A COLLECTION OF 27 WORKS ON THE WEST INDIES

Anon. Sketches and recollections of the West Indies. By a resident. London, 1828, 8vo, later calf-backed boardsAtwood, Thomas. The history of the island of Dominica. London, 1791, 8vo, later half calf[Barskett, James]. History of the island of St. Domingo. London, 1818, 8vo, later half calfBeckford, William. A descriptive account of the Island of Jamaica. London, 1790, 2 volumes, 8vo, later half calf, some dampstaining and wormingBreen, Henry H. St. Lucia: historical, statistical, and descriptive. London, 1844, 2 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR bound in, nineteenth-century calfBurnley, William Hardin. Observations on the present condition of the island of Trinidad, and the actual state of the experiment of negro emancipation. London, 1842, 8vo, later half calf[Campbell, John.] Candid and Impartial Considerations on the Nature of the Sugar Trade. London, 1763, 8vo, 3 folding hand-coloured maps. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebackedCarey, H.C. The slave trade. London, 1853, 8vo, later morocco-backed boardsDallas, R.C. The history of the Maroons… including the expedition to Cuba. London, 1803, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispieces, maps, later half calf, damsptainedEdwards, Bryan. The history… of the British colonies in the West Indies… vol. III. London, 1801, volume 3 only, 4to, plates, maps, nineteenth-century calf, rebackedIdem. Another edition. London, 1807, 3 volumes, 8vo, plates, maps, later calf-backed boardsIdem. Another edition. London, 1820, 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, maps, library cloth, some foxingFermin, Philippe. Description… de la colonie de Surinam. Amsterdam, 1769, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, later half calf, half-titles cut down at foot, some dampstainingFlinter, George D. An Account of the Present State of the Island of Puerto Rico. London, 1834, 8vo, later calf-backed boards, inkstampsFranklin, James. The present state of Hayti. London, 1828, 8vo, later morocco-backed boardsLeslie, Charles. A new history of Jamaica. London, 1740, 8vo, 2 folding maps, later half calf, some dampstainingMalenfant, –. Des colonies, et particulièrement de celle de Saint-Domingue. Paris, 1814, 8vo, later half calfM’Callum, Pierre. Travels in Trinidad. Liverpool, 1805, 8vo, folding map, later half calf, dampstained; together with a contemporary review extracted from the Anti-Jacobin ReviewM’Mahon, Benjamin. Jamaica plantership. London, 1839, 8vo, later morocco-backed boardsRamsay, James. An essay on the treatment and conversion of African slaves. London, 1784, 8vo, original boards, worn; together with two related modern articlesRaynal, Guillaume. Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Geneva, 1775, 3 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispieces and maps, contemporary mottled calfRenny, Robert. An history of Jamaica. London, 1807, 4to, folding map, later half calf, some dampstainingStephen, James. The slavery of the British West India Colonies delineated. London 1824, 2 volumes, 8vo, later morocco-backed boards[Stephen, James]. The crisis of the sugar colonies… in four letters to Henry Addington. London, 1802, 8vo, later half calf, together with an extract from The Edinburgh Journal about the bookStewart, J. A view of the past and present state of the island of Jamaica. Edinburgh, 1823, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rebackedSturge, Joseph and Thomas Harvey. The West Indies in 1837; being the journal of a visit to Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, and Jamaica. London, 1838, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY STURGE, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards, rebacked; together with a contemporary review extracted from Tait's Edinburgh MagazineWalton, William. Present State of the Spanish Colonies, Including a Particular Report of Hispanola. London, 1810, 2 volumes, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, portrait, folding map, plate, later morocco-backed boards

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