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Ernest C – Pictorial Trip to Bermuda. Painted and Described by Ernest C Riedel. (New
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RIEDLER,
Roland, comp – Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the
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RIEFF,
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RIEGERT, T
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RIENITS,
Rex, and Thea RIENITS - The Voyages of Columbus. (London: Hamlyn Publishing Group, Printed in
Singapore) 152 pages 30 cm hb, many col and b&w ills, dj, 1970.
Discovery. Exploration. Christopher Columbus. Caribbean area. A
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RIERA,
Pepita – Cuba: The Truth and the Myth. (Miami: sn) 12 pages pamph, 1966.
Politics. Cuba. Chi
RIERSON,
Michael - Jamaica:
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RIESGO,
Raymond R - Economic
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RIEZEBOS, HT –
Geomorphology and Soils of Sipaliwini Savanna, South Suriname. (Utrecht: sn) 168 pages, figs, 11 photos, 2
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RIGAU,
Jorge - Puerto
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RIGAUD,
Milo – Secrets of Voodoo. (New York: Arco Pub) 219 pages 24 cm hb, photos,
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RIGDON,
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RIGG, J
Linton - The
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photos, 5 maps, 1963 1st ed. Travel. Descriptive. Caribbean area. A
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RIGG, J
Linton - Bahama
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RIGG, J
Linton - Bahama
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RIGG, J
Linton - [US travel
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Rigged
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Politics. Elections. Guyana. LOC
The Right
in the West India Merchants to a Double Monopoly of the Sugar Market of Great
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BL, Rag, Sab 71348
The Right
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The Rights
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RIJKENS,
RH - A Dutch
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A van Loon) 1907. Colonial administration. Descriptive. Curacao.
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RILAND,
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Societies; on the Intimate Connection of those and Similar Institutions with
the Abolition of Colonial Slavery. (London: Ellerton & Henderson,
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Caribbean area. An abolitionist tract. A defence of organised bodies of
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RILAND,
John - On the
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Canterbury, President of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts, on the Connection of that Institution with Codrington College in
the Island of Barbadoes. (London: J Hatchard) 12 pages 8vo pamph, 1830.
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RILAND,
John - Two
Letters, Severally Addressed to the Editor of the Christian Observer and the
Editor of the Christian Remembrancer: Relative to the Slave-Cultured Estates of
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. (London: J Hatchard &
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LOC, Rag 233, 545, Sab 71390
RILAND,
John - [British
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RILAND,
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with a Preface and Additional Details. (London: Hamilton, Adams & Co)
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RES, Sab 69243, 71389, 71390
RILEY,
Donald C, and James A LYNN – Report on the Statistical
System of Puerto Rico to the Director of the Budget, Government of Puerto Rico.
(Washington, DC: Bureau of the Budget) 53 leaves 28 cm pamph, 1948.
Colonial administration. Statistics. Puerto Rico. An official government
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RILEY,
Norman Denbigh - A Field
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(New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book, Quadrangle Field Guide Series) 224
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Entomology. Lepidoptera. Butterflies. Caribbean area. A comprehensive and
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Illustrations by Gordon Riley and Brian Hargreaves. By a British
entomologist (1890-?) Be.A, BL, Bo.C, Cev, Gos,
LOC, Pot
RILEY,
Sandra - Homeward
Bound: A History of the Bahama Islands to 1850, with a Definitive Study of
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RILEY, Sandra
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Island Caribs. Lucayans. Bahamas. Paintings by Alton Lowe. BL
RINALDO,
Peter Merritt - The
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DorPete P) 138 pages 29 cm, ills, maps, [ca 1992]. Genealogy. John
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Chi
RINGS,
William Rufus – Aruban Annals. (Plain City, OH: By the Author)
37 pages 30 cm pamph, ills, maps, [1943] 4th ed. History. Aruba.
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RINGSTROM,
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Jens A - Absenteeism
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Riot in
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Suppression; Inquest on the Victims and Punishment of the Rioters. (Georgetown:
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RIOU,
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RIPER, G
Van – [See: VAN RIPER]
RIPOLL,
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RIPOLL,
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RIPOLL,
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RIPOLL,
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RIPOLL,
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RIPOLL,
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RIPOLL,
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RIPPINGHAM,
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RIPPON,
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Bay, BL, RES
RIPPY,
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RITCHIE,
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RITCHIE,
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a limited edition of 250 copies. BL, LOC
RITCHIE,
Geoffrey Graham, ed –
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Roses Caribbean Philatelic Society) 82 pages 30 cm pb, 1976. Hobbies. Stamp
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limited edition of 150 copies. BL
RITCHIE,
William Blackley - From
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RITSON,
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Trinidad and Tobago, 1954. (Port-of-Spain: Gov’t Printer) 117 pages, 1954.
Public administration. Trinidad. Tobago. An official government report. By a
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RITTER,
Archibald RM - The
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RITTER,
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RITTER,
Archibald RM, ed – Prospects for Latin America and the Caribbean to
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RITTER,
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RITZ,
Stacy – Hidden
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Travel. Descriptive. Belize. A guidebook for tourists. BL
RITZ,
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RIVAS, Luis Rene – A New
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RIVERA, AG
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RIVERA,
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RIVERA, Guillermo
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criticism, drama, essays, history, legend, fiction, oratory, poetry, folktales.
Author (1885-?). Gos, LOC, Viv
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Luis H, and Wayne D FREDERICK, and Cornelius FARRIS, and Earl H JENSON, and
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RIVERA,
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RIVERA,
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RIVERA-BATIZ,
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RIVERA
CORREA, Ricardo Romualdo – The Shadow of Don Pedro. (New York:
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RIVERA DE
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LOC
RIVERA
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RIVERA
RIVERA, Pedro Jose – General Studies as Preparation for College Work. (San
Juan: Dep’t of Education) 102 pages, tables, graphs, biblio, 1966.
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RIVERA-SANTOS,
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RIVEREND,
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RIVERO
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RIVERO
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RIVERS,
Marcellus, and Oxenbridge FOYLE - England's Slavery or
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Court of Parliament by M Rivers and O Foyle, Gentlemen, on the Behalf of
Themselves and Three-score and Ten more Free-born Englishmen Sold, Uncondemned,
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RIVIERE,
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RIVIÈRE,
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RIVIERE,
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ROACH,
Patrick - The Bridge
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designation of the modern capital. A combination of historical, anecdotal and autobiographical
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ROACH,
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Shipping. Barbados. An autobiography; his reminiscences of 40 years in Barbados
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The Road
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Politics. Guyana
The Road
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Roads and
Land Settlement in Dominica. Report on the Expenditure of the Parliamentary
Grant in Aid. (London: HMSO, Cd 1784) 1904. Colonial administration.
Town and country planning. Land use. Dominica. A parliamentary report. Cu.W,
My.R
Roatan . .
. [One of the islands in
the abortive Bay Islands colony; the site of the British relocation of the
Black Caribs of St Vincent in 1797 and of waves of Camanian settlers after
1831. Surrendered to Honduras in 1859.]
ROBB,
Alexander - The Gospel
to the Africans: A Narrative of the Life and Labours of the Rev William Jameson
in Jamaica and Old Calabar, by his son-in-law, Rev Alexander Robb, DD. (Edinburgh:
A Elliot. London: Hamilton, Adams) x,299 pages 19 cm hb, portrait, 1861;
(ibidem) 299 pages 8vo, [1862] 2nd ed. Descriptive. Church. Religion. William
Jameson. Jamaica. A biography. Both issues scarce. BL, Cu.J,
LOC, RES
ROBB,
Reive - Social and
Economic Studies: Author and Keyword Index, Vol 1-26, 1953-1977. (Mona: UWI,
ISER) 285 pages, 1980. Sociology. Economics. Caribbean area. A
bibliography. See also G Greene. Ban, W&D
ROBBINS,
Carla Anne - The Cuban
Threat. (New York: McGraw-Hill) xvi,351 pages 24 cm, 8 pages of plates,
ills, biblio, index, [ca 1983]; (Philadelphia: ISHI Publications) xvi,355 pages
24 cm, 8 pages of plates, ills, biblio, index, [ca 1985] . International
relations. Security. Cold War. Cuba. Chi, Gos, LOC
ROBBINS,
J, and Lachlan F BLAIR - The Distinctive Architecture of Willemstad: Its Conservation and
Enhancement. (New York: J Stanton Robbins) 50 pages, 1961. Architecture.
Conservation. Curacao. Netherlands Antilles. Bro
ROBERTS,
Alphonso – Proposal: On Substituting “St Vincent and the Grenadines” for “St
Vincent.” (Kingstown: Gov’t Printer) 25 pages pamph, 1979. Politics.
Constitutional. St Vincent & the Grenadines. An official government report
ROBERTS,
Audrey, comp - Bibliography
of Commissions of Enquiry and other Government-Sponsored Reports on the
Commonwealth Caribbean, 1900-1975. (Albuquerque: U of New Mexico. Madison,
Wis: SALAM) xiii,89 pages 28 cm pb, [ca 1985]. History. Public
administration. Commissions of enquiry. Caribbean area. A bibliography. BL,
Gos, LOC, W&D
ROBERTS,
Benjamin Charles - Labour in
the Tropical Territories of the Commonwealth. (Durham, NC and London: Duke
UP. London: London School of Economics & Political Science) xviii,426 pages
23 cm, 1964. Industrial relations. Tropical territories. Commonwealth.
Caribbean area. Includes the WI. By a British economist; professor at LSE. Bay,
BL, LOC
ROBERTS, C
- Establishment
of Duty Free Shopping in Downtown St John's. (Washington, DC: OAS) 1987. Economics. Shopping. Tourism.
Taxation. Free ports. Antigua. A technical assistance report
ROBERTS, C
Paul - Cuba 1968:
A Statistical Abstract. (Los Angeles: U of California) 1971.
Descriptive. Statistics. Cuba. A reference work
ROBERTS, C
Paul, and Mukhtar HAMOUR, ed - Cuba, 1968: Supplement to the Statistical Abstract
of Latin America. (Los Angeles: U of California) 1970. Descriptive. Statistics.
Cuba. A reference work
ROBERTS,
Chalmers M – Cuba: First Rough Draft. (New York: Praeger)
356 pages, 1972. Politics. Cuba. Chi
ROBERTS,
Deryck – [See: M Cargill]
ROBERTS,
GK - Report on
the Schools and Teachers of the Turks and Caicos Islands. (Kingston) 15
pages folio pamph, 3 plates, 1940. Colonial administration. Education.
Turks & Caicos Islands. An official government report. Includes details of
every school, and photos of those at Grand Turk, Bottle Creek and Sandy Point. Scarce
ROBERTS,
George - The Four
Years Voyages of Capt George Roberts . . . [See: D Defoe]
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow - Fertility
and Mating in Four West Indian Populations: Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, St
Vincent, Jamaica. (Mona: UWI, ISER) xxiv,341 pages 24 cm pb, 145 tables, 18
ills, biblio, 1975. Demography. Fertility. Family planning. Mating.
Trinidad. Tobago. Barbados. St Vincent. Jamaica. An analysis of fertility and
mating patterns as revealed in the 1960 population censuses. Ban, BL,
Bob, Car, Ch.T, Com, Gos, Jor, LOC,
New, Pot, W&D
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow - The
Population of Jamaica: An Analysis of its Structure and Growth. (Cambridge:
Cambridge UP) xxii,356 pages 22 cm, 1 map, 1957 1st ed; (Millwood, NY: Kraus
Reprint) xix,xxii,356 pages 23 cm, 1979 rep. Demography. Population.
Structure. Growth. Jamaica. A comprehensive work. Bay, BL, Car,
Co.C, Com, Gos, Ing, LOC, Pat, W&D
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow - Population
Trends in the British Caribbean. (Port-of-Spain: Guardian Commercial
Printery) 24 pages pamph, tables, [nd]. Demography. Population. Trends.
Caribbean area. An official government report. Bar, Co.C, Com
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow - Provisional
Estimates of Population Movements in Bermuda to 1990. (Hamilton: Ministry of
Finance) 12,8 pages 28 cm, ills, [ca 1985]. Demography. Migration.
Population. Movements. Bermuda. An official government report. LOC
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow - Some
Issues in the Measurement of Fertility. (Mona: UWI) 31 pages pamph, 1971.
Demography. Fertility. Family planning. Measurement. Caribbean area. Com
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow - Working
force of the Commonwealth Caribbean at 1970: A Provisional Assessment. (Mona:
UWI, ISER) 25 pages pamph, [ca 1973]. Industrial relations. Caribbean area.
An assessment of the work force. Com
ROBERTS, George
Woodrow -
[Antigua-born statistician; professor of demography at UWI; pioneered
demographic studies in the WI. See also: "Caribbean Development Bank
Seminar . . ."]
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow, and Ethel Jean BAPTISTE - Population of St Lucia. (Georgetown: CCRS) 108
pages pb, [nd]. Demography. Population. St Lucia. An analysis of census
data
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow, and Jack HAREWOOD - Life Tables for British
Caribbean Countries, 1959-61. (Kingston: UWI, Census Research Programme,
Publication No 9) 75 pages, 1966. Demography. Actuarial. Life tables.
Caribbean area. An actuarial analysis of a census report. Com
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow, and Jack HAREWOOD - Life Tables for West Indian
Populations, 1945-47 and 1950-52. (Kingston: UWI, Census Research Programme,
Publication No 14) 21 pages pamph, 1966. Demography. Actuarial. Life
tables. Caribbean area. An actuarial analysis of a census report. Com
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow, and Donald Owen MILLS - Study of External Migration Affecting Jamaica,
1953-55. (Mona: UWI, ISER, Vol 7, No 2, Supplement) xvi,126, pages 24 cm,
biblio, [1958]. Sociology. Economics. Migration. Jamaica. An authoritative
migration study; emphasises the effect of movement upon the economy and in
particular the labour force of the island. BL, Bra, Gri, Ing,
LOC
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow, and Dorian POWELL, and Sonia SINCLAIR, and Barbara BOLAND, and
Linda HEWITT - Recent
Population Movements in Jamaica. (Paris: CICRED) 189 pages, 1974. Demography.
Migration. Population. Movement. Jamaica. Supplements his "Population of
Jamaica." Com, Ing, W&D
ROBERTS,
George Woodrow, and Sonja A SINCLAIR - Women in Jamaica: Patterns of Reproduction and
Family. (Millwood, NY: KTO Press) xxi,346 pages 25 cm, ills, [ca 1978]. Sociology.
Gender studies. Women. Fertility. Family planning. Reproduction. Jamaica. BL,
Bob, Car, Gos, Ing, LOC, New, W&D
ROBERTS,
Glenys - Richard
Knight's Treasure! The True Story of His Extraordinary Quest for Captain Kidd's
Cache. (New York: Viking P) 198 pages 22 cm hb, 7 photos, 1 plan, maps, dj,
1986. Piracy. Buccaneering. William Kidd. Richard Knight.
Caribbean area. Passim WI. Mainly concerns a treasure-trove in Vietnam. LOC
ROBERTS,
HR – Introducing Job Evaluation. (Mona: UWI, Trade Union Education
Institute, Labour Relations Education Series, No 3) 19 pages pamph, [nd].
Industrial relations. Job evaluation. Jamaica. Com
ROBERTS,
Harry Heil - Field
Guidebook to the Reefs and Geology of Grand Cayman Island, BWI. (Miami
Beach: U of Miami, Atlantic Reef Committee) 41 pages 28 cm, 36 b&w plates,
maps, 1977. Geology. Coral reefs. Bahamas. A guidebook for naturalists.
Prepared for the 3rd International Symposium on Coral Reefs. BL, Bo.C
ROBERTS,
Harry Heil, and Robert M SNEIDER - Reefs and Associated Sediments of Grand Cayman
Island, BWI: Recent Carbonate Sedimentation. (sl: Earth Enterprises) 51
pages, 8 maps, 55 b&w photos, 16 graphs, 8 diagrams, biblio, 1982.
Geology. Coral reefs. Bahamas. A guidebook for naturalists. Bo.C
ROBERTS, J
Seed – In Memoriam. The Moses of Jamaica Baptist Missions. A Sermon on the
Death of the Rev JM Phillippo. (Kingston: De Codova & Co) 8 pages 8vo
pamph, 1879. Descriptive. Church. Religion. Baptists. James Mursell
Phillipo. Jamaica. A eulogy. Very scarce. BL
ROBERTS,
Jill - A Hamper
of Recipes from Jamaica. (Kingston: Heinemann Caribbean) viii,100 pages
21x22 cm, ills, 1987. Food. Nutrition. Jamaica. A cookbook. Ban, LOC
ROBERTS,
Kenneth Lewis - Henry
Gross and his Dowsing Rod. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday) 310 pages22 cm,
ills, maps, biblio, 1951. Descriptive. Dowsing. Henry Goss. Bermuda.
A biography. Author (1885-1957). LOC
ROBERTS,
Lawrence Donovan - Cricket's
Brightest Summer. (Kingston: United Printers) x,158 pages, plates, 1961.
Sport. Cricket. Caribbean area. The 1960-61 tour of Australia. BL, Co.C,
Com, Will
ROBERTS,
Loftus A – The Contribution of the Church to the Development of Dominica. An
Address Delivered to the Annual Meeting of the Society of the Holy Name of
Jesus. (Roseau: Chronicle Printery) 25 pages pamph, 1971. Church.
Religion. Roman Catholics. Dominica. A speech. My.R
ROBERTS,
Lydia Jane – The Doña Elena Project: A Better Living Program in
an Isolated Rural Community. (Río Piedras: U of Puerto Rico) 113 pages,
ills, charts, tables, 1963. Food. Nutrition. Social welfare. Dona Elena. Puerto
Rico. The first 5 years of an innovative pilot program to help people in a
rural barrio of Comerío to improve nutrition and home conditions. BL, Viv
ROBERTS,
Lydia Jane, and Rosa Louisa STEFANI - Patterns of Living in
Puerto Rican Families. (Río Piedras: U of Puerto Rico) xxiii,411 pages 26
cm, tables, ills, 1949; (New York: Arno P, the PR Experience) xxiii,411 pages
24 cm, 1975 rep. Sociology. Families. Patterns of living. Puerto Rico. An
extensive study of living conditions in the 1940s based on an island-wide
sample of 1000 families. Bay, BL, Cev, Cor, Gos,
LOC, Viv
ROBERTS, N
- The West Indies Federation. (Port-of-Spain) 38 pages pamph, 1958. Politics.
Integration. BWI Federation. Caribbean area. Scarce. Bay
ROBERTS,
Orlando W - Narrative
of Voyages and Excursions on the East Coast and in the Interior of Central
America, Describing a Journey up the River San Juan, and Passage across the
Lake of Nicaragua to the City of Leon; Pointing out the Advantages of a Direct
Commercial Intercourse with the Natives; by OW Roberts, with Notes and
Observations by Edward Irving. (Edinburgh: Constable’s Miscellany, XVII) 302
pages, ills, maps, 1827; (Gainesville: U of Florida P) xiii,302 pages 16 cm,
folding map, 1965 rep. Early voyages. International relations. San Juan
River. Leon. Central America. Mosquito Coast. Bay Islands. Belize. Includes the
Anglo-Spanish struggle for Mosquitia. By a British trader and author. 1st
edition scarce. BL, LOC, RES
ROBERTS,
Peter Arthur - From Oral to Literate Culture: The Colonial
Experience in the British West Indies. (Mona: UWI, The Press) x,301 pages 23
cm pb, ills, biblio, index, 1997. Linguistics. Dialects. Culture. Colonial
experience. Caribbean area. BL, LOC
ROBERTS,
Peter Arthur - West Indians and their Language. (New York and
London: Cambridge UP) vii,215 pages 24 cm hb, biblio, index, 1988 1st ed;
(ibidem) vii,215 pages pb, biblio, index, 1988. Linguistics. Language.
Dialects. Caribbean area. Study of language characteristics of WI speakers. Be.A,
BL, Bow, Gos, LOC, Whi
ROBERTS,
Peter Arthur - [Senior lecturer in the Linguistics Dep't at Cave
Hill, UWI.]
ROBERTS,
Ray Carlton - Soil Survey of Puerto Rico. (Washington, DC:
Gov’t Printing Office, US Dep’t of Agriculture, Soil Survey Series, No 8) 500
pages, 6 maps, 1942. Agriculture. Soils. Puerto Rico. An official
government publication. A soil survey report. Scarce. Bay, BL
ROBERTS,
Samuel - The Tocsin, or Slavery. The Curse of Christendom. (London) pamph,
1826. Colonial administration. Slavery. Church. Religion. Christians.
Caribbean area. An abolitionist tract. Very scarce. Rag
ROBERTS,
Samuel - Tocsin the Third. Signs of the Times. Addressed to the British
Legislators . . . (Sheffield: Printed by J Blackwell) 23 pages 12mo pamph,
1831 2nd ed. Colonial administration. Slavery. Caribbean area. An
abolitionist tract. Very scarce. BL, Sab 71918
ROBERTS,
Samuel - [Sheffield silversmith (1763-1848); author of an immense number of
pamphlets on political and social subjects. DNB.]
ROBERTS,
Stephen Henry - History of French Colonial Policy, 1870-1923. (sl:
sn) 2 vols, 1927; (sl [London]: PS King & Son Ltd) 2 vols, 26 cm, diagrams,
folding maps, 1929; (Edinburgh) 2 vols, 1963; (Hamden, CT: Archon Books)
xvi,741 pages 23 cm, diagrams, 8 folding maps, 1963. Colonial administration.
French Empire. Colonial policy. Guadeloupe. Martinique. French West Indies.
Includes the WI. By a British historian (1901-?). Bay, BL, LOC
ROBERTS,
Thomas Duval, ed - Area Handbook for the Dominican Republic. (Washington,
DC: The American U) xii,446 pages 23 cm pb, maps, biblio, 1966. Descriptive.
Dominican Republic. A guidebook US military personnel. For the 2nd edition, see
TE Weil. LOC
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe - The Caribbean: The Story of Our Sea of Destiny. (Indianapolis:
Bobbs-Merrill Co) ix,361 pages 24 cm hb, 31 ills, plates, 13 maps, biblio, dj,
[ca 1940] 1st ed; (Westport, CT: Negro UP, Greenwood Publishing Group) 361
pages 23 cm hb, ills, maps, [1969] rep; (New York: Gordon P) 361 pages hb, 1976
rep. History. Sea of destiny. Caribbean area. Emphasis is on the exploits
of seafarers, navies, and buccaneers. A popularly written but reasonably
careful general history. Bay, BL, Bow, Co.C, Com,
Gos, Gri, Her, LOC, Pot, Tra
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe - The French in the West Indies. (Indianapolis:
Bobbs-Merrill Co) 335 pages 23 cm hb, 8 plates, 1 map, biblio, [1942] 1st ed;
(Lanham, MD: Cooper Square Publishers) 335 pages 22 cm hb, ills, 1 map, 1971
rep. History. France. Caribbean area. Bar, Bay, BL, Bow,
Ch.H, Co.C, Com, Gos, Gri, Her, Lag,
LOC
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe - The Future of the British Caribbean. (New York)
1941. Economics.
Development planning. Caribbean area. A WW II work
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe - Havana, The Portrait of a City. (New York:
Coward-McCann Inc) 282 pages 21 cm hb, 16 b&w photos, dj, [1953]. Travel.
Descriptive. Havana. Cuba. A guidebook for tourists. Bay, Her, LOC
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe - Jamaica: The Portrait of an Island. (New York:
Coward-McCann) viii,247 pages 21 cm hb, 19 photos, dj, [1955]. Descriptive.
Jamaica. Bay, BL, Co.C, Com, Ing, LOC
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe - Lands of the Inner Sea: The West Indies and
Bermuda. (New York: Coward-McCann Inc, Invitation to Travel Series) xiii,301
pages 22 cm hb, 3 maps on folding leaf in pocket, biblio, [1948].
Descriptive. Caribbean area. Bermuda. Bay, BL, Co.C, Com,
Gos, Her, Jor, LOC, My.D, My.R
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe - Self-government for Jamaica. (New York: Jamaica
Progressive League) 16 pages pamph, 1936. Colonial administration. Politics.
Self-government. Jamaica. Co.C
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe - Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer and Governor. (New
York: Covici, Friede Inc) x,320 pages 23 cm hb, 1 plate, biblio, dj, 1933 1st
ed; (London: Hamish Hamilton) x,320 pages 23 cm, 1 plate, biblio, dj, 1933;
(Kingston: Pioneer P) vii,165 pages 18 cm, plates, [1952]. Descriptive.
Colonial administration. Piracy. Buccaneering. Henry Morgan. Jamaica. A
biography. Bay, BL, Co.C, Com, Her, Ing,
LOC
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe - Six Great Jamaicans: Biographical Sketches. (Kingston:
Pioneer P) vi,122 pages 19 cm, plates, 1952 1st ed; (ibidem) vi,117 pages 19
cm, 1957 2nd ed. Descriptive. Edward Jordan. George William
Gordon. Enos Nuttall. Robert Lowe. TH MacDermot. Herbert
George de Lisser. Jamaica. Collective biography. Bay, BL, Co.C,
Com, Gos, Her, Ing, LOC
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe - [Jamaica-born novelist, poet, historian, and war
correspondent (1886-1962); founded the Jamaica Progressive League in NY in
1936. Her.]
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe, ed - The Capitals of Jamaica: Spanish Town, Kingston,
Port Royal. (Kingston: Pioneer P) x,112 pages 19 cm, ills, 1955. Descriptive.
Capitals. Spanish Town. Kingston. Port Royal. Jamaica. A collection of articles
by several authors. BL, Co.C, Com, Her, Ing,
LOC
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe, ed - Gleaner Geography and History of Jamaica . . .
[See: “Gleaner Geography and History . . . “]
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe et al -
Onward Jamaica. (New York: Jamaica Progressive League of New York) 8
pages pamph, 1937. Politics. Self government. Jamaica. Co.C, Com,
Her
ROBERTS, Walter
Adolphe et al - We
Advocate a Social and Economic Program for Jamaica. (New York: Jamaica
Progressive League of New York) 7 pages pamph, 1938. Politics. Self
government. Jamaica. Co.C, Com, Her
ROBERTS,
Walter Adolphe, and Keith D LOWE – The Gleaner Geography and
History . . . [See: “Gleaner Geography and History . . .“]
ROBERTS,
Winston – The First West Indian Federation: How and Why it Failed. (sl: sn) 73
pages, 1966. Politics. Integration. BWI Federation. Caribbean area
ROBERTS-WRAY,
Kenneth Owen - Commonwealth and Colonial Law. (London: Stevens
& Sons) liv,1008 pages 26 cm, tables, 1966. Law. British Empire.
Commonwealth. Caribbean area. Includes the WI. Bay, BL, Com,
LOC, Pat
ROBERTSON,
A - The
Natural Resources of the North West Region. (Georgetown: Ministry of
National Development) 58 pages, 1976. Economics. Development planning. Guyana. An official government
publication; a compilation of data on climate, soil, minerals, water, forests,
and wildlife of the North West Region. Car
ROBERTSON,
AH - Report to
the Government of Barbados on the First Actuarial Review of the National
Insurance Social Security Scheme. (Geneva: ILO) 109 pages, 1973. Social
welfare. Social security schemes. Barbados. A technical assistance report
ROBERTSON,
Amy, comp – Select Bibliography of Education in the
Commonwealth Caribbean, 1976-1985: A Supplement to Select Bibliography of
Education in the Commonwealth Caribbean, 1940-1975. (Mona: UWI, Faculty of
Education) 174 pages 27 cm, 1987. Education. Caribbean area. A bibliography.
A supplement to the below item. LOC, My.R
ROBERTSON,
Amy, and Hazel BENNETT, and Janette WHITE, comp - Select
Bibliography of Education in the Commonwealth Caribbean, 1940-1975. (Mona:
UWI, School of Education) 196 pages 28 cm, 1976. Education. Caribbean area.
A bibliography. For a 1987 supplement, see above. BL, Car, Ing,
Jor, LOC
ROBERTSON,
Charles Grant - Chatham
and the British Empire. (London: Hodder & Stoughton) xiii,200 pages 18
cm, frontis, ills, 1 map, [1946]. Colonial administration. William Pitt.
Earl Chatham. British Empire. Caribbean area. Includes the WI. By a
British historian (1860-1948). BL, LOC
ROBERTSON,
Diane - Jamaican
Herbs: Nutritional and Medicinal Values. (Kingston: Jamaican Herbs Ltd)
vi,34 pages 22 cm pamph, ills, biblio, [ca 1982]; (ibidem) vi,34 pages pamph,
1988 rep. Health. Botany. Herbs. Jamaica. A compendium of information. Ban,
Ing, LOC
ROBERTSON,
Diane - Live
Longer, Look Younger with Herbs. (Kingston: Stationery & School Supplies
Ltd) x,57 pages pb, 1990. Health. Botany. Herbs. Jamaica. Illustrated by Paul
Napier. Ban
ROBERTSON,
Edith Thom, and Evelyn Graham Beaujon GOODING - Botany
for the Caribbean. (London: Collins Clear-Type P) x,246 pages 22 cm hb, many
diagrams, 8 photos, dj, [1963]; (ibidem) x,245 pages, diagrams, ills, biblio,
1970 2nd ed. Botany. Education. Caribbean area. A secondary school
textbook. Based on EGB Gooding’s teaching notes at Lodge School in
Barbados. Illustrations by Brenda Sutton and ET Robertson. BL,
LOC, Pot
ROBERTSON,
Eileen Arnot - The Spanish Town Papers. Some Sidelights on the
American War of Independence. (London: Cresset P) 199 pages 23 cm hb, 8
plates, dj, 1959; (New York: Macmillan) 199 pages 22 cm, ills, 1 map, 1959.
History. Privateering. American Revolution. Spanish Town. Jamaica. From bundles
of US logs and letters stored in Spanish Town and originally captured by the
Royal Navy or British privateers. Photos by HE Turney. By a British
novelist and author (1903-1961). Co.C, Com, LOC
ROBERTSON,
Elaine - Caribbean
Family Life: A Practical Guide. (Cambridge and New York: U of Cambridge) 176
pages pb, b&w photos, index, 1987 1st ed; (Cambridge: Cambridge Caribbean)
176 pages, b&w photos, index, 1992. Sociology. Family life. Education.
Caribbean area. A secondary school textbook. LOC
ROBERTSON,
Glory, comp - Members of
the Assembly of Jamaica from the General Election of 1830 to the Final Session,
January 1866. (Kingston: IOJ) 59 pages 29 cm, 1965. Colonial
administration. Assembly. Members. Jamaica. Bay, LOC, Rag,
Will
ROBERTSON,
James – Report of the British Guiana Constitutional Commission. (London:
HMSO, Cmd 9274) 91 pages 8vo, 1954; (Georgetown: sn) 92 pages 8vo, 1954.
Colonial administration. Law. Constitutional. Guyana. A parliamentary report. BL,
Com
ROBERTSON,
Merle Greene, ed – Fourth Palenque Round Table, 1980. (San
Francisco: Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute) 353 pages, maps, biblio, 1985.
Archaeology. Mayas. Palenque. Belize. A collection of 3 essays presenting
recent studies on the Caracol site. Wri
ROBERTSON,
Peter – [See: P Hanly]
[ROBERTSON,
Robert] - A Detection of the State and Situation of the Present Sugar Planters,
of Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands; With an Answer to this Query, Why Does
not England, or her Sugar Islands, or Both, Make and Settle More Sugar Colonies
in the West Indies? Written . . . By an Inhabitant of one of His Majesty’s
Caribbee Islands. (London: Printed and Sold by J Wilford) viii,99 pages 22
cm 8vo pamph, 1732. Colonial administration. Trade. Economics. Molasses Act
controversy, 1730-33. Barbados. Antigua. St Kitts. Leeward Islands Caribbean
area. Relies almost entirely upon John Ashley. Exceptionally scarce.
BL, Cu.W, Han, LOC, Sab 3265
[ROBERTSON,
Robert] - An Enquiry into the Methods that are said to be now proposed in England
to retrieve the Sugar Trade. By the Author of the Detection of the State and
Situation of the Present Sugar Planters of Barbados and the Leeward Islands. (London:
Printed for J Wilford) 31 pages 21 cm 8vo pamph, 1733. Colonial
administration. Trade. Economics. Molasses Act controversy, 1730-33. Barbados.
Antigua. St Kitts. Leeward Islands. Caribbean area. Treats trade problems in
general. Exceptionally scarce. BL, Han, LOC, Sab
22641
[ROBERTSON,
Robert] - A Letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London, from an
Inhabitant of His Majesty's Leeward Caribbee Islands, Containing some
Considerations on His Lordship's Two Letters of May 19th, 1727. The First to
the Masters and Mistresses of Families in the English Plantations abroad; the
Second to the Missionaries there. In which is Inserted a Short Essay Concerning
the Conversion of the Negro Slaves in our Sugar Colonies . . . Written by the
same Inhabitant. (London: Printed for J Wilford) 103 pages 19 cm 8vo, 1730. Church.
Religion. Anglicans. Slavery. Slave Trade. Caribbean area. Concerns the mission
of the Church to the Blacks in the WI. The essay fills 99 pages. A reply to Edmund
Gibson. Exceptionally scarce. BL, Cu.W, LOC, Sab
10894, 27313
ROBERTSON,
Robert - The Speech of Mr John Talbot Campo-bell, A Free Christian-Negro, to his
Countrymen in the Mountains of Jamaica . . . To Which Is Subjoined the Speech
of Moses Bon Saam, another Free Negro. (London: J Roberts) 88 pages 8vo
pamph, 1736. Church. Religion. Anglicans. Slavery. Slave trade. John Talbot
Campo-bell. Moses Bon Saam. Jamaica. Exceptionally scarce. BL
[ROBERTSON,
Robert] - A Supplement to the Detection of the State and Situation of the Present
Sugar Planters of Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands: Shewing, among other New
Matters, That the surest Way for England to command the Sugar-Market Abroad, is
to contract Rather than inlarge her Sugar Colonies . . . In a Letter from an
Inhabitant of One of His Majesty’s Leeward Caribbee Islands . . . To which Is
Added a Letter from a Traveller in the Caribbees to his Friend in London. (London:
J Wilford) 84 pages 8vo pamph, 1733. Colonial administration. Trade.
Economics. Molasses Act controversy, 1730-33. Barbados. Leeward Islands.
Caribbean area. Trade relationships and the business of trade in the West
Indies. See also, “A Letter from a Traveller . . .” Exceptionally scarce.
BL, Cu.W, Han, Sab 3291
[ROBERTSON,
Robert] - A Short Account of the Hurricane that Passed through the English
Caribbee Islands, on Saturday the 30th of June. With Remarks by an Inhabitant
of Nevis. (London) 30 pages 8vo pamph, 1733. Disasters. Meteorology.
Hurricanes. Antigua. Nevis. St Kitts. Exceptionally scarce. Cu.W,
Sab 10895, 12026, 80588
[ROBERTSON,
Robert] - A Short Essay Concerning the Conversion of the Negro-Slaves . . . (sl:
sn) pamph, [ca 1727]. Church. Religion. Anglicans. Slavery. Conversion.
Nevis. Rare
ROBERTSON,
Robert - [British Anglican clergyman (fl 1830); planter in Nevis.]
ROBIN,
Cynthia – Preclassic Maya Burials at Cuello, Belize. (Oxford: BAR International
Series, Vol 480) xii,412 pages 30 cm pb, ills, maps, biblio, 1989.
Archaeology. Mayas. Cuello. Belize. Describes the excavation of 142 individuals
at Cuello some 5km west of Orange Walk town. Originally presented as an Hons BA
thesis at Rutgers U. BL, LOC, Wri
ROBINSON,
Alan H - Identification
and Development of a National Park System in Antigua and Barbuda. (St
John's) 1979. Environment. National parks. Antigua & Barbuda. An
official government report
ROBINSON,
Alan H, and Fritz HENLE - Virgin Islands National Parks: The Story Behind the Scenery. (Las
Vegas: KC Publications) ii,50 pages 31 cm pamph, col ills, 1 col map, bilbio,
[1974]; (ibidem) ii,50 pages 31 cm, col ills, 1 col map, biblio, 1982 3rd imp. Environment.
National parks. St Croix. St Thomas. St John. United States Virgin Islands.
Photos by F Henle and Clarendon Bowman. BL, LOC, Mol
ROBINSON,
Albert Gardner – Commerce and Industries of Alaska, Hawaii, Porto
Rico, and the Philippine Islands. (Washington, DC: Dep’t of Commerce &
Labor, Special Agents Series, No 67) 116 pages, tables, 1913. Descriptive. Economics. Puerto Rico. An official
government report. Viv
ROBINSON,
Albert Gardner – Cuba and the Intervention. (New York: Longmans,
Green & Co) 359 pages hb, 1905 1st ed; (ibidem) 1910 2nd ed; (New York:
Gordon P) 359 pages hb, 1976 rep. International relations. US intervention.
Cuba. An eyewitness account of US military government. Bay, BL, Bow,
Cu.W, Hum, Tra
ROBINSON,
Albert Gardner – Cuba as a Buyer and Seller. (Washington, DC: US
Dep't of Commerce) 32 pages 25 cm pamph, 1912. Economics. Trade. Cuba. An
official government publication. LOC
ROBINSON,
Albert Gardner – Cuba, Old and New. (New York: Longmans, Green
& Co) 264 pages 21 cm hb, frontis, plates, 1915; (London: Longmans &
Co) 264 pages 8vo, ills, 1916; (Westport, CT: Negro UP, Greenwood Publishing
Group) 264 pages 23 cm, ills, [1970] rep. Descriptive. Cuba. Bay, BL,
Gos, LOC
ROBINSON,
Albert Gardner – Facts and Figures on the Cuban Situation, Prepared
at the Request of the Cuban Planters’ Association. (Washington, DC: Press of
BS Adams) 27 pages 21x10 cm pamph, 1902. Agriculture. Sugar. Economics.
Cuba. LOC
ROBINSON,
Albert Gardner – The Porto Rico of Today: Pen Pictures of the
People and the Country. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons) xiv,240 pages 20
cm, plates, maps, folding maps, 1899. Descriptive. Puerto Rico. Based on a
series of articles written for the New York ‘Evening Post.’ BL, Cor,
Cu.W, Viv
ROBINSON,
Albert Gardner – [US journalist (1855-1932); Spanish-American War
correspondent who accompanied one of the first detachments of the US army to
invade PR; served as Commercial Agent of the Dep’t of Commerce and Labor in
Washington. LOC.]
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - Budget Speech 1965. (Port-of-Spain: Gov't Printer) 40 pages pamph,
1965. Politics. Budgets. Trinidad. Tobago. A speech. Co.C, Com
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - Budget Speech, 1967. (Port-of-Spain: Gov't Printer) 31 pages pamph,
1967. Politics. Budgets. Trinidad. Tobago. A speech. Com
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - Caribbean Man: Selected Speeches from a Political Career, 1960-1986. (Port-of-Spain:
Inprint Publication) xi,294 pages 21 cm hb, [12] pages of plates, 1986 1st ed;
(ibidem) 294 pages pb, plates, 1986. Politics. Trinidad. Tobago. A
collection of speeches. Edited by Dr Gregory Shaw. BL, LOC
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - Fiscal Reform in Trinidad and Tobago, An Address to the Economic and
Statistical Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Delivered on Tuesday, 31st May. (Port-of-Spain:
PNM Publishing Co Ltd) 33 pages pamph, 1966. Economics. Taxation. Reform.
Trinidad. Tobago. A speech. Com
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - The Mechanics of Independence: Patterns of Political and Economic
Transformation in Trinidad and Tobago. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press) xiii,200
pages 24 cm hb, biblio, dj, [1971]; (Kingston: UWI Press) 226 pages hb, biblio,
2002. Politics. Independence. Trinidad. Tobago. Links economic conditions
with political change. BL, Ch.T, Com, Gos, LOC,
New
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - National Emergence: The Final Round. (Port-of-Spain: Democratic
Action Congress) 24 pages pamph, 1972. Politics. Trinidad. Tobago. A
speech. BL
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - The New Frontier and the New Africa. (sl [Port-of-Spain]: sn) iv,33
pages 22 cm pamph, [ca 1965]. International relations. Africa. Trinidad.
Tobago. A speech. BL
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - The Preservation of our Democracy: An Address Delivered to the
Federation of Women’s Institute at Queen’s Hall on April 22, 1967. (Port-of-Spain:
PNM Publishing Co Ltd) 8 pages pamph, 1967. Politics. Democracy. Trinidad.
Tobago. A speech. Com
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - The Roll of the Teacher in the Development of a Nationalist Spirit:
Lecture Delivered to the Teachers at the Teachers’ Training College, Wrightson
Road, on Thursday, 22nd June, 1967. (Port-of-Spain: PNM Publishing Co Ltd)
15 pages pamph, 1967. Education. Politics. Trinidad. Tobago. A speech. Com
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - Tobago: Internal Self-government. (Barataria: Democratic Action
Congress) 47 pages 21 cm pamph, ills, 1977. Politics. Local government.
Constitutional. Trinidad. Tobago. A speech. LOC, New
ROBINSON,
Arthur Napoleon Raymond - [Tobago-born barrister and statesman (1926-); PM and later President of
T&T.]
ROBINSON,
Bill – [See: WW Robinson]
ROBINSON,
Carey – Fight for Freedom. (Kingston: Kingston Publishing) xiii,178 pages,
ills, plates, maps, biblio, 1987; (ibidem) 178 pages pb, ills, plates, maps,
biblio, 1993 2nd ed. History. Slavery. Emancipation. Jamaica. BL, LOC
ROBINSON,
Carey – The Fighting Maroons of Jamaica. (Kingston: William Collins &
Sangster (Jamaica) Ltd) 160 pages 22 cm hb, 15 ills, 4 maps, biblio, dj, 1969
1st ed; (London: Collins & Sangster) 180 pages 22 cm, 8 plates, ills, maps,
1969; (ibidem) 1971 2nd ed. History. Maroons. Rebellions. Jamaica. A
well-written popular account of the colonies of escaped slaves and their
resistance to the British. BL, Com, Gos, Her, Ing,
Will
ROBINSON,
Carey – [Jamaica-born playwright and radio information officer (1924-?)]
ROBINSON,
Edward – Peat Resources of Jamaica and their Potential for Fuel Supply. (Kingston:
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica) 2 vols, 79+341 pages pb, tables, 6 folding
maps in pocket, biblio, 1983. Energy resources. Peat. Jamaica
ROBINSON,
Edward – [British pirate (?-1718). See, “Tryals of Major . . .” LOC.]
ROBINSON,
Frederick – [See: Viscount Goderich]
ROBINSON,
Frederick Philipse -
[British army officer and colonial administrator (1763-1852); Major-general,
commanded troops in the Windward and Leeward Islands, 1816-21; governor of
Tobago. See: "Petition of the House of General Assembly . . ." DNB.]
ROBINSON,
Guy Martin – [British geographer (1951-)]
ROBINSON,
Guy Martin, and Peter Anthony FURLEY, ed - Resources and Development
in Belize: Account of the University of Edinburgh Expedition to Central
America, 1981. (Edinburgh: U of Edinburgh, Dep't of Geography) 246 pages 30
cm pb, maps, biblio, 1983. Geography. Agriculture. Belize. A collection of
articles. BL, LOC, Whi, Wri
ROBINSON,
Harold Ernest - Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian
Biological Survey of Dominica: Family Dolichopodidae with some Related
Antillean and Panamanian Species (Diptera). (Washington, DC: Smithsonian
Contributions to Zoology No 185) iii,141 pages 26 cm, ills, biblio, index,
1975. Wildlife. Entomology. Dominica. LOC, My.D, Pos
ROBINSON,
Harry – Latin America. (London: Macdonald & Evans) xiii,466 pages 8vo,
ills, 1961 1st ed; (ibidem) xiv,498 pages 8vo, ills, 1965 2nd ed; (ibidem) 509
pages, maps, biblio, 1970 3rd ed; (Plymouth: McDonald & Evans) xv,523 pages
22 cm pb, ills, 2 plates, charts, maps, biblio, index, 1977 4th ed.
Geography. Latin America. Caribbean area. Includes the WI. Quite a detailed
chapter on the WI. By a British geographer and author (1915-?). A secondary
school textbook. BL, Pot
ROBINSON,
Heaton Bowstead - Memoirs of
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Picton, GCB, etc, Including his Correspondence,
from Original Documents in the Possession of his Family. (London: R Bentley)
2 vols, 404+446 pages 22 cm 8vo, frontis, plan, 1835 1st ed; (ibidem) 2 vols,
404+446 pages, 1 portrait, 1 plan, 1836 2nd rev ed. Descriptive. Colonial
administration. Thomas Picton. Trinidad. A biography. 1st edition very
scarce; 2nd edition scarce. BL, Cu.W, LOC, Rag,
RES, Sab 72081
ROBINSON,
Henry James - Colonial
Chronology: A Chronology of the Principal Events Connected with the English
Colonies and India from the Close of the Fifteenth Century to the Present Time.
(London: Lawrence & Bullen) xiv,304 pages 28 cm 4to, maps, folding maps,
1892. History. English colonies. British Empire. Caribbean area. A
reference work; woefully inadequate in the case of the Caribbean possessions. Scarce.
BL, LOC, Rag
ROBINSON,
John Brian Dudley - Manurial
Trials with Sugar Cane in Barbados, BWI, and their Utilization: Part 3. (Bridgetown:
Dep't of Science & Agriculture) 1952. Agriculture. Sugar. Fertilizers.
Barbados. An official government publication. For Part 1 see FHB Blackburn.
Scarce. BL, Wilk
ROBINSON,
John Brian Dudley - Manurial
Trials with Sugar Cane in Barbados: Part 2. (Bridgetown: Dep't of Science
& Agriculture) 1949. Agriculture. Sugar. Fertilizers. An official
government publication. Barbados. Scarce. BL, Wilk
ROBINSON,
John Brian Dudley - Soil
Conditions and Sugar Cane Growth in Barbados. (Bridgetown: Dep't of Science
& Agriculture) 1950. Agriculture. Sugar. Soils. An official government
publication. Barbados. Scarce. Wilk
ROBINSON,
JL – Ferns, Flowers, Etc, of Bermuda. (sl [New York?]: sn) 11 pages 14x18
cm pamph, [1888]. Botany. Ferns. Flowers. Bermuda. Scarce. LOC
ROBINSON,
Jan, ed – Ship to Shore: Virgin Islands Charter Yacht Recipes. (Charlotte, NC:
By the Editor) 337 pages 23 cm, ills, [ca 1983]. Food. Nutrition. St Croix.
St Thomas. St John. United States Virgin Islands. A cookbook. LOC
ROBINSON,
Kathryn - The Other
Puerto Rico. (Santurce: Permanent P) 158 pages 23 cm pb, col and b&w
ills, 1984; (ibidem) 158 pages, ills, 1992 rep. Descriptive. Puerto Rico. BL,
Bow, Gos, LOC
ROBINSON, Leslie
– Has the UWI Been Elitist? (Kingston: BIPIA) 29 pages pamph, tables,
1991. Education. Social classes. Elites. Mona. Jamaica. The 6th annual Bustamante
Lecture. Concludes that without more financial assistance to poor students
the UWI is in danger of becoming an institution for the economic elite
ROBINSON,
Robert - Slavery
Inconsistent with the Spirit of Christianity. A Sermon . . . (Cambridge) 8vo
pamph, 1788. Church. Religion. Baptists. Slavery. Slave trade. Caribbean
area. An abolitionist tract. A refutation of Harris, "Scriptural
Researches . . .," though published just before. By a British Baptist
minister at Cambridge (1735-1790). Exceptionally scarce. BL, DNB,
Rag, Sab 72172
ROBINSON,
Thomas - [British
colonial administrator (ca 1700-1777); governor of Barbados, 1742-7. See:
"Address of the Grand Jury of Barbados . . ." DNB.]
ROBINSON,
William - Bahamas
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Sisal. Economics. Bahamas. An official government publication. An economic
history of the introduction and commercial exploitation of the American Pita. Exceptionally
scarce
ROBINSON,
William - Tobacco:
Its ups and downs in England and how to cultivate and cure it in the West
Indies. (Port-of-Spain) 14 pages pamph, 1886. Agriculture. Tobacco.
Caribbean area. An official government publication. Exceptionally scarce.
RES
ROBINSON,
William - Trinidad:
Its Capabilities and Prominent Products. (Port-of-Spain: Royal Colonial
Institute) 19 pages pamph, [ca 1898]. Agriculture. Sugar. Economics.
Trinidad. Text of a lecture. Exceptionally scarce
ROBINSON,
William - [British
colonial administrator (1836-1912); successively governor of Barbados,
Trinidad, and Hong Kong. See also "Brief Notices . . ." RES.]
ROBINSON,
William Wheeler – A Berth to Bermuda. (Princeton, NJ: D van
Nostrand Co) xv,120 pages 26 cm hb, many plates, [1961]. Travel.
Descriptive. Bermuda. A cruise narrative. A race from Newport, RI, to Bermuda. BL,
LOC
ROBINSON,
William Wheeler – The Caribbean Cruising Handbook: A Planning Guide
for Charterers and Private Owners. (New York: Dodd, Mead) 130 pages 21 cm,
maps, [ca 1986]. Travel. Descriptive. Caribbean area. A guidebook for
yachtspersons. LOC, My.R
ROBINSON,
William Wheeler – South to the Caribbean: How to Carry Out the Dream
of Sailing your own Boat to the Caribbean. (New York: Norton) 342 pages 24
cm, plates, 1 map, [ca 1982]. Travel. Descriptive. Caribbean area. A
guidebook for yachtspersons. BL, LOC
ROBINSON,
William Wheeler – Where the Trade Winds Blow: A Yachting Guide to
Southern Waters: Florida, The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the
Windwards and Leewards. (London and New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons) 303
pages 23 cm, diagrams, ills, maps, [1963]. Travel. Descriptive. Caribbean
area. A guidebook for yachtspersons. LOC, My.R
ROBINSON,
William Wheeler – A Winter in the Sun: The Pleasures (and a Few
Pitfalls) of the Caribbean Cruising Lifestyle. (Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan
House) viii,163 pages pb, ills, maps, 1995. Travel. Descriptive. Caribbean
area. A guidebook for yachtspersons. BL, Bow, LOC
ROBINSON,
William Wheeler – [US yachtsman and travel writer (1918-?). LOC.]
ROBINSON-WALCOTT, Kim – Out of
Order: Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing. (Kingston: UWI Press)
240 pages pb, 2005. Literary criticism. Anthony Winkler. Jamaica
ROBISON, Tully M – Ground
Water in Central St Croix, US Virgin Islands. (sl [Washington, DC]: United
States Dep’t of Interior, Geological Survey) 18 pages pamph, 1972. Geology.
Water resources. St Croix. United States Virgin Islands. An official government
publication. Com
ROBLES DE CARDONA, Mariana - Essays on the Generation of
the Thirties. (New York: Gordon P, PR Series) hb, 1979. Descriptive.
Puerto Rico. Bow
[ROBLEY,
John] - A Permanent and Effectual Remedy Suggested for the Evils under which
the British West Indies now Labour . . . In a Letter from a West India
Merchant. (London: JM Richardson) 48 pages 8vo pamph, 1807 1st ed; (ibidem)
48 pages pamph, 1808. Colonial administration. Economics. Trade. Slavery.
Caribbean area. Proposes reducing the amount of sugar grown. 1st edition exceptionally
scarce; 2nd edition very scarce. BL, Rag, RES, Sab
60985, 72255
ROBLIN, AJ
– The Crusting of UWI Field Station Soils. (St Augustine: UWI, DTA
Report) 85 pages, 1966. Agriculture. Soils. Crusting. Trinidad. Com
ROBOTHAM,
Don – 1974-81. (sl [Kingston]: Vanguard Publishers) 55 pages 17 cm pamph,
1983. Politics. Jamaica. A study of the Workers Party of Jamaica. LOC
ROBOTHAM,
Don – "The Notorious Riot." The Socio-economic and Political Base
of Paul Bogle's Revolt. (Mona: UWI, ISER, Working Paper No 28) 95 pages 28
cm pb, 3 tables, biblio, 1981 1st ed; (ibidem) 95 pages, tables, biblio, 1984
rep. History. Morant Bay Rebellion, 1865. Paul Bogle. Jamaica. Ban,
Ing, LOC
ROBSON,
Geoffrey Robert, and John Frederick TOMBLIN – Catalogue
of the Active Volcanoes of the World Including Solfatara Fields Pt 20, West
Indies. (Rome: International Association of Volcanology) xii,56 pages 4to
pamph, ills, 1966. Geology. Seismology. Volcanoes. Solfatara Fields.
Caribbean area. BL, Com
ROBSON,
George - The Story
of our Jamaica Mission, with Sketch of our Trinidad Mission. (Edinburgh:
United Presbyterian Church) 1814. Church. Religion. Presbyterians. Jamaica.
Very scarce. Cu.J, Rag
ROBY, John
- The
History of the Parish of St James in Jamaica, with Notes in the General
History, Genealogy, and Monumental Inscriptions of the Island. (Kingston)
1848; (ibidem) 1849. Church. Religion. Anglicans. Genealogy. St James
Parish. Jamaica. 1st edition rare; 2nd edition exceptionally scarce.
Cu.J, Rag
ROBY, John
- Members of
the Assembly of Jamaica, from the Institution of that Branch of the Legislature
to the Present Time. Arranged in Parochial Lists. (Montego Bay: Alex Holmes)
102 pages 8vo, 1831. Genealogy. Colonial administration. Assembly. Members.
Jamaica. Exceptionally scarce. RES, Sab 72262
ROBY, John
- Monuments
of the Cathedral-Church and Parish of St Catherine: Being Part I of Church
Notes and Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica, in the Year 1824. (Montego
Bay: Alex Holmes) ii,iii,83,viii pages 22 cm 8vo pb, 1831. Genealogy.
Church. Religion. St Catherine Parish. Jamaica. Exceptionally scarce. BL,
Cu.J, LOC, Rag, RES, Sab 72263
ROBY, John
- [British
colonial administrator (1785-1865); collector of customs at Montego Bay. RES.]