[Rarebooks] FS: STRENGTH TO LOVE Inscribed by Martin Luther King, Jr. to a Babysitter of his Children
Charles Agvent
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Wed Aug 28 12:39:02 EDT 2013
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. (#012978) $20,000.00
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