BURDON, Katharine Janet

A Handbook of St. Kitts- Nevis

A Presidency of the Leeward Islands Colony containing information for residents and visitors concerning the islands of St. Christopher or St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla.

Stock Code

105245

LondonWest India Committee1920

£200

A comprehensive and detailed guide to the St Kitts-Nevis with chapters on geology, flora and tourist information.

The author was the wife of Sir John Burdon , previously the Colonial Secretary of Barbados (Acting Governor 1910-11) who after their marriage became the administrator of St. Kitts and Nevis (1916-1925) He later became the Governor-General of British Honduras from 1925 to 1932.

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First edition. 8vo ( 17.5 x 13 cm), viii, 247 pages folded frontispiece, 12 plates, 5 maps (some folded), folding plan, some pencilling inside; bound in publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered, worn and faded; overall a good solid copy.