[Rarebooks] FS: Martin Luther King, Jr. STRENGTH TO LOVE Inscribed to his children's babysitter

[Charles Agvent]

Another fine item just catalogued for the New York Book Fair.  The complete list 
should be on our website late tomorrow.

KING, Martin Luther. STRENGTH TO LOVE Inscribed to a Neighbor  and
Babysitter  for  his  Children. New York: Harper & Row  (1963).  First
Edition.  King's  second  book and first collection  of  his  sermons.
INSCRIBED  and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper: "To my
friend/Rachel     Ward/With    Best      wishes/and   warm    Personal
Regards/Martin."  Rachel  Ward is mentioned by Dexter Scott King,  son
of  Martin Luther King, Jr., in his book GROWING UP KING: AN  INTIMATE
MEMOIR  when  he  describes  his home life in 1967:  "The  kitchen  is
beyond  the dining room. There my mother or the ladies who helped her,
Mrs.  Dorothy  Lockhart or Mrs. Newman or sometimes Mrs. Rachel  Ward,
caused  a  racket of pots and pans. Mrs. Ward and Mrs.  Patricia  Cook
Latimore  sometimes  looked  after  us  when Mom and  Dad  had  to  do
important  business."  Dexter was seven years old when his father  was
killed  in  1968. Genuinely signed books by King are hard to come  by;
those  with  such a fine association as this are  rarely  encountered.
Very  Good  in  a  bright,  Near  Fine  dustwrapper  with  mild  wear.
                                                              $15,000.00
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