In the course of discovery: West Indian immigrants in Toronto schools
Toronto: Board of Education, 1970. 70p., staplebound wraps, very good. Black and white cover photos by John Lunam. More
Cat.No: 212703
Toronto: Board of Education, 1970. 70p., staplebound wraps, very good. Black and white cover photos by John Lunam. More
Cat.No: 212703
New York: Atheneum, 1973. Hardcover. 179p., first US edition, dj with some wear to edges at folds. Novel of the enslavement of African peoples. More
Cat.No: 126099
New York: Atheneum, 1974. Hardcover. 246p., first American edition, very good condition in like unclipped dust jacket. Novel of Guadeloupean women, by the Afro-Caribbean author. First published in French in 1972 as "Fluie et vent sur telumee miracle" More
Cat.No: 300529
London: Zed Books Ltd., 1984. Hardcover. xxiv, 260p., illustrated boards; b&w photos. throughout, pages a bit toned, ex-library sticker on spine, hint of foxing on top edge, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 318152
St. Maarten: House of Nehesi, 1988. Paperback. xiii, 83p., personal inscription to Black Scholar editor and author Robert Chrisman signed by author, illustrated with drawings, introduction, glossary, appendix, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 214189
Shannon: Irish University Press, 1972. Hardcover. 50p., burgundy cloth boards, sewn-binding, very good. Facsimile reprint of the 1823 edition. More
Cat.No: 74624
Madrid: Ediciones Zanzibar, 2003. Paperback. 350p., french-fold wraps, 5.5 x 8 inches, very good condition. Text in Spanish. Originally published in 1942. Novel of a prison revolt on a Caribbean island. Published in English as "Dark Wedding" More
Cat.No: 245038
Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, 1969. Paperback. 301p., fore-edge lightly foxed else very good third edition in like dj. Text in Spanish. First published in 1942. Colección Áncora y Delfín, 274. Novel of a prison revolt on a Caribbean island. Published in English as "Dark Wedding" More
Cat.No: 291621
Cave Hill, Barbados: Institute of Social & Economic Research, 1991. Trade Paperback. xiii, 210p., wraps with hint of fading to spine and edges. Published in association with James Currey and the Indiana University Press. More
Cat.No: 85982
Madrid: Ediciones Cultura Hispanica, 1966. Paperback. 295p., illustrated solely with a fullpage portrait reproduced from a 1791 engraving (per an earlier work), softbound in 8.5x6 inch frenchfold wraps, a very nice copy: perfectly sound -pace a touch of edgewear- clean and unmarked. Spanish language only. An ally of Las Casas..... More
Cat.No: 311526
Trenton: Africa World Press, 1990. Paperback. 128p., profusely illustrated with b&w period and contemporary photography, first US edition in 10x7.5 inch photodecorated wraps. Softbound original. Covers faintly edgeworn, we see no other flaw, a very good copy in every respect. Not a biography per se, done multiple times already, but..... More
Cat.No: 91521
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1862. Hardcover. vi, 325p. + [x] ads, rebound in buckram. More
Cat.No: 11392
Hayward, CA: Carib House, 1981. Paperback. 72p., wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches. Small chip on front cover, else very good. Guyana-born author of Indian ancestry, who studied poetry at San Francisco State University. More
Cat.No: 289966
London: The Bodley Head, 1959. Hardcover. 200p., first edition, price clipped dj with fading along spine. On the British empire, slavery, and its abolition. More
Cat.No: 21686
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961. Hardcover. 200p., first US edition, price clipped dj faded on spine. On the British empire, slavery, and its abolition. More
Cat.No: 154904
Hollywood: The Tangents Group, 1966. Magazine. 32p., including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, story, articles, reviews, very good digest magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Protest On Wheels. Seashells. Safe Bet. The Jeremiah Daisy Chain Letters. Haitian Carnival. Slater's and Billy Glover's new project after the acrimonious split from One Magazine (itself a...... More
Cat.No: 293914
Leeds: Peepal Tree, 2001. Paperback. 69p., wraps, 5.25x8.25 inches, light handling wear else very good condition; signed by the British-Barbadian poet on the title page. More
Cat.No: 293416
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1965. Hardcover. xvii, 359p., first US edition, very good hardcover in somewhat soiled and shelfworn dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 60027
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1962. Hardcover. vii, 311p., first printing, previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, slightly edgeworn dust jacket with interior inexpert tape reinforcement. More
Cat.No: 72915
Tallahassee: Niad Press, 1987. Paperback. 171p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Caribbean lesbian agents. Second novel by two Bostonians who use the Smith pseudonym for their collaboartive works. More
Cat.No: 223468
Charleston WV: Obsidiana Press, 2011. Paperback. 188p. paperback, very good. Poetry by the Dominican Republic-born immigrant author. More
Cat.No: 313800
Havana: P. Fernández y cía, 1943. 180p., pictorial wraps showing a raised rifle waving a banner against a sea of flames; clerical edges worn else good condition. Text in Spanish. More
Cat.No: 197623
Toronto: Seraphim Editions, 2001. 93p., notes, biographical note, very good signed first edition in original pictorial wraps. Poetry by ex-nun from Jamaica living in Canada. More
Cat.No: 106402
New York: Pageant Press, 1954. Hardcover. 137p., first edition, lightly worn dj with some tape repairs at edges, else very good. Spence, an Afro-Jamaican author and the principal author, creates an adventure story with a California protagonist who travels to the Caribbean, then returns to Southern California. More
Cat.No: 103547
London: Faber and Faber, 1972. Hardcover. 109p., first edition in boards and unclipped dj; the half-title bears a light small smudge, else near-fine in all respects. Caribbean author's third novel. More
Cat.No: 205323