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The sociology of political independence: a study of nationalist attitudes among West Indian leaders
The jacket front illustration depicts a palm tree; a pattern of flags appears on its trunk, and its fronds are indicated with stars. This image is also found on the jacket front of "Social change and images of the future: a study of the pursuit of progress in Jamaica" (Schenkman Publishing Co., 1968). A photograph of the author, Charles C. Moskos, Jr. is on the jacket back flap.
1967

From Columbus to Castro: the history of the Caribbean, 1492-1969
Book jacket illustration is a detail from William Clark's 1823 aquatint "Carting And Putting Sugar-hogsheads On Board, Antigua".
1970





















Statement to the court
Illustration for brochure
1985

Anansi and the alligator eggs = Anansi y los huevos del cocodrilo
Book jacket front and back illustrations depict Anansi in the form of a spider, with a wicker basket, confronting an alligator and her eggs.
1975

Maroon boy
Book jack illustration depicts an Afro-Caribbean man fighting on a quay with a white man wielding a cutlass. Behind them (on the jacket back), a number of white men approach, wielding cutlasses.
1974

Last cool days
A photograph of the author, John Stewart, is on jacket back flap.
1971

Sir Henry Morgan, buccaneer and governor
The front cover illustration is a reproduction of an engraving of Welsh privateer Henry Morgan, from a book published in 1684: "The Buccaneers of America: A True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years Upon the Coasts of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga". A small photograph of the author, W. Adolphe Roberts, is on the back cover.
1952

The self lovers
The jacket front has a photograph of a reclining bikini-clad woman in two separate circles, as if seen through binoculars.
1968

With a Carib eye
Jacket front illustration shows a view of the shore with a palm tree and a person looking out over the water. A photograph of the author, Edgar Mittelhölzer, is on the jacket back flap.
1958

The wounded and the worried
Jacket front illustration shows the head of a man with downcast eyes behind a row of vertical bars.
1962

The weather in Middenshot: a novel
Jacket front illustration shows three women braving three different forms of inclement weather.
1952


Kaywana blood
Jacket front illustration shows a woman in a state of semi-undress, standing in a sugar cane field.
1961

Guiana boy
Jacket front has a line drawing illustration of a man and a boy going fishing.
1960



Palace of the peacock
Jacket front illustration is of a peacock.
1960

Companions of the day and night
Jacket front has an illustration of a Mayan solar calendar rising in a ball of flame from a man's mouth.
1975



The West Indian: a novel
Jacket front photograph shows a palm tree near a beach. A photograph of the author, Frederick Cranmore, is on the jacket back.
1978

The last barbarian
Book jacket and endpapers are illustrated with drawings of Harlem from Topolski's Chronicle.
1961

The lonely Londoners
The jacket front illustration depicts two Afro-Caribbean men and an Afro-Caribbean woman on a city sidewalk in front of a fence. A photograph of the author, Samuel Selvon, is on the jacket back.
1956

Fireflies
Front cover illustration depicts sugar cane with a seaside landscape and a factory with a smokestack behind. A firefly is in a circle at the lower right.
1970

Riot
Jacket front illustration shows a group of people running in the street, some holding signs; baskets of fruit and vegetables in the foreground are overturned. Jacket back illustration shows a figure seated on the ground under an umbrella, alongside a donkey cart filled with produce. Prologue page illustration shows a group of people looking at a "Vacancies" poster on a wall; one man stands with his back to them.
1967

The late emancipation of Jerry Stover
Jacket front illustration shows the head of a man in a landscape setting. A photograph of the author, Andrew Salkey, is on the back cover. Copy inscribed with H. D. Carberry's signature in ink on the front endpaper.
1968

Earthquake
Jacket front illustration is a line and wash drawing showing a rearing donkey overturning a cart, people praying and fleeing an earthquake. TItle page has a drawing of a seated man speaking.
1965

The hills of Hebron
The jacket painting depicts a landscape view with a bright, multi-colored sky and people engaged in various activities. On the jacket front in the foreground, an older man with white hair points straight out, his face wrinkled in consternation. Behind him is a wooden church and a young Afro-Caribbean woman reclining against a tree with a man's head resting on her lap. A photograph of the author, Sylvia Wynter, is on the back flap.
1962

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

The wooing of Beppo Tate
Jacket front illustration depicts a man milking a cow in a field as two boys spy on him through bushes. A photograph of the author, Everard Palmer, is on the jacket back flap.
1972