BURCHELL, Thomas – [Leading British Baptist missionary, with Knibb and Phillippo; in Jamaica, 1823-1846. See: WF Burchell]

 

BURCHELL, William Fitzer - Memoir of Thomas Burchell, Twenty-two years a Missionary in Jamaica. By his Brother, William Fitzer Burchell. (London: BL Green) xii,416 pages 12mo hb, 1 plate, 1849. Descriptive. Church. Religion. Baptists. Slavery. Thomas Burchell. Jamaica. A biography. Contains much information on the persecution of the Baptists after the Christmas Rebellion of 1831. Scarce. BL, Cu.J, Gri, LOC, Rag, RES, Sab 9204

 

BURCHETT, Josiah - Memoirs of Transactions at Sea during the War with France; Beginning in 1688, and Ending in 1697 . . . (London: J Nutt) 408 pages 8vo, 1703. Naval. Admiralty. Expeditions. Caribbean area. Contains an account of various expeditions to the West Indies. Replied to by L Lillingston, "Reflections on Mr Burchett's Memoirs . . ." Exceptionally scarce. BL, LOC, Sab 9206

 

[BURCHETT, Josiah] - Mr Burchett's Justification of his Naval Memoirs in Answer to the reflections of Col Lillingston on that part which relates to Cape Francois and Port de Paix. With some short Observations on our West India Expedition. (London: Edward Jones) 166 pages 8vo, 1704. Naval. Admiralty. Expeditions. Luke Lillingston. Cape Francois. Port de Paix. Caribbean area. A reply to L Lillingston, "Reflections . . ." Exceptionally scarce. BL, Cu.W, Sab 9207

 

BURCHETT, Josiah - [British naval administrator and author (ca 1666-1746); secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1695-1742. DNB.]

 

BURD, Laurence Henry - Spinning Tests of St Vincent Sea Island Cotton. (Kingstown: Gov’t Printer) 8 pages 21 cm pamph, tables, ills, 1925. Agriculture. Cotton. Spinning. St Vincent. An official government report. Scarce. LOC, RES

 

BURDETTE, Barbara, and Francisco ECHEVARRIA – Puerto Ricans: On the Island, on the Mainland, in Connecticut: A Curriculum Guide. (Storrs: U of Connecticut, World Education Project) 79 pages 22 cm, ills, 1976. Education. Curriculum development. Migration. Connecticut. Puerto Rico. LOC

 

BURDON, John Alder - Brief Sketch of British Honduras, Past Present and Future. (London: West India Committee) 42 pages 8vo pamph, 1 map, [1927] 1st ed; (ibidem) 53 pages pamph, 1 folding map, biblio, 1928 2nd rev ed. Colonial administration. Descriptive. Belize. For later editions see: AH Anderson. Both editions scarce. Bay, BL, Co.C, Com, LOC, RES

 

BURDON, John Alder - To the Men and Women of Barbados. (London) 24 pages pamph, 1913. Colonial administration. Military. Security. Barbados. A speech. Concerns WW I defence issues. Scarce. RES

 

BURDON, John Alder - [British colonial administrator (1866-1933); governor of BH, 1925-32. RES.]

 

BURDON, John Alder, ed - Archives of British Honduras . . . : Being Extracts and Precis from Records, With Maps. Edited, with Historical Note and a Chronology by Sir John Alder Burdon, and Completed by Katherine J Burdon. (London: Sifton Praed & Co for the West India Committee) 3 vols, 304+436+401 pages, folding maps, 1931-1935. History. Archives. Belize. A calendar of material in the local archives; the more important documents are summarised, others merely listed. Criticized for serious omissions and haphazard arrangement, sloppy editing and poor attention to dating. Scarce. Bay, BL, Co.C, Com, Gos, Gri, LOC, Pat, RES, Tra, Woo, Wri

 

BURDON, Katherine Janet - A Handbook of St Christopher-Nevis: A Presidency of the Leeward Island Colony, containing information for residents and visitors concerning the islands of St Christopher or St Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla. (London: West India Committee) viii,247 pages hb, 14 photos, 6 maps, 1920. Travel. Descriptive. St Kitts. Nevis. Anguilla. A guidebook for tourists. By the wife of the governor. Scarce. Bay, Co.C, Com, LOC, Rag, RES

 

BURG, Barry Richard – Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth Century Caribbean. (New York: New York UP) 215 pages pb, 1983; (ibidem) 215 pages pb, 1984. Piracy. Buccaneering. Sea rovers. Sociology. Homosexuality. Caribbean area. A look at society where widespread tolerance of homosexual behaviour was the norm. BL, LOC

 

BURG, Barry Richard - Sodomy and the Perception of Evil: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth Century Caribbean. (New York: New York UP) 215 pages hb, 1995; (ibidem) 215 pages pb, 1995. Piracy. Buccaneering. Sea rovers. Sociology. Homosexuality. Caribbean area. A later edition of his 1983 “Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition . . .” BL, Bow, Gos, LOC

 

BURG, Barry Richard – [Author (1938-)]

 

BURGAN, William Granville Liverpool - Some West Indian Memorials: Being a Record of the Tablets in St George's, Grenada, with Notes. (Georgetown) 15 pages pamph, 1917. Genealogy. Monuments. Memorials. Tablets. Grenada. Very scarce. RES

 

BURGE, William - Colonial Laws. (London) 1838. Law. Colonial administration. British Empire. Caribbean area. Passim WI. Scarce

 

BURGE, William - Colonial Laws and Courts . . . [Title of a later edition of his “Colonial Laws,” by AW Renton]

 

BURGE, William - Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws Generally, and on their Conflict with each other, and with the Laws of England. (London: Saunders & Benning) 4 vols, 8vo, 1838; (London: Sweet & Maxwell) 4 vols, 1907-1928; (Buffalo, NY: WS Hein) 4 vols in 5, 1981. Law. Conflict. Colonial administration. British Empire. Caribbean area. Includes the WI. 1st edition scarce. BL, LOC, Pat

 

BURGE, William - Communications Addressed . . . [See: "Communications Addressed to the Secretary of State . . ."]

 

BURGE, William - Communications Transmitted . . . [See: "Communications Transmitted . . ."]

 

BURGE, William - Extract from Mr Burge's Printed Letter to the Right Hon Sir George Murray and Observations thereon; intended as a Short Exposition of the Proceedings of the Government, and the Supreme Court of Jamaica, in the Case of Lecesne and Escoffery. (sl) 8vo pamph, [nd]. Colonial administration. Law. Civil rights. Louis Celeste Lescesne. John Escoffery. George Murray. Jamaica. In support of the decision of the Jamaica Supreme Court against the two free coloureds who had been agitating for the removal of civil disabilities. And see below, W Burge, "Letter to the Right Honourable . . ." Exceptionally scarce. Sab 9222

 

BURGE, William - Jamaica. The Case of the Agent of Jamaica on Behalf of the Legislature of that Island, in Opposition to the Principle, Preamble, and Provisions of the Bill now Pending in the House of Lords, Intituled "An Act to Provide for the Enactment of Certain laws in the Island of Jamaica. (sl, [London]) 43 pages 8vo pamph, [1839]. Colonial administration. Jamaica. Part of the effort by the planters to maintain their old system of government in the face of sweeping changes wrought by emancipation. Exceptionally scarce. Sab 35570

 

BURGE, William - Jamaica. The Speech of W Burge, Esq, QC, Agent for Jamaica, at the Bar of the House of Commons, against the Bill entitled "An Act to provide for the Enactment of certain Laws in the Island of Jamaica." Friday, 7th June, 1839. (London: TC Hansard) 40 pages 8vo pamph, 1839. Colonial administration. Jamaica. A speech. Very scarce. LOC, Sab 9223

 

BURGE, William - Jamaica. The Speech of W Burge, Esq, QC, Agent for Jamaica, at the Bar of the House of Commons, against the Bill Intituled "An Act to Make Temporary Provision for the Government of Jamaica." Monday, 22nd April, 1839. (London: Calkin & Budd; Simpkin & Marshall) 89 pages 8vo pamph, 1839. Colonial administration. Jamaica. A speech. Very scarce. BL, RES, Sab 9224

 

[BURGE, William] - A Letter to the Right Honourable Sir George Murray, GCB . . . Relative to the Deportation of Lecesne and Escoffery from Jamaica. (London: Shachell & Bayliss) xii,577 pages 8vo, 1829. Colonial administration. Civil rights. Louis Celeste Lescesne. John Escoffery. George Murray. Jamaica. An attack on the two free island-born coloured subjects who agitated for removal of civil disabilities and were ordered to be deported. Very scarce. BL, Rag, RES

 

BURGE, William - A Reply to the Letter by the Marquis of Sligo to the Marquis of Normanby, Relative to the Present State of Jamaica . . . (London: Calkin & Budd) 64 pages 8vo pamph, 1839. Colonial administration. Marquis of Sligo. Marquis of Normanby. Jamaica. A reply to Sligo, "Letter to the Marquess of Normandy . . ." Very scarce. BL, RES, Sab 9225

 

BURGE, William - Speech of W Burge . . . Monday, 22nd April 1839 . . . [See above.]

 

BURGE, William - Speech of W Burge . . . Friday, 7th June, 1839 . . . [See above.]

 

BURGE, William - [British jurist (1787-1849); former A-G of and agent for Jamaica. See also: "Speeches of Mr Barrett and Mr Burge . . ." LOC, RES.]

 

BURGESS, Andrew – Adhesion Contracts and Unfair Terms: A Critique of Currrent Theory and a Suggestion. (Cave Hill: UWI, Faculty of Law, Working Paper in Law, No 1) 64 pages pamph, 1985. Law. Contract. Unfair terms. Caribbean area. An undergraduate textbook. By a law professor at Cave Hill, UWI. LOC, New

 

BURGESS, Bob – [See: RF Burgess]

 

BURGESS, Geoffrey, and Jack Kent HUNN - Report on Public Administration in Guyana. (Georgetown: Gov't Printer) ii,115 pages, 1966. Public administration. Guyana. An official government report. Com, LOC

 

BURGESS, Robert Forrest - Diving off the Beaten Track: Best of the Caribbean. (Locust Valley, NY: Aqua Quest) 128 pages pb, ills, 1994. Travel. Descriptive. Caribbean area. A guidebook for divers. Bow, LOC

 

[BURGESS, Thomas] - Considerations on the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade upon Grounds of National, Religious, and Political Duty. (Oxford: Sold by D Prince & J Cooke) 166 pages 8vo, 1789. Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade. Caribbean area. An abolitionist tract. Partly a refutation of Harris, "Scriptural Researches . . ." By a British Anglican clergyman (1756-1837); bishop of Salisbury. Very scarce. BL, Cu.W, DNB, Rag, Sab 15957, 81940

 

BURGIE, Irving - Caribbean Carnival: Songs of the West Indies. (New York: Tambourine Books, William Morrow) 32 pages hb, ills, 1992; (ibidem) 32 pages pb, ills, 1992. Music. Performing arts. Carnival. Caribbean area. A children's book. Bow, LOC

 

BURGIE, Irving, comp – West Indian Song Book, for Group and Community Singing: 40 Most Popular West Indian Songs for Voice in Harmony, plus 5 Island National Anthems. (Hollis, NY: Caribe Music Corp) 72 pages 28 cm, score, ills, [1972]. Music. Songs. Caribbean area. LOC

 

BURGIN, Trevor, and Patricia EDSON – Spring Grove: The Education of Immigrant Children. (London: Oxford UP) x,112 pages 23 cm, 1967; (ibidem) x,112 pages 8vo, 1970. Education. Migration. Spring Grove. Britain. Caribbean area. BL, Com

 

BURGOS, Julia de – [See: DE BURGOS]

 

BURGOS, William – [Author (1948-). See: CA Torre. LOC.]

 

BURK, Arthur J – The Republic of Haiti. (Philadelphia) 55 pages pamph, 1907. History. Haiti. Scarce. Lag

 

BURKE, B Meredith - A Discussion on Needed Inputs to Foster Employment Generation in Barbados and LDCs. (Washington, DC: USAID) 79 pages, 1979. Economics. Industrial relations. Employment. Barbados. Caribbean area. A technical assistance report. Author (1947-). Car, Mom, New

 

BURKE, Bernard - A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry. (London: Harrison) 2 vols, 1891-1895; (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co) 826,xi pages 23 cm, coats of arms, 1970 rep. Genealogy. Heraldry. Colonial gentry. Caribbean area. Contains the pedigrees of over 500 leading colonial families, including many resident in the WI. By a British genealogist (1814-1892). 1st edition very scarce. BL, LOC, Rag

 

BURKE, Eddie, and Anne GARSIDE - Water in the Gourd, and Other Jamaican Folk Stories. (London: Oxford UP) 47 pages 20 cm pamph, ills, 1975. Folklore. Jamaica. BL, Car, LOC

 

[BURKE, Edmund] - An Account of the European Settlements in America, in Six Parts . . . (London: Printed for R&J Dodsley) 2 vols, 312+300 pages 20 cm 8vo, 2 maps, 1757 1st ed; (ibidem) 2 vols, 324+308 pages 20 cm 8vo, maps, 1758 2nd ed; (ibidem) 2 vols, 324+308 pages 21 cm 8vo, 2 maps, 1760 3rd ed; (Dublin: Printed for Peter Wilson) 2 vols, 319+301 pages, 1762; (London: J Dodsley) 2 vols, xx,324+xii,308 pages 20 cm 8vo, maps, 1765 4th ed; (ibidem) 2 vols, [6],310,[6]+[6],287 pages 17 cm 12mo, 1766; (ibidem) 2 vols, xii,324+xii,308 pages 8mo, 2 maps, 1770 5th ed; (ibidem) 2 vols, xii,324+xii,308 pages 8mo, 2 maps, 1777 6th ed; (ibidem, on large paper) 1786 6th ed; (Dublin: Wilson) 2 vols, 1772; (ibidem) 1777; (London) 2 vols, 8vo, 1808; (London: J Stockdale) 482 pages 4to, 2 maps, 1808; (Boston: JH Wilkins & Co) xix,335 pages 8vo, 1835; (ibidem) 687 pages 8vo, 1851; (New York: Research Reprints) 2 vols, 1970 rep; (New York: Arno P) 2 vols in 1, maps, 1972 rep. History. European settlements. America. Caribbean area. Probably the joint work of himself and his cousin William Burke, but usually attributed to the former, who called himself the reviser of his kinsman’s work. 1st edition exceptionally scarce; other 18 century editions very scarce; the 1808 Stockdale 4to edition is exceptionally scarce. BL, Cu.W, LOC, RES, Sab 9282, 9283

 

[BURKE, Edmund] - An Examination of the Commercial Principles of the Late Negotiation between Great Britain and France . . . [See: W Burke]

 

BURKE, Edmund - A Letter to the Right Honourable H Dundass, with the Sketch of a Negro Code, Drawn up in 1780. (London) pamph, 1792. Colonial administration. Slavery. Law. Negro Code. Henry Dundass. Haiti. An abolitionist tract. Exceptionally scarce. Rag

 

BURKE, Edmund - [British statesman (1728-1797), agent for New York. See: "Remarks on the Letter Address'd . . ." DNB.]

 

BURKE, Joseph Henry - Citrus Industry of British Honduras, Jamaica, Trinidad. (Washington, DC: US Dep’t of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, Foreign Agricultural Report, No 88) 77 pages pamph, 1956. Agriculture. Tropical fruit. Citrus. Belize. Jamaica. Trinidad. An official government publication. Bay, Co.C, Com, LOC

 

BURKE, Joseph Henry - Citrus Industry of Surinam. (Washington, DC: Gov’t Printer) iv,24 pages pamph, ills, 1 map, 1956. Agriculture. Tropical fruit. Citrus. Suriname. An official government publication. LOC

 

BURKE, Joseph Henry - [US agriculturalist (1908-?)]

 

BURKE, Michael et al - Wonders of the Deep: Underwater Bermuda. (Toronto: Boulton Publishing Services) 114 pages hb, 112 col photos, maps, 1988. Descriptive. Marine resources. Bermuda. A pictorial work. Whi

 

[BURKE, William] - An Examination of the Commercial Principles of the Late Negotiation between Great Britain and France in MDCCLXI in which the System of that Negotiation with Regard to our Colonies and Commerce is Considered. (London: R&J Dodsley) 108 pages 8vo, 1761 1st ed; (ibidem) iv,108 pages 21 cm 8vo, 1762 2nd ed. Colonial administration. Trade. Caribbean area. Replied to by "The Comparative Importance of our Acquisition . . ." Attributed to W Burke by DNB; doubtfully attributed to Edmund by the Catalogue of Printed Books. Both issues very scarce. BL, LOC, Sab 23354

 

BURKE, William - [British MP (1730-1798); cousin of Edmund Burke; bankrupt, supposed author of "Letters of Junius." See: E Burke; and "Remarks on the Letter . . .;" and "The Speeches of Mr Wilberforce . . ." DNB.]

 

BURKE, William Patrick - Senor Burky: The Adventurous Life-history of William P Burke. (London: GG Harrap & Co) 270 pages 8vo, 1 plate, 1935. Descriptive. Dominican Republic. An autobiography. Author (1880-?). Bay, BL, LOC

 

BURKETT, Algernon A - Trinidad: A Jewel of the West, or 100 Years of British Rule, Containing over 100 Photographs of Prominent Men. (London: Francis & Co) 102,xl pages hb, ills, 1914. Descriptive. Trinidad. A pictorial work. Author (1881-?). LOC

 

BURKETT, Randall K - Garveyism as a Religious Movement: The Institution of a Black Civil Religion. (New Jersey and London: Scarecrow P) xxvi,216 pages, ills, 1978. Religion. Garveyism. Civil rights. Race relations. Marcus Garvey. Caribbean area. LOC

 

BURKS, Arthur J - Land of Checkerboard Families. (New York: Coward-McCann) vi,278 pages hb, 1932. Descriptive. Economics. Dominican Republic. By a US novelist (1898-1974). Bay, LOC

 

BURKS, David D - Cuba under Castro. (New York: Foreign Policy Association) 64 pages pamph, ills, 1 map, 1964. Politics. Fidel Castro. Cuba. Bay, LOC

 

BURLAND, Barbara – Some Information on Herbs, Medicinal Plants and other Types of Remedies Used in the Past in Bermuda for Various Ailments. (Hamilton: Bermuda Historical Society, Occasional Publication, No 6) 32 pages pamph, 1965. Ethnology. Ethno-botany. Health. Botany. Medicinal plants. Bermuda. Com

 

BURLEY, EB - Memorandum Summarizing the Returns of a Census Taken in the Island of Barbados, in the Year 1715. (London) 15 pages folio pamph, [ca 1913]. Demography. Barbados. A census report. Scarce. RES

 

BURLEY, T, ed – The Caribbean Handbook . . . [See: The Caribbean Handbook”]

 

BURMEISTER, Gustave, ed - The Sugar Industry of the Caribbean. (Washington, DC: Caribbean Research Council) xiii,343 pages, 1 folding map, 1947. Agriculture. Sugar. Economics. Caribbean area. Gos, LOC

 

[BURN, Andrew] - A Second Address to the People of Great Britain, Containing a New, and Most Powerful Argument to Abstain from the Use of West India Sugar. By an Eye-witness to the Facts Related . . . (Rochester: Printed by W Gillman) 11 pages 8vo pamph, 1792; (London: M Gurney) 12 pages 8vo pamph, 1792 2nd rev ed. Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade. Boycotts. Caribbean area. An abolitionist tract. The first boycott of WI produce. Written to disgust readers. By a British army officer (1742-1814); major-general with the Royal Marines. 1st edition rare; 2nd edition exceptionally scarce. BL, LOC, Rag, Sab 102865

 

BURN, William Laurence - The British West Indies. (London: Hutchinson's U Library, British Empire History) 196 pages 8vo hb, ills, 1 map, biblio, index, 1951 1st ed; (Westport, CT: Greenwood P) 196 pages hb, ills, 1 map, biblio, 1975 rep. History. Caribbean area. A good survey of the political, social, and economic BWI history; a brief but scholarly account of British colonial policy in the WI and the effects of this policy on local political institutions; very well written and refreshingly free from pious incantations. Bay, BL, Co.C, Com, Gos, Gri, LOC, My.R, Pot, Whi, Wilk

 

BURN, William Laurence - Emancipation and Apprenticeship in the British West Indies. (London: Jonathan Cape) 398 pages 8vo hb, biblio, dj, 1937 1st ed; (ibidem) 398 pages, biblio, 1965 2nd ed; (New York: Johnson Reprint) 398 pages hb, biblio, 1970 rep. History. Slavery. Apprenticeship. Caribbean area. In its time the most comprehensive study of the parliamentary campaign to legislate slavery out of existence and the operation of the Apprenticeship system, 1834-38, which was designed to serve as a transitional phase between bondage and freedom but which developed into a system which was characterized by onerous labour conditions and white intolerance. Based principally on an analysis of the dispatches between governors and the Colonial Office. Bar, Bay, BL, Co.C, Com, Gos, Gri, Ing, LOC, My.R, Pat, Pot, Wilk

 

BURN, William Laurence - [British colonial administrator; governor of Jamaica.]

 

BURNABY, William – [British admiral on the North American Station. See: J Cook.]

 

BURNESS, Donald - On the Shoulders of Marti: Cuban Literature of the Angolan War. (Colorado Springs: Three Continents P) 196 pages hb, ills, 1996; (ibidem) 196 pages pb, ills, 1996. Literary criticism. Jose Marti. Angola. Cuba. By a US academic; professor of English at Franklin Pierce College. Bow, LOC

 

BURNET, A - The Isles of the Western Sea: The Story of Methodist Missions in the West Indies and Central America. (London: Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society) 64 pages 8vo, plates, [1924]. Church. Religion. Methodists. Caribbean area.  Bay, BL

 

BURNETT, Ermin, and Roger BURNETT - Christmas in the Virgin Islands. (East End, Tortola: E&R Burnett) 36 pages pamph, ills, 1983. Descriptive. Christmas. Tortola. British Virgin Islands. LOC, Mol

 

BURNETT, Michael - Jamaican Music. (Oxford: Oxford UP) 48 pages pamph, ills, 1982. Music. Jamaica. A children's book. LOC, Whi

 

BURNETT, Paula – Derek Walcott: Politics and Poetics. (Gainesville: UP of Florida) xiii,380 pages, 2001. Literary criticism. Derek Walcott. St Lucia. Author (1942-). Reg

 

BURNETT, Roger - Virgin Islands Sketches. (sl [Road Town]: The Author) 64 pages 24x31 cm, ills, 1980; (Road Town: The Author) 64 pages pamph, 1 map, 1985 2nd ed. Descriptive. Tortola. British Virgin Islands. LOC, Mol

 

BURNEY, Elizabeth – Housing on Trial: A Study of Immigrants and Local Government. (London: Oxford UP, Published for the IRR) vi,267 pages 8vo, 1967. Sociology. Urban housing. Migration. Britain. Caribbean area. BL, Com

 

BURNEY, James - The History of the Buccaneers of America. (London: Payne & Foss) xii,326 pages 4to, 3 maps, 1816 1st ed; (London: Swan Sonnenschein) xv,382 pages 8vo hb, 1891 rep; (London and New York: United Library, No 7) xvi,296 pages 8vo, maps, 1902; (London: Hutchinson’s Popular Classics) 294 pages 8vo hb, maps, 1907; (London) 326 pages hb, 1912 facs ed; (London: George Allan & Unwin) xvi,382 pages hb, maps, 1949 facs ed; (ibidem) xvi,382 pages hbl, maps, 1951 facs ed. History. Buccaneering. Caribbean area. A classic study. By a British naval officer (1750-1821); 2nd lieutenant on the “Adventure” on Cook’s second voyage to the Pacific in 1772. 1st edition very scarce. BL, Cu.W, Hum, LOC, RES, Sab 9388

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Address . . . at the Unveiling of the 1763 Monument on May 23, 1976. (Georgetown: Office of the PM) 24 pages pamph, ills, [ca 1976]. Politics. Guyana. A speech. LOC

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – The Case of Pedro Beria: Special Broadcast Press Conference, November 30, 1968. (Georgetown: Gov’t Printer) 19 pages pamph, 1968. Politics. Pedro Beria. Guyana. A speech. Com

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Charting our Destiny: Address . . . at the Ceremonial Opening of the 2nd Session of the 4th Parliament of Guyana, Friday 22nd January 1992. (Georgetown: Office of the President) 12 pages pamph, 1982. Politics. Guyana. A speech. New

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Comrades, I Salute you: Address of . . . on the Occasion of the National Rally in Commemoration of those Comrades who Perished in the CU-455 Air Disaster, Wednesday, October 6, 1976, at the Site of the 1763 Monument, October 17, 1976. (Georgetown: Office of the PM) 24 pages pamph, {nd} [1976]. Politics. Disasters. Bombings. Guyana. Concerns the destruction of a Cuban aircraft. A speech. New

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Declaration of Sophia: Address by Leader of the People’s National Congress, Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, at a Special Congress of the People’s National Congress, Pln. Sophia, Georgetown, 14th December, 1974. (Georgetown: Design & Graphics) 38 pages pamph, ills, 1974. Politics. Guyana. A speech. An address to mark the 10th anniversary of the PNC in government in Guyana. LOC, New

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – A Destiny to Mould: Selected Discourses by the Prime Minister of Guyana. (New York: Africana Publishing. London: Longmans Caribbean) xxxv,275 pages 23 cm hb, 15 b&w photos, 1970; (ibidem) 275 pages 23 cm pb, 15 b&w photos, 1970. Politics. Guyana. A selection of his speeches between 1955 and 1969. Compiled by CA Nasciemento and RA Burrowes. BL, Com, Gos, LOC, McD

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Forbes Burnham Speaks of Human Rights. (Georgetown: Ministry of Information Publications Division) 20 pages pamph, 1980. Law. Politics. Human rights. Guyana. A speech. New

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Four Talks to the Nation: 1973 Radio Addresses to the Nation. (Georgetown: Ministry of Information & Culture) 31 pages pamph, 1973. Politics. Guyana. A collection of speeches. Com

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Friendship with Integrity: Surinam-Guyana Relations. Statement to the National Assembly on Thursday 21 August, 1969, by LFS Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana, together with the Text of an Address Given during Guyana Week, February 1968, in New Amsterdam, Berbice, by SS Ramphal, Attorney General and Minister of State. (Georgetown: Gov’t Printer, Ministry of External Affairs) 24 pages 21 cm pamph, maps, 1969. International relations. Border disputes. Guyana. Suriname. A speech. LOC

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – A Great Future Together: The Prime Minister’s Report to the Nation on Guyana’s 2nd Anniversary of Independence, 25 May, 1968. (Georgetown: Lithographic Co Ltd for the Guyana Information Service) 24 pages pamph, 1968. Politics. Independence. Guyana. A speech. Com

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – A New Era for our Amerindian Brothers: Address Given at the Conference of Amerindian Leaders, Queen’s College, Georgetown, February 28-March 3, 1969. (Georgetown) 1969. Politics. Guyana. A speech. Com

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – On the Road to Socialism. (Georgetown: Office of the Prime Minister) 24 pages pamph, 1976. Politics. Socialism. Guyana. A speech. Car, LOC

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Organize for Production and Defence: Address . . . at the 4th Biennial Congress of the People’s National Congress at Sophia, Georgetown, August 22-29, 1981. (Georgetown: Offfice of the President) 43 pages pamph, 1981 2nd ed. International relations. Guyana. A speech. New

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Our Cause is Just. (Georgetown: Office of the President) 44 pages pamph, 1981. International relations. Border disputes. Guyana. Venezuela. A speech. LOC, New

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – The Power of Co-operative Ownership. Speech by the Prime Minister Delivered at the Georgetown Regional Conference of the People’s National Congress, August 24, 1969. (Georgetown: Daily Chronicle Lat) 11 pages pamph, 1969. Politics. Guyana. A speech. New

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – The Pursuit of Perfection. (Georgetown: Guyana Printers) 44 pages pamph, 1976. Politics. Guyana. A speech. Car, LOC

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Reports to the Nation on Guyana Broadcasting Service and Radio Demerara: January 10, 1976. (Georgetown: Guyana Printers) 47 pages pamph, 1976. Politics. Guyana. A collection of speeches. Car

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – The Small Man, A Real Man in the Cooperative Republic, Guyana. Speeches by the Prime Minister in the National Assembly on the Republic Motion. (Georgetown: Guyana Lithographic Co Ltd for the Ministry of Information) 12 pages pamph, 1969. Politics. Guyana. A collection of speeches. Com

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Survival of Our Nation: Address to the Nation. (Georgetown: Guyana Lithographic Co Ltd for the Ministry of Information & Culture) 8 pages pamph, 1974. Politics. Guiana. A speech. Com

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – To Build a New World: Speech . . . at the 6th Conference of Non-Aligned Countries, in Havana, Cuba on Tuesday 4th September 1979. (Georgetown: Ministry of Information) 1979. Politics. Guyana. A speech. LOC, New

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Towards a Cooperative Republic. (Georgetown: Chronicle Printers Ltd) 1969. Politics. Guyana

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Towards the People’s Victory: Address by LFS Burnham, Leader of the People’s National Congress, Prime Minister of Guyana, at the 3rd Biennial Congress of the People’s National Congress, Sophia, August 22-26, 1979. (Georgetown: Guyana Printers Ltd) 32 pages pamph, 1979. Politics. Guyana. A speech. LOC, New

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – Towards the Socialist Revolution: Address by the Leader of the People's National Congress, Prime Minister Forbes Burnham . . . (Georgetown: Office of the PM) 52 pages, 1975. Politics. Guyana. A speech. Car, LOC

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – The Year of the Breakthrough: Address to the Nation on the Third Anniversary of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, February 23, 1973. (Georgetown: Ministry of Information, Culture & Youth) 16 pages pamph, 1973. Politics. Guyana. A speech. Com

 

BURNHAM, Linden Forbes Sampson – [Guyanese barrister-politician (1923-1985); leader of the People’s National Congress; PM and later president of Guyana. See: CA Nascimento and RA Burrowes; and "Review. A Pictorial . . .;" and "To the Memory of . . ."]

 

BURNLEY, William Hardin - Observations on the Present Condition of the Island of Trinidad and the Actual State of the Experiment of Negro Emancipation. (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans) 177 pages 8vo, 1842. Colonial administration. Emancipation. Apprenticeship. Trinidad. Presents the planters' view of economic conditions after emancipation. Scarce. Bay, BL, Ch.T, Cu.W, Ha.S, LOC, RES, Sab 9397

 

BURNLEY, William Hardin - Opinions on Slavery and Emancipation in 1823; Referred to in a Recent Debate in the House of Commons, by Thomas Fowell Buxton, Esq, With Additional Observations, Applicable to the Right Hon EG Stanley’s Plan for the Extinction of Slavery. (London) lv,44 pages 8vo pamph, 1833. Colonial administration. Slavery. Emancipation. Thomas Fowell Buxton. Edward George Stanley. Caribbean area. Two letters that favour a gradual freeing of the slaves with compensation to their owners. The first is a bitter attack on Canning’s antislavery pronouncement of 1823 and Lord Bathurst’s amelioratory legislation of the early 1820s; the second is a denunciation of Lord Stanley’s emancipation plan of 1833. Very scarce. BL, Gri, Rag, Sab 9398

 

BURNLEY, William Hardin - Two Letters and an Address to His Excellency Sir R Woodford, Bart, and the Honourable the Board of Council. (Port-of-Spain: Lewer) 1824. Colonial administration. Slavery. Ralph Woodford. Trinidad. Exceptionally scarce

 

BURNLEY, William Hardin - [New York-born merchant and planter long resident in Trinidad (1780-1850); a leading Eastern Caribbean planter of Empire loyalist background. Web page.]

 

BURNS, Alan Cuthbert - Colonial Civil Servant. (London: Allen & Unwin) 339 pages hb, 1 map, 1949. Descriptive. Colonial administration. Caribbean area. An autobiography. LOC, Woo

 

BURNS, Alan Cuthbert - History of the British West Indies. (London: George Allen & Unwin) 821 pages hb, tables, diagrams, 28 maps, biblio, dj, 1954 1st ed; (New York: Barnes & Noble. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd) 849 pages hb, ills, 29 maps, biblio, dj, 1965 2nd rev ed; (New York: Gordon P) 821 pages hb, tables, diagrams, maps, biblio, 1976 rep. History. Colonial administration. Caribbean area. Primarily a political history of the BWI. Emphasises the planters' economic struggle against trade restrictions and foreign sugar competition. A comprehensive account drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources. Bar, Bay, Be.A, BL, Bo.C, Bow, Co.C, Com, Gos, Gri, LOC, Mol, My.R, Pat, Pos, Pot

 

BURNS, Alan Cuthbert - In Defence of Colonies: British Colonial Territories in International Affairs. (London: Allen & Unwin) 338 pages hb, 1957 1st ed; (ibidem) 1964. Colonial administration. International relations. Border disputes. Belize. A defence of British colonial rule. Bay, LOC, Woo

 

BURNS, Alan Cuthbert - [St Kitts-born British colonial administrator (1887-1980); colonial secretary of the Bahamas, deputy chief secretary of Nigeria, governor of Belize, 1934-1940. RES.]

 

BURNS, EL – What’s Cooking in the Belizean Kitchen. (Cayo District: Tiger Run Farm) 64 pages pamph, ills, plates, [ca 1990]. Food. Nutrition. Belize. A cookbook. A collection of recipes: East Indian, Lebanese, Mennonite, Chinese, Mayan, Garinagu, Mestizo, Creole dishes. LOC, Wri

 

BURNYEAT, John - The Truth Exalted in the Writings of that Eminent and Faithful Servant of Christ John Burnyeat. (London: Printed for Thomas Northcott) 20,264 pages 20 cm 4to, 1691. Church. Religion. Barbados. Contains epistles written from Barbados, but nothing of substance on the island. Author (1631-1690). Exceptionally scarce. BL, Ha.S, LOC

 

BURPEE, C Gaye, and James N MORGAN - Household Survey of Grenada, 1985: Findings and Documentation of Procedures. (Ann Arbor, MI: U of Michigan, Institute for Social Research) 176 pages pb, ills, 1986. Economics. Sociology. Households. Grenada. Bow, LOC

 

BURR, Aaron- [Vice President of the US (1756-1836); killed Alexander Hamilton in 1804 in a duel. See: M Hassall]

 

BURRA, JAN - Forestry in Jamaica. (Kingston: Forest Dep't) 74 pages pamph, 1963. Forestry. Jamaica. An official government report. See also C Swabey. Scarce. Will

 

BURRA, JAN - A Report upon Land Administration in Dominica. (Roseau: Gov't Printer) 44,23 pages, 1953. Town and country planning. Dominica. An official government report. Scarce. My.R, W&D

 

BURRAGE, Champlin – [US Baptist historian and librarian (1874-1950). See: J Pory]

 

BURRAGE, Henry Sweetser, ed – Early English and French Voyages, Chiefly from Hakluyt, 1534-1609. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons) xxii,451 pages 4to, plates, maps, 1906. Early voyages. Richard Hakluyt. Caribbean area. Includes the WI. BL, My.R

 

BURROWES, Charles L, comp - Commercial Handbook of Jamaica. (Kingston: Gleaner Co) 117 pages 8vo, 1911. Travel. Economics. Commerce. Descriptive. Jamaica. A guidebook for businesspersons. See also, “A Commercial Handbook of Jamaica . . .” Scarce. BL, RES

 

BURROWES, John F – [See: "Three Essays . . ."]

 

BURROWES, Reynold A - Revolution and Rescue in Grenada: An Account of the US-Caribbean Invasion. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group) 190 pages hb, 1988. International relations. US intervention, 1983. Urgent Fury. Grenada. Bow, Gos, LOC, Whi

 

BURROWES, Reynold A - The Wild Coast: An Account of Politics in Guyana. (Cambridge, MA: Schenkman) 348 pages hb, biblio, 1984; (ibidem) 348 pages pb, biblio, 1984. Politics. Guyana. Bow, Gos, LOC, New

 

BURROWES, SI, and James A CARNEGIE - George Headley. (London: Nelson) [10],80 pages 20 cm, ills, 1971. Descriptive. Sport. Cricket. George Headley. Jamaica. A biography. BL, Ing, LOC

 

BURROWES, WD - Sample Survey of Production of Selected Agricultural Products, 1950. (Kingston: Gleaner Co for the Dep’t of Agriculture, Bulletin No 48, New Series) 65 pages pamph, 1952. Agriculture. Products. Jamaica. An official government report. Co.C, Com

 

BURROWS, Edmund H – Captain Owen of the African Survey: The Hydrographic Surveys of Admiral WFW Owen on the Coast of Africa and the Great Lakes of Canada. His Fight against the African Slave Trade. His Life in Campobello Island, New Brunswick, 1774-1857. (Rotterdam: AA Balkema) viii,248 pages 26 cm, ills, biblio, hb, 1979. Descriptive. Slavery. Slave trade. Naval. Admiralty. Oceanography. WFW Owen. Africa. Canada. Caribbean area. A biography. LOC

 

BURROWS, Victoria – Whiteness and Trauma: The Mother-daughter Knot in the Fiction of Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid and Toni Morrison. (Houndsmills: Palgrave Macmillan) viii,228 pages, biblio, index, 2004. Literary criticism. Race relations. Mothers. Daughters. Jean Rhys. Jamaica Kincaid. Toni Morrison. Caribbean area. Author (1951-). Reg

 

BURRY, B Pullen – [See: PULLEN-BURRY]

 

BURT, AC - Development of Self-government in Jamaica, 1884-1913. (London) 1960. History. Colonial administration. Politics. Constitutional. Self-government. Jamaica. Pat

 

BURTON, Carlisle – Report to the Government of Anguilla on Salaries, Wages, and Allowances in the Government Service. (sl [The Valley]: sn) 87 leaves 28 cm, ills, 1989. Public administration. Salaries. Anguilla. An official government report. By a Barbadian civil servant. LOC

 

BURTON, John Hill, ed - The Darien Papers; being a Selection of Original Letters and Official Documents Relating to the Establishment of a Colony at Darien by the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, 1695-1700. (Printed at Edinburgh: Bannantyne Club) xxxii,417 pages 4to, 1 map, 1849. International relations. Scots colonies. Abortive colonies. Darien. Scarce. BL, Cu.W, Sab 18548

 

BURTON, Reginald George - Tropics and Snows: A Record of Travel and Adventure. (London: Edward Arnold) xvi,349 pages 8vo, ills, 1898. Descriptive. Caribbean area. An autobiography. Illustrated by Clare Burton. By a British Indian Army officer, military historian and author (1864-?). Scarce. BL, RES

 

BURTON, Richard DE – Afro-Creole: Power, Opposition and Play in the Caribbean. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP) x,297 pages 24 cm hb, ills, biblio, index, 1997. History. Jamaica. Trinidad. Haiti. BL, LOC

 

BURTON, Richard DE – Assimilation or Independence? Prospects for Martinique. (Montreal: McGill U) 71 pages 21 cm pb, biblio, 1978. Colonial administration. Politics. Assimilation. Independence. Martinique. French West Indies. BL, LOC

 

BURTON, Richard DE – [British historian (1946-). LOC.]

 

BURTON, Richard DE, and Fred RENO, ed - French and West Indian: Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana Today. (Charlottesville: UP of Virginia) 208 pages hb, biblio, 1995; (Charlottesville: UP of Virginia. London: Macmillan Caribbean, Warwick U Caribbean Studies) xi,202 pages pb, biblio, 1995. Politics. Sociology. Martinique. Guadeloupe. Guyane. French West Indies. BL, Bow, LOC

 

BURTON, Robert - [A pseudonym of the bookseller and author Nathaniel Crouch.]

 

BURY, Herbert - A Bishop amongst Bananas: Experiences in Central America. By Herbert Bury, Successively Bishop of British Honduras and Central America and for North and Central Europe. (Milwaukee: The Young Churchman Co) xvi,263 pages, ills, 1911; (London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co) xvi,263 pages 8vo, 15 plates, 1911. Church. Religion. Anglicans. Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Belize. The former bishop of BH describes his impressions of Central America and the work he undertook there. An enjoyable classic work. Bay, BL, RES, Woo, Wri

 

BURY, Herbert – Here and There in the War Area . . . (London and Oxford: AR Mowbray & Co) xii,328 pages, 32 ills, 1916. Church. Religion. Anglicans. Travel. Descriptive. Belize. Includes the WI. BL

 

BURY, Herbert – My Visit to Ruhleben . . . With twenty-five illustrations and a plan of the camp. (London and Oxford: AR Mowbray & Co) xi,81 pages pamph, ills, 1 map, 1917. Travel. Descriptive. Church. Religion. Anglicans. Ruhleben. Belize. A travelogue. BL

 

BURY, Herbert – [British Anglican clergyman (1853-1933); Bishop of BH and of CA. See: SM Hine.]

 

BUSBY, Margaret, and Darius HOWE, ed – [See: CLR James]

 

BUSCH, H – Curacao. (Oranjestad: de Wit Inc) vii,160 pages 21x27 cm, col photos, [date?]. Descriptive. Curacao. Netherlands Antilles. A pictorial work. Bilingual with Dutch and English text by H Hermans

 

BUSCHKENS, William FL - The Family System of the Paramaribo Creoles. (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, en Volkendunde, No 71) xv,324 pages, 10 ills, biblio, 1974. Sociology. Families. Family systems. Suriname. Translated by Maria JL Van Yperen. Bro, Com, LOC

 

BUSH, Barbara - Slave Women in Caribbean Society, 1650-1838. (London: James Currey. Kingston: Heinemann. Bloomington: Indiana UP) xi,190 pages 24 cm hb, ills, maps, biblio, 1990; (ibidem) xi,190 pages pb, ills, maps, biblio, 1990. History. Slavery. Gender studies. Women. Caribbean area. Ban, Be.A, BL, Bow, Gos, LOC, Whi

 

BUSH, David M - Living with the Puerto Rican Shore. (Durham, NC: Duke UP, Living with the Shore Series) 216 pages hb, ills, 1995; (ibidem) 216 pages pb, ills, 1995. Nature studies. Marine resources. Coastal zones. Shorelines. Puerto Rico. Bow, LOC

 

Bush Medicine: A Story of Belizean Herbs and Barks. (Belize City: Gov't Information Service) 1983. Botany. Health. Medicinal plants. Herbs. Barks. Belize

 

[BUSHEL, John, and Francis BOND] - A True and Perfect Narrative of the Late Dreadful Fire which Happened at Bridge Town in the Barbadoes, April 18, 1668, as the Same Was communicated in Two Letters from Mr John Bushel and Mr Francis Bond . . . to Mr Edward Bushel. (London: Printed by Peter Lillicrap) 6 pages 4to pamph, [1668]. Disasters. Fires. Bridgetown. Barbados. The letters describe the origin of and damage caused by a devastating fire. By two merchants of Bridgetown. Rare. BL, Han

 

BUSHELL, John James - All About Bermuda: History, Guide and Compendium of Information on the Bermudas. (Hamilton: Bushell P) 156 pages, 1901; (ibidem) 131 pages, 1904; (ibidem) 212,lxiii pages, 1909; (ibidem) 6,7,160 pages, plates, 1 folding map, 1911. Travel. Descriptive. Bermuda. A guidebook for tourists. Many good photos, some of which were later used on postcards. Early editions Scarce. Com, LOC, RES

 

BUSHELL, John James - Bermuda Handbook. (New York: Gordon) hb, 1976. Travel. Descriptive. Bermuda. A guidebook for tourists. A reprint of his “Picturesque Bermuda . . .” Bow

 

BUSHELL, John James - Bushell’s Picturesque Bermuda Handbook: The Standard Yearbook of the Bermudas alias Somers Islands. (Devonshire: JJ Bushell) 172,lvii pages pb, plates, 1936 27th ed; (ibidem) 36,28,200,liv pages pb, plates, folding maps, 1939 30th ed. Travel. Descriptive. Bermuda. A guidebook for tourists. A later title of the above

 

BUSHELL, John James - Picturesque Bermuda in Pictures, Prose, and Poetry. Bushell's Handbook. (London) 38,132,40 pages, ills, 1 map, 1927 18th ed; (Hamilton) 44,138,44 pages, plates, 1 folding map, 1928 19th ed. Travel. Descriptive. Bermuda. A guidebook for tourists. A later title of the above. LOC, RES

 

BUSHELL, John James - Picturesque Bermuda. The Land that is Different. Bushell's Handbook . . . (Glasgow: R Maclehose & Co) 30,164 pages ills, photos, maps, 1935; (Devonshire: Bushell) xxxiii,184,lvi pages pb crown 8vo, plates, 1 folding map, 1937 28th ed; (Glasgow: R Maclehose) 36,28,196,liv pages, ills, plates, 3 folding plates, 3 folding maps, 1938. Travel. Descriptive. Bermuda. A guidebook for tourists. A later title of the above. Com, LOC, RES

 

BUSHELL, John James - [Journalist and author (1872-?); editor of the 'Bermuda Colonist.’ RES.]

 

Business Opportunities in Cuba. (Havana: CONAS) 107 pages, 1994. Economics. Business development. Cuba. A guidebook for investors. Stu

 

Business Surveys, 1974-75. (Port-of-Spain: Central Statistical Office) 82 pages pamph, 1978. Economics. Business development. Statistics. Trinidad. Tobago. W&D

 

Business Trends Study. (Willemstad: KPMG) 93 pages 21 cm pamph, tables, figures, graphs, 1996. Economics. Business. Curacao. Netherlands Antilles. A guidebook for business persons

 

Business 2000: A Guide to the Development Programs of Curacao Inc. (Willemstad: Curacao Inc) 53 pages 21 cm pamph, ills, [2000]. Economics. Business. Curacao. Netherlands Antilles. A guidebook for businesspersons

 

Businessman’s Guide to Haiti. (Port-au-Prince: Conseil National de Developpement et de Planification) 22 pages pamph, 1978. Travel. Descriptive. Economics. Trade. Haiti. A guidebook for businesspersons. Lag

 

Businessman’s Guide to the OECS. (Curepe: KDK Publications) 1 vol, ills, 1986 1st ed. Travel. Descriptive. Economics. Trade. Leeward Islands. Windward Islands. A guidebook for businesspersons. An annual publication. LOC

 

Businessman's OECS Guide: A Directory of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, 1989-90. (St John's: KDK Publications) 258 pages, maps, 1989. Travel. Descriptive. Economics. Trade. Leeward Islands. Windward Islands. A guidebook for businesspersons. A later edition of the “Businessman’s Guide . . .” Mol

 

BUSSA - [Barbadian slave (?-1816); leader of the Easter Rebellion of 1816. See: HM Beckles; and GW Jordan; and E O'Callaghan; and “Remarks on the Insurrection . . .;“ and “Report of the Select Committee of the House of Assembly of Barbados. . .” Web page.]

 

BUSTAMANTE, Gladys Maud – Memoirs of Lady Bustamante. (Kingston: Kingston Publishers ) viii,199 pages, ills, [1997]. Descriptive. Politics. Jamaica. An autobiography. By the labour leader and wife of WA Bustamante (1912-?). LOC

 

BUSTAMANTE, Ramon - Cuba: The Pearl of the Antilles. (St Louis, Mo: Foreign Publishing Co) 267 pages, tables, plates, 1 folding map, 1916. Travel. Descriptive. Cuba. A guidebook for tourists. LOC, Stu

 

BUSTAMANTE, William Alexander - The Best of Bustamante: Selected Quotations, 1935-74. (Red Hills: Twin Guinep) 110 pages, ills, [ca 1977]. Politics. Jamaica. Researched and compiled by Jackie Ranston and edited by Ken Jones. By a Jamaican politician and PM (1884-1977). See: GE Eaton; and BLS-J Hamilton; and F Hill; and J Ranston; and J Ranston and K Jones; and HL Shearer; and “Sir Alexander Bustamante.” Car, Ing, LOC

 

BUTCHER, TB - A Peep at Jamaica and its People. (London: CH Kelly) x,36 pages 8vo pamph, 1902. Descriptive. Jamaica. A children’s work. BL, Cu.J, RES

 

BUTCHER, Thomas - "Mordichim": Recollections of Cholera in Barbados during the middle of the year 1854. (London: Patridge, Oakey & Co) 57 pages 8vo pamph, 1855. Health. Cholera. Barbados. Bar, BL

 

BUTLAND, Gilbert J - Bermuda: A New Study. (New York: Vantage P) 161 pages 21 cm, ills, plates, maps, biblio, [ca 1980]. Descriptive. Geography. Bermuda. BL, LOC

 

BUTLAND, Gilbert J - Latin America: A Regional Geography. (London: Longmans) xiv,373 pages, 61 maps, biblio, 1960. Geography. Latin America. Caribbean area. BL, Pot

 

BUTLER, Charles Saint-John – The Medical Needs of the Republic of Haiti at the Present Time. (Washington, DC: Gov’t Printer) 10 pages pamph, 1926. Colonial administration. Health. US occupation, 1915-34. Haiti. An official government report. Reprinted from ‘US Naval Medical Bulletin’ Vol 24, No 2. By the Commander of the Medical Corps, US Navy. Scarce. Lag

 

BUTLER, Dale, ed - The Musical Heritage of Bermuda and its People. (Southampton: Bermuda for Bermudans) x,266 pages, ills, [ca 1978]. Music. Heritage. Bermuda. Gos, LOC

 

BUTLER, George Paul, and Erica BUTLER - Caribbean and Central America and the Bahamas and Bermuda. (Princeton, NJ: D Van Nostrand) 438 pages hb, ills, maps, 1960. Travel. Descriptive. Bahamas. Bermuda. Caribbean area. A guidebook for tourists. Bay, BL, Co.C, Com, LOC

 

BUTLER, Hugh Alfred – Virgin Islands: Report on the Virgin Islands to the Public Lands Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives. (Washington, DC: Gov’t Printer) 16 pages 23 cm pamph, 1948. Colonial administration. Economics. Development planning. St Croix. St Thomas. St John. United States Virgin Islands. An official government report. LOC

 

BUTLER, Hugh Alfred – [US economist and politician (1878-1954); senator from Nebraska, 1941-54]

 

BUTLER, Hugh Alfred et al - Virgin Islands Report. (Washington, DC: Gov't Printer) 143 pages, 1954. Colonial administration. Economics. Development planning. St Thomas. St Croix. St John. United States Virgin Islands. An official government report. Co.C, Com, LOC

 

BUTLER, Kathleen Mary - Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados, 1823-1843. (Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P) xviii,198 pages hb, ills, maps, [ca 1995]; (ibidem) xviii,198 pages pb, ills, maps, [ca 1995]. History. Economics. Slavery. Jamaica. Barbados. Bow, LOC

 

BUTLER, Nathaniel – [See: N Boetler]

 

BUTLER, PJ - St Lucia Research Report, North East London Polytechnic. (London) 30 pages pamph, biblio, 1978. Wildlife. Ornithology. Parrots. St Lucia. Car

 

BUTLER, PJ, and G CHARLES - St Vincent Parrot Conservation Project: A Status Report. (Kingstown: Gov't Printer) 1986. Conservation. Wildlife. Ornithology. Parrots. St Vincent. An official government report

 

BUTLER, Reg – The Key to Barbados, Antigua, St Lucia. (London: Thomson Holidays) 88 pages 21 cm hb, maps, 1994; (ibidem) 88 pages 21 cm pb, maps, 1994. Travel. Descriptive. Barbados. Antigua. St Lucia. A guidebook for tourists. BL

 

BUTLER, Reg – The Key to Jamaica. (Santa Rosa, CA: Atrium Publications, Key To Series) pb, 1995. Travel. Descriptive. Jamaica. A guidebook for tourists. Bow

 

BUTLER, Reg – The Key to the Dominican Republic. (Santa Rosa, CA: Atrium Publications, Key To Series) pb, 1995. Travel. Descriptive. Dominican Republic. A guidebook for tourists. Bow

 

BUTLER, Smedley D – Old Gimlet Eye, as told to Lowell Thomas. (New York: Farrar & Rinehart) 310 pages, 1933. Descriptive. Colonial administration. US occupation, 1915-1934. Haiti. An autobiography. Lag

 

BUTLER, Teresa, and Steven SMITH - The Bahamas: Social Studies for Primary Schools. (London: Collins-Longman) 63 pages 26 cm crown 8vo pb, ills, maps, index, 1983. Sociology. Social studies. Education. Bahamas. A primary school textbook. BL

 

BUTLER, Tubal Uriah "Buzz" - [Grenada-born trade unionist (1897-1970); working class political leader in Trinidad in the 1930s; served in the West Indies Regiment during WW I under its commander Captain Cipriani. See: W Charles; and A Cipriani; and WR Jacobs; and N Obika]

 

BUTT, Audrey J – Systems of Belief in Relation to Social Structure and Organisation, with reference to the Carib-speaking Tribes of the Guianas. (Georgetown: The Author) 372 pages, 1954. Sociology. Amerindians. Guyana. New

 

BUTT, Richard Gathorne – Narrative of Recent Facts, which Have Occurred in the Island of Dominica. (sl: Privately Printed) 1816. Colonial administration. Descriptive. Dominica. Exceptionally scarce. Reprinted from “The Independent Whig” of 15 December 1816. By an ex-clerk in the Navy Victualling and Pay Office; one of the defendants in a stock market fraud trial in England in 1814 along with Thomas, Lord Cochrane and his uncle, Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, one time Governor of Dominica and others. This pamphlet was no doubt an attempt by Butt to flush out Johnstone after he (Johnstone) without facing trial, fled to the West Indies having ruined Butt and his own nephew. Butt followed him there, but by this time (1816) Johnstone's estates in Dominica had been sold from underneath him for previous debts. This pamphlet may well be a straight reprint or adaptation of Archibald Gloster, “A Plain Narrative of Some Recent Facts . . .” See: AC Johnstone.  My.R

 

BUTTENSHAW, WR – West Indian Starches. (Bridgetown: Imperial Dep’t of Agriculture for the West Indies) 40 pages 25 cm pamph, ills, 1904. Agriculture. Vegetables. Starches. By a British colonial agronomist (?-1904). Scarce. LOC

 

BUTTERFIELD, Deborah St George – [See: “Held in Trust . . . “]

 

BUTTERFIELD, Harry C – Butterfield’s Bank: Five Generations in Bermuda. (Hamilton: Bermuda Book Stores) 1958. Descriptive. Banking. Finance. Bermuda. An autobiography. The story of one of the two indigenous Bermudan banks and its founding family. BL

 

BUTTERWORTH, Douglas S - The People of Buena Ventura: Relocation of Slum Dwellers in Postrevolutionary Cuba. (Urbana: U of Illinois P) 157 pages, biblio, 1980. Urban housing. Slum dwellers. Buena Ventura. Cuba. Author (1930-). Chi, LOC, Stu

 

BUTTERWORTH, Eric, ed – Immigrants in West Yorkshire: Social Conditions and the Lives of Pakistanis, Indians and West Indians. (London: IRR) 68 pages 30 cm pamph, 1967. Sociology. Social conditions. Race relations. Migration. Yorkshire. Britain. Caribbean area. BL, Com

 

BUTTERWORTH, Hezekiah - South America: A Popular History of the Struggle for Liberty in the Andean Republics and Cuba. (New York: Doubleday & McClure & Co) xxi,266 pages hb, frontis, plates, maps, 1898. History. International relations. Spanish-American War. South America. Cuba. Author (1839-1905). Bay, Cu.W, LOC

 

BUTTERWORTH, William [pseud] – Three Years Adventures of a Minor . . . [See: H Schroder]

 

BUTTS, RG, and Robert GUPPY - Copy of the Reports Made in 1844 and 1845 by RG Butts and Robert Guppy as Commissioners of Inquiry into the Subject of Emigration from Sierra Leone to the West Indies. (London: Commons Report) 147 pages folio, 1848. Immigration. Africans. Sierra Leone. Caribbean area. A parliamentary report. Scarce. RES

 

BUURT, G van – [See: VAN BUURT]

 

BUXTON, Charles – Slavery and Freedom in the British West Indies. (London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts) 92 pages 8vo pamph, 1860. History. Slavery. Caribbean area. Scarce. BL, Cu.W, LOC, RES, Sab 9682

 

BUXTON, Charles – [Liberal politician (1823-1871); a brewer, 3rd son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, he undertook the work below at the request of his father’s executors. DNB.]

 

BUXTON, Charles, ed - Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet, with Selections from his Correspondence. Edited by his Son, Charles Buxton Esq. (London: John Murray) xvi,600,14,[2] pages 8vo, 2 leaves of plates, biblio, 1848 1st ed; (ibidem) xvi,614 pages 8vo, 1849 2nd ed; (ibidem) xi,508 pages 16mo, 1 plate, 1849 3rd ed; (Philadelphia) 8vo, 1849; (ibidem) xvi,614 pages, frontis, plate, 1855; (London: John Murray) xxvi,260 pages 12mo, 1 plate, 1860; (London) 632 pages 8vo, 1851 3rd ed; (London: John Murray) xxvi,260 pages 12mo, 1 plate, 1872; (ibidem) 1887; (London and Toronto: JM Dent & Sons) xlvii,272 pages 8vo, 1 plate, [1925]. Descriptive. Slavery. Thomas Fowell Buxton. Caribbean area. A biography. 1st edition very scarce; other early issues scarce. BL, LOC, Sab 9692

 

BUXTON, Charles, ed - Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart, with an Enquiry into the Results of Emancipation. (London: John Murray, Murray's Railway Reading, Edinburgh printed) 260 pages 12mo, 1860; (ibidem) 1882; (London and Toronto: JM Dent & Sons) 1926. Descriptive. Slavery. Thomas Fowell Buxton. Caribbean area. A biography. Largely the same as the above work. BL, Cu.W, LOC, Sab 9692

 

BUXTON, Thomas Fowell - Abridgment of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton’s Work on the African Slave Trade and its Remedy. With an Explanatory Preface . . . (London: John Murray) 68 pages 8vo pamph, 1840; (ibidem) 71 pages 8vo pamph, 1840 2nd ed. Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade. Caribbean area. An abolitionist tract. 1st edition very scarce; 2nd edition scarce. BL, Sab 9687

 

BUXTON, Thomas Fowell - The African Slave Trade. (London: John Murray) xv,240 pages 8vo, 1 map, 1839; (ibidem) xv,240 pages 8vo, 1 map, 1839 2nd ed; (Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson) 188 pages 12mo, 1839. Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade. Caribbean area. An abolitionist tract. Shows from government reports how the trade continued to grow throughout the world; urges encouragement of other forms of commerce with Africa to prevent Africans from using slavery as a means of production. For a reply see: J Sturge, “Remarks on the Society for . . .” 1st edition very scarce; other editions scarce. BL, Cu.W, Sab 9685

 

BUXTON, Thomas Fowell - The African Slave Trade and its Remedy. (London: John Murray) viii,582 pages 8vo, maps, 1839 1st ed; (ibidem) viii,vi,582 pages 8vo, maps, 1840 2nd ed; (London: Frank Cass, Cass Library of African Studies, Slavery Series, No 1) 14,viii,582 pages, plate, 3 maps, 1967 facs ed; (London: Dawsons) xxiv,14,viii,582 pages 8vo, plates, folding maps, 1968 facs ed. Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade. Caribbean area. The 2nd edition of his “African Slave Trade . . . “ 1st edition very scarce; 2nd edition scarce. BL, Cu.W, LOC, Sab 9686

 

BUXTON, Thomas Fowell - The Remedy: Being a Sequel to the African Slave Trade. (London) 1838 1st ed; (London: John Murray) xvi,278 pages 8vo, 1 map, 1840; (London: W Clowes & Sons) 152 pages 8vo, [ca 1840]. Colonial administration. Slavery. Slave trade. Caribbean area. An abolitionist work. Originally completed in 1838, and appended to the 2nd and later editions of his "The African Slave Trade." 1st edition is rare being a preliminary printing run off in August 1838 and distributed by the author to the Melbourne Cabinet urging them to look into his proposals for encouraging agriculture and legitimate commerce in Africa; the Murray edition is very scarce; the Clowes edition is rare and was not intended to be published. BL, Sab 9691

 

BUXTON, Thomas Fowell - [British brewer and philanthropist (1786-1845); founder of the Anti-Slavery Society; the appointed successor of Wilberforce whom he replaced in 1824 as parliamentary spokesman for the abolitionist movement; he completed the fight for emancipation. See: "Authentic Report of the Debate in the House of Commons, June 23, 1825 on Mr Buxton's Motion . . .;" and A Baring; and C Buxton; and G Canning, "Speech of . . .;" and "Debate on West-India Slavery . . .;" and A Macdowell; and RH Mottram; and “Observations on the West India Company Bill . . .;” and "Substance of the Debate on 15th May, 1823 . . .;" and R Westlake. DNB.]

 

BUZAS, Martin A, and Roberta K SMITH, and Kenneth A BEEM - Ecology and Systematics of Foraminifera in Two Thalassia Habitats: Jamaica, West Indies. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute P) iii,139 pages, ills, 1977. Geology. Fossils. Foraminifera. Worms. Thalassia. Turtlegrass. Jamaica. Foraminifera are tiny single-celled organisms that construct shells while Thalassia is a form of seagrass. Car, LOC

 

BYAM, Edward Samuel – West Indians Defended . . . [See: E White]

 

[BYAM, Lydia] – A Collection of Exotics from the Island of Antigua. By a Lady. (London: White) folio, 12 col plates, 1797. Botany. Exotics. Antigua. A volume of 9 aquatint and 3 engraved plates, all hand-coloured. Rare and valuable. Cu.W, Sab 1697

 

BYAM, Lydia – A Collection of Fruits from the West Indies, Drawn and Coloured from Nature, and, with Permission, Most Humbly Dedicated to the Princess Elizabeth. (London: Printed at the Oriental P by Wilson & Co . . . for the Author, and Sold by J Booth) 9 col plates, 1800. Botany. Fruits. Caribbean area. A volume of 9 aquatint hand-coloured plates. Rare and valuable

 

BYAM, Lydia – [Antiguan botanical artist (?1772-?); daughter of an Antiguan planter; died at sea unmarried. Personal communication from Jane Gregory Rubin. Web page.]

 

BYAM, William - Capture of Demerara by the French. (London) 1782. History. Demerara. Guyana. Exceptionally scarce. Cu.W

 

[BYAM, William] - An Exact Relation of the most Execrable Attempts of John Allin, Committed on the Person of His Excellency Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham, Captain General of the Continent of Guiana and all the Caribby Islands, & our Lord Proprietor. (London: Printed for Richard Lowndes, at the White Lion in S Pauls Churchyard near the little North door) 12 pages 4to pamph, 1665. Colonial administration. John Allin. Francis Lord Willoughby. Caribbean area. Rare. BL, Cu.W, Han, LOC, RES, Sab 9704

 

BYAM, William - True Narrative of Ye Late Troubles in the Colony of Surynam. (London) 1661. History. Guyana. Suriname. Rare. Cu.W

 

BYAM, William - [Royalist Barbados planter Governor of Surinam (1623-1670?); forced to leave the island in 1652 with other Royalists he moved to Surinam where he was appointed governor. See: R Sanford]

 

BYERS, John – [See: BYRES]

 

BYNGE, Robert - [Governor of Barbados. See: T Baxter]

 

BYNOE, Peter - The Architecture of Trinidad and Tobago, 1562-1962. (Port-of-Spain: Guardian Commercial Printery) 15 pages pamph, ills, 1962. Architecture. Trinidad. Tobago. Ch.T, Co.C, Com

 

BYRES, James - A Letter to a Friend at Edinburgh from Rotterdam; Giving an Account of the Scots Affairs in Darien. (sl, [Edinburgh]) 171 pages 8vo, 1702. International relations. Scots colonies. Abortive colonies. Darien. Belize. Exceptionally scarce. Cu.W, Sab 78223

 

BYRES, John – List of Freehold and Leased Estates in the Several Parishes of Dominica. (sl: sn), [ca 1777]. Colonial administration. Land titles. Surveys. Dominica. Exceptionally rare, no copy known. Ragatz lists this separately, but it seems to be included in “References to the Plan . . .” below. My.R, Rag

 

BYRES, John – References to the Plan of the Island of Dominica, as Surveyed from the Years 1765 to 1773. (London: Samuel Hooper) 30 pages 8vo pamph, 1777. Colonial administration. Land titles. Surveys. Dominica. Contains an alphabetical list of proprietors. Intended to accompany his large-scale map of Dominica. Exceptionally scarce. BL, Cu.W, My.D, My.R, Rag, Sab 9705

 

BYRES, John – Reference to the Plan of the Island of St Vincent as Surveyed from the Years 1765 to 1773. (London: Samuel Hooper) viii,8 pages 8vo pamph, 1777. Colonial administration. Land titles. Surveys. St Vincent. Contains an alphabetical list of proprietors. Exceptionally scarce. BL, Rag, Sab 9706

 

BYRES, John – [British colonial land surveyor; chief surveyor to the Commission for the Sale of Lands in the Newly Ceded Islands, succeeding James Simpson in 1770; his maps were not superceded for over 50 years; became a landowner in Tobago, St Vincent and Dominica.]

 

BYRN, John D – [See: BYRN Jr]

 

BYRN Jr, John D - Crime and Punishment in the Royal Navy: Discipline on the Leeward Islands Station, 1784-1812. (Aldershot, Hants: Scholar P. Brookfield: Gower) ix,251 pages 23 cm, ills, 1 plate, 1 map, biblio, index, 1989. History. Naval. Admiralty. Royal Navy. Crime. Punishment. Discipline. Antigua. Leeward Islands. Author (1952-). Be.A, BL, LOC

 

BYRNE, Joycelyn - Levels of Fertility in Commonwealth Caribbean, 1921-1965. (Mona: UWI, ISER) 84 pages, ills, 1972. Demography. Fertility. Family planning. Caribbean area. Com, Gos, W&D

 

BYRNE, Ray, and Jerome REMICK - The Coinage of Jamaica. (San Antonio: Almanzar's Coins of the World) 106 pages, biblio, 1966. Hobbies. Coin collecting. Numismatics. Jamaica. Ing, Will

 

BYRNE, Roger - Man and the Variable Vulnerability of Island Life: A Study of Recent Vegetation Change in the Bahamas. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution) 200 pages, 1980. Conservation. Vegetation. Bahamas. Gos

 

BYRON, Eulalie - Millicent Theodora Byron. (sl [Basseterre]) 72 pages pamph, [1970]. Descriptive. Education. Millicent Theodora Byron. Nevis. A biography. Consists mainly of poems

 

BYRON, John - [British admiral (1723-1786); commander of the WI fleet, 1778-9. See: T White. DNB.]

 

BYRON, M – Post-war Caribbean Migration to Britain: The Unfinished Cycle. (sl: Avebury Publishing) 221 pages hb, 1994. Sociology. Migration. Britain. Caribbean area

 

BYRON, Millicent Theodora – [Nevis-born educator. See: E Byron]