[JAMAICA] BERRY, JamesBiblio.com
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1975réf. 85005London: Limestone Publications / The City Literary Institute 1975. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.75cm; mimeographed sheets stapled into pink card wrappers printed in black; 23-32pp. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez inscribed to him by the author on the title page: "Roberto Marquez / with best wishes / July 27 1976 / James Berry / 108 Stanford Avenue / Brighton / Sussex England." Early collection of verse by the Jamaican poet who migrated to the UK in 1948. He was known for being one of the earliest writers to integrate Jamaican vernacular in his poetry. The title poem is written in the voice of Lucy a Jamaican woman newly arrived in London and missing Jamaica and many of the poems represented here share the perspective of Jamaican migrants in English society. A nice inscription to Marquez who at the time was founder and editor of the journal Caliban: A Journal of New World Thought and Writing. Uncommon; OCLC notes a single holding at Cambridge. 85005. Limestone Publications / The City Literary Institute unknown
1981réf. 58149West 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 books
1975réf. 85005London: Limestone Publications / The City Literary Institute 1975. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.75cm; mimeographed sheets stapled into pink card wrappers printed in black; 23-32pp. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez inscribed to him by the author on the title page: "Roberto Marquez / with best wishes / July 27 1976 / James Berry / 108 Stanford Avenue / Brighton / Sussex England." Early collection of verse by the Jamaican poet who migrated to the UK in 1948. He was known for being one of the earliest writers to integrate Jamaican vernacular in his poetry. The title poem is written in the voice of Lucy a Jamaican woman newly arrived in London and missing Jamaica and many of the poems represented here share the perspective of Jamaican migrants in English society. A nice inscription to Marquez who at the time was founder and editor of the journal Caliban: A Journal of New World Thought and Writing. Uncommon; OCLC notes a single holding at Cambridge. 85005. Limestone Publications / The City Literary Institute unknown books
1983réf. 10022Inscribed with best wishes Jamaica Kincaid. Kincaid's first book a collection of short stories praised by Susan Sontag and Derek Walcott. The majority of the stories appeared in The New Yorker. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover
1989réf. 19594NY: KNOPF. Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in slipcase. 0394580354 . First trade edition after a limited edition produced by the Whitney Museum. SIGNED by Jamaica Kincaid on title page. Fine in quarter cloth & boards laid-into the publisher's pictorial card slipcase. . KNOPF. hardcover
1983réf. 500715New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing. Signed by the author. Advance review copy with publisher's material and author's photograph laid in. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover
1983réf. 14441New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1983. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Author's first book ten stories. They are: Girl - In the Night - At Last - Wingless - Holidays - The Letter From Home - What I Have Been Doing Lately - Blackness - My Mother- At the Bottom of the River. Farrar , Straus and Giroux hardcover
1985réf. 873Vintage Books 1985. Paperback. Near Fine. 82 pp. Near Fine softcovr SIGNED by author Vintage Books paperback
1983réf. 500715New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing. Signed by the author. Advance review copy with publisher's material and author's photograph laid in. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
1983réf. 14441New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1983. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Author's first book ten stories. They are: Girl - In the Night - At Last - Wingless - Holidays - The Letter From Home - What I Have Been Doing Lately - Blackness - My Mother- At the Bottom of the River. Farrar , Straus and Giroux hardcover books
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2018réf. 2-6202305967Scholars' Press 2018. Paperback. New. 192 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.44 inches. Scholars' Press paperback
réf. 009942682X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 22472'Done and performed in my Office of Secretary of the said Island of Jamaica At Saint Jago de la Vega this 31 day of May annoque domini One thousand Eight hundred and nineteen 1819'. In 1824 Bullock held the public offices of Island Storekeeper and Public Messenger. He was also Secretary of the Island and Notary Public. On one side of a 32 x 20 cm piece of laid paper with Whatman watermark dated 1817. In good condition lightly aged with parts of the edges cut down. Seal under paper at bottom left. In a secretarial hand with Bullock only supplying the date and his signature 'W Bullock Not Pub'. Headed 'Jamaica Is.' Reads: 'I William Bullock Esqire Secretary and notary public of this His Majesty's said Island of Jamaica duly admitted allowed and sworn Do hereby Certify and make known to all to whom these presents shall come or may concern that the instrument in writing hereunto annexed signed and attested by me is a true Copy of an act of the Govern Council and assembly of this His Majesty's said Island passed the nineteenth day of December last Entitled "An Act to Constitute certain persons a Corporate Body for taking up conveying into and through the City of Kingston a certain Stream of Water for supplying the said City and the Shipping resorting thereto" as the same remains on record in this my Office of Secretary of the said Island I having carefully compared and Examined the same". 'Done and performed in my Office of Secretary of the said Island [of Jamaica] At Saint Jago de la Vega this 31 day of May annoqu unknown
réf. 1517910293.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1983réf. 928Z16New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1983. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. A signed first edition of this collection of short stories with themes of mother daughter relationships by Jamaica Kincaid in the original dust wrapper. The first edition first printing as stated to the edition page. Inscribed by the author to the title page: 'For Dave with much thanks Jamaica Kincaid'. This collection of short stories was written by Jamaica Kincaid an American-Antiguan novelist and gardener. Many of the short stories features themes of mother and daughter relationships life in Antigua and the experiences of young women. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. The wrap is also lovely with only the slightest marks to the rear and sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Fine Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover
1983159 pages. "Deserted by his wife Estella, Jake is engaged in the symbolic carving of Samson whose story is not unlike his own." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
197466 pages. Features: Official Wrestling Ratings; Bobby Shane loses his hair - photo with writeup; Great photo of Muhammad Ali with the Mighty Zulu, plus writeup; Bobby Heenan's Terrible Plot to Destroy Bruno Sammartino! - article with photos, including henchman Baron Fritz Von Raschke; The Jamaica Kid - photos and article; Nick Bockwinkle and Ray Stevens Tag Team - photos and article; Tony Marino article with photos; Ole Anderson says he has found Jack Brisco's weakness - article with photos; Great article and photos of Andre the Giant; Article and photos of Midge Wrestlers, including Little Beaver and Sky Low Low; Susan and Barbara wrestle - photos and article; A Look into Chief Wahoo McDaniel's personal photo album; Analyzing wrestler handwriting!; Photos of Mighty Igor and his plans for the Sheik; John Tolos article with photos; Great full-page ad for "Love Doll" blow-up doll; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1890réf. 211388London: William Blackwood & Sons 1890. First Edition. Frontispiece five full page illustrations. xii 131 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Blue pictorial cloth. Spotting and damp flaws to cloth at upper corners chiefly on back cover not affecting text some minor rubbing else about a very good copy. First Edition. Frontispiece five full page illustrations. xii 131 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Jamaican dialect folk stories including West African Anansi tales. William Blackwood & Sons hardcover
1780réf. 18801genève 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,
2002réf. I-448-075LGF - Livre de Poche 2002. Paperback. Good. Former library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. LGF - Livre de Poche paperback
2010réf. dav0000752010. Soft Cover. Good. Gd. condition - A collection of artist on exhibition . #230/500 printed . KN7 paperback
1946réf. 206442Kingston: 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
2011réf. 2092New 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
