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PIERCE,
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PIERCE, RO
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PIERRE,
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PIERRE,
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PIERRE,
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PIERRE, M
Davis – [See: DAVIS-PIERRE]
PIERRE, M
St – [See: ST PIERRE]
PIERSON,
Roscoe Mitchell, comp - West Indian Church History: A Finding List of Printed Materials Relating
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PIETRI,
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PIGGOTT,
Charles John – Coconut Growing. (London: Oxford UP, Oxford
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PIGGOTT,
Francis Taylor - Imperial Statutes Applicable to the Colonies. (London:
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PIGGOTT,
HH - Report on
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PIJPERS,
Petrus Johannus - Geology
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PILAR
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PILDITCH,
Charles R - Rene
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Literary criticism. Rene Marques. Puerto Rico. Gos
PILE,
George Laurie et al –
A Report on the Present Condition and Future Outlook of the Sugar Industry
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PILGRIM,
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pamph, 1944. Civil rights. Education. Grenada. A secondary school textbook.
Describes the legislative and administrative systems, laws and justice, taxes
and education, together with notes on thrift and good citizenship. By an
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PILGRIM,
John H, comp - Snippets
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Standard) 42 pages 21 cm pamph, [ca 1960]. History. St Lucia. Both editions
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Pilgrimage
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PILKINGTON,
Andrew - Race
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Caribbean area. By a British sociologist and author (1947-). BL, LOC,
W&D
PILKINGTON,
Frederick - Daybreak in Jamaica. (London: Epworth P) 220
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BL, Co.C, Com, Gos, Ing, LOC
Pilot
Plant Development of a Process to Produce Cane Sugar Using the Comfith Cane
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Pilot
Survey of Tourism in St Vincent . . . [See: “Report on the Pilot Survey . . .”]
PILOTO, FR
Masud – [See: MASUD-PILOTO]
Pilot's
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Pilot’s
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Pilot’s
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PIM,
Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan - The Negro and Jamaica. By Commander Bedford Pim,
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LOC, RES, Sab 62873
PIM,
Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan - [British naval officer and author (1826-1886); a
captain in the Royal Navy.]
PIM,
Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan, and Berthold SEEMANN - Dottings
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Hall) xvi,468 pages 23 cm 8vo, col frontis, 5 col plates, 2 maps, 1869. Descriptive.
Panama. Nicaragua. Mosquito Coast. Scarce. BL, LOC, RES,
Sab 62871
PIÑA,
Carole – [See: PINA]
PINA, Carole
- Report to
the Government of the Netherlands Antilles on the Cunceros of Banda Bao: A
Sociological Study of Conditions Relevant to Agricultural Development in the
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[PINCKARD,
George] – A Fresh Proof of West Indian Inhumanity. (sl [London]: C
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Slave trade. Caribbean area. An abolitionist tract. Extracted from his “Notes
on the West Indies . . .” Exceptionally scarce. BL, LOC
PINCKARD,
George – Letters from Guiana, Extracted from “Notes on the West Indies . . and
the Coast of Guiana,” by Dr George Pinckard, 1796-1797. Edited by Vincent Roth
for the “Daily Chronicle” Ltd. (Georgetown: The Daily Chronicle’s Guiana
Edition of Reprints & Original Works Dealing with all Phases of Life in
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Slavery. Slave trade. Guyana. Edited by Vincent Roth. See also
"Punishment of the Maroons of Demerara . . ." Scarce. LOC
PINCKARD,
George – Notes on the West Indies Written during the Expedition under the
Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Including Observations on
the Island of Barbadoes and the Settlements Captured by the British Troops upon
the coast of Guiana; likewise Remarks relating to the Creoles and Slaves of the
Western Colonies, and the Indians of South America, with Occasional Hints
regarding the Seasoning or Yellow Fever of Hot Climates. (London: Longman,
Hurst, Rees, & Orme) 3 vols, 448+472+456 pages 21 cm 8vo, 1806 1st ed;
(London: Baldwin, Craddock & Joy) 2 vols, 537+534 pages 22 cm 8vo, 1816 2nd
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Trinidad. Guyana. Some 450 pages of the first two volumes are devoted to a
description of Barbados and provide a considerable array of information on the
social life and customs of Barbados, including descriptions of brutal treatment
of slaves on some of the estates; an account of the 1795-96 English West Indian
Expedition. Both early issues exceptionally scarce. Bar, Bay,
BL, Cu.W, Han, Lag, LOC, McD, My.R, Pot,
Pri, Rag, RES,
Sab 62893, 62894
PINCKARD,
George – [British military physician (1768-1835); attached as medical officer to
General Abercromby’s military expedition that captured Trinidad,
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PINCUS,
Arthur - Terror in
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[PINDER,
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Foundation, Barbadian Heritage Reprint Series, No 1, with an introduction by
John Gilmore) 10,48 pages pamph, 1990 rep. Agriculture. Plantations.
Barbados. By a reformist Barbadian plantation owner. 1st edition very scarce.
BL, Cu.W, Ha.S, Sab 3277
PINDER,
John Hothersall - Advice to Servants. Five Family Lectures Delivered
to Domestic Slaves in the Island of Barbados in the Year [1822]. (London) 36
pages pamph, 1824. Church. Religion. Anglicans. Slavery. Advice. Barbados.
Mentions types of behaviour in which domestic slaves purportedly engage. Sunday
talks on the after-life rewards of obedience. By a British Anglican clergyman
(?-1868); chaplain on the SPG plantations and first principal of Codrington
College, 1830; author of many tracts and sermons; precentor of Wells, Bath and
Wells. Exceptionally scarce. Han
PINDER,
Richard - A Loving Invitation to Repentance and Amendment of Life unto all the
Inhabitants of the Island of Barbados. Before the Lord’s Sore Judgment Came
upon them . . . with Something More Particularly to the Heads of the Several
Plantations. (London: Printed for Robert Wilson) 16 pages 4to pamph, 1660. Church.
Religion. Quakers. Barbados. A Quaker tract written in Barbados on a visit. Rare.
BL, Han, Ha.S, Sab 62920
PINDER,
Richard - The Spirit of Error, Found and Discovered in the Accounted Pastors and
Teachers of the Island Bermuda in the West Indies: Their Principles and
Practice also Tried by the True Spirit and Found to Be Contrary to the
Scriptures of Truth . . . in an Answer to some Querries that Were Sent unto
them, by us Called Quakers . . . (London: Printed for Robert Wilson) 24
pages 19 cm 4to pamph, 1660. Church. Religion. Quakers. Bermuda. A Quaker
tract. Rare. BL, LOC, RES, Sab 62921
PINDER,
Richard - [English Quaker minister (?-1695). LOC.]
Pineapple
Culture in the West Indies. (Havana: German Kali Works) 46 pages pamph,
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PINEL, [?]
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PINES, J,
and C PILGRIM - Final
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PINES,
James M – AID and Nutrition in Haiti: Report on a Field Visit to Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, 21-27 August. (Washington, DC: Trans Century Corp) 25 pages pamph,
1976. Food. Nutrition. Haiti. A technical assistance report. Lag
PINKARD,
Mary, and Robert C HAYES – Labor Law and Practice in Haiti. (Washington,
DC: US Dep’t of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports, No 244) 1963.
Law. Industrial relations. Haiti. An official government report. Lag
PINNEY,
Azariah – [English exile to Nevis (1661-1720); Monmouth Rebel; died a wealthy
plantation owner of Nevis.]
PINNEY,
John – Letters of
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Nevis. By a Nevis planter and British sugar merchant (1740-1818); changed his
name from Pretor to Pinney on inheriting the estate of his cousin
John Frederick Pinney MP for Bridport and descendent of Azariah
Pinney; sold Montravers Estate to John Huggins. Edited by GF
Nuttal. See also Christine Eickelmann; and Richard Pares. BL
PINNEY,
Peter - The Lawless and the Lotus. (Sydney and London: Angus &
Robertson) 266 pages 25 cm hb, [11] pages of plates, 19 photos, dj, [1963]. Travel.
Descriptive. St Kitts. Nevis. Dominica. Guadeloupe. Martinique. A cruise
narrative. By a British travel writer. BL, LOC
PINNOCK,
Leo A - Manual of
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PINO, [?]
del – [See: DEL PINO]
PINTO,
Nilda M - Nanzi
Stories, Curacao Folklore. (Willemstad: Scientific Library Foundation) 80
pages, 1972. Folklore. Curacao. Netherlands Antilles. Translated from the
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The
Pirates Own Book . . . [See: C Ellms]
Piratical
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PISANI, MA
D’Estefano – [See: D’ESTEFANO PISANI]
PISSARRO,
Camille – [Impressionist painter from the DWI (1830-1903). See: JA Jarvis.
LOC.]
PITMAN,
Frank Wesley - The Development of the British West Indies,
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col folding map, biblio, 1917 1st ed; (ibidem) xvi,495 pages, 14 tables,
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Books) 495 pages, tables, diagrams, 1 map, 1945; (London: Frank Cass) xvi,495
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Caribbean area. A comprehensive and scholarly study that draws heavily on
manuscript sources, topics include white labour, the slave trade, the exclusion
of small proprietors, finances and sugar markets, international trade, illicit
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Co.C, Com, Gos, Gri, LOC, My.R, Pat,
Pot, Rag, RES, Whi, Wilk
PITMAN,
Henry - A Relation
of the Great Sufferings and Strange Adventures of Henry Pitman, Chirurgeon to
the Late Duke of Monmouth. (London: Printed by Andrew Sowle and are to be
sold by John Taylor) 38 pages 21 cm 4to pamph, 1689. Descriptive. Barbados.
An autobiography; an account by one of the Monmouth rebels indentured there. Rare.
BL, Cu.W, Han, LOC, Sab 63047
PITT, EA - The Place and Influence of
the Lay or Local Preacher in the Life, Organisation and Development of the
Christian Church. (Bridgetown: Coles Printery) 19 pages pamph, 1936.
Church. Religion. Lay preachers. Barbados. Bar
PITT,
Rosemary, ed – Notes on “A House for Mr Biswas.” (Harlow:
Longman) 64 pages 21 cm pamph, biblio, 1982. Literary criticism. VS
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PITT,
William – [British
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PITT,
William - The Speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt, on a Motion for the
Abolition of the Slave Trade in the House of Commons on Monday, the 2nd of
April, 1792. (London: Printed by James Phillips) 32 pages 19 cm 8vo pamph,
1792; (Newcastle: Printed for T&J Hodgson) [2],35,[1] pages 23 cm 8vo
pamph, 1824. Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade. Caribbean area.
An abolitionist tract. Vigorous support of Wilberforce. By the British
statesman, orator, and reformer (1759-1806); British PM; styled Pitt the
Younger; 2nd son of Pitt the Elder 1st Earl of Chatham. See: J
Douglas; and PL Kaye; and GS Kimball; and "Letter to the
Right Honourable William Pitt Containing . . .;" and "Letter to the
Right Honourable William Pitt on . . .;" and F Randolph; and
"Strictures on the Slave Trade . . .;" and "Substance of a
Speech . . .;" and "To the Right Honourable . . ." 1st edition exceptionally
scarce; 2nd edition very scarce. BL, DNB, LOC, Rag,
Sab 63097
PITTS, HC
- 100 Years Together:
A Brief History of Trinidad from 1797 to 1897. (Port-of-Spain: Trinidad
Publishing) 72 pages pamph, ills, 1948. History. Trinidad. Very scarce
PIXLEY,
Dick - The Closed
Question: Race Relations in Britain Today. (London and Melbourne: Geoffrey Chapman
Ltd) 140 pages 23 cm, 1968. Sociology. Race relations. Migration. Britain.
Caribbean area. BL, Com, LOC, Will
Placida [pseud] – [See: “Letters from Bermuda
. . .”]
A Plain
Account of the Loss this Nation has Sustain’d, by Laying open the trade to
Africa: In answer to the separate trader’s feigned great trade for eighty
thousand Negroes in thirteen years. (London: sn) 1 page folio, [1712].
Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade. Caribbean area. Exceptionally
scarce. BL
Plain
Facts. By the Author of "Honesty the Best Policy." (Leicester:
Cocksure) pamph, [ca 1827]. Colonial administration. Slavery. Caribbean
area. Exceptionally scarce
A Plain
Man [pseud] – [See: "True State of the Question . .
."]
Plain
Man's Thoughts on the Present Price of Sugar . . . [See: J Tobin]
Plain
Statement of the Motives which Gave Rise . . . [See: TJ Cottle]
Plain
Statement of the Rights, etc, Claimed by our Colonies under Charters Granted to
them. (London: Printed by G Davidson) 118 pages 8vo, 1833. Colonial administration.
Charters. Slavery. Caribbean area. Very scarce. Cu.W, Sab
63235
Plaine
Description of the Barmudas . . . [See: S Jourdan]
Plan and
Policy for a System of National Parks and Protected Areas. (Washington, DC:
Grenada Gov't/OAS) 1988. Conservation. National parks. Grenada. An official
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Plan and
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Town and country planning. Artibonite Valley. Haiti. An official government
publication. Scarce
Plan for a
British Caribbean Federation Agreed by the Conference on West Indies
Federation, Held in London in April 1953; Presented by the Secretary of State
for the Colonies to Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. (London: HMSO, Cmd
8895) v,29 pages 25 cm pamph, 1953 1st ed; (ibidem) 30 pages pamph, 1955 2nd
ed. Colonial administration. Politics. Constitutional. Integration. BWI
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LOC, My.R
Plan for a
British Caribbean Federation: Report of the Civil Service Commissioner. (London:
HMSO, Cmd 9619) 76 pages 8vo pamph, 1955. Colonial administration.
Politics. Constitutional. Integration. BWI Federation. Caribbean area. A
parliamentary report. Considers the establishment and structure of a federal
public service. Bar, Bay, BL
Plan for a
British Caribbean Federation: Report of the Fiscal Commissioner. (London:
HMSO, Cmd 9618) viii,71 pages 8vo pamph, 1955. Colonial administration.
Politics. Constitutional. Integration. BWI Federation. Caribbean area. A parliamentary
report. Estimates of federal costs and sources of revenue. Bar, Bay,
BL
Plan for a
British Caribbean Federation: Report of the Judicial Commissioner. (London:
HMSO, Cmd 9620) vi,19 pages 25 cm pamph, 1955. Colonial administration.
Politics. Constitutional. Integration. BWI Federation. Caribbean area. A
parliamentary report. Considers the jurisdiction and costs of a federal supreme
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Plan for a
National Documentation, Information and Library System for Jamaica. (Kingston:
National Council on Libraries, Archives & Documentation Services) 83 pages
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A Plan for
the Abolition of Slavery Consistent with the Interests of all Parties
Concerned. (London) 12mo pamph, 1827 1st ed; (ibidem) 1828. Colonial
administration. Slavery. Caribbean area. Argues that a distant date for
abolition should be set. Both editions very scarce. Cu.W, LOC,
Rag, Sab 63276
A Plan for
the Abolition of Slavery in the West Indies. (London: William Griffin) iv,33
pages 4to pamph, 1772. Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade.
Caribbean area. Proposes to settle Florida with free blacks. Exceptionally
scarce. BL, Rag, Sab 63275
A Plan for
the Development of Technical Education in the Eastern Caribbean. (Bridgetown:
BDD) 1967. Education. Technology. Caribbean area. A technical assistance
report. W&D
A Plan for
the Implementation and Administration of the Proposed Social Security Scheme
for Barbados. (Bridgetown: Gov't Printer) 77 pages pamph, 1964. Industrial
relations. Social security schemes. Barbados. An official government report. W&D
Plan for
the Safe and Profitable Conversion of the Colonial Slaves into Free labourers. (London:
S Bagster) 24 pages pamph, [ca 1833]. Colonial administration. Slavery. Apprenticeship.
Caribbean area. A substitute plan to the proposed Apprenticeship system. Very
scarce. BL, LOC, Rag
Plan of
Development for the Colony of Grenada, 1946-1956. (sl [St Georges:
Government Development Committee]) 48 pages folio, 24 tables [ca 1945]. Economics. Development planning.
Grenada. An official government report. Scarce
PLANK,
Harold Kauffman, and Harold Franklin WINTERS – Insect
and other Animal Pests of Cinchona and their Control in Puerto Rico. (Washington,
DC: US Dep’t of Agriculture, Federal Experiment Station in Puerto Rico,
Bulletin No 46) 16 pages 8vo pamph, ills, 1949. Agriculture. Plant pests.
Entomology. Health. Quinine. Malaria. Puerto Rico. An official government
publication. BL
PLANK,
John Nathan, ed - Cuba and the United States: Long Range
Perspectives. (Washington, DC: The Brookings Instution) xiii,265 pages 24
cm, [1967]. International relations. United States. Cuba. A collection of
essays by Henry Wriston et al. Author (1923-?). Bay, Chi, LOC
Planning
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Planning
for Economic Development in the Caribbean. Proceeds of a Seminar on Planning
Techniques and Methods, San Juan, January 30-February 7, 1963. (Hato Rey:
Caribbean Organization) 223 pages pb, tables, ills, biblio, 1963. Economics. Development planning.
Caribbean area. A collection of conference papers. Designed for persons in the
WI with responsibility for planning. Bar, My.R, Viv
Planning
for 1980: An Environmental Study of Barbados. (Bridgetown: Barbados National
Trust) 35 pages pamph, 1970. Environment. Barbados. The report of a seminar
held at Cave Hill on 27 April 1970. A collection of conference papers. Pot
Planning
for Puerto Rico: A Collection of Papers Prepared for the Seminar on Economic
Planning. (sl [Rio Piedras]: U of Puerto Rico) 1 vol, [np] 28x21 cm,
diagrams, 1945. Economics.
Development planning. Puerto Rico. Scarce. LOC
Planning
for Women in Rural Development: A Source Book for the Caribbean. (Cave Hill:
UWI, WAND) 112 pages, 1985. Agriculture. Small farming. Economics. Rural development. Gender
studies. Women. Caribbean area. Gos
Planning
Officials in the Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica, 29 May- 2 June, 1980. Second
Meeting of. Report of. (Port-of-Spain: CEPAL/ECLAC) 55 pages, 1980. Town
and country planning. Caribbean area. A report on the state of planning in the
Caribbean. Car, Ing
PLANT,
Roger - Sugar and Modern Slavery: A Tale of Two Countries. (London and
Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed P) xiv,177 pages 23 cm hb, 1 map, biblio, index,
1987; (ibidem) xiv,177 pages 23 cm pb, 1 map, biblio, index, 1987. Agriculture.
Sugar. Industrial relations. Immigration. Haiti. Dominican Republic. Author
(1947-). BL, Gos, LOC
Plantation
Justice . . . [See: T Hodges]
Plantation
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Public transportation. Ports. Harbours. Trinidad. An official government
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Port-of-Spain
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20,viii pages, 1912. Public transportation. Ports. Harbours. Trinidad. An
official government report. See also "Further Correspondence Relating to
the Port-of-Spain . . ." Very scarce. RES
Port-of-Spain
Municipal Question: Report of Special Committee Appointed . . . to Enquire into
a Report upon Certain Matters Connected with the Establishment of a Municipal
Council to Replace the Port-of-Spain Town Board. (Port-of-Spain: Gov’t
Printer) 28 pages pamph, 1913. Public administration. Municipal councils.
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Port Royal
and its Harbour . . . [See: M Martin]
Port
Royal, Jamaica, British West Indies. (Kingston: IOJ) 34 pages pamph, ills,
1939. Travel. Descriptive. Port Royal. Jamaica. A guidebook for tourists. Very
scarce
PORTÉCOP,
Jacques – [French botanist; professor at U Antilles Guyane, Guadeloupe. See: PORTECOP.
BL.]
PORTECOP,
Jacques, and E BENITO-ESPINAL - The Mangroves of St Lucia: Preliminary Survey. (Castries:
ECNAMP) 1985. Botany. Marine resources. Conservation. Mangroves. St Lucia.
A technical assistance report
PORTER,
Anthony RD – Bricks and Stones from the Past: Jamaica's
Geological Heritage. (Mona: UWI Press) 120 pages pb, 2006. History.
Geology. Jamaica
PORTER,
Anthony RD - Jamaica: A
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ills, biblio, 1990; (ibidem) xi,152 pages 22 cm pb, ills, biblio, 1990.
Geology. Jamaica. Ban, LOC
PORTER,
Anthony RD, and Trevor A JACKSON, and Edward ROBINSON - Minerals and Rocks of Jamaica:
A Guide to Identification, Location, Occurrence and Geological History. (Kingston:
Jamaica Publishing House) 174 pages 21 cm, 2 leaves of plates, 6 maps, biblio,
1982. Geology. Minerals. Rocks. Jamaica. A guidebook for naturalists. Ban,
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PORTER,
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PORTER,
Dale Herbert - The Abolition of the Slave Trade in England. (sl
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Slavery. Slave trade. Caribbean area. By a British author. BL, Jor,
LOC
PORTER,
Frank - Adventures
up the Caribbean. [Port-of-Spain] 117 pages, 1982. Descriptive.
Caribbean area
PORTER,
George Richardson - The Nature and Properties of the Sugar Cane; with
Practical Directions for the Improvement of its Culture, and the Manufacture of
its Products. (London: Smith, Elder & Co) viii,390 pages 23 cm 8vo,
tables, 6 plates, 1830 1st ed; (Philadelphia: Carey & Lea) viii,354 pages
24 cm 8vo, ills, plates, 1831 1st ed; (London: Smith, Elder & Co) xiv,240
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Sugar. Plantations. Caribbean area. An outstanding work. Both 1st editions very
scarce; other issues scarce. BL, Ha.S, LOC, Rag,
Sab 64252
PORTER,
George Richardson - The Tropical Agriculturist: A Practical Treatise
on the Cultivation and Management of Various Productions Suited to Tropical
Climates. (London: Smith, Elder & Co) xii,429 pages 22 cm hb, col
frontis, ills, plates, 1833. Agriculture. Plantations. Caribbean area.
Treats coffee, cacao, cotton and indigo grown in the WI. Very scarce. BL,
LOC, Rag
PORTER,
George Richardson - [British statistician (1792-1852); secretary to
the Board of Trade. DNB.]
PORTER,
Jane, ed - Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of his Shipwreck and Consequent
Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea . . . [Fictitious narrative
written by William Ogilvie Porter (1774-1859); edited and published by
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PORTER,
Kirk Harold – [US political scientist (1891-?). LOC.]
PORTER,
Kirk Harold, and Donald Bruce JOHNSON, comp – National
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U of Illinois P) xi,640 pages 4to, 1961 2nd ed; (ibidem) xi,698 pages 4to, 1966
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parties. A source for US policies towards Puerto Rico. BL, Viv
PORTER,
Robert Percival - Industrial
Cuba. Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial Conditions, with
Suggestions as to the Opportunities Presented in the Island for American Capital,
Enterprise, and Labour. (New York: GP Putnam's Sons, Knickerbocker P) xi,428
pages 23 cm 8vo, 62 ills, many maps, 3 folding maps, 1899; (New York: Arno P.
Salem, NH: Ayer Co, American Business Abroad Series) xi,428 pages 23 cm hb, 65
leaves of plates, 1976 facs ed; (New York: Gordon P) 428 pages hb, 1976 facs
ed. Descriptive. Economics.
Cuba. A guidebook for businesspersons. Uncritical and unreliable. 1st edition scarce.
Bay, BL, Bow, Cu.W, LOC, Stu
PORTER,
Robert Percival - Report on
the Commercial and Industrial Condition of the Island of Cuba. Special Report.
The Currency of the Island of Cuba. (Washington, DC: Gov't Printer) 13 pages
23 cm pamph, 1898. Descriptive. Economics.
Banking. Finance. Cuba. An official government report. Very scarce. Bay,
LOC
PORTER,
Robert Percival - Report on
the Commercial and Industrial Condition of the Island of Cuba . . . November
15, 1898. (Washington, DC: Gov’t Printer) 54 pages 23 cm pamph, 1898.
Descriptive. Economics. Cuba.
An official government report. Very scarce. LOC, Tra
PORTER,
Robert Percival - Report on
the Commercial and Industrial Condition of the Island of Cuba . . . Special
Report. Statistics of the Imports into the Island of Cuba. (Washington, DC:
Gov’t Printer) 90 pages 25 cm, 1899. Economics.
Trade. Statistics. Cuba. An official government report. Very scarce. LOC
PORTER,
Robert Percival - Report on
the Commercial and Industrial Condition of the Island of Cuba . . . Special
Report. The Fiscal and Economic Conditions of the Island of Jamaica . . .
December 31, 1898. (Washington, DC: Gov’t Printer) 11 pages 25 cm pamph,
1899. Descriptive. Economics.
Taxation. Cuba. Jamaica. An official government report. Very scarce. LOC
PORTER,
Robert Percival - Report on
the Commercial and Industrial Condition of Cuba . . . Special Report. The
Province of Santiago de Cuba and the Internal Revenue of the Island of Cuba. (Washington,
DC: Gov’t Printer) 13 pages 25 cm pamph, 1898. Descriptive. Economics. Taxation. Cuba. An
official government report. Very scarce. LOC
PORTER,
Robert Percival - Report on
the Currency Question of Porto Rico. (Washington, DC: Gov’t Printer, Doc No
2082) 19 pages 25 cm pamph, 1899. Banking. Finance. Currency. Puerto Rico.
An official government report. Very scarce. LOC, Viv
PORTER, Robert
Percival - [US
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PORTER,
Whitworth - [British
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PORTER,
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LOC
PORTES,
Alejandro – Immigrants’ Attainment: An Analysis of Occupation
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PORTEUS,
Beilby - An Essay towards a Plan for the More Effectual Civilization and
Conversion of the Negro Slaves on the Trust Estate in Barbados Belonging to the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. (London) 52
pages 8vo pamph, 1784 1st ed; (ibidem) 1807; (ibidem) 1818. Church.
Religion. Anglicans. Slavery. Codrington Estates. Barbados. 1st edition exceptionally
scarce, other editions very scarce. Han, Rag, RES,
Sab 64326
PORTEUS,
Beilby - A Letter to the Governors, Legislatures and Proprietors of Plantations
in the British West Indies, with Appendix. (London: Printed by Luke Hansard
& Sons for T Cadell & W Davies, T Payne, and FC&J Rivington) 48
pages 21 cm 8vo pamph, 1808. Church. Religion. Anglicans. Slavery.
Caribbean area. Urges religious instruction. Exceptionally scarce. BL,
Cu.W 2126, 2555, LOC, Rag, RES, Sab 64327
PORTEUS,
Beilby - [British Anglican clergyman (1731-1808); bishop of London. See:
"Letter to the Right Honourable and Right Reverend . . .;" and "Letter to the Right
Reverend Beilby . . .;" and "Some Account of the Incorporated .
. ." DNB, RES.]
PORTLAND,
Duke of - [See: WHC Bentinck]
The Porto
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Porto
Rican Citizenship. Report. (Washington, DC: US Congress, Senate Committee on
Pacific Islands & Porto Rico) 3 pages 24 cm pamph, 1913. International
relations. Citizenship. United States. Puerto Rico. A Congressional report. Very
scarce. LOC
Porto
Rican Cookbook. (San Juan: Ladies Aid Society of the First Methodist Church
of San Juan) 130 pages, [ca 1909]. Food. Nutrition. Puerto Rico. A
cookbook. Published some 10 years after the US invasion “to enable Americans in
Porto Rico to make the best possible use of the good things on the island.”
Puerto Rico. Very scarce. Viv
Porto
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Congress, 1st Session, September 10-11, 1919. (Washington, DC: House
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Colonial administration. Economics.
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Porto
Rican Legislation. Hearing, May 13, 1910. (Washington, DC: House Committee
on Insular Affairs, Gov’t Printer) 25 pages 23 cm pamph, 1910. Colonial
administration. Law. Puerto Rico. A Congressional report. Chairman Marlin E
Olmstead. Scarce. LOC, Viv
Porto Rico
. . .[In the Foraker Act 1900, the US Congress, following an error made in the
English text of the Treaty of Paris, established a system of civil government
for “Porto Rico”. The official misspelling occurred only in English language
publications. The US Congress passed a bill to correct the spelling in 1932.]
Porto Rico
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Porto Rico
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United States, 1900, on the Relation of Porto Rico and the United States,
Dealing Mainly with the Porto Rico Tariff. (Washington, DC) 1 vol, [np] 24
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Rico. An official government publication. A collection of 49 pamphlets in 1
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Porto Rico
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International Peace by the Committee on US Dependencies. (New York: The
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Colonial administration. Puerto Rico. Very scarce. LOC
Porto Rico
Annual Commercial and Professional Directory; A Commercial Guide and Classified
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businesspersons. Published annually. Scarce. LOC
Porto
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ii,44 pages 23 cm pamph, tables, 1931. Colonial administration. United
States. Puerto Rico. A Congressional report. A bill for the relief of JC
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Porto
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1st Session. May 4, 5, and 11, 1926. (Washington, DC: Gov’t Printer) 65
pages 23 cm pamph, 1926. Colonial administration. United States. Puerto
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LOC, Viv
Porto Rico
Hurricane. Report of the Central Survey Committee Appointed by Governor Horace
M Towney of Porto Rico, Relative to the Losses Arising from the Hurricane of
September 17, 1928 . . . (Washington, DC: Gov’t Printer) 14 pages 24 cm
pamph, tables, [1928]. Disasters. Meteorology. Hurricanes. Horace M
Towney. Puerto Rico. A Congressional report. Very scarce. LOC
Porto
Rico, its Importance and Beauty, the Gateway to South America, 1500 miles of
Auto Roads through Wonderland. (San Francisco: Margaret Mary Morgan Co,
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Puerto Rico. A guidebook for tourists. Very scarce. LOC
Porto
Rico, the Sunny Isle of the Caribbean Sea. (sl [San Juan]: sn) 121 pages 23
cm, diagrams, maps, 1 folding map, [ca 1925]. Descriptive. Puerto Rico. Very
scarce. LOC
Porto
Rico’s Case and the Tariff Bill: A Memorial to the President and Congress of
the United States. (Washington, DC) 50 pages 20 cm pamph, 1913. Colonial
administration. Taxation. Tariffs. Puerto Rico. Very scarce. LOC
Portrait
of a Missionary of the West Indies. (sl) 12 pages pamph, [ca 1825].
Church. Religion. Missionaries. Caribbean area. Mainly doggerel verse. Exceptionally
scarce
A Portrait
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mainly col ills, [1976]. Descriptive. Guyana. A pictorial book. Car,
LOC
The
Portuguese Ship Donna Paula . . . [See: “Papers Respecting the Portuguese . . .
“]
PORY, John
– John Pory’s Lost Description of Plymouth Colony in the Earliest Days of
the Pilgrim Fathers together with Contemporary Accounts of English Colonization
elsewhere in New England and in the Bermudas. Edited, with an Introduction and
Notes by Champlin Burrage. (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin) xxiv,65
pages 27 cm, folding maps, 1918. Discovery. Exploration. New England.
Bermuda. From a hitherto unpublished manuscript in the John Carter Brown
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is identified by the editors as being by Richard Norwood. Includes 2
folding maps of Bermuda. By an English planter in Virginia (1572-1636);
secretary of Virginia. Very scarce, a limited edition of 365 copies of
which 350 were for sale. BL, LOC
POSADA
OCHOA, Mario, ed - Puerto Rico. (San Juan: Movifoto del Caribe
Inc) 72 pages pb, 119 col photos, 1982. Descriptive. Puerto Rico. A
pictorial book. Captions to photographs in English, Spanish, French and German.
Bow
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POSNETT,
Norman William, comp – Bahamas. (Tolworth: Land Resources Division,
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POSNETT,
Norman William, and Philip Miles REILLY, comp - Belize. (Surbiton: Land
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(Surbiton: Land Resources Division, MOD, Land Resource Bibliography, No 3)
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W&D
POSNETT,
Norman William, and Philip Miles REILLY, comp - Dominica. (Surbiton: Land
Resources Division, MOD, Land Resource Bibliography, No 12) v,69 pages 22 cm
pb, 1978. Bibliography. Dominica. Covers agriculture, animal science,
botany, climatology, culture, economics, forestry, geoscience, land tenure,
maps, natural resources, population, soil science, water resources. The first
published bibliography devoted exclusively to Dominica. Lists 556 unannotated
references. Car, Jor, My.D, My.R, W&D
POSNETT,
Richard Neil - Dominica, Termination of Association: A Report to
the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. (London: HMSO,
Cmnd 7279) v,18 pages pamph, 1978. Colonial administration. Law.
Constitutional. Dominica. A parliamentary report. By a British colonial
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My.R
POSPISIL,
Allan - And the Day Begins with Flamingos: Bonaire Moments. (Kralendijk:
Bonaire Petroleum Corp NV) 89 pages 22 cm, ills, [ca 1976]. Descriptive.
History. Economics. Culture. Bonaire. Netherlands Antilles. Published on the
anniversary, 17 September 1976, of the start of operations of the BOPEC oil
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Car, LOC, Sch
POST,
Charles Johnson - The Little War of Private Post. (Boston, MA:
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Infantry Regiment at the Santiago Campaign of 1898. Bay, LOC
POST,
Kenneth William John - Arise Ye Starvelings: The Jamaican Labour
Rebellion of 1938 and its Aftermath. (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff) 502 pages
24 cm, 1 map, biblio, 1978. Public order. Industrial relations. Labour
Riots, 1938. Jamaica. A Marxist study. The most detailed study of the 1938
labour unrest. Car, Gos, Ing, LOC
POST,
Kenneth William John - Strike the Iron: A Colony at War: Jamaica,
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Institute of Social Studies) 2 vols, xiv,567 pages 24 cm hb, maps, biblio,
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POST,
Kenneth William John - [Author (1935-). LOC.]
Post
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The
Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards, and Telegraph Stamps of the
British Colonies in the West Indies together with British Honduras and the
Colonies in South America. (London: Philatelic Society) 180 pages, 1891.
Hobbies. Stamp collecting. Philately. Caribbean area. South America. Very
scarce. Cu.W, LOC
POSTAL,
Bernard, and Malcolm H STERN – A Jewish Tourist’s Guide to
the Caribbean. (sl: American Airlines) 64 pages, 1971. Travel.
Descriptive. Judaica. Caribbean area. A guidebook for tourists. Com
Postal Guide,
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[POSTLETHWAYT,
Malachy] – The National and Private Advantages of the African Trade Considered:
Being an Enquiry how far it concerns the trading interest of Great Britain
Effectually to Support and Maintain the Forts and Settlements in Africa
Belonging to the Royal African Company of England. (London: J&P Knapton)
128 pages 8vo, 1746. Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade. Royal
African Company. Caribbean area. Rare. BL
POSTLETHWAYT,
Malachy – A Short State of the Progress of the French Trade and Navigation;
wherein is shewn, The great Foundation that France has laid, by dint of
Commerce to Increase her Maritime Strength to a Pitch Equal, if not Superior,
to that of Great-Britain, unless some how Checked by the Wisdom of His
Majesty’s Councels . . . (London: Printed for J Knapton) [4],86 pages 19 cm
8vo pamph, 1756. Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade. Caribbean
area. Includes the WI. Rare. BL, LOC
POSTLETHWAYT,
Malachy – Universal Dictionary of Trade . . . [See: SAVARY DES BRULONS]
POSTLETHWAYT,
Malachy – [British economic writer (ca 1707-1767). DNB.]
POSTMA,
Johannes Menne - The Dutch
in the Atlantic Slave Trade. (Cambridge: Cambridge Caribbean) xiv,428 pages
24 cm, 87 tables, 19 diagrams, maps, biblio, index, 1990. History. Slavery.
Slave trade. Netherlands. Caribbean area. The first complete examination of the
Dutch participation in the transatlantic slave trade. By a Dutch historian;
professor of history at Mankato State U in Minnesota. BL, LOC
Postscript
to A Review of the Colonial Slave Registration Acts . . . (sl [London:
African Institution]) 11 pages 8vo pamph, [1820]. Colonial administration.
Slavery. Caribbean area. See: "A Review of the Colonial . . ." Very
scarce. BL, Rag