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Local government and the Colonies: a report to the Fabian Colonial Bureau (book covers)

1950

The friends

The jacket front illustration is of two Black girls, one smiling, the other not, in front of a city skyline with skyscrapers and illuminated signs. A photograph of the author, Rosa Guy, is on the jacket back flap.

1974

Humphrey's ride

Jacket front illustration shows a young Afro-Caribbean man riding a donkey on a road with hills, ocean and sky behind him.

1964

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

What's become of Anna?

The book jacket photograph is of a young Afro-Caribbean woman wearing a straw hat and holding flowers, with a rocky outcropping and ocean behind her. A photograph of the author, Terry Tucker, is on the jacket back flap.

1972

Ikael Torass

Book jacket has a bright pink ground with light pink and blue circles.

1976

The weather family: a novel

Book jacket shows a room with a desk and numerous weather recording instruments (jacket back) with a door open to a view of stormy beach with a woman walking against the wind (jacket front).

1958

A swarthy boy

A photograph of the author, Edgar Mittelhölzer, is on the jacket back flap.

1963

The life and death of Sylvia

Jacket front illustration shows a woman seated on the step at the entrance to a building. Part of a house, another woman, and palm trees are behind her. A photograph of the author, Edgar Mittelhölzer, is on the jacket back.

1953

Corentyne thunder

Front cover illustration shows two drums.

1970

A brighter sun: a novel

The jacket front illustration shows a scene outdoors with a man and woman talking on a path, a young woman and man walking toward the viewer, and the back of a child. A house, trees and hills are in the background. The jacket back has a photograph of the author, Samuel Selvon.

1952

The dragon can't dance

The illustration on the jacket front depicts a large colorful festival dragon breathing fire. Two palm trees are behind it, and to the right are two steel pan drums and two drum sticks.

1979

Rum and Coca-Cola

A white man in military uniform stands at the doorway a two-story structure with a sign reading "Pearl of Trinidad Lodge", and speaks with a woman of color who stands on the sidewalk in front of him. The scene is bathed in a golden light. H.D. Carberry's signature is on the flyleaf.

1984

Crab track

A road runs by a house on stilts with animals in the yard; a large crab spans the road and adjacent land.

1973

The games were coming

Jacket front illustration depicts a scene from a bicycle race. A photograph of author Michael Anthony is on the back cover.

1963

Jane's career: a story of Jamaica

1971

Black albino

Jacket front illustration shows an Afro-Caribbean mother hugging an albino child.

1961

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

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

The Faces of Love

A naked woman sits up in bed and looks away from the man sleeping beside her.

1957

The cup and the lip: a romance

Illustration on jacket front shows a white man in a tuxedo holding the shoulder of a seated white woman; behind them stands an Indian woman in a sari. Three red flowers are in the lower right-hand corner.

1956

Festival literary anthology: a selection of prizewinning short stories

1987

In the castle of my skin

The jacket front illustration shows a boy looking out a window at a ramshackle village and an ox pulling a cart. The title page of the book is inscribed by the author, and also bears H. D. Carberry's signature. The author has autographed the book next to his portrait (opposite title page). Drawings of two men, one in front view, the other in back view, are on the front and back endpapers.

1953

West Indian poetry: an anthology for schools (2nd ed.)

Front cover illustration depicts a village and adjacent hills with banana trees, and a channel leading out to the sea.

1989

West Indian literature

1979

Another home, another country

Front cover illustration shows a boy crouched outdoors at the water's edge, with palm trees and mountains behind him.

1969

Masks

Jacket front has an image of an African mask with two horns at the top. A photograph of the author, Kamau Brathwaite, is on the jacket back flap.

1968

Choice of straws

Jacket front illustration shows a Black woman in a dress with a keyhole cutout in the bodice; a white man wearing a suit jacket and tie is behind her. A photograph of the author, E. R. Braithwaite, is on the jacket back.

1965

Kill 'em all

A photograph of the author, A. G. Ball, is on the jacket back.

1976

Jean Rhys

The book jacket front features a photograph of author Jean Rhys.

1978

Firstlings: a collection of poems

1950

A high wind in Jamaica

Jacket front illustration depicts palms tree bending in the wind, and a parrot being blown backwards by the wind.

1947

Christopher

The front cover illustration shows a woman with a kerchief on her head looking towards a boy holding a bouquet of flowers. A photograph of the author, Geoffrey Drayton, is on the back cover.

1972

Morant Bay and other poems

1961

Young Commonwealth poets '65

The text "208 poems, 22 countries, 224 pages, 140 poets" runs across the back and front covers.

1965

Poems of a child's world: an anthology for the Caribbean

The front cover illustration is of two children outdoors in nature. One is standing, holding a book; the other is seated next to a dog.

1969

The colonial legacy in Caribbean literature

Front cover painting shows the head of an Afro-Caribbean man with one eye shut. An image of the head of William Shakespeare is emblazoned on his forehead in a white circle.

1987

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