(JAMAICA) [Long Edward] The History of Jamaica

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(JAMAICA.) [Long, Edward.] The History of Jamaica. 5 (of 6) maps, 10 plates. 3 volumes. 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century, moderate wear; toned, minor dampstaining, lacking the frontispiece map of Jamaica, the title page of Volume III, and most of the last 2 leaves of Volume I. London, 1774

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"A classic in its field . . . still one of the best and most nearly complete accounts of colonial government in existence"--Ragatz page 199. Long resided in Jamaica from 1757 to 1769, mostly as a judge and lieutenant governor. Cundall, Jamaica 2; Sabin 41871.