NMLP P-045662 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Story of My Life

Helen Keller · Doubleday, Page & Co. (New York) · 1903

US Doubleday, Page (New York), March 1903 is the recognized true first edition in book form. The memoir portion had appeared earlier in abbreviated serial form in the Ladies' Home Journal (1902-03), so the Doubleday, Page book is the first complete appearance; a London (Hodder & Stoughton) edition followed, but the Doubleday, Page issue is the collected first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045662 for "The Story of My Life" by Helen Keller (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045662, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).