New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1961) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this Trinidian-born African American. "Set in Trinidad, the novel brutally satirized the island's racial caste system and the entire social hierarchy the British had put in place. A Guardian review noted that Hercules 'animates an absurd milieu where skin color, hair texture, ethnic features, business acumen, respectability, and sometimes intelligence have to be carefully weighed before an individual can be given a social acceptability rating.' Named one of the five best first novels of the year by Newsweek magazine." (James M. Manheim) 212 pp.

Toronto: House Of Anansi Press Inc., (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this artist and poet who was born in Ireland, grew up in Trinidad and now lives in Canada. This centers on a wealthy Trinididian family - Valmiki Krishnu, a renowned doctor and his daughter Viveka, trying to escape the gilded cage that surrounds her. "An intricately woven and thoughtfully constructed book... the reader is forced to confront the many ways and instances in which social obligations and expectations, and in particular expectations regarding gender and sexuality, constrain them. . . The epiphany is subtle but decisive and poignant." (Caribbean Review of Books) 397 pp. ISBN: 978-0887842207.

New York: Orchard Books / Franklin Watts, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - Nine short stories by this award-winning writer and poet. Stories about children in contemporary Jamaica, written for older children and young adults. 148 pp. ISBN: 0-531057454.

New York & London: Allison & Busby, (1981) dj. Hardcover - The third novel by this Barbados born author, originally published in 1958. One of his major works, this is set on a remote Caribbean island at a turning point in its history, on the eve of its first general election when the three oppressed races - Negro, Indian and Chinese - stand unified against their white rulers. 413 pp. ISBN: 0-850313856.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1947) dj. Hardcover - A deceptively simple story of a young man who returns to his Haitian village after spending several years on a sugar plantation in Cuba only to find that the peaceful oasis he remembered is a community torn apart by poverty and feuds. As the founder of the 'Revue Indigene' Roumain was instrumental in creation of Haitian literature that reflected the real Haiti. Translated and with an Introduction by Langston Hughes and Mercer Cook, translators. Glossary. x, 180 pp.

Oxford & NY: Oxford University Press, (1999). First edition - Anthology collecting 52 stories of pan-Caribbean short fiction, arranged chronologically by the author's date of birth. Includes authors from the English, French, Spanish, and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. Among the stories are those by prominent anglophone writers like Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipual, Samuel Selvon and E.A. Markham and those from French, Spanish, and Dutch writers like Alejo Carpentier, Ren Depestre, and Thea Doelwijt. The new generation, represented, by such writers as Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica Kincaid and Patrick Chamoiseau, points the way forward for Caribbean writing into the twenty-first century. Introduction by Stewart Brown. Biographical notes on contributors. xxxiii, 476 pp.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press in association with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the John Carter Brown Library, 2002. Hardcover - Originally published in 1971, this edition includes 270 new entries not included in the original volume. Frontis map of Richard Ford's Barbados, circa 1675. Index. xvi, 205 pp plus errata list. ISBN: 1-584560649.

New York: George Braziller, (1986). First edition - The first trade edition of this collection of 10 intertwined surrealistic poems by this Carribean poet, one of the foremost advocates of negritude, illustrated with spare drawings by Picasso, originally published in a limited edition of only 219 copies in 1950. Introduction and translation by Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith. Bi-lingual edition with the complete original French text at the end. 130 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-807611484.

Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Book Society 1956. First edition - The second novel by this Trinidadian-born Australian social realist novelist, described as "an outspoken opponent of racism, injustice, greed and corruption, a passionate humanist with a vision of a just society" Set during the Second World War when thousands of American soldiers came to Trinidad to build and man military bases and the dollars from the American military presence changed Trinidad from a neglected and quasi-feudal British colony into a competitive market economy. It remains relevant because it gives a portrait of a period in Trinidad's recent past which is still very much alive in shaping its present. 214 pp. Uncommon in the true first edition.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (1953) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, which was very highly praised on its original publication in England, The story of a boy growing into manhood in the 1930s on the island of Barbados. With an introduction by Richard Wright. The true first American edition is quite hard to find (book clubs are common and often misidentified as firsts). Endpapers and frontispiece illustrations by Denis Williams. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award for Literature. xii, 313 pp.

Amherst: University of Massachutts Press, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A comparative study of three major Caribbean novelists: Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, and Edouard Glissant. "Despite differences of language and background, these writers from Cuba, Guyana and Martinique have much in common. Each has written extensively on the shared heritage of the peoples of the Caribbean and each has been influential in redefining the novel in the context of New World culture." Notes, selected bibliography, index. x, 185 pp. ISBN: 0-870237845.

Chicago: Research Associates / School Times Publications, (1996). First edition - 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. ISBN: 0-948390085.

Miami, Florida: Ediciones Universal, (1981). First edition - The final book by this scholar and educator who focused on Afro-Hispanic literature from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Among the topics covered are Los antecedentes de la poesa negra; La poesa negra en el concepto moderno and Clasificacin de la poesa afroantillana. Text in Spanish / en espanol. Bibliografia. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-897292375.

New York: Ballantine, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of several generations of a family from Guadeloupe - ranging from Panama to Harlem, from upper class Paris to the slums of Haiti. Translated by Victoria Reiter. Glossary. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-345-360745.

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, (1988). Hardcover first edition - Includes chapters on the slave registration order, the population of Trinidad, slave mortality and more. Illustrated with photographs and numerous charts, figures and tables. Frontispiece map. Appendices with the Code Noir of 1789. the Slave Code of 1800 and the Order in Council of 1812. Bibliography, index. xvi, 259 pp. ISBN: 0-521361664.

New York: Teachers College Press, (1970). First edition - 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.

Whitefish, MT: A Kidz World, (2005). SIGNED first edition - An introduction to the history and culture of the Garifuna people (who came to Belize from the Honduras in 1858) and also of the influence that their culture has had on the modern world - from the name for barbecue to the punta rock. Each page is colorfully illustrated, with a decorative border. SIGNED on the half title page by the artist/illustrator Debbie Cooper. Large format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-976040603.

New York: Basic Books, 2016. First edition - The definitive biography of the man, born into bondage in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) who became a freedman, then a small planter and finally the leader in 1791 of the only successful slave revolt in history, although he was exiled to France and spent the last year of his life in a prison cell. Maps. Illustrated. Extensive notes, bibliographic essay. 323 pp.

New York & London: Allison & Busby, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - A reissue of Lamming's allegorical novel which tells the story of a journey of a slave ship toward San Christobal during the early colonial period. Originally published in 1972, this is one of the most important novels by this award-winning author, who was born and educated in Barbados. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper, and uncommon thus. 351 pp. ISBN: 0-850316952.

New York & London: Allison & Busby, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A reissue of Lamming's allegorical novel which tells the story of a journey of a slave ship toward San Christobal during the early colonial period. Originally published in 1972, this is one of the most important novels by this award-winning author, who was born and educated in Barbados. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper, and uncommon thus. 351 pp. ISBN: 0-850316952.

New York: Henry Holt, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - 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. ISBN: 0-805049258.

New York: Henry Holt, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - 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. ISBN: 0-805049258.