Grasse. 1793. 3pp. Modern marbled wrappers. A fine copy. A decree of the National Convention repealing duties on colonial exports during the Revolutionary period.
[Paris]: De l'Imprimerie de Limbourg et Comp. [1794]. 7pp., gathered in folded sheets. Quarto. Outer leaf separating along the fold, two small binding holes at inner margin, not affecting text. Somewhat tanned, with some light dampstaining, heavier on final leaf. Moderate dust soiling to rear blank. About very good. A.....
London. 1717. x,427pp. Lacks pp.141-142. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Ex-library, with institutional blindstamp on titlepage and a few interior pages, otherwise quite clean internally. Very good, although lacking a leaf of text. Parke encountered the greatest difficulty in trying to impose colonial rule on the independent British plantation.....
Copenhagen. [ 1742]. 20pp. printed in French and German in parallel columns. Small quarto. Dbd. Evenly tanned. Good. Extracts from the French-Danish commercial treaty, with some material on the West Indies. No copies listed on OCLC.
Tallahassee, Fl. 1966. 6,48pp. plus folding plan. Original printed yellow wrappers bound into modern three quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Fine. From an edition limited to 210 copies. A presentation copy, inscribed by N. Orwin Rush to the noted collector, C.R. Sanders, and with Sanders' bookplate on the.....
Madrid: Jose Porrua Turanzas, 1959. 90pp. plus plates. Quarto. Original cream printed wrappers bound into half red morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Internally clean. Near fine. "Segunda edicion con tres planos." From an edition limited to 200 copies. Second edition, after the first of 1781.....
Glasgow: Rob Chapman and Alex Duncan, 1777. viii,[2],391pp. plus folding map. Later polished calf by Ramage, gilt-stamped spine, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Map with repaired tear, backed with linen. Scattered foxing. Overall, an attractive copy and very good. "The reader will observe, by the.....
London. 1821. [4],377pp. plus leaf of errata and [6]pp. of book advertisements. Contemporary boards, paper label. Front hinge cracked and rather tender. Some chipping at spine. Old circulating library chart adhered to front pastedown. Internally clean and nice. Good. The author, a chaplain-general in the British Army, was sent with.....
London. 1826. [4],377pp., plus one leaf of errata. Original paper boards, paper label, neatly rebacked. Bookplate on front pastedown, ownership signature on titlepage. Light scattered foxing. Untrimmed, very good. Second edition. The author, a chaplain-general in the British Army, was sent, with his regiment, from France to America to fight.....
[London. 1775]. [2],95pp. Early marbled wrappers. Spine worn. A very good copy. "Grave concern over the dire effects to be suffered if the Colonies should effectuate their threatened embargo of the West Indian trade: 'The islands which are supplied with most of their subsistence from thence will be reduced to.....
London: T. Cooper, 1739. 32pp. Dbd. Very good. A pro-Walpole pamphlet preceding the War of Jenkins' Ear. "By the famous Thomas Gordon, editor of the "Independent Whig" who defends the Administration against the popular outcry against the Convention with Spain. He says: 'A Convention is settled in order to conclude.....
Goteborg: C.F. Arwidsson, 1862. [4],476pp. 12mo. Contemporary three quarter calf and pebbled cloth, spine gilt. Scattered foxing and tanning. Overall very good. A scarce account of the travels of the Swedish frigate, Norrköping, to Swedish possessions in the West Indies and visits to North American cities. The Norrköping was sent.....
London: Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke, 1786. 50pp. Dbd. Very good. Printed in parallel columns of French and English. The treaty establishes the basic freedom for both countries to sail unmolested by the other. It also sets duties on a number of items and strongly forbids the docking.....
London: Printed for J. Owen, 1796. [4],88pp. Dbd. Very good. Discusses the probable outcomes of the war with revolutionary France, with special attention to central and northern Europe and to holdings in the East and West Indies.
London: Printed by Mark Baskett, 1762. [2],71pp. Quarto. Dbd. Chip in foredge of titlepage, a few fox marks. Very good. An interesting and important collection of documents regarding British-Spanish relations toward the close of the French and Indian War. Most of the letters and papers are by Prime Minister William.....
London: Printed by E. Owen and T. Harrison, in Warwick Lane, 1762. [4],279pp. French and English titlepages, with parallel text on facing pages. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Boards and extremities rubbed. Bookplate of Alberto Parreño on front pastedown. Some slight offsetting on titlepages, else.....
London: Printed for W. Nicoll, 1770. 123,[1],91pp. Dbd. First and final leaves a bit dusty, else very good. A scarce pamphlet relating to a political controversy on the island of Grenada. This work attacks Governor Melville for being the root cause of the recent problems which centered on the disputes.....
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Grenada and Carriacou. [ca. 1830-35]. [56]pp. (excluding blanks). Folio. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Repairs to corners and spine (retaining original backstrip), some wear and mild warping to boards. Clipping from the July 15, 1797 issue of the ST. JAMES'S CHRONICLE, OR THE BRITISH EVENING-POST laid in.....
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[Sainte-George], Grenada: Alexander Middleton, [ 1779]. Broadsheet. Folio. Old folds. Minor wear and soiling. Near fine. Recounts the capture of the island of Grenada by the French navy, led by Comte d'Estaing, during the American Revolution. Several versions of this title exist, in varying lengths and formats. Originally a French.....
Grenada: Printed by John Spahn, [ 1784?]. [4]pp. on a folio sheet folded once to quarto size. Splitting along most of the fold, but the two leaves not detached. Stained along upper edge, lightly tanned. Good. In a half morocco box. A very rare Grenada imprint, printing extracts from the.....
Gottingen. 1865. 80pp. Quarto. Later half morocco and cloth. Some wear to spine. Very good. Ex-Horticultural Society of New York, with bookplate noting Kenneth K. Mackenzie's bequest of volume. Study of the geographical distribution of various plants in the West Indies. Grisebach (1814-79), a German botanist, was director of the.....
London. 1864. xvi,789pp. plus 16pp. of publisher's advertisements. Original green gilt cloth; rebacked with original spine laid down. Old institutional stamp on titlepage and front free endpaper. Overall good. Ex-Horticultural Society of New York, with bookplate noting Kenneth K. Mackenzie's bequest of the book. Grisebach (1814-79), a German botanist, was.....
Gottingen. 1857. 138pp. Quarto. Contemporary marbled boards. Very good. Ex- Horticultural Society of New York, with bookplate noting Kenneth K. Mackenzie's bequest of book. First separate edition of this work on the botany of the Caribbean, especially the island of Guadeloupe. Grisebach (1814-79), a German botanist, was director of the.....
Paris. [ 1794]. 19pp. Quarto. Stitched as issued. Remnants of paper wrappers along spine edge. Lightly soiled. Very good. Untrimmed. In the 1790s, with the advent of the French Revolution, revolts broke out in many of France's Caribbean colonies, including Guadeloupe, where a sharp division occurred between the monarchists and.....
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[Augsbourg: F.X. Habermann, ca. 1780]. Four engravings, each approximately 19 x 15 1/2 inches. Moderate edge wear and creasing. Minor dampstaining on first engraving. One print with two-inch piece torn from upper right corner. Light vertical fold line through center. Good. Archivally matted, protected with mylar sheet. A charming set.....
