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West Indian stories

Front cover illustration is a close-up view of a man's face.

1960

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

West Indian narrative: an introductory anthology

Front cover images: a slave with an iron collar around his neck, an advertisement for a slave sale, an Afro-Caribbean man wearing a hat, a palm frond. Back cover images are of a colonial church, and a man with a steel drum.

1966

The four, and other poems

1954

Dreadlock: a novel

A small illustration of a figure with an upraised sword astride a horse is on the jacket front and back.

1981

Amongst thistles and thorns

Jacket front photograph shows a dry flower from a thistle. Jacket back flap has a photograph of the author, Austin C. Clarke.

1965

J--, Black Bam and the Masqueraders

Jacket front has a design of circles.

1972

City of Spades

Jacket front illustration depicts a Black person's head.

1957

On this mountain: and other poems

1965

The naked ghost: and other poems

Covers for a book of poetry.

1984

The islanders and other poems

Front cover image is a monochrome reproduction of the 1897 painting "Vairumati" by Paul Gauguin, from the collection of the Musée dOrsay, Paris. Back cover illustration is a child's drawing of the author, done by his daughter.

1983

Island in the sun

Cover image shows a brown-skinned woman striking a dramatic pose on a beach against a vibrant sunset, gesturing upwards with her arm and head. She is wearing a bandeau top and short sarong.

1959

The governor's lady

Jacket front has an illustration of a leopard at the bottom right. A photograph of author Norman Collins is on the back flap.

1968

Tom Cringle's log

Jacket front illustration shows a young sailor aboard ship holding a cutlass and looking out towards a nearby schooner.

1969

The Negro in English literature: a critical introduction

1962

Jamaica is the eye of Bolivar: a play in two acts

A photograph of the author, Francisco M. Cuevas Cancino, is on the back cover.

1979

Spanish American novel, 1940-1965

1966

The bridge of beyond

Jacket front illustration is of an Afro-Caribbean woman's head with flamelike hair. A photograph of the author, Simone Schwarz-Bart, is on the jacket back.

1975

Batouala

Front cover photograph shows a bare-chested man with his arms upraised. A photograph of the author, René Maran, is on the back cover.

1973

Bob Marley and the roots of reggae

Photograph of reggae musician Bob Marley on front cover.

1977

The life and times of Little Richard

Front cover has a photograph of African American musician Little Richard.

1985

Discussion and national progress

1959

Report of the Task Force on Tertiary Education

1986

Education in the British West Indies

1968

Revolution to republic

Front cover illustration depicts two bare-chested Afro-Caribbean slaves with shackles and broken chains on their wrists. Below them is a classical-style building with a palm tree in front of it.

1970

Family structure in Jamaica: the social context of reproduction

Jacket front illustration is of a woman with a basket on her head, carrying a baby in a sling. A man stands in the background.

1962

Lower-class families: the culture of poverty in Negro Trinidad

1971

The origin and development of the people of Jamaica

A map of Jamaica on the front cover shows the three historic counties in Jamaica, as well as the boundaries of the parishes within each. A photograph of author Richard Hart is on the back cover.

1974

From chattel slave to wage earner: a history of trade unionism in Trinidad and Tobago

Front cover illustration shows a slave with shackles on his left arm, and holding cash in his upraised right arm. A photograph of the author, Ron Ramdin, is on the back cover.

1982

Five of the Leewards, 1834-1870

1971

Struggles of the Jamaican people

Front cover illustration depicts the head of a Jamaican. Back cover photograph shows a cheering crowd with arms and fists upraised.

1977

The political economy of the English speaking Caribbean: a summary view. 2nd edition

1973

Small garden--bitter weed: the political economy of struggle and change in Jamaica

Front cover illustration shows a sugar cane plant and with a tall weed growing beside it. Back cover illustration shows a bare-chested man and woman with a baby on her back using machetes to remove weeds next to their garden.

1980

Jamaican folk tales and oral histories

Jacket front photograph shows a group of people of all ages seated outdoors. An elderly woman is at the center of the group.

1984

Kinship and community in Carriacou

1962

A young man's journey

The jacket front photograph shows a silhouette of a man's head looking out over water as the sun sets. A photograph of the author's riverside encampment at Omai, Guiana, seen from the Essequebo River, is on the jacket back.

1973

The Barbados book

Jacket front has an image of the colonial seal of Barbados; an Illustration of flying fish is on the jacket back. A map of the Caribbean is on the front endpapers.

1964

West Indies

Jacket front photograph shows a boy riding on the shoulders of a young man among a group of people outdoors. A photograph of the author, Dr. Philip Sherlock, is on the jacket back.

1966

Isle of cloves: a view of Zanzibar

Jacket front illustration is of a large house set in a tropical landscape.

1957

Dark strangers: a sociological study of the absorption of a recent West Indian migrant group in Brixton, South London

Jacket image features a photo collage of a mostly Afro-Caribbean crowd outdoors in an urban environment.

1963

Cameos of the Caribbean

Front cover illustration depicts a beachfront scene with a relief carving on an upturned conch shell and a necklace with a cameo pendant in the foreground.

1966

Kaywana blood (jacket front)

Jacket front illustration shows a young man glancing behind him at a woman wearing an apron and head kerchief. A house and trees are in the distance.

1958

Year Book, Poetry League of Jamaica

1942

Dreadlock: a novel (unbound proof)

Cover page of unbound proof of novel.

1981

Foundations: a book of poems

Front cover illustration is a pattern of rings.

1966

A morning at the office: a novel (book covers)

Book covers for a work of fiction.

1950

Edna Manley: the private years, 1900-1938 (book covers)

Blue paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering.

1975

Isle of revolt

Jacket front illustration shows two Afro-Caribbean laborers wearing straw hats, one gesturing with his right arm upraised. A bright sun shines down on them, and the ocean is behind them.

1956

Shark Island

Front cover illustration shows a the back of a naked woman sitting up in bed. A photograph of the author, Maurice Edelman, is on the jacket back.

1967

The longest pleasure

The jacket front photograph shows a chess board with chess pieces, an armored car, a canon, and destroyed houses on it. A photograph of the author, Christopher Nicole, is on the jacket back.

1970

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