The Prodigious Caribbean (First Printing) From Columbus To The West Indies: Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Trinidad, Curacao, & Panama Forbes, Rosita African-American History & Black Interest,Carribbean & West Indies

Cassell, London. 1940. 314 pages. First edition, first printing. Book is tight and clean. Binding and hinges are sound. Small faint scuff, barely, on red cloth of front panel. Pages and endpapers are bright and clean. Original uncommon DJ with 15s net price intact on flap. DJ shows small closed tear along top edge with rubbing along flap fold. The celebrated yet controversial travel writer takes up the history and social conditions of multiple Caribbean nations from Columbus up to 1940. One of Forbes more elusive titles in dust jacket. Near Fine/VG.