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H.D. Carberry Collection of Caribbean Studies

This digital collection consists of scanned book jackets from the H.D. Carberry Collection of Caribbean Studies rare book collection. This collection includes English language literature and non-fiction by Caribbean authors. The works in this collection are generally first editions, many published in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century.

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Model for murder

Jacket front illustration shows a woman's face with a frightened expression; a man's face with a concerned look is behind hers.

1968

Monty of Montego

Jacket front illustration shows a young Afro-Caribbean boy looking at a bustling produce market in Montego Bay; buildings and palm trees are in the background.

1965

Moon on a rainbow shawl, a play in three acts (book covers)

1958

Morant Bay and other poems

1961

Morne-Paysan: peasant village in Martinique

Front cover photograph shows an Afro-Caribbean woman seated behind bags opened to display their contents.

1967

Moscow is not my mecca

The jacket front illustration depicts Moscow's iconic onion-domed Saint Basil's Cathedral at the left, and the face of an Afro-Caribbean man on the right. A photograph of author Jan Carew is on the jacket back flap.

1964

Moses ascending

A photograph of author Samuel Selvon is on the jacket back flap.

1975

Mother poem

Cover illustration is a map of Barbados from "A True and Exact History of the Islands of Barbadoes" by Richard Ligon, 1673.

1977

Muet

Covers for a book of poetry.

1971

My mother who fathered me: a study of the family in three selected communities in Jamaica

Jacket front has a montage of photographs of Jamaican people in various environments.

1957

Nanny-Town

Front cover illustration shows the head and shoulders of an Afro-Caribbean woman. The pattern of her dress merges with the vegetation of a hilly landscape.

1983

Natives of my person

Front cover illustration is of a medallion with the bust of a man in 16th century dress, and a ship and island in the water behind him. A photograph of author George Lamming is on the jacket back.

1972

Negotiating change: Pat Rousseau and the Bauxite Negotiations, 1974-7

A photograph of author Pat Rousseau is on the jacket back. The flyleaf has a photograph of Rousseau receiving the Order of Jamaica.

1987

Never till now

1968

New Poetry, no. 33

Covers of the periodical New Poetry, 1975, no. 33. Front cover photograph shows a seaside landscape with a fishing boat pulled up on the beach.

1976

New backgrounds: the immigrant child at home and at school

The front cover photograph shows children with an adult in a school setting. The back cover photograph shows children with adults in a family setting.

1968

New day

The front cover illustration a depicts a town street during colonial times, with a church, various wood buildings, and women walking, some with baskets on their heads.

1950

New planet: anthology of modern Caribbean writing

Front cover illustration is of a stylized yellow sun with an Eye of Horus at its center, and red rays extending downwards.

1978

New poets from Jamaica: an anthology

Savacou Publications' bird-head logo is on the front cover above the title.

1979

New ships: an anthology of West Indian poems for junior secondary schools

Front cover illustration is a line drawing of a mast and two sails above waves.

1971

New ships: an anthology of West Indian poems for secondary schools

Front and back cover illustration shows images of galleons and other wooden sailing ships against a background of sea and sky.

1975

New voices of the Commonwealth

Front cover illustration is of a large golden sun.

1968

New writing in the Caribbean

Front cover illustration shows a hand holding a radiating sun and the words "Carifesta '72". This image is set against a background of leafy shapes and vertical lines.

1972

News for Babylon: the Chatto book of Westindian-British poetry

Front cover illustration is a graphic of two palm trees.

1984

Nine West Indian poets: an anthology for the CXC English examination

Front cover image shows a large block style number 9 with the words "West Indian Poets" over the upper opening of the numeral.

1980

No harbour

Jacket front illustration shows a small sailboat on open water heading toward a shining sun.

1959

No medicine for murder

Jacket front illustration shows a woman falling backward, her upturned face frozen in fear. A glass of wine falls in front of her.

1967

Norman Washington Manley and the new Jamaica: selected speeches and writings, 1938-68

Bust length photograph of Norman Manley is on jacket front. A side view of a bronze bust of Manley by Richmond Barthé is on the jacket back.

1971

Norman Washington Manley and the new Jamaica: selected speeches and writings, 1938-68 (paperback edition)

Bust length photograph of Norman Manley is on the front cover.

1971

North of south: an African journey

A photograph of the author, Shiva Naipaul, is on the jacket back flap.

1978

Notes for a glossary of words and phrases of Barbadian dialect

1955

Of age and innocence

A photograph of author George Lamming is on the jacket back.

1958

Of trees and the sea

Jacket front illlustration depicts a beach in a tropical location with a man and woman standing in the water. Another woman is drying herself behind a rock (jacket spine).

1956

Old Thom's harvest

Jacket front illustration shows an Afro-Caribbean man wearing a straw hat looking out with an ox, palm trees, water and the sun behind him. A photograph of the author Launchmonen (Peter Kempadoo) is on the jacket back.

1965

Old story time and other plays

Front cover photograph shows a bearded Afro-Caribbean man wearing a jacket and hat and smoking a pipe.

1981

On the coast

Jacket front illustration shows the sun on the horizon over the sea.

1972

On this mountain: and other poems

1965

One touch of nature

Jacket front illustration shows a woman standing in a street, looking off to the side. A couple of children on scooters are in the distance. A photograph of author Lionel Hutchinson is on the jacket back.

1971

Orchids on the calabash tree

The jacket front illustration shows a woman carrying a basket on her head, next to a palm tree. In the distance behind her is a view of a village by the sea and mountains.

1970

Other exiles

The front cover photograph is a detail of the church La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, by architect Antonio Gaudi.

1975

Other leopards

The jacket front illustration shows a Black man's face, seen from below; a large tree rises behind him. A photograph of the author, Denis Williams, is on the jacket back.

1963

Out for stars 1: an anthology of poetry for Caribbean secondary schools

The multi-colored cover illustration continues across the front and back covers, and includes imagery of flowers, mandala-like designs, stars, palm fronds and sugar cane stalks, and a figure wearing a hat reclining in a small boat.

1975

Out of the silent stone

Front cover illustration shows a naked man and woman embracing. A photograph of the author, Dr. Edward Anthony Watson, is on the jacket front flap.

1976

Paid servant

The jacket front illustration shows a young boy playing with blocks, and an Afro-Caribbean man in a suit standing in the background. A photograph of the author, E. R. Braithwaite, is on the jacket back.

1962

Palace of the peacock

Jacket front illustration is of a peacock.

1960

Party politics in the West Indies

Front cover illustration is of a group of stick figures connected to a web above them. A photograph of the author, C. L. R. James, is on the back cover.

1962

Personality and conflict in Jamaica (dust jacket)

Jacket front photograph shows the upper part of an Afro-Caribbean woman standing outside, with palm trees visible behind her.

1952

Peter of Mount Ephraim

Front cover illustration shows two boys looking out from behind a large rock. One boy holds a bow and has a quiver full of arrows on his back.

1971

Pieces of paradise

The jacket front photograph is a view on Eleuthera Island (Bahamas) of a sandy beach and open expanse of water framed by two palm trees; a woman in a bathing suit walks on the beach. The jacket back has two photographs of notable visitors to the Caribbean - one of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip accompanied by the Governor of the Bahamas, Sir Ralph Grey - and another of Lady Bird Johnson (then First Lady of the United States, as wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson) greeting the author in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The jacket back flap has a photograph of author Kjeld Helweg-Larsen.

1967

Pitch lake: a story from Trinidad

Front cover illustration shows four people, all looking in different directions, with a small house and palm tree at the center. A photograph of the author, Alfred Mendes, is on the back cover.

1980

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