Quadrille for tigers; cover art by Mervin Palmer
Sebastapol, CA: Mina Press, 1984. Paperback. 76p., previous owner's inscription, first edition, soiled wraps. Afro-Jamaican poet. More
Cat.No: 71577
Jamaica
Historic Jamaica. With fifty-two illustrations.
London: Published for the Institute of Jamaica by the West India Committee, 1915. Hardcover. xxiii, 424p., first edition illustrated with inserted coated stock (b&w plates, period images) and with numerous period vignettes in the text. Small stout little hardcover, 7.5x5 inches in pale tan cloth boards lettered and decorated in..... More
Cat.No: 276630
Socialist Voice: No. 2 (Winter 1976-77)
New York: League for the Revolutionary Party, 1977. 32p., lightly worn wraps, 8.5x11 inches, "Sample Copy" stamped on front wrap, rear wrap unevenly toned, top corner of rear wrap dog-eared else good condition. Articles are "Jamaican Left Faces the Crisis", "Class Struggle in the U.S South Part 1: The 'New..... More
Cat.No: 248867
Street preachers, faith healers, and herb doctors in Jamaica, 1890-1925
New York: Revisionist Press, 1977. Hardcover. 99p hardcover, very good. Includes discussion of religious political leaders who crusaded against the white colonial authorities. More
Cat.No: 281604
The biography of G. Wash Carter, white; life story of a Mississippi peckerwood whose short circuit logic kept him fantastically embroiled, a 'laughogenic' satirical novel
San Francisco: The Lunan-Ferguson Library, 1969. Hardcover. 253p., first edition, very good condition, no dust jacket. The Afro-Jamaican American writer's second novel, this one of a white racist whose ideas get him into constant trouble. More
Cat.No: 194063
Daily bread: readings for six months. Vol. 1, no. 1
Kingston, Jamaica: Students Christian Fellowship and Scripture Union, n.d. Paperback. 190p., 7x5 inch lavender wraps lightly worn; not found in OCLC. These daily lessons draw upon local interests: the Queen of England ("wears a crown one day and a headscarf at the racetrack the next"), and problems in Africa ("it..... More
Cat.No: 152699
Masegaki judai bokenki: マセガキ十代冒険記 : Kanaetarimassa ore no yume [A chronicle of the adventures of a teenager acting grown up: my dream come true!] 叶えたりまっさ俺の夢
Nagoya: Shikosha 志考社, 2004. Paperback. 204 p., illustrated with scattered b&w snapshots (of rock singers, of self and others lounging with beer), softbound in 7x5 inch plain printed cover with a dust-wrapper in colors; text in Japanese. Author decided to leave for Jamaica while still in high school. Recollects how..... More
Cat.No: 172924
Words to Our Now: imagination and dissent
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005. Hardcover. 264p., very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Essays by the Jamaican-born gay African American author, centering on human and social rights. More
Cat.No: 126451
Thoughts, reflections and poetry
Brooklyn: the author, 1974. Paperback. 64p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, illus. in text by the Jamaica-born African American poet and others, wraps shelfworn else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 153454
Trade union foreign policy: a study of British and American trade union activities in Jamaica.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Hardcover. xvi, [ii], 485p., previous owner's name on front blank end paper else very good condition in an unclipped, shelf worn dj. More
Cat.No: 954
Deported; volume 1, entry and exit findings Jamaicans returned home from the U.S. between 1997 and 2003
[Mona, Jamaica]: the author, 052. x, 80p., very good in wraps. The Jamaican-American criminologist and his associates challenge the notion that deportees are the source of violent criminality on their return to Jamaica. More
Cat.No: 152083
Yardie; roman traduit de l'anglais par Marc Hobab
N. pl. Éditions de l'Olivier, 1997. Trade Paperback. 235p., first French edition, very good in pictorial tissue-covered wraps. On smuggling drugs from Jamaica to London; Soul fiction. More
Cat.No: 141644
The Autumn Equinox
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. 272p., first edition openweave green cloth titled gilt, in dj; previous owner's scrawled presentation, top edge dust-soil. Jacket may be later state as price reads "18s" (vs another copy of the first with "15s" in plate). Jamaican novelist of African descent, born in Canada. More
Cat.No: 6603
The Autumn Equinox
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. 272p., first edition openweave green cloth titled gilt, in dj; top edge dust-soil, jacket a trifle browned. First-state jacket price reads "15s". Jamaican novelist of African descent, born in Canada. More
Cat.No: 148157
The Autumn Equinox
New York: Vanguard, 1961. Hardcover. 272p., very good first US edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj with wear at edges especially head and tail of spine. Jamaican novelist of African descent, born in Canada. More
Cat.No: 223754
The Autumn Equinox
New York: Vanguard, 1961. Hardcover. 272p., very good first US edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Jamaican novelist of African descent, born in Canada. More
Cat.No: 224161
Land of the living
London: Faber and Faber, 1961. Hardcover. 280p., first edition, paper residue on front illustrated end paper, top edge slightly soiled, slightly shelf worn dj browned along the spine. African Jamaican novelist. Refugee scientist on Hearne's fictional island, "Cayuna." Endsheet maps of Cayuna. Hearne's dedication page pays homage to Edna Manley..... More
Cat.No: 186960
Land of the living
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1962. Hardcover. 280p., first American edition, previous owner name on front blank end paper else very good condition in an edge worn dj. The British edition was first and published in 1961. More
Cat.No: 186962
The Sure Salvation
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. Hardcover. 224p., very good first US edition in boards and unclipped dj with lightly-sunned spine, titles still dark and distinct. Afro-Jamaican novelist, born in Canada. More
Cat.No: 223752
Voices Under the Window
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. Hardcover. 163p., very good first UK edition openweave red cloth boards titled sky-blue, edgeworn and price-clipped dj. Hearne's first book. Plot revolves around a Jamaican politician mauled by a Kingston mob. More
Cat.No: 6604
Voices Under the Window
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. Hardcover. 163p., very good first UK edition openweave red cloth boards titled sky-blue, edgeworn and unclipped dj with tape re-enforcment on rear at head of spine. Hearne's first book. Plot revolves around a Jamaican politician mauled by a Kingston mob. More
Cat.No: 223753
Voices Under the Window
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. Hardcover. 163p., very good first UK edition openweave red cloth boards titled sky-blue. Hearne's first book. Plot revolves around a Jamaican politician mauled by a Kingston mob. More
Cat.No: 226226
The book of Mechtilde
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 85p., beautifully illus. in colors and metallic gold, by the Afro-Jamaican author/artist, previous owner's inscription, first edition, gift inscription, dj. A memorial to Henriques' mother, and her struggle with breast cancer, "inspired by texts from the Book of Job" More
Cat.No: 86653
Until it's Time to Die
New York: Vantage Press, 1997. Hardcover. 219p., first edition, remainder stripe on bottom fore edge else very good condition in like dj. Jamaican-born African-American writer "currently" (at the time of publication) residing in Washington, D.C. Novel about a Black Jesus that appears on a California beach. More
Cat.No: 205402
Travellers and outlaws; episodes in American history, with an appendix of authorities
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1889. 340p., previous owner's stamp and a nice gift inscription dated 1888, first edition. Hinges have been restored adequately (neatly inserted paper in gutters), wear and restoration at spine ends but with gilt lettering and design intact, edgewear with some minor fraying, endpapers browned with slight..... More
Cat.No: 108659