Keller (Helen) Out of the Dark
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London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket.
First UK edition this key canonical title from the pen of visual impaired author and activist Helen Keller – despite the title, this is in fact a series of essays on socialism. Distinctly uncommon in the dust-jacket.
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VG+/VG, foxing to preliminary leaves and throughout, ink dedication on reverse of frontispiece, in a VG wrapper that is darkened to the spine and has separated between the spine and the back panel (could be easily reattached)
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