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178018801genève pellet 1780 -in-4 une carte ancienne gravée sur cuivre (Copper etching) en noir par André, gravée par Arrivet. Format : 31 x 20,5 cm, pour illustrer l'uvre de l'Abbé Guillaume-Thomas Raynal intitulée "l'Histoire philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes", pli central horizontal normal venant d'un atlas( horizontal centerfold), 1780 Genève Pellet Editeur,
2010dav0000752010. Soft Cover. Good. Gd. condition - A collection of artist on exhibition . #230/500 printed . KN7 paperback
20219788740061277-2025C & K 2021. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Jamaica Kincaid</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> C & K</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9788740061277</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2021</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 160</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Set against the enchanting backdrop of Antigua this novel follows the coming-of-age journey of a young girl named Annie John. Initially immersed in the warmth of her mother’s love Annie's idyllic childhood soon takes a turn as she grapples with her evolving identity and the complexities of familial relationships. Readers will explore themes of love resentment and the painful yet necessary process of self-discovery. Through Annie's eyes the narrative delves into the transition from childhood innocence to the tumultuous challenges of adolescence making it a profound study of personal growth and emotional conflict.<br /><br />This edition is particularly valuable for students and scholars interested in Caribbean literature gender studies and psychological character development. By examining Annie’s intricate relationships particularly with her mother readers will gain insights into the dynamics of familial bonds and the universal struggle for independence. This insightful portrayal not only highlights the cultural nuances of the Caribbean experience but also resonates with anyone navigating the often turbulent waters of growing up.</p> C & K hardcover
1946206442Kingston: Central Bureau of Statistics 1946. Folded three times; short tear at one fold very good. Printed map 16-1/2 x 21 in. printed on one side only. Official government map showing each of the island's fourteen parishes with statistical details: area population density dwellings schools illiteracy post offices main roadsetc. Central Bureau of Statistics unknown
20112092New York: Peter Freeman Inc 2011. First edition. 96 pp. Printed paper boards. A book of drawings by Swiss artist Silvia Bächli with text by Jamaica Kincaid. Of a total edition of 1000 copies this is one of 50 numbered copies signed by Bächli and Kincaid. Fine copy. Peter Freeman, Inc unknown
1990288962North Bennnington VT: Metropolitan Opera House 1990. unbound. very good. Uncommon A.L.S. "Jamaica" inside a greeting card to fellow New Yorker Magazine assistant-editor Betty Guyer gatefold 2 pages in full: "By now you can see Lucy is in a book. You have always been so kind to me with your words of support and I appreciate it greatly. Your life sounds wonderful. I wish it were mine except for where you play golf. I would just sit under a tree. Allen and I have two children now and we are very grateful to them. Perhaps too much so; at 2 and 6 they treat us the way children used to be treated with almost contempt and almost disapproval. It was of course how we wished to treat our own parents but instead of parents we had Gods! I miss the New Yorker too." Accompanied by the original holograph envelope with her full signature.<br/><br/> Antiguan-American novelist essayist and Professor of Black Studies at Harvard University.<br/><br/> Metropolitan Opera House unknown books
2005107378Washington DC: National Geographic 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Kincaid to author Nicholas Delbanco and his family: "To the D's with love from Jamaica. National Geographic hardcover
1981220112Marceline.: Jamaica Centennial History Committee. 1981. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Jamaica Centennial History Committee. hardcover
1836175381836. This pamphlet is a return to an Address of the House of Commons from March 25 1836 whereby the Agent of Jamaica William Burge protests against the unilateral abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Ordered to be printed by the House of Commons in London April 1836. 13 pages. 13" x 8.25" inches. Included within is a copy of three letters from the Agent to Lord Glenelg the British colonial secretary as well Burge's protest to Glenelg. Burge states: He is desirous that His Majesty's Government should understand that this Protest is made not as the performance of a formal act of official duty but from his conviction that the proposed legislation for Jamaica is a direct violation of the constitutional rights of that Colony rights coeval with its establishment and which have hitherto been respected." The Agent was a colonial official who was the official representative of a British colony who was based in London and acted as lobbyists and trade negotiators for the affairs of the colony. While Burge had at other times claimed to "hate" slavery he employs the British analogue of the "states rights'" argument that many moderate politicians in the United States used to signal personal distaste for slavery but to nonetheless protect the institution's existence on the basis of constitutionality. When the institution of slavery died out in the British Empire after 1836 the abolitionist movement in the US gained tremendous momentum despite the protests of our own William Burge's. This piece is overall in very good condition. unknown
2014BN274906Unionsverlag 2014. 2014. Softcover. Lucy <br/><br/>Lucy Jamaica Kincaid Unionsverlag paperback
1598 pages. An illustrated biographical record of men and women of the time. Sturdy recent red buckram binding. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Very Good English Original 36 b/w photographs taken by anonymous Turkish traveler to the US in 1958-59. 9x12,5 cm. Printed on Kodak Velox Paper. Embossed frames. Dated mostly February 1958 and April 1959. Photographs show the entrance of Rockefeller Plaza, New York with flags of various countries (including the Turkish flag); streets and districts of NY; Botanical Garden; Bronx Zoo of NY; New York Coliseum Long Island; Triboro Hospital of Jamaica (NY); QGH (Queens General Hospital) and parking cars in front of the building; Queens Hospital Center of NY; Animal Hospital (Boarding - Grooming); Road of Jamaica NY; Rockefeller Plaza building; Garden of QGH; building for doctors; Some American houses of NY; Ice rink of Rockefeller Plaza; Lakeshore, etc. A fine vintage photo collection of the 1950s' New York.
1989524075New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Edited by Bradford Morrow. Octavo. 287 9 ads pp. With several black and white illustrations. Green remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in price-clipped and very lightly worn near fine dust jacket. Signed by editor Bradford Morrow on the title page and Signed by Jamaica Kincaid Robert Coover John Edgar Wideman Patrick McGrath and William T. Vollmann at their contributions. Also prints contributions by Robert Creeley John Hawkes and Salman Rushdie among others. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
19832385FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX. NY 1983. Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain gold printed wrappers. Publicity material stapled to the inside of front cover. Author's FIRST book. . FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX. NY 1983 paperback
1890259881Jamaica 1890. Octagonal paper wrappers tied at spine with blue satin ribbon partial doilie inset to front cover lettering on cover partially chipped 2 complete doilies laid-in. Doilies in fine condition. Octagonal paper wrappers tied at spine with blue satin ribbon partial doilie inset to front cover lettering on cover partially chipped 2 complete doilies laid-in. Two elaborate doilies made from plant parts native to Jamaica. unknown books
61311c.1880. . Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition; Dimensions: 235 x 185mm. 9.5 x 7.5 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1880]. unknown
19739Westhorpe Westhorpe House Little Marlow Buckinghamshire . 23 June 1848. 3pp. 16mo. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged worn and creased. See both men's entries in the Oxford DNB. Nugent is delighted to learn of Wallich's 'appointment to the Superintendence of the Botanical Gardens at Calcutta' and is pleased that the post has made Wallich independent: 'I give myself Credit for having confirmed you in the Situation for it was highly favorable to the Company's Interests & I believe the Directors are sensible of it . What a Pleasure it must be to you to see alll your children provided for in such honorable Employment - It is a just Reward for all your Labours & you are fortunate in having adopted England as your Country where you can attend to their Interests'. He thanks him for sending a newspaper 'which reminds me of old Times though I have no longer any Tie in India'. He ends by offering to return any of the documents Wallich has sent him. Westhorpe [ Westhorpe House, Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire ]. 23 June 1848. unknown
Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
185158732ABLondon, Longman et al., 1851. XXIV, 508pp. With 8 tinted (3 color.) lithographic plates. Orig. green blindstamped cloth.
80 pages. Features: Beautiful color fashion ads; Nice ad for Sony Cassette-Corder inside front cover; Great one-page ad for Harness House features photo of gent with belts slung over his bare shoulder; The 'Black Mayonnaise' at the Bottom of Jamaica Bay - photo-illustrated article; Yale Faculty Makes the Scene - article with photos of Charles Reich, Kenneth Keniston, Erich Segal, Robert Lifton, Robert Penn Warren and Robert Brustein; Was Eisenhower a Political Genius? A Brilliant Man?; The Four Big Fears About Nuclear Power; Save the Children Federation ad features photo of young Glen Conway; 'Valentino' fashion photos; Interior design photos of Harrison Cultra's small city duplex. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
14751Duckenfield Hall Estate letter: On Hankey's letterhead of 7 Mincing Lane London EC; 29 December 1915. Meylersfield and Friendship Estates letter: no place; dated 26 June 1917. The two items are in very good condition on lightly-aged paper. Accompanying the two items is the envelope in which they were contained docketted: 'Letters. Duckinfield sic Hall Estate Meylersfield Estate & Friendship Estate Trust'. Both items are signed 'Cyril Gurney H. A. Trotter L. M. Harvey'. ONE Duckenfield Hall Estate letter: 1p. 4to. Begins: 'Owing to the value of Duckenfield Hall Estate being largely in excess of £6000 the sum at which it stands in the firm's books it is agreed between us that in the event of the death of a partner his executors shall receive a share of the surplus profits after ten per cent has been paid on £6000.' The letter continues on the topic of the action to be taken 'in the event of the estate being sold'. A descendant of the English judge Sir John Gurney 1768-1845 and a member of a prominent abolitionist family Cyril Gurney had married Margaret Evelyn Trotter in 1894. TWO: 1p. foolscap 8vo. Setting out what is to be done with 'any profit or surplus arising from the sale of Meylersfield Estate or from the trust in connection with he winding up of Friendship Estate.' From the Hankey & Co. banking archive. Duckenfield Hall Estate letter: On [Hankey's] letterhead of 7 Mincing Lane, London, EC; 29 December 1915. Meylersfield and Frien unknown
14752'Jamaica No 81'. Executive Committee Office. 26 January 1856. 3pp. foolscap 8vo. Bifolium. In good condition on lightly aged and worn paper. The letter begins: 'Gentlemen I am directed to inform you that a Bill of Exchange drawn by His Excellency the Governor and the Members of the Executive Committee on the Lords of the Treasury for the sum of £10.822 . 9 . 6 at thirty days' sight will be forwarded to you by the Receiver General by the present Mail together with Bills of the Colonial Bank making with the Bills already forwarded the further sum of £9.500 - and to provide altogether the sum of £20.000 which I am to instruct you to receive and pay to the Bank of England in liquidation of that amount payable there on the 1st April next for Interest and Sinking Fund on the Jamaica Guaranteed Loan.' The letter continues for more than a page in the same vein. From the Hankey & Co. banking archive. Underneath summary of contents "Ansd do 16 Feb. /56 the date of receiving W.W. William Wilson of Hankeys" has initialled 'Jamaica No 81'. Executive Committee Office. 26 January 1856. unknown
21422Mansfield Street London 8 Dec. 1807. One page 12mo bifolium docketed with names etc of the sender "Gen. Sir A. Clarke" and recipient of letter on p.4 a small part of which is stuck to p.2 separated from the other docketing. Text clear and complete. A mysterious further note appears above the letter text "Entd. OB 236". He says: The bearer George one of my Servants is so much grown that he cannot wear his Blue Livery Coat and Red Waistcoat. You must therefore let them former elided sufficiently in the Body & Sleeves; and lengthen the latter at the Cuffs to make them long enough - Pray do this in the best manner you can and as soon as possible." Mansfield Street, [London], 8 Dec. 1807. unknown
80 pages. Features:; Great Jamaica tourism ad; Safire on Sneer Words; Little Red Riding Hood Revisited; Love and Sex in China - The wall of puritanism the Communists built around China's sexual mores shows signs of crumbling, but a traditional Chinese reticence still remains - color-photo illustrated article; Past Master of Posters - A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron) - with beautiful colour examples of his work; Two-page color-photo ad for Jordache Jeans features topless gents with lady; Pianist Peter Serkin; Kirin Beer ad with Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympic Games theme; With the Afghan Rebels - article with photos; The Dark Roots of Violence; Nostalgic color-photo centerfold ad for Trissi features model at Walt Disney World; Six pages of *Gorgeous* color photos of 'Bathing Beauties of 1980';Amarone; Real estate and Camp ads; and more. Small library stamp on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of child musical prodigies at the Juilliard School; Nice Jamaica ad; Chivas Regal ad; Baileys Irish Cream ad; Safire on Hyphenating Americans; No More Orange Motorcycles; The Pleasures and Perils of Being a Child Prodigy - article with full-page color photo of violinist Charlie Kim; Stalin Makes a Comeback; The Georgia on L.A.'s Mind - Georgia Rosenbloom has helped guide the Los Angeles Rams into the playoffs - article with photos; Black & White Scotch ad features photos of Backgammon players Onnik Hovanesian, Lewis Deyong, William Boyd, Gloria Donahue, Irving Kellman, and others; Shoe Fashions; Camp ads; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
