[Rarebooks] FS: Superb Signed Photograph of Helen Keller with interesting archive of material

[Charles Agvent]

KELLER, Helen. SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. . Wonderful 8" x 10" photograph of 
Keller seated on a couch with her companion Polly Thomson, the two 
facing slightly toward each other and clasping right hands, a dog at 
their feet. With a fine INSCRIPTION at the bottom half of the photo: 
"To: Dr. William C. Still/with memories of a fas-/cinating experience." 
SIGNED by Keller in her typical pencil and by Thomson in ink and dated 
by Keller "January 20th 1947." The experience Keller refers to is an 
electroencephalographic study done of her by Dr. Still, the results of 
which were published in the May 1947 issue of ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY AND 
PSYCHIATRY. Included with the photograph of Keller is a copy of that 
issue of the journal as well as an 8" x 10" photograph of the equipment 
used in the procedure. Photographs signed by Keller are quite uncommon; 
those with such a fine inscription as this are scarce. Keller almost 
always wrote in pencil, and with photographs often the lead did not take 
well to the image and all that remains is the impression from the pencil 
in the photo with none of the lead from the pencil. In this case, while 
the writing is not dark, it is legible. Small but very interesting 
archive. About Fine. 		$2,500.00

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