April 12, 2024
1903 THE STORY OF MY LIFE HELEN KELLER 1st EDITION 1st PRINTING DEAF BLIND
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1903 THE STORY OF MY LIFE HELEN KELLER 1st EDITION 1st PRINTING DEAF BLIND Description: UP FOR SALE TODAY IS: THE STORY OF MY LIFE by HELEN KELLER Hardcover. 8vo. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1903. 441 pgs. Illustrated with photos. First edition/First Printing. Bound in maroon boards with gilt titles. Deckled page edge. Top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Large previous owner's name present to the FFEP; smaller name present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards rubbed and worn to the extremities. From the wikipedia page on Helen Keller: Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. Her birthday on June 27 is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and was authorized at the federal level by presidential proclamation by President Jimmy Carter in 1980, her 100th birthday. A prolific author, Keller was well-travelled and outspoken in
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