[Rarebooks] St. Croix, Virgin Islands: 3 scarce imprints

[Norman Kane]

We offer the following scarce St. Croix imprints:

COLONIAL LAW FOR THE DANISH WESTINDIA ISLANDS.  Christiansborg, the 27th
November, 1863.[vignette of royal seal]. St. Croix: Printed at Mrs.
Harriett Hatchett's Printing Office, n.d. [1864?]
30pp.  Self-wraps, cover-title.   A little worn.  NN only in NUC.  (In
effect, a Constitution, setting out rules for elections, the judiciary,
taxation, &c, plus a bill of rights. It is worth noting that the printer
was a woman.)   $175.00

STATISTICS REGARDING LANDED PROPERTIES  IN THE ISLAND OF ST. 
CROIX                           . . .  showing the quantity of sugar 
shipped . . . to 1857.  (St. Croix:
published with the sanction of the Royal Government by P. B. Hatchett;
printed at the "Avis" Office, 1859.)  Sewn, 68, [11]pp. Caption-title;
imprint on p.68.  Tears, mostly marginal; somewhat worn & fragile.   Name
of Joseph Carson, Baltimore, at top of title. We find no listings of this
valuable document, which gives an historical record of each property, the
number of slaves (in the earlier period), improvements such as windmills,
acres under cultivation, land transfers, &c.  At the end there are 11
tables showing who shipped how much sugar year by year for the periods
1835-49 & 1850-57.   $225.00

REPORT ON SUGAR MANUFACTURING IN ST. CROIX, etc. 1874.  Rendered by Cand.
Polyt.J. WULFF. (Translated from the Danish original.)  [We presume this is
(Johan Frederik) Julius WULFF, 1852-1924.]  N.p., {Christiansted?
1874?}  Caption-title, 17pp. fastened with a brass pin, legal length,
double-columns, folded. Modest wear.  Here again we find no record of this
piece.   $225.00


	
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