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Chicago:: Research Associates / School Times Publications, , (1996). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First edition, a trade paperback original. The author examines the language, religion, music and social organization of the Jamaican people to reveal the strong cultural continuities with Africa and the origins of new cultural forms and political movements, such as Garveyism and Rastafarianism. Alleyne was was a sociolinguist, creolist and dialectologist whose work focused on the creole languages of the Caribbean, so among other things this book explores the correlations between the linguistic picture and other aspects of culture, such as religion. Maps, charts, notes, bibliography, index. 186 pp.

Poitiers, Vienne, France:: Editions Pierre Seghers,, (1966.). Very good in illustrated wrappers (from the collection of poet Elizabeth Harrod, with her name and date, and some annotations on a few pages.). Trade paperback (second printing, originally published in 1962.) "Presentation par Lilyan Kesteloot, choix de textes, bibliographie, portraits, fac-similes." Text in French (texte en francais.) Contains an introduction and biographical information by Lilyan Kesteloot, includes a generous selection of poems by Cesaire, the Martinque-born poet. Illustrated with several photographs. Poetes d'Aujourd'Hui 85; 211 pp. Small square format.

San Francisco:: Scrimshaw Press, , 1973.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in brown cloth with a photographic inset on the front cover, in a good dust jacket (rubbing, small chip at top of dj spine). . First printing. A gorgeous portrait of the island and peoples of Antigua, with text by Gregson Davis and illustrated with photographs by Margo Davis, maps and reproductions in color of historic paintings and vintage drawings. As the authors comment, this is a "straightforward view of rural Antigua, of village yards and tilled plots where the descendants of slaves labor with strength and ingenuity to extract a life of dignity and meaning from an eroded landscape of unfullfilled promises and fragmented hopes." While this is centered around the photographs, it also contains much on the history of the island - the sugar plantations, slave uprisings, emancipation and more. Warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page by both the author and photographer, and dated in the year of… Read More

New York:: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux,, (1993.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Walcott's lecture given when he received the Nobel Prize in December 1992. A small, slim book, unpaginated.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1987.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Collection of poems by this Nobel laureate, set both in his native Caribbean - "there" - and "elsewhere" including the final, long title poem, a meditation on race and American history. 117 pp.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1987.). Very good in stiff wrappers (check marks on several lines of the first poem.). 1st trade paperback printing. Collection of poems, set both in his native Caribbean and "elsewhere." 117 pp.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, 1983.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dustjacket (embossed seal of prev owner.) . First printing. Her highly praised first book, a collection of 10 short pieces by this Antiguan writer who first came to the US to work as an au pair, and who wound up writing for the New Yorker. While these are described as memories of a childhood in the Caribbean, there is nothing sentimental about them. SIGNED on the title page by Kincaid. Praise from Derek Walcott on the back cover of the dust jacket.

New York:: Farrar Straus Giroux,, 1996.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel which tells the story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica - the daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half African father, abandoned as an infant. SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp.

New York:: Farrar Straus Giroux,, (1996.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel which tells the story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica - the daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half African father, abandoned as an infant. SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp.

New York:: Plume,, (1997.). SIGNED -. Very good (usual toning to the pages.). Trade paperback. Novel which tells the story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica - the daughter of a Carib mother and a half-Scottish, half African father, abandoned as an infant. SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp.

New York:: Monthly Review Press, , (1991.). Near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First thus- a trade paperback. A title in the Voices of Resistance Series. Historical novel originally published in 1934, the story of a slave and the Haitian Revolution of 1791. Foreword by Jamaica Kincaid. Afterword by David Barry Gaspar and Michel-Rolph Trouillot. Notes 199 pp.

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1981). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket A few spots to the outer edge of the textblock, but otherwise appears unread.. First US printing. The author's second novel set in her native Guadaloupe. "Although that little island is the center of her story, her universe is a much larger one: her real subject is slavery and what comes with it. Ti Jean, the hero of this mythic tale, is a young black man who will explore his past by returning to Africa to find where he came from. In the tiny hamlet of Fond-Zombi a monstrous beast has blocked out the sunlight, throwing the island into eternal darkness, The beast symbolizes the white man, and the eternal suffering of slavery, from which no black can escape. Like a young Ulysses, Ti Jean sets out on a voyage of discovery: to find the beast which has determined his fate, to visit the dead, and to explore the past world of suffering in order to conquer the present one." Translated from the… Read More

New York:: New Directions,, (1995). First edition -. Very near fine in illustrated blue wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. First US appearance of this collection by this Barbadian poet. Winner of the Premio Casa de las Americas when it was first published in 1978, this has been revised for this edition. Praise from Adrienne Rich who refers to his "dazzling inventive language, his tragic yet unquenchable vision." 69 pp.

New York:: Longmans, Green and Co, (1957, c 1940). Hardcover -. Ex-library in poor condition with the usual markings, and significant wear (tear to the margins of several pages, not affecting the text, missing front endpaper) in a good dust jacket (spine label). Later printing. A fictionalized account of Christophe, a leader of the Haitian Revolution, who was born a slave in 1767 and died a king, written for older children and young adults.Illustrated with drawings at the head of each chapter by Avery Johnson, who also illustrated the wraparound dust jacket. Author's note, bibliography. xii, 276 pp.

New York:: Teachers College Press,, (1970). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (address label on first page).. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A book by this Trinidadian professor which focuses on Black poetry in the Antilles in the 1920s and 1930s, especially that of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti and Santo Domingo Notes, xiv, 106 pp.

New York:: Riverhead Books,, (2019). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new) - an uncommon advance issue.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The first novel in his Dark Star trilogy, a book which draws on African history, mythology and fantasy "to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: 'He has a nose,'people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard." James, who was born in Jamaica, won the 2015 Booker Award for his novel "A Brief History of Seven Killings." Map, list of characters. 620 pp.

New York:: Riverhead Books,, (2019). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new) - an uncommon advance issue, especially signed.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The first novel in his Dark Star trilogy, a book which draws on African history, mythology and fantasy "to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: 'He has a nose,'people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard." SIGNED on the title page in silver and dated in February 2019, in the month of publication. James, who was born in Jamaica, won the 2015 Booker Award for his novel "A Brief History of… Read More

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1997). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. The second novel by this award winning writer, one which tells the life stories of two West Indian women in their own voices: Lilla, the white mistress of a dilapidated colonial mansion, and Vel, the Black servant who has been her only companion for ten years. The two women have always treated each other with a distant formality, but when Vel finds herself pregnant, Lilla puts her to bed in her own bedroom and finds herself caring for her. Praise from Christina Garcia, Rosario Ferre, Steven Dixon and Robert Olen Butler (who calls this an extraordinary and enduring work of art.)SIGNED by the author. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 399 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1997). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. The second novel by this award winning writer, one which tells the life stories of two West Indian women in their own voices: Lilla, the white mistress of a dilapidated colonial mansion, and Vel, the Black servant who has been her only companion for ten years. The two women have always treated each other with a distant formality, but when Vel finds herself pregnant, Lilla puts her to bed in her own bedroom and finds herself caring for her. Praise from Christina Garcia, Rosario Ferre, Steven Dixon and Robert Olen Butler (who calls this an extraordinary and enduring work of art.) Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 399 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, 1990.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Collection of short stories, of which one is set in the author's homeland of Jamaica, the rest in the US. 155 pp.