Keller, Helen (1880-1968) The World I Live In

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Keller, Helen (1880-1968) The World I Live In, Signed. New York: Century, 1908.
Octavo, first edition, inscribed in pencil by Keller on ffep, "To Aunt Sophia, with love, Helen Keller," four illustrations, in green gilt-decorated publisher's cloth, extremities worn, 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Sophia Crocker Hopkins was a housemother at the Perkins School for the Blind, and mentored Anne Sullivan. Both Keller and Sullivan visited "Aunt Sophia" on Cape Cod, at her summerhouse in Brewster, Massachusetts. Keller learned to write using a grooved letter board.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

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