New York: Hawthorn Books, (1965.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Anthology of articles about Jamaica - 'history, its people, its politics, its religions and dialects, its natural history, its brids, its painters and writers, its archives, its stamps, and the delights of skin-diving it its waters and eating its food (including some recipes) - told from the Jamaican point of view, with preface & introduction by Ian Fleming, who spent part of every year at Goldeneye, his Jamaican house in which he wrote all the James Bond books. Illustrated with color photographs. appendices, bibliography. 240 pp. Map endpapers.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1943) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the history and the people of the Caribbean islands, but one which focuses on how these islands guard the entrance to the Panama Canal during World War II - including US naval bases in the Virgin Islands and on Antigua. Illustrated with photogravures and maps by F.A. Fanale. Index. 170 pp.

Toronto: Random House of Canada, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The rather uncommon true first edition of the second novel by this Barbados born author. This is the moving story of a Caribbean immigrant woman who leaves behind everything - including, for too many years, her daughter - in order to build a better life for her family in Canada, only to find herself plunged into an alien culture and a painful struggle against racism and alienated from her beloved daughter.Dustjacket praise from E. Annie Proulx and Caryl Phillips, among others. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-39422387X.

New York: Amistad / Harper Collins, (2008). First edition - A memoir by this Jamaican born-poet - an account of her mother's two lives - in the country at Harvey River where she was the privileged daughter of a large family, and in Kingston after her marriage where she raised nine children in "hard times." 285 pp.

New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive.." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-525-247807.

New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - New novel by this Trinidad-born, African American writer - set in Harlem and Haiti in the 70's - Louise Meriweather called this "a bold book, sexually explosive.." 305 pp. ISBN: 0-525-247807.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1990. First edition - An adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid" set on a lush Caribbean Island - the basis for the musical "Once On This Island.". ISBN: 0-8050-16597.

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 & London: Marion Boyars, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the author's native Guyana. Heath is one of the most highly praised of the modern Caribbean writers, and has been nominated for the Whitbread and Booker prizes and won the Guardian Fiction prixe. ISBN: 0-7145-30158.

New York: Persea Books, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A complex love story set in Guyana, this is the second American offering of this distinguished British-Guyanese writer, author of "The Shadow Bride" and "Orealla", among others. Originally published in the UK in 1979, and the first book in his highly praised Armstrong trilogy.

New York: Persea Books, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the author's native Guyana, originally published in 1978 in England and winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize there. Heath is one of the most highly praised of the modern Caribbean writers, and has been nominated for the Whitbread and Booker prizes. ISBN: 0-89225-1682.

London: Allison & Busby, (1979.). First edition - A complex love story set in Guyana, this is the second by this distinguished British-Guyanese writer (his first won the Guardian Prize for fiction) and the first book in his highly praised Armstrong trilogy. Not published in the US until 14 years later. ISBN: 0-85031-3260.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Trinidian author who is considered the first Black Caribbean woman to have published a major work of fiction. This is the story of a young girl's first year away from home at school - "a touching, beautifully written coming-of-age story set in Trinidad." 214 pp. Very uncommon in the hardcover first edition. ISBN: 0-374324476.

New York: Warner, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of magical realism set on a fictional Caribbean island, the story of a woman who at the age of 50 rediscovers a gift she had had as a child - that of finding lost things. INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- walk good!" 323 pp. ISBN: 978-0446576918.

New York: Pantheon, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "critical appreciation of the West Indian historian and political activist who played a towering role in the cause of Pan-Africanism in the twentieth century. Born in Trinidad in 1901,he was a lifelong advocacy for the Trinidadian oppressed. .. and, until his death in 1989, [he] wrote works of both fiction and nonfiction that would profoundly influence the Black Power movement in the United States and independence movements in Africa and the West Indies. Dhondy knew James personally and was given access to his papers. The result is a biography that is a revelation of the life and work of this legendary intellect and revolutionary." Notes, index. xvi, 224 pp. ISBN: 0-375-421009.

New York: Harper Collins, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel (third book) by this Trinidad-born author - although, in this book, the islands which turn out to be deeper and darker than expected are Greek. Dust jacket praise from Austin Clarke, Tananarive Due and others. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0173505.

New York: Villard, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Trinidad-born author's first published collection of short stories; dj praise from Patrick McGrath & Whitney Otto. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-679-411836.

New York: Harper Collins, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel (third book) by this Trinidad-born author - although, in this book, the islands which turn out to be deeper and darker than expected are Greek. Dust jacket praise from Austin Clarke, Tananarive Due and others. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0173505.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2009. SIGNED hardcover - The author's second book, preceding his Booker Award winning "A Brief History of Seven Killings," the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the 18th century. SIGNED on the title page. 417 pp. ISBN: 978-1594488573.

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: Amistad / Harper Collins, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set partly in contemporary Washington, D.C., and post-World War II Dominica, one which interweaves West Indian history and African culture. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-060837578.

New York: Clarion, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of traditional stories about things that happened in Trinidad long ago, and about the spirits (La Diablesse, duennes, obeah people) and other magical beings who play a part in everyday life on the island and stories about traditional foods - like callaloo. The second collection by this author who was born in Trinidad, and remembers hearing these stories as a little girl. Illustrated with striking full-page black, white and gray-toned illustrations by Perrone. Author's note. 63 pp. Slightly oversized format. ISBN: 0-395-643651.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1999. SIGNED first edition - Second novel by this Barbardos born author - a continuation of his examination of the legacy of colonialism. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 219 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, 1997. Highly praised first novel by this Barbados born author - Paule Marshall describes him as having 'taken life in a hardscrabble little West Indian village and, through the power o fhis vision and his lean poetic prose, made it speak for the oppressed the world over.'. ISBN: 0-805054723.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1999. SIGNED first edition - Second novel by this Barbardos born author - a continuation of his examination of the legacy of colonialism. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 219 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, 1960. dj. A collection of drawings and designs by the author, accompanied by his impressions of Jamaica in the 1950s.