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An mo jing xue jiao cai 按摩经穴教材 [Braille handbook for teaching massage]
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An mo jing xue jiao cai 按摩经穴教材 [Braille handbook for teaching massage]

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Published
1981
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Paperback
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Beijing: Mangwen chubanshe, 1981. Paperback. Unpaginated, large-format volume on thick, light brown paper, 9x12 inches, covers edgeworn, contents entirely in Chinese Braille. Third edition of the 1960 original. One project undertaken after the Communist revolution in China was the search for useful employment for the blind. As massage had been one of the traditional occupations of those few blind… Read more about this item
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The stubborn old lady who resisted change

The stubborn old lady who resisted change

by Mitchell, Loften

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Published
1973
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780878290239
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$65.00

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New York: Emerson Hall Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. 124p., first edition, description of the book cut out from a catalog taped to front pastedown endpaper, else very good condition. No dust jacket. Novel about a blind elderly white women and her Black social worker by the African American playwright.
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The Lie and I.

The Lie and I.

by Nealon, Joanna

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Published
1990
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Paperback
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$18.00

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Boston: Stone Soup Poetry, 1990. Paperback. 38p., wraps, 5.25x8.25 inches, very good condition. Blind poet and follower of anthroposophy.
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The Master of Millshaven

The Master of Millshaven

by Hawkes, Clarence

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Published
1936
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Hardcover
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$60.00

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Boston: Chapman & Grimes, 1936. Hardcover. 190p., cloth-covered boards with gilt titles, some unopened leaves, else very good condition in an unclipped, edgeworn and soiled dj. Social novel with a blind hero, by a blind author.
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Obstacle Course

Obstacle Course

by Morgan, Barbara Kysor

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Published
1979
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780877011415
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$15.00

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San Francisco: Chronicle, 1979. Hardcover. 176p., very good condition in a price-clipped and lightly worn dj. Memoir of raising a blind son.
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$15.00
Toward the Dawn: History of the First Quarter-Century of the North Carolina State Association for the Blind

Toward the Dawn: History of the First Quarter-Century of the North Carolina State Association for the Blind

by Bradshaw, Herbert Clarence

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Published
1961
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Hardcover
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Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Association for the Blind, 1961. Hardcover. viii, 214p., cloth-covered boards, illus., fore-edge and top edge of textblock foxed else good condition in like dj.
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Blind Sighted: One man's journey from sight to insight

Blind Sighted: One man's journey from sight to insight

by Klein, Marty

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Published
1993
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Paperback
ISBN
9780963866943
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Woodstock, NY: Baba Doofus Publishing Company, 1993. Paperback. iii, 171p., wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. The author lost his sight at twenty-eight.
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Eyes: The Story of Billy Lewis
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Eyes: The Story of Billy Lewis

by Williamson, Tom

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Published
1988
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Paperback
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Claremont, CA: Enaira Press, 1988. Paperback. 266p., wraps, 5.25x8.25 inches, wraps lightly worn else very good condition; signed by Williamson on the front blank. Story of a blind African American son of a sharecropper, by his childhood friend.
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Psychological Diagnosis and Counseling of the Adult Blind: Selected Papers from the Proceedings of the University of Michigan Conference for the Blind, 1947
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Psychological Diagnosis and Counseling of the Adult Blind: Selected Papers from the Proceedings of the University of Michigan Conference for the Blind, 1947

by Donahue, Wilma and Donald Dabelstein, editors

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Published
1950
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Hardcover
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New York: American Foundation for the Blind, 1950. Hardcover. v, 173p., cloth-covered boards, 6.25x9.5 inches, corners bumped, previous owner's label on free front endpaper, else very good condition. No dj.
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The Story of Blindness

The Story of Blindness

by Farrell, Gabriel

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Published
1956
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Hardcover
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1956. Hardcover. viii, 270p., cloth-covered boards, 5.5x8.5 inches, gift inscription on free front endpaper, bookseller's rubberstamp on rear pastedown endpaper, else very good condition. No dj.
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To You Out There: Poems and Woodcarvings (1918-1973)

To You Out There: Poems and Woodcarvings (1918-1973)

by Blades, Leslie Burton; edited by Harriet Blades

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Published
1980
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Paperback
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Pleasant Hill, CA: Stewart Books, 1980. Paperback. 57p., wraps, 6x9 inches, illus., very good condition. Theauthor grew up in a gold-mining camp in Colorado, where he was blinded at the age of 9 while playing with a dynamite cap.
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Beauty in a World of Darkness: As Lived By Norman E. Peterson

Beauty in a World of Darkness: As Lived By Norman E. Peterson

by Peterson, Norman E.

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Published
1966
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Hardcover
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New York: Vantage Press, 1966. Hardcover. 82p., cloth-covered boards, very good first edition in an unclipped, lightly edgeworn dj with a sunned spine panel. Memoir of living with blindness and later regaining sight.
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The Blind in School and Society: A Psychological Study. New edition, with additional material
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The Blind in School and Society: A Psychological Study. New edition, with additional material

by Cutsforth, Thomas D.; foreword by Hector Chevigny

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Published
1951
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Hardcover
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New York: American Foundation for the Blind, 1951. Hardcover. xvii, 269p., cloth-covered boards, 5.5x8.25 inches, very good condition. No dj. First published in 1933. Chapters include "The Preschool Blind Child," "Problems in the Emotional Life of the Blind," "Sex Behavior of the Blind" (with a section on "the problem of homosexuality") and "Social Adjustment in a College Community. … Read more about this item
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Our fight; a battle against darkness

Our fight; a battle against darkness

by Brown, Robert and Hope Schutte

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1990
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Paperback
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Washington DC: Blinded Veterans Association, 1990. Paperback. 122p., 4x6.75 inches; pocketbook trade wraps, pages slightly toned, else in very good condition.
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Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark

by Neer, Frances Lief

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Published
1994
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Paperback
ISBN
9780963783905
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San Francisco: Wildstar Publishing, 1994. Paperback. 114p., wraps, 6x9 inches, very good condition. Guide for living with blindness and vision loss.
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Rx: Applause; Biography of a Blind Performer

Rx: Applause; Biography of a Blind Performer

by Turner, Mason

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Published
1983
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Paperback
ISBN
9780828318792
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Brookline Village, MA: Branden Press, 1983. Paperback. 150p., wraps, 5.25x8.25 inches, very good condition. Biography of blind vaudeville performer Sylvester Meinert by his son-in-law.
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Helen Keller ou Arakawa: Portrait de l'artiste en jeune aveugle

Helen Keller ou Arakawa: Portrait de l'artiste en jeune aveugle

by Gins, Madeline; translated by Marie-Dominique Garner, preface by Jean-Michel Rabaté

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2017
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Paris: Hermann Éditeurs, 2017. Paperback. 302p., wraps, 5.5x8.25 inches, illus., very good condition; inscribed and signed by Garner on the title page. Text in French. Speculative fiction with Helen Keller, the conceptual artist Shūsaku Arakawa (who was also Gins's partner), and Gins herself as characters.
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The Education of the Feminine Will

The Education of the Feminine Will

by Harlor

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Published
1900
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New York: The Tucker Publishing Co, 1900. 14p., stapled wraps, 5.5x7.75 inches, vertically creased, spine covered with clear non-archival tape, first and last pages evenly toned, contemporary pen underlining throughout. "From Cynthia M. Tregear" penned on title page; Tregear was the founder of the Sunshine Branch for the Blind and the Sunshine Home for Blind Babies and the author… Read more about this item
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Six booklets on medical conditions published as a service to the medical profession 1. Some pathological conditions of the eye & Corneal grafting and the eye bank, 2.Histopathology of nervous tissue tumors, 3. Retinal pathology, 4. Atlas of common skin diseases, 5. The internal ear, 6.The ear drum and canal
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Chicago: Abbott Laboratories, 1957. Pamphlet. Six booklets, various pagination, 9.75x12.5 inches, color and b&w plates, light wear otherwise very good in stapled blue printed wraps. The first booklet shows 24 color plates of external pathologies and 9 color plates of grafting corneas. Similarly, the Retinal Pathology booklet contains 40 photographs of the retina from the Chicago-based labs. And so… Read more about this item
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I give and Bequeath [brochure with printed donation envelope and pre-stamped reply envelope]
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I give and Bequeath [brochure with printed donation envelope and pre-stamped reply envelope]

by Association for the Chinese Blind

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[194-?]
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Ephemera
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New York: the Association, [194-?]. Ephemera. Six-panel brochure, 3.5x6 inches when folded, together with two envelopes. Solicits bequests to support the organization's work at schools for the blind and clinics to prevent blindness.
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