HISTORIC JAMAICA : With Fifty-two Illustrations by Cundall, Frank - 1915

Jamaica : London: The Institute of Jamaica : The West India Committee, 1915. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good+. Detailed work, based on a series of Articles for the "West India Committee Circular", dealing with BHistoric Sites & Monuments in Jamaica. Includes: Aboriginal Inhabitants ( the Arawaks ); Port Royall: St Catherinne; Kingston; St. Andrew; St. Thomas; Portland; St. Mary; St. Ann; Trelawny; Sty. James; Hanover; Westmoreland; St. Elizabeth; Manchester & Clarendon. Frontis illus. is a Monochrome View of Up-Park Camp in 1840. Other Full-Page Plates include a view of Kingston Harbour Street in 1820, taken from "Hakewill's picturesque tour of Jamaica". Grey cloth cover with Red Vignette of a Pineapple and Red lettering above and below, on the front. Faded Red lettering on spine. 424 Pages, 780g, 7 1/2" Tall. Tiny bit of soiling on front cover and 2 small spots of thin white paint on spine. Attractive Bookplate illustrated with a Mounted Knight, on Endpaper No inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. Frontis illus detached but present. Hinges sound & text block firm. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall