A High Wind In Jamaica

by Hughes, Richard

Richard Hughes’ A High Wind in Jamaica is the first of only three novels the author published in his lifetime. The novel tells the story of an English family, the Bas-Thorntons, living in late 19th century colonial Jamaica. When the “high wind” of a hurricane hits the island, Mr. and Mrs. Bas-Thornton decide to send their five children back to England ahead of their own return. From there, adventure ensues.

In following the experiences of the children almost exclusively, Hughes takes a highly original approach into the relationship of power between adults and children. Because of this, A High Wind in Jamaica has been referred to as one of the best book for adults about children. It is also ranked 71st on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century.

First Edition Identification

Chatto and Windus first published A High Wind in Jamaica in late 1929. Bound in green cloth, the 283-page first editions contain no additional printings listed on the copyright page.

Other Collectible or Notable Editions

US publisher Harper & Brothers published the novel in the spring of 1929­—preceding the UK publication—though under the original title: The Innocent Voyage. Hughes renamed his novel in time for its British publication with Chatto and Windus and then Harper followed suit, making the edition with the original title a valuable rarity.

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Bright green cloth boards, gilt lettering on the spine, dark green top edge. Some foxing to the page edges otherwise a VG+ copy in like spine-darkened D/W with a touch of rubbing at the spine ends. This copy has the SCARCE… Read more about this item
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Chatto & Windus, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1930. Fifth Impression. 283 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages are loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Markings to some pages. Boards have light shelf-wear… Read more about this item
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A High Wind in Jamaica. [In]: "Life and Letters", Edited by Desmond MacCarthy. Vol. III. No. 15. August, 1929

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London. Life and Letters. 1929, 1929. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo, 21.5cm, the First Edition. pp[iii]82-242, ads., in the original patterned printed wraps, very good to fine (s1). - The first appearance of "High Wind in Jamaica", contained in whole issue of "Life and Letters
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Chatto & Windus, 1931. Hardcover. Good. 1931. First Issued. 284 pages. No dust jacket. Blue embossed cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and… Read more about this item
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1929. A first edition, first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1929. A very good+ book - a little mottled to the boards - SIGNED by the Author to the title page without dedication, in a very good unclipped wrapper with some light nicks and tears and a browned spine, with a little fading… Read more about this item
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New York: Time Incorporated, 1963. Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. xiv, 241 pp. Spine faded and creased, else fine.
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. The first impression of Richard Hughes' best known novel, an interesting work on the ending of the British Empire. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'A High Wind in Jamaica' is a novel following the lives of the Bas-Thornton… Read more about this item
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London: Chatto and Windus,, 1929. First UK edition, first impression. Hughes's first and most famous novel, A High Wind in Jamaica was "an immediate best-seller", which "seeks to explode, by means of irony, the Romantic literary tradition of the child as essentially innocent, which had become decadent in the popular Victorian novel" (ODNB). This copy contains a loosely inserted… Read more about this item
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. 283pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 orange cloth with decorative floral paper covered boards and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed and bumped. The spine is discolored and subtly stained. There is a 1/4 inch loss from the cloth at the head of the… Read more about this item
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Penguin Books Ltd., 1968. Paperback. Acceptable. 1968. Reprinted. 192 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Slight cracking to front hinge. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Paper cover has mild edge wear with scuffing to edges and creasing. Small splits to joints. Book has rolled spine. Light tanning to spine and… Read more about this item
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. Hardcover. Very good. First limited edition #126/150, signed by Hughes on limitation page. Floral decorated boards with red quater cloth, gilt spine text. Top edge gilt. Bookseller label on inside front. Spine-cocked and light soiling, edge wear. No jacket (issued with a glassine one). Hughes' first and most famous novel, publilshed in America as… Read more about this item
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CHatto & Windus. Used - Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Some age-toning and edgewear to dj. (not price-clipped). Illustration on front panel in good condition. Light green cloth with gilt itles. The first U.K. edition (it was published in the U.S. a few months earlier, with a diffrent title). Very Good. (Subject: ).
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A High Wind in Jamaica (Collection of British and American Authors, Vol. 5006)

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Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Tauchnitz edition. Originally published in 1929 by Chatto and Windus. 16mo. 272pp., 32pp. Light foxing on page edges, extremities modestly rubbed, near fine without dustwrapper. British novel adapted into film of the same name.
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1973. 284pp. Green cloth gilt.WATER-DAMAGED BINDING.Suitable for re-binding or reading copy.. 1st edition. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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