couverture en papier dominoté. 2 volumes in-8, faux-titre, titre, 382 pages et faux-titre, titre, 399 pages, exemplaire à pleines marges ;
1964réf. 556161Jamaica Queens New York: Jamaica Center for Psychotherapy 1964. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Slim 12mo. 16pp. Stapled wrappers. Postally used with a typed mailing label on the lower wrap and tiny abrasions on the foredges of the wrappers from a sticker keeping the booklet closed else just about fine. Jamaica Center for Psychotherapy unknown books
1857réf. 030272New York City NY: J.H. Colton & Co. 1857. Hand-colored map; with decorative border; the map with inset of Porto Rico. Separate sheets with these Spanish & British islands' demographic details. Map printed for use in Colton's uncommon Advertising Atlas of America 1857. American companies used this atlas as a vehicle to promote their businesses. The atlas made use of the same maps used in the 1855 printing with many of them having that imprint date. Richard Swainson Fisher authored the accompanying geographical statistical and historical descriptions. Approx. 15" x 18 1/2" overall size; Some edge-toning to the paper; old edge-nick to paper at margin. In good condition. Note: Shipped rolled for safety. . Map. Good. J.H. Colton & Co.
1979réf. 18650World Bank, 1979. 4°, 180 S., mit zahlreichen Diagr., Schaubildern, Bibl. Ex. Bezahlung per PayPal möglich, we accept PayPal, Stempel u. Nr. a.Vorsatz, Nr. a. Rücken, altersbedingte Bräunungen, sonst min. Gebr.sp., kartoniert
2013réf. BN623586UnionsVerlag 2013. 2013. Softcover. Damals jetzt und überhaupt. Roman - signiert Damals jetzt und überhaupt. Roman - signiert Jamaica Kincaid UnionsVerlag paperback
1985317pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
1758FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS ATLAS OF THE BRITISH WEST INDIES, published in France during the Seven Years' War (also known as the "French and Indian War".) xii, 171 pp + engraved title and THIRTEEN FINE MAPS, of which 8 are folding (complete). Also illustrated with ten headpieces, nine of which depict the entry into a major port. Includes Jamaica (with several maps), Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Antigua, the Lucayes (now the Bahamas), and Bermuda. 4to (26 x 20.3 cm). Attractively bound in contemporary calf, with the ARMS OF KING LOUS XV OF FRANCE EMBLAZONED IN GILT ON FRONT AND BACK COVERS. Binding restored at head and tail of spine, and very solid. Small, faint marginal stain to engraved title-page, else INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH MAPS AND TEXT VERY FRESH. Sabin 4553. RARE AND IMPORTANT.
réf. 0260389005.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback