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

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); dark blue decorative paper covered boards; titled in black and white on spine; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 131pp. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, faint foxing to topstain; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00) with light..... More

[West Kingston, Jamaica: Brothers of the Poor / Eventide Home Institution, 1981]. First Edition. A book produced to raise donations for the Eventide Relief Fund in the wake of the horrific May 20, 1980 fire, which tore through a building on the campus, killing 157 people. The Eventide Home Institution..... More

[Baltimore, MD and Marietta, PA: ca 1833-1838]. Quarto manuscript notebook of ca 80 leaves, of which 72 (i.e., 144 pp) are fully used; entries dated from September 1833 to September 1838, ca.15,000–20,000 words in total. Half red-dyed sheep over marbled boards, ruled paper; slightly rubbed externally but generally well-preserved, with..... 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