1. Antilles – Homann, Erben. (1702 – 1848).

Dominia Anglorum in præcipuis Insulis Americæ ut sunt Insula S. Christophori Antega Iamaica Barbados, nen non Insulæ Bermudes vel Sommers dictæ. / Die Englische Colonie-Laender Auf den Insuln von America und zwar Insuln S. Christophori Antegoa Jamaica Barbados Smt den Ins. Bermudes sonst Sommers gennant.

Original hand-coloured map. Nuremberg, Homann Heirs, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 55.6 cm x 48.7 cm. Sheet Size: 60 cm x 52 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Trace of foxing along sheet edges. Minor open tear with missing material evident to fore edge. Lower margin running out towards left corner. Centre-fold as issued.

2. America – Ortelius, Abraham. (1527 – 1598).

Culiacanae, Americae Regionis, Descriptio – Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumqe Insualrum Circumiacientium Delineatio.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Antwerp, Ortelius, [1579]. Plate Size: 49.3 cm x 35.3 cm. Sheet Size: 53.1 cm x 42 cm. Original map. Very good condition, with some signs of browning to the outer margins only. Slight creasing to the top right coner of map. Professionally repaired tear to lower centre fold, barely noticeable given the quality of the workmanship. Latin text on reverse.

3. Smorkaloff, Pamela Maria.

If I Could Write This in Fire – An Anthology of Literature from the Caribbean. Edited by Pamela Maria Smorkaloff.

New York, The New Press, 1994. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. X, 374 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Book design by Acme Art, Inc. Jacket design by Brian Boyce. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Jamaica – with Vignettes of Port Royal Harbour, Kingston, Port Antonio, a Sugar Mill on Jamaica and a depiction of a Flying Fish.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Vignettes by H. Winkles & W. Lacey. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 42 cm x 52 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

5. Caribbean – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

West India Islands – Including the Bahama Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, San Domingo and Haiti, Porto Rico, the Caribee Islands and Trinidad. With a Vignettes of Kingston, Jamaica, from the Commercial Room.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Engraved by J. Rogers. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 25 cm x 35 cm. Sheet Size: 27 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

6. Carnegie, James.

Wages Paid.

Cuba, Casa De Las Américas, 1976. 12 cm x 19 cm. 104 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing and some slight discolouration evident on covers, endpapers and some of the centre pages.