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King of the masquerade

Front cover illustration shows an Afro-Caribbean man in a jester costume, with other figures in the background.

1974

This island now

Front cover illustration depicts mountain, waves, and vegetation.

1966

Baba and Mr. Big

Jacket illustration depicts a scene in a village, with an old man extending his arm for a large bird to land on as a startled young boy looks on, and two men run toward them, one carrying a rifle.

1972

An absence of ruins

Jacket front illustration shows the upper torso of a man, seen in profile.

1967

The mercenary

Jacket front illustration depicts the bust of a soldier carrying a bayonet, and a number of bodies with stab wounds below.

1977

Song for Mumu: a novel

Jacket front illustration depicts the head and bare-breasted upper torso of a woman. Behind her is a sun, a horizon line and two abstract figures. A photograph of the author, Lindsay Barrett, is on the jacket back.

1967

Black + blues

Jacket illustration depicts a number of spheres, some within a circle, others scattered outside it.

1976

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

The survivors of the crossing

The front cover illustration depicts a sugar cane plant. A photograph of the author, Austin C. Clarke, is on the jacket back flap.

1964

A regency rascal

Book jacket illustration shows Sam Lord's Castle, built in 1820 by the buccaneer Samuel Hall Lord in the parish of St. Philip, Barbados. The image is repeated on the jacket back.

1971

A double exile: African and West Indian writing between two cultures

1978

Spanish waters: a novel

The jacket front illustration shows the bust of a woman set against a landscape view of a shoreline with a palm tree, a sailing ship in a bay, and hills in the distance. A photograph of the author, Denis Rooksby, is on the jacket back.

1946

The man from Martinique

The front cover illustration is a landscape view looking from a shore across an expanse of water towards a smoking volcano. The illustration has "photo corners" as if it were a photograph mounted in an album.

1973

Village of love

Jacket front illustration shows a naked woman in a bed looking up at a naked man standing in front of her.

1960

Inconsolable memories

1968

Territorio libre: a novel

The jacket front illustration includes ragged-edged horizontal bands with calligraphic markings and a cross. A photograph of the author, Luis Ricardo Alonso, is on the jacket back.

1966

Imperial control of colonial legislation, 1813-1865: a study of British policy towards colonial legislative powers

1970

British colonial developments, 1774-1834: select documents

1953

The plural society in the British West Indies

1965

Two variants in Caribbean race relations: a contribution to the sociology of segmented societies

1967

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

Someone will die tonight in the Caribbean

Jacket front illustration depicts a beached boat and figures carrying goods from it; at right, a palm tree stands above an open-sided shelter.

1959

The fighting Maroons of Jamaica

Illustration on jacket front is an engraving of a Maroon with a musket.

1969

India: a wounded civilization

1977

Soul revolution

1975

Voodoo, its origins and practices

Jacket illustration shows a row of trees with images of a rooster, a snake, and a Christian saint on their trunks, and a row of coffins beneath them. Two small human figures are above the trees,

1976

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

Turtle Island--goodbye: an autobiography

Jacket front illustration shows a beachfront with palm trees and open water beyond. A handful of figures stands under an open shelter, watching a group of people in a small boat leaving a larger boat. A photograph of the author, Roger Riou, is on the jacket back flap.

1976

The singing turtle, and other tales from Haiti

Jacket front illustration shows a tiger staring intently at a turtle in the foreground. Behind the tiger, emerging from tall grass, are the smiling heads of an Afro-Caribbean man and an Afro-Caribbean woman, some huts and other buildings, a baboon, and a devil with a pitchfork.

1971

Rum Island

The jacket front illustration shows barrels and other cargo sitting on a dock, and two sailing ships behind. A banner displaying the word "JAMAICA" floats above this scene.

1963

The piling of clouds

Jacket front illustration shows a man wearing a suit, seen from the rear. A photograph of author Edgar Mittelhölzer is on the jacket back flap.

1961

The murderer

Book jacket illustration depicts palm fronds above a shadowy image of the head and shoulder of a woman.

1978

An island is a world

Jacket front illustration shows two men relaxing under palm trees by the sea. One watches a woman walk by carrying a bundle on her head. A photograph of the author, Samuel Selvon, is on the jacket back.

1955

Crown jewel: a novel

Illustration on jacket front shows an Afro-Caribbean man and woman in front of a wooden shack. A photograph of the author, Ralph De Boissière, is on the back flap.

1981

Cricket in the road

Illustration on jacket front shows a hummingbird hovering next to a flowering plant.

1973

Independence anthology of Jamaican literature

A celebrating figure drawn in a modernist style is on the jacket front. The official seal of Jamaica is on the jacket back.

1962

The hummingbird people

Jacket front illustration shows a crowd of people who cheer and wave as an open car carries three Afro-Caribbean men in military uniform down a street; children clap, dance, and run alongside the car. A photograph of the author, C. Everard Palmer, is on the back flap.

1971

Die the long day

Front cover illustration is titled "Heathen practices in funerals," and was drawn by a Baptist missionary in Jamaica, circa 1840 (collection of University of Virginia). A photograph of the author, Orlando Patterson, is on the jacket back.

1972

Saw the house in half: a novel

A photograph of the author, Oliver Jackman, is on the jacket back.

1974

Stories from the Caribbean: an anthology

Jacket front illustration shows a stick fighter on stilts, wearing a green, yellow and red multicolored costume.

1965

Jamaica white

Jacket front illustration shows the looming figure of an unhappy-looking woman in a purple dress, staring outward; a cloudy, stormy sky above her; Rose Hall in the background.

1968

The violins of Saint-Jacques: a tale of the Antilles

Book jacket illustration is of an elegant villa with chandeliers and various figures visible through the lit windows. A smoldering volcano is in the distance behind the villa (on jacket back).

1953

Brown sugar: a vestigial tale

Jacket front illustration shows a young woman of mixed race smiling from behind a dangling palm frond.

1966

The minister

Jacket front illustration depicts a white man wearing a suit and standing at a table. Jacket back illustration depicts a man and woman in box seats at a theater, with a standing man looking down at them from behind.

1961

Rights of passage

Jacket front has a photograph of shackles and chains along the left side.

1967

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

Christopher

Jacket front graphic is a large letter "C" to the left of the title.

1959

Race and colour in Caribbean literature

1962

Detained: 283 days in Jamaica's detention camp, struggling for freedom, justice, and human rights!

Front cover photograph shows a bare-chested Afro-Caribbean man behind prison bars, gripping the bars and looking off into distance.

1977

Children of Caliban: miscegenation

1974

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