Optimism

New York: T. Y. Crowell , 1903. Fine in green cloth with gilt and red lettering and decorations, top edge gilt. The bookplate of Edna Johnson, longtime assistant professor of English at Indiana University, which features a lady reading. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, 75, [1] pages, frontispiece (portrait). A lovely copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No… Read more about this item

New York: C. Y. Crowell and Company 1903. Small 8vo. 76 pp. Publisher's gilt-decorated cloth, with top edge gilt. Minor marks to the boards and bubling to the rear. Binding firm and internally clean, with slight toning to the pages. Contemporary gift inscription in ink to the front endpaper and orginal book seller's sticker to the rear paste down. Title-page… Read more about this item

New York, T.Y. Crowell and Company, 1903. Hardcover. Extremities slightly worn; small white mark at top of rear cover; otherwise very good condition. The first printing ("Published November 1903") of this book appears to exist in at least three states. In this one, probably preceeding the others, the frontis portrait is tipped in, the dedication ("To my teacher") is… Read more about this item

New York: Crowell Company, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. 8vo. Green cloth covers with red and gilt filigree design to (somewhat smudged) front board. Rubbing to extremities and nudged corners. Frontis photograph of Helen Keller in (graduating) board and gown. 76 pp. Bookplate of Philip Ranney Brooks ("Hys Booke") to front pastedown. Brooks was a well-known northwest lumberman… Read more about this item

Bottom of the Hill Publishing, 2011-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Bottom of the Hill Publishing, 2011-03-01. Paperback. Good.

Wilder Publications, 2012-04-06. Paperback. Good.

Bottom of the Hill Publishing, 2011-03-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

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Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Crowell and Company, 1903. First edition, printed by Merrymount Press. Portrait frontispiece. 76 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine. First edition, printed by Merrymount Press. Portrait frontispiece. 76 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Keller dedicates this book to her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy with whose help she graduated from Radcliffe in 1904.

New York, T.Y. Crowell and Company, 1903. Hardcover. Several faint stains on covers, and small red mark and white stain on rear cover; extremities slightly worn; otherwise very good condition. The first printing ("Published November 1903") of this book appears to exist in at least three states. In this one, probably preceeding the others, the frontis portrait is tipped… Read more about this item

New York, T.Y. Crowell and Company, 1903. Hardcover. Extremities slightly worn; endpapers faintly soiled; otherwise very good condition. The first printing of this book (published November, 1903) appears to exist in at least three states. In this one, the frontis portrait is printed on the page (not tipped in), the dedications ("To my teacher") is near the middle of… Read more about this item

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New York: Crowell and Co., 1903. New York: Crowell and Co., 1903. Bound in green cloth with gold and red stamps. Some minor mottling to front panel. The second book by Helen Keller; a stellar essay in three parts - Optimism Within; Optimism Without; and the Practice of Optimism. 76 pp.. First Edition. All corners are bumped.. Decorative Cloth. Very… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York:: Crowell,. 1903. Hardcover. Reprint copy in lightly to moderately worn/spotted green cloth covers. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper; hinges sound, uncracked. Pages unmarked, with occasional foxing. ; .