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‎The Island‎

‎Beskrivelse over Eylandet St. Croix i America i Vest=Indien. (i.e. English: ""Description of the Island of St. Croix in America in the West Indies""). - [EARLIEST ACCOUNT OF ST. CROIX UNDER DANISH RULE]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, L.H. Lillies Enke, 1758. 4to (203 x 160mm). In a very nice contemporary half calf binding with five raised bands and gilt ornamentation to spine. Lower compartment of spine with some loss of leather. Marbled boards with wear. End-papers renewed but with near contemporary paper. Previous owner's name to title-page. Internally very nice and clean. 72 pp.‎

‎The extremely scarce first edition of the first printed account of the island of St. Croix under Danish rule. It contain descriptions of the geology, topography and natural history and present detailed descriptions of sugar cultivation and production and the conditions of the slaves. Haagensen settled on the island immediately after Danish occupation (1733) as plantation owner and Danish official. In 1725, St. Thomas Governor Frederik Moth encouraged the Danish West Indies Company's directors to consider purchasing Saint Croix (then known as Santa Cruz). On 15 June 1733, France and Denmark-Norway concluded a treaty by which the Danish West India Company bought Saint Croix for 750,000 livres. Louis XV ratified the treaty on 28 June, and received half the payment in French coins, with the remaining half paid in 18 months. On 16 November 1733, Moth was named the first Danish governor of Saint Croix. The 1742 census lists 120 sugar plantations, 122 cotton plantations, and 1906 slaves, compared to 360 whites on the island. By 1754, the number of slaves had grown to 7,566. That year, King Frederick took direct control of Saint Croix from the company. For nearly 200 years, Saint Croix, St. Thomas and St. John were known as the Danish West Indies. By the mid to late 18th century, ""at the peak of the plantation economy, the enslaved population of Saint Croix numbered between 18,000 and 20,000, the white population ranging between 1,500 and 2,000"". (Loftsdóttir, Kristin, and Gísli Pálsson, ""Black on White: Danish Colonialism, Iceland and the Caribbean""). In 1916, Denmark sold Saint Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John to the United States, formalizing the transfer in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, in exchange for a sum of US$25 million in gold. Sabin 29406 Reid 98 Bibl. Danica III, 647.‎

‎The History of Mauritius or the Isle of France, and the Neighbouring Island from their First Discovery to the Present Time; Composed principally from the Papers and Memoirs of Baron Grant, who resided twenty years in the Island, by his Son, Charles Grant, Viscount de Vaux‎

‎London, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland Row, St. James's, for the Author and Sold by G. and W. Nicol, and J. Wright, and B. Uphill, 1801, First Edition. 1 volume, in4, 571 pp., 3 large folding maps (Map of the Island of Mauritius or Ile de France, Plan of Port Louis and a Chart of the Great Ethiopian Archipelago), half-calf binding, marbled boards. Includes the list of subscribers. First detailed book in English on Mauritius. An excellent copy, fresh and crispy. With a stamp: Constitutional Club Library: The Gift of the Right Honorable Lord Colchester, 1887.‎

‎Map of Japan and the island of Kuril Liu Kiu south of Sakhalin Island. Scale 40‎

‎Map of Japan and the island of Kuril Liu Kiu south of Sakhalin Island. Scale 40 miles in inch. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Karta Yaponiya i o-va Kurilskiy Liu-Kiu yuzhn.chast o.Sakhalin. Masshtab 40 verst v dyuyme.1921. 65x200 sm. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbdf6d7483227e54b4‎

‎Byron: The Island or Christian and His Comrades and The Works (Heaven and Earth a‎

‎Byron: The Island or Christian and His Comrades and The Works (Heaven and Earth a Mystery) Vol. 28. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Byron (Bayron). Konvolyut: The Island or Christian and His Comrades (Ostrov) and The Works (Heaven and Earth a Mystery) (Sochineniya). T. 28.Zwickau Schumann 1825. 127 141 p.. SKUalb965e1b74fa353f06.‎

‎How I came to be Governor of The Island of Cacona: / With a Particular Account of My Administration of the Affairs of That Island. Respectfully dedicated to my fellow labourers in the colonial vineyarg. By The Hon. Francis Thistleton, late governor of the Island of Cacona. ‎

‎Montréal : H. Ramsay; Québec, P. Sinclair; Kingston, John Duff; Toronto, A. H. Armour and Co; London, J. M. Graham; Bytown, A. Bryson, 1852. In-8 (21.5 cm) (2) feuillets, 220 pages, (2) feuillets, illustré de 3 figures in-texte, de 29 lettrines et de 19 culs-de-lampe dessinés et gravés sur bois par John Henry Walker. Reliure demi-maroquin vert d'époque, dos à 4 nerfs orné de roulettes et filets dorés, plats marbrés vert. Coiffe supérieure en partie élimée, coins, mors et dos légèrement frottés. Étiquette du Collège de Saint-Laurent au revers du plat supérieur, noms d'anciens propriétaires sur le titre et sur le faux-titre. Très bel exemplaire sans rousseur et d'un intérieur de toute fraîcheur. Édition originale. ‎

‎[« Écrit satirique sur les gouverneurs coloniaux anglais et leur administration et dirigé surtout contre Sir F. B. Head. Ce volume fut publié en quatre livraisons » : Gagnon I, 3522. « William Henry Fleet, rédacteur du "Transcript" de Montréal » : Dionne III, 672 ].TPL 3246. Lande S 776. Amtmann F 428.‎