[Rarebooks] FS: Martin Luther King's STRENGTH TO LOVE Inscribed to the babysitter of his children

[Charles Agvent]

Last chance at this price:

KING,  Martin Luther, Jr. [Martin Luther King, Jr.].  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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