Author: HAWTAYNE, GEORGE HAMMOND:
Title: West Indian Yarns by 'X. Beke'. Demerara, J. Thomson, publisher, Georgetown, 1884.
Description: . Pp. (iv), 137. With some staining. Contemporary half calf, printed title on upper cover and title label on spine, rubbed and stained. First edition in book-form. A collection of humorous stories by a British colonial administrator of British Guiana 1881-99. Demerara is a historical region in the Guianas, today part of Guyana. Previously published in the newspaper Argosy. Scarce.

Keywords: Americas, west indies, guyana, the guianas, south america, americana, travel, exploration, humour, literature,


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