Blind Jakey

Book

Accession Number: 2004.58

Summary/Description: A story about a young blind boy who attends a school for blind students. Includes a frontispiece illustration of "Jakey's Arrival." Yellow clothbound boards with blind-stamped design on front cover and black-stamped design on spine with gold lettering.

Author: Dotey, Clara

History/Provenance: Purchased by the APH Museum through an internet auction. Once belonged to Ethel Ewing, according to a handwritten note on endpaper.

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2004.58

Publisher: D. Lothrop & Co.

Publisher Place: Boston

Publish Date: 1869

Subjects: Books for children Blind children Recreational reading

Physical Description: 144 p. : ill. ; 6.25 x 4.25 x .75 in.