HELEN KELLER-Sketch for a Portrait
by Van Wyck Brooks
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near FINE/VG++
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
NZ$37.09NZ$29.68
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1956. HELEN KELLER- Sketch for a Portrait- Van Wyck Brooks- E. P. Dutton- NY-Toronto 1956- 1st Edition-1st Printing-Canadian-Stated Hardcover:-12mo Near FINE/VG++ dj rubbed and nicked otherwise nicely sound- Review by Clifton Fadiman included. 166pp all clean and crisp- "Bound in blue cloth, with white lettering to the spine, and the publisher's device in white on the front board. Very minor shelf-wear at the extremities. Clean, tight, and bright throughout." Deaf and blind from the age of eighteen months and quite unable throughout her early childhood to communicate with the rest of humanity she was led into our world of mental light by "Teacher", Anne Sullivan. This book gives accounts of Hellen Keller's parental background, her pitiful childhood up to the age of six, and her development thereafter ... Non-fiction-Helen Keller-biography-Movie- tie-in- (260) More photos on request. . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. Near FINE/VG++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 260
- Title
- HELEN KELLER-Sketch for a Portrait
- Author
- Van Wyck Brooks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near FINE
- Jacket Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Non-fiction-Helen Keller-biography
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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- 12mo
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