Memoirs of Eminent Blind Authors

Beauties and Achievements of the Blind.

Auburn: Published for the Authors, 1865.

Price: $150.00


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Frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Memoirs of Eminent Blind Authors. Original squash cloth, decorated in blind. Signature of Charles P. Capron, Springfield, Ohio Oct 6, 1865 on endpaper. Soiled, spine darkened, some rubbing and fraying, shaken, short tears on endpapers, some browning and spotting of text, generally light. Harris "Collection of American Poetry", p. 13.

Item #27899

Includes memoirs of several eminent blind authors including Homer, Blacklock, Holman, Wilson, Huber, Miss Alice Holmes, Miss Frances Jane Crosby, Miss Cynthia Bullock and others. There is a collection of poems by blind authors including L. V. Hall, Frances Brown, Margaret Belches, Michael M'Guire and others. First published in 1859.