Rutland: Geo. A. Tuttle & Co., 1855. The blind Vermont author's second published work, aboult Lizza, the daughter of a "Gypsy," inspired by the success of the blind Boston author Helen De Kroyft. Unlike De Kroyft, however, Pratt wrote not to alleviate poverty, but to "devote...to the causes fo self-culture..... More

Boston: Howe Memorial Committee; Printed by Albert J. Wright, 1876. Octavo (21cm). Original grey paper wraps, printed in black on front; [viii], 127pp; frontispiece portrait. Ex-library, with rubber and embossed stamps to front cover, frontispiece, and title page. A sound copy, light soil and minor chips to wraps, rear wrap..... More

Boston: Thomas Todd, (1904). First Edition. 16mo (15.5cm x 8.5cm); staple-bound, printed card wrappers; 16pp. Faint crease to text block, else a fine, unworn example. Transcript of Keller's 1904 address, calling for reform in the area of blind education. A very fresh copy. More

New York: Appleton-Century, 1937. First American Edition. Odd and uncommon working-class novel, concerning a murder and a love triangle involving two blind basket-weavers. The setting is Cape Town; the author was an Australian-born South African. There were American and British editions but no South African edition that we can find;..... More