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THBHelen Keller Signed "Journal" 1st Edition, Assoc. Copy
About Seller
4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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LiveJul 6, 2024
Our July 6-7 Live Auction in Knoxville features more than 1,000 lots of Fine Art, Antiques and Jewelry from the founding family of Rogersville, TN, and from the historic Pinckney family of Charleston, SC; from the estate of William J. Eskind of Nashville; the living estate of Jerry Waters, Maryville, the estate of U.S. Ambassador Ron Schlicher of Brentwood, and from other fine estates and private and museum collections. Sale starts 9 AM Eastern Time on Saturday, July 6 (lots #1-671) and continues at 1 PM Sunday, July 7 (lots #672-1086) at our Knoxville Gallery, 4310 Papermill Drive. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
HELEN KELLER'S JOURNAL 1936-1937, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company. 1938. Hardcover, stated First Edition. 8vo, 313pp, Inscribed on FFEP "To Pearl / With grateful memories / of her sweet hospitality / Sincerely / Helen Keller / October [24]th 1939" (possibly Pearl S. Buck, with whom Keller had an ongoing friendship). Publisher's original red cloth boards with gilt-stamped cover and spine, deckle fore-edge; dust jacket is present albeit missing front interior flap. Also included is a letter dated February 29, 1944 sent from Helen Keller regarding fundraising for the American Foundation for the Blind; with facsimile signature. Note: Records of the correspondence from Pearl S Buck to Helen Keller can be found online. One begins, “I have just this morning finished reading the book you gave me. I cannot tell you how I value it, not only because you gave it to me, and inscribed it with your own hands, but also because it records such...”
Condition
Book in Good Condition, evenly toned pages, front cover and FFEP show slight dampstaining; previous owners' bookplate pasted inside cover; DJ missing front interior flap, chips along spine and edges.
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