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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
9788556521316ALFAGUARA. new. Desde a f�ria do fim passando pelo passado sublime e pelo futuro s��rdido Jamaica Kincaid nos brinda com uma hist��ria inesquec�vel sobre separa��o mas tambǸm sobre o que significa continuar lutando. O sr. Sweet comp��e em seu est�dio enquanto a sra. Sweet passa o tempo na cozinha escrevendo. Seus filhos correm pela grande casa que um dia pertenceu a Shirley Jackson. Contudo a perfeita imagem da fam�lia tradicional americana Ǹ abalada quando o marido deixa a esposa por uma mulher mais jovem. AtravǸs dos fluxos de consci�ncia de m�ltiplos personagens Jamaica Kincaid mostra as ang�stias profundas que existem por trǭs de uma aparente perfei��o. Uma anǭlise ferina sobre as diversas maneiras como o transcorrer dos anos afeta um casamento Agora veja ent�o Ǹ um livro ao mesmo tempo singelo e potente. Os personagens em confronto se desesperam em situa����es cotidianas suas mentes tentando entender linearmente uma realidade que aqui de fato n�o Ǹ linear. Escrevendo no passado no presente e no futuro Kincaid faz da passagem do tempo sua principal ferramenta narrativa. ""O dom de Kincaid Ǹ contar uma experi�ncia comum com ferocidade m�tica."" �New York Times Book Review ""Agora veja ent�o Ǹ a hist��ria de uma esposa rejeitada como se fosse escrita por Gertrude Stein e Virginia Woolf."" � NPR ALFAGUARA 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
20051391137Washington DC: National Geographic Society 2005. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 191 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Light blue spine with black and red lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$20.00 U.S./ $29.00 Canada/ £12.99 U.K." and has mild shelving wear. Boards have bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild wear along the edges and stains on the head edge. Signed flat by Jamaica Kincaid on the front end-page. Shelved Room C. 1391137. Special Collections. National Geographic Society hardcover
2005Q-0792265300National Geographic 2005-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! National Geographic hardcover
2007Q-142620096xNational Geographic 2007-07-17. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! National Geographic paperback
2007DADAX142620096XNational Geographic 2007-07-17. Reprint. paperback. New. 5.59x0.53x8.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. National Geographic paperback
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
19893693Zurich: Parkett 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Slipcased. Autographed by Eric Fischl. Also autographed by Jamaica Kincaid. Illustrated boards. From the art book collection of Canadian writer Greg Gatenby. Greg's ownership signature to top right corner of front endpaper. Fine copy. Parkett hardcover
198981445Knopf. New. 1989. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- - Corresponds to ASIN: B002WWWWWI. 18 pages 4to. 9 illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . Knopf paperback
198981444Knopf. New. 1989. Hardcover. 0394580354 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- - Corresponds to ASIN: B001ISIFZ0. 18 pages 4to. 9 illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . Knopf hardcover
