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.

Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie-Mellon Press, 1990. First edition - A collection in which the poet 'follows the incessant dark seas of the slave trade from Africa to 18th and 20th century Barbados.'. ISBN: 0-88748-0977.

Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press, (1992.). First edition - A work which grew out of the author's personal experiences as a Jesuit missionary in Jamaica, this scholarly and comprehensive book volume explores the interaction of two Christianities, one European and the other African-based survivals and Creole adaptations, as well as the Afro-Jamaican response to evangelization. Although primarily concerned with the period after emancipation - that is, after 1834 - it begins with the last great slave rebellion in Jamaican history - the biblically inspired one led by Sam Sharpe, Baptist leader - or 'daddy' - in the parish of St James. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-87049-7488.

Tucson: Junction Press, 1992. First edition - First collection of poetry by this Trinidadian writer. Cover commentary from Derek Walcott.

New York: Orchard Books, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Inspired by the fire bombing of a boy's shelter in Haiti, this is the story of a badly injured seventeen year old boy who tells of his life as a sugar cane field worker and his work against oppression with Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Laid in is a card SIGNED by the author, with a long holographic note to Peter Cunningham, founder of the Papaza Center in Haiti, thanking him for reading the book and discussing ways to help in Haiti. The author's first book, a young adult novel, and recipient of several awards. Glossary. 179 pp. Dust jacket art by Frances Nolting Temple. ISBN: 0-531-054594.

New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Walcott's lecture given when he received the Nobel Prize in December 1992. A small, slim book, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-374-105308.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collection of plays by this Caribbean writer who was both the director of the Trinidad Theater Workshop as well as its chief playwright.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collection of poetry by this Caribbean author to be published after he was awarded the Nobel Prize - many of the poems evoke his native island of Santa Lucia. 78 pp. ISBN: 0-374-115567.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays -on the Caribbean and on poets and writers ranging from Robert Lowell to Hemingway to the Creole writer from Martinque, Patrick Chamoiseau. Includes his Nobel Prize acceptance speech and a short story 'Cafe Martinque.'. ISBN: 0-374-28841-0.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987.). Collection of poems, set both in his native Caribbean and "elsewhere." 117 pp. ISBN: 0-37452099.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collection of poetry by this Caribbean author to be published after he was awarded the Nobel Prize - many of the poems evoke his native island of Santa Lucia. 78 pp. ISBN: 0-374-115567.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - 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. ISBN: 0-374-105820.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (c 1990). Epic poem by Nobel winning author. 325 pp. ISBN: 978-0-374-523503.

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.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A fascinating first-hand account of events in Haiti beginning 4 days before the ouster of President-for-Life, Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, and the following weeks and months - A story of change and how liberation did not lead to reform but to chaos and stagnation. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Bibliography, index. 427 pp. ISBN: 0-224025635.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A fascinating first-hand account of events in Haiti beginning 4 days before the ouster of President-for-Life, Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, and the following weeks and months - A story of change and how liberation did not lead to reform but to chaos and stagnation. SIGNED on the title page. Maps. Bibliography, index. 427 pp. ISBN: 0-671-641867.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book by the award winning author of "In a Rainy Season," one which "traces the country's history from its slave plantations through its turbulent revolutionary history, its kick-up-the-dirt guerrilla movements, its totalitarian dynasty that ruled for decades, and its long and always troubled relationship with the United States. Yet through a history of hardship shines Haiti's creative culture, its African traditions, its French inheritance, and its uncanny resilience." Selected bibliography, index. 329 pp. ISBN: 978-1451643978.

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1997. SIGNED first edition - A special issue devoted to the work of Dr Eric Williams, as an historian and a politician. SIGNED by George Lamming at his article "The Legacy of Eric Williams." Includes an excerpt from William's works, articles by Selwyn Cudjoe, Patricia Mohammed, William Darrity Jr, a select bibliography by Deborah Craig Nestor and more. Photograph. ix, pp 703-912. ISBN: 0161-2492.

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: Pantheon, (1967.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Classic account of life in Cuba after the Revolution. Born in Florida, but of Cuban ancestry, Yglesias spent three months living in the small town of Mayari in 1967, and recounts in this book his discussions with the people there, and his observations of life in Cuba, both positive and critical. 307 pp. Map endpapers.