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  • DESPAIR and Other Stories of Ottowa. by Alexis, Andre.
    Alexis, Andre.
    DESPAIR and Other Stories of Ottowa.

    Edition: First printing.

    Toronto: Coach House Press, (1994). SIGNED first edition - First book by this Afro-Canadian author, who was born in Trinidad, a collection of "eight exquisitely crafted short stories shimmering with malevolence and longing." SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Books in Canada First Book and Trillium awards, shortlisted for the Giller Prize. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-805059814.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.

    Book ID: 88526
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  • CARNIVAL. by Antoni, Robert.
    Antoni, Robert.
    CARNIVAL.

    Edition: First US printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Grove Press, (2005). SIGNED first edition - The third novel by this award winning writer from the Caribbean (born in the US to Trinidadian parents, he grew up in the Bahamas), one which "lays bare themes of race and sexuality in a parodic recasting of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises transported to the West Indies." Three childhood friends from Trinidad meet up by chance in New York City and, fueled by alcohol, decide to return "home" for Carnival. Short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Caribbean and Canadian region. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-802170056.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82291
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  • CARNIVAL. by Antoni, Robert.
    Antoni, Robert.
    CARNIVAL.

    Edition: First US printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Grove Press, (2005). First edition - The third novel by this award winning writer from the Caribbean (born in the US to Trinidadian parents, he grew up in the Bahamas), one which "lays bare themes of race and sexuality in a parodic recasting of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises transported to the West Indies." Three childhood friends from Trinidad meet up by chance in New York City and, fueled by alcohol, decide to return "home" for Carnival. Short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Caribbean and Canadian region. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-802170056.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82290
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  • AS FLIES TO WHATLESS. by Antoni, Robert.
    Antoni, Robert.
    AS FLIES TO WHATLESS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Akashic Books, 2013. First edition - Award-winning historical novel set in 1845 Trinidad. "In 1845 London, an engineer, philosopher, philanthropist, and bold-faced charlatan, John Adolphus Etzler, has invented machines that he thinks will transform the division of labor and free all men. He forms a collective called the Tropical Emigration Society (TES), and recruits a variety of London citizens to take his machines and his misguided ideas to form a proto-socialist, utopian community in the British colony of Trinidad." Edwidge Danticat called this "a marvel of narrative and documents, which collide to create a book that is at times breathtaking and tragic and at other times laugh-out-loud hilarious." Winner of the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize. 327 pp plus final message.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a very different cover than the trade edition)

    Book ID: 81115
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  • DIGGING UP THE MOUNTAINS: Selected Stories. by Bissondath, Neil.
    Bissondath, Neil.
    DIGGING UP THE MOUNTAINS: Selected Stories.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Penguin, (1987.). First book by the nephew of V. S. Naipul, a collection of short stories set either in the author''s native Trinidad or dealing with Trinidadian immigrants in Canada. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0089357.

    Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 52429
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  • Brand, Dionne.
    AT THE FULL AND CHANGE OF THE MOON.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Grove Press, 1999. Highly acclaimed novel by this Trinidadian-born poet and writer who now lives in Canada, and has been the recipient of the Governor-General's and other awards. The novel begins in Trinidad in 1824 with a secret society of slaves, headed by Marie Ursule, plotting a mass suicide as an act of revolt against slavery.

    Condition: Fine (as new.)

    Book ID: 22856
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  • Brand, Dionne.
    AT THE FULL AND CHANGE OF THE MOON.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Grove Press, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly acclaimed novel by this Trinidadian-born poet and writer who now lives in Canada, and has been the recipient of the Governor-General's and other awards. The novel begins in Trinidad in 1824 with a secret society of slaves, headed by Marie Ursule, plotting a mass suicide as an act of revolt against slavery. ISBN: 0-8021-16493.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 19339
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  • Carrington, Rosyln.
    A THIRST FOR RAIN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Kensington, 1999. Author's first novel, set in the dry hills of her native Trinidad.

    Condition: Fine (as new) in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 23750
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  • RUM AND COCA-COLA. by de Boissire, Ralph (1907-2008)
    de Boissire, Ralph (1907-2008)
    RUM AND COCA-COLA.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    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.

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated wrappers - some spine slant, rear hinge cracking, a rather fragile production, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88222
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  • Guy, Rosa.
    THE SUN, THE SEA, A TOUCH OF THE WIND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 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..". ISBN: 0-525-247807.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 3839
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  • Guy, Rosa.
    THE SUN, THE SEA, A TOUCH OF WIND.

    Edition: First edition.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 2659
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  • THE SUN, THE SEA, A TOUCH OF WIND. by Guy, Rosa.
    Guy, Rosa.
    THE SUN, THE SEA, A TOUCH OF WIND.

    Edition: First edition.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (bookplate.)

    Book ID: 38851
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  • FOR THE LIFE OF LAETITIA. by Hodge, Merle.
    Hodge, Merle.
    FOR THE LIFE OF LAETITIA.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good dj (inconspicuous spine label)

    Book ID: 85677
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  • C. L. R. JAMES: A Life. by [James, C. L. R] Dhondy, Farrukh.
    [James, C. L. R] Dhondy, Farrukh.
    C. L. R. JAMES: A Life.

    Edition: First US printing.

    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.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 52633
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  • JUMPING SHIP AND OTHER STORIES. by James, Kelvin Christopher
    James, Kelvin Christopher
    JUMPING SHIP AND OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (nick at top of dj spine).

    Book ID: 39874
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  • James, Kelvin Christopher
    JUMPING SHIP AND OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 5282
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  • THE MERMAID'S TWIN SISTER: More Stories from Trinidad . by Joseph, Lynn. Illustrated by Donna Perrone.
    Joseph, Lynn. Illustrated by Donna Perrone.
    THE MERMAID'S TWIN SISTER: More Stories from Trinidad .

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 39695
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  • CEREUS BLOOMS AT NIGHT by Mootoo, Shani
    Mootoo, Shani
    CEREUS BLOOMS AT NIGHT

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Grove Press, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, originally published as a trade paperback original in Canada in 1996 and a finalist for th Giller Prize, the Canada First Novel Award and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, it employs myth and magic to explore identity, violence and love. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-16337.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped).

    Book ID: 59193
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  • Mootoo, Shani
    CEREUS BLOOMS AT NIGHT

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Grove Press, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, originally published as a trade paperback original in Canada in 1996 and a finalist for th Giller Prize, the Canada First Novel Award and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, it employs myth and magic to explore identity, violence and love. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-16337.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 33021
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  • THE CHIP-CHIP GATHERERS. by Naipaul, Shiva (1945-1985)
    Naipaul, Shiva (1945-1985)
    THE CHIP-CHIP GATHERERS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this award winning Trinidadian-born author, the younger brother of V. S. Naipual. The story of two families of Indian descent whose lives are intertwined in the small village they are desperate to escape. The title refers to a small shell dound along the tideline, and gathering these shells is a weary and unrewarding task. Winner of the Whitbread award. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-394483456.

    Condition: Good in a fair dust jacket (some foxing to the cream cloth spine of the book, several tears to the dj, chipping at the top of the dj spine).

    Book ID: 78223
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  • PROSPERO'S DAUGHTER. by Nunez, Elizabeth.
    Nunez, Elizabeth.
    PROSPERO'S DAUGHTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (2006). Hardcover first edition - Sixth book by this award winning author, a retelling of The Tempest set on a small Caribbean Island off the coast of Trinidad at the height of the tension between the native population and the British colonists..316 pp. ISBN: 0-345-455355.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (short tear to dj at top of spine)

    Book ID: 70014
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  • Walcott, Derek
    DREAM ON MONKEY MOUNTAIN and Other Plays

    Edition: First printing.

    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.

    Condition: Ex-library with pocket inside front endpaper, but overall a fairly tight copy in a near fine dj.

    Book ID: 9587
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