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198158149West Kingston Jamaica: Brothers of the Poor / Eventide Home Institution 1981. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.75cm; original pictorial card wrappers; ii50pp; illus. Light wear rubbing and dust-soil to wrappers with a few tiny stains to same; contents clean; Very Good. A book produced to raise donations for the Eventide Relief Fund in the wake of the horrific May 20 1980 fire which tore through a building on the campus killing 157 people. The Eventide Home Institution was established in 1870 as a home for elderly women though it would eventually open its doors to the destitude crippled and severely handicapped children and men of the island. The home was perpetually underfunded and overcrowded with several buildings condemned repeatedly and described as "a tinderbox." Following an introduction by David Johnson the contents are largely dedicated to stark black & white photographs all captioned of the various types of residents the institution cares for virtually all in an exceedingly deplorable state. Scarce; OCLC notes 7 holdings NYPL UCLA Howard Ransom Center U.Illinois BL Natl.Library of Jamaica. Brothers of the Poor / Eventide Home Institution unknown
194951876AB1949-1953. Ca. 30 x 21 cm. Hektographierte Seiten. Farblich unterschiedliche Leinenbände mit teils geprägten Deckel- bzw. Rückentiteln.
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
1776List3149Knaresborough England 1776. Single three page letter measuring 6 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches. Normal wear; Near Fine. A letter from Nathaniel Sharpe in Knaresborough to Edmund Green a merchant in London addressed to Green at the Jamaica Coffee House. This café the first of its kind in London was established in the mid-17th century; in 17th and 18th century Britain coffee houses were popular meeting places particularly for conducting business. Sharpe writes to Green:<br /> <br /> “Your Esteem’d favour of the 22d is before me and the picture you have drawn of the situation of publick affairs are truly very alarming and have no doubt but the Representation is a very just and real one. . But to the following Fact place yourself in my situation and give me your Candid opinion Wether I am safe in letting £2200 lay any longer or whether I ought to call it in and place it out on a Security in this Country.â€<br /> <br /> He describes his investments and states that:<br /> <br /> “I have not one shilling in Trade since 1760 and in Decemr. 1762 Retir’d to this place and found myself in possession of a Happiness that I could ill brook to part with. And which I would wish to preserve. Should this sum be in no danger I can live as usual.â€<br /> <br /> The American Revolutionary War had a significant impact on the British economy; at the time Sharpe was writing although the conflict had been ongoing for some time the war itself was in its early days and uncertainty was high.<br /> <br /> Other than asking for financial advice Sharpe tells Green that Green’s “Brother Tommy had . taken a Cup of Liquor rather too freely and had been drawn into Cards†alarming their mother who had requested that Sharpe inform Green about the event; asks Green to visit her; and sends his good wishes to a mutual friend. unknown
Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
19970297531997. A promotional poster for the annual Toronto literary festival which each year since 1980 has brought together some of the best writers of contemporary world literature. This is one of only a handful of copies signed by all or most of the year's participants approximately 54 signatures. Signed by: Robert Stone Barry Lopez Richard Ford Michael Ondaatje Anne Michaels Colm Toibin Bharati Mukherjee Jamaica Kincaid Guy Vanderhaeghe Michael Turner Jane Urquhart Mavis Gallant Ann Beattie Nino Ricci James Reaney and many others. From the collection of the promoter of the festival Greg Gatenby. Designed by Richard Artschwager. 17" x 23". Rolled else fine. No Binding. Fine. unknown
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.
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
244p. Signed by the author Hardcover Very good condition good
1957ABE-14940638729846 PAGES 20,2 CM X 25,7 CM-1:DESSIN COULEURS-2: DISTRIBUTION-3: 4PHOTOS DU FILM-4: 3 PHOTOS DU FILM-5: PAROLES DE LA CHANSON COMPOSEE PAR FRANCIS LOPEZ, SUR FOND ILLUSTRE-6: PHOTOS DES ACTEURS (LUIS MARIANO, JANE SOURZA, DARRY COWL, FERNAND SARDOU, PAQUITA RICO, GISELE ROBERT), COULEURS
First and only edition, [2], 30pp., stitched as issued in blue paper wrappers, a very good copy. The author argues against putting an additional duty on sugar "which... would be a great hardship on the sugar-planter in the West Indies, and very little benefit to the revenue...". He sets out all the costs involved in producing sugar, such as the price of slaves and the cost of keeping them, the higher freight costs, insurance, cost of animals and contributions to the defence force. Finally, he states the advantages of the sugar trade for Britain and shows how an additional duty would be to the detriment of the trade. Goldsmiths'-Kress, 8163; Hanson, 5917; Sabin, 40397; ESTC gives the British Library as the only UK hold.
185158732ABLondon, Longman et al., 1851. XXIV, 508pp. With 8 tinted (3 color.) lithographic plates. Orig. green blindstamped cloth.
2082702115100131Heibonsha N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 188p Size: 20cm Heibonsha paperback
1019299568.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1988mon0000978774Virago Press Limited 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First edition 1988 Pages clean and bright Binding firm Light wear to edges Dust jacket unclipped. Virago Press Limited hardcover
0374266387.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2000Q-0374527075Farrar Straus and Giroux 2000-04-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback
1989Q-0452262356Plume 1989-07-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Plume paperback
Q-0374266387Farrar Straus and Giroux. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover
10242New York. 1988. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374266387. 96 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Signed by the Author. keywords: Caribbean Antigua American Literature Women. DESCRIPTION - �If you go to Antigua as a tourist this is what you will see. If you come by airplane you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall V.C. Bird is the Prime Minister of Antigua. You may be the sort of tourist who would wonder why a Prime Minister would want an air- port named after him - why not a school why not a hospital why not some great public monument. You are a tourist and you have not yet seen. .' So begins Jamaica Kincaid's new book which shows us what we have not yet seen of the place where she grew up - a ten-by-twelve-mile island in the British West Indies. First there is the perhaps familiar aerial view of this longed-for place the disproportionately large airport the careening drive over bad roads in a Japanese taxi the dilapidated school and hospital the mockery of a library. Then there is the sea: �That water - have you ever seen anything like it Far out to the horizon the color of the water is navy blue; nearer the water is the color of the North American sky. Oh what beauty!' What follows is less familiar a new point of view for it is unlikely that on vacation you have had the time to think clearly about the people you are visiting - their colonial history their government their manners their sense of time - or about their opinion of you. You are English or European or American escaping the banality and corruption of your large place; they are Antiguan formerly British and unable to escape the same drawbacks of their own little realm. This expansive essay - lyrical sardonic and forthright by turns in a Swiftian mode - cannot help but amplify our vision of one small place and all that it signifies. inventory #10242 hardcover
200059468NY: Farraar Straus Giroux 2000. First paperback edn. 8vo pp. 81. Printed wraps signed by the author. A fine copy. Farraar Straus Giroux unknown books
1837333372London: Printed by J. C. Chappell 1837. First edition. xii 282 vii 1pp. 8vo. Contemporary cloth black morocco spine label yellow endpapers. First edition. xii 282 vii 1pp. 8vo. An impassioned appeal by Henry Sterne resident of St. George Jamaica in defense of "apprentices" i.e. newly-freed slaves following the 1834 emancipation in the West Indies who have suffered mistreatment citing detailed legal cases and presenting legal and religious arguments: "The iron yoke of slavery for apprenticeship is equally as bad if not worse still reigns. The lash dungeons and chains are in constant attendance throughout the land and will remain so for near four long years to come" p. vii. Sabin 91337; not in Cundall Printed by J. C. Chappell unknown
In 8°; VIII, 424, 115 pp. Legatura coeva in cartoncino rigido con piatti foderati con carta azzurra. Esemplare in ottime condizioni di conservazione ed ancora in barbe. Antica firma di appartenenza al recto del piatto anteriore "Watson Alcock". Prima rara edizione di questo celeberrimo trattato sulle febbri che colpirono sul finire del XVIII° secolo la Jamaica e le coste nordamericane. L'autore servì per due anni nel reggimento scozzese di stanza a New York e risiedette anche per un certo periodo in Jamaica. "The observations, contained in the following pages, were made during the time that I lived in Jamaica, or while I attended some part of the army in America. The materials were collected between the years 1774 and 1782" (Preface, p. iii). L'autore è riconosciuto come uno degli innovatori delle tecniche di cura delle febbri gialle. Si opponeva in modo deciso all'eccessivo uso del bisturi promuovendo tecniche di cura farmacologiche e preventive. Egli parte dalle osservazioni fatte da Ramazzini nel territorio modenese per cercare poi punti di contatto con altre testimonianze di "febbri intermittenti" segnalate in vari luoghi del mondo cercando un collegamento che ne dimostri la causa. Analizza poi casi pratici ed epidemie che colpirono la Jamaica e le coste nordamericane e nelle quali Jackson fu testimone oculare. Prima edizione in barbe. First edition a very good copy.
186724796London: Hurst and Blackett 1867. First edition. 355 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in 3/4 contemporary green morocco and marbled boards marbled edges. Veryu Good. First edition. 355 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation on endpaper "C. Noles 1st Prize for Mental Arith Presented by Mr. Burden of Duke Street Grovenor Square." <br /> He travelled to Jamaica Haiti which he called "Niggerdom" and the Southern States. Hurst and Blackett unknown
186724796London: Hurst and Blackett 1867. First edition. 355 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in 3/4 contemporary green morocco and marbled boards marbled edges. Veryu Good. First edition. 355 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation on endpaper "C. Noles 1st Prize for Mental Arith Presented by Mr. Burden of Duke Street Grovenor Square." <br/>He travelled to Jamaica Haiti which he called "Niggerdom" and the Southern States. Hurst and Blackett unknown books
