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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED First Edition Hardcover- navy cloth w/ gilt on spine- in NEAR FINE Condition. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper: "Presented to-- Mr. and Mrs Theodor Dierks- by the author- Edward Seitz Shumaker." Other than author's inscription, interior very clean & tight. Illustrated w/ black & white photographs. Gold-toned frontispiece of Keller Coat of Arms, the Swiss version, furnished for this work by Mr. George B. Utley of the Newberry Library, Chicago. Main editor Edward Seitz Shumaker (1867-1829) was head of the Indiana branch of the Anti Saloon League from the early 1900s until his death in 1929. He was a Methodist minister who became a political activist who helped make the nation dry. Inscribeee Mr. (& Mrs.) Theodor Dierks likely refers to San Francisco undertaker Theodor Dierks, who had funeral parlors at 900 Divisadero & 957 Mission Street. Fold-Out document, gate-fold group photograph intact & in remarkable condition. 594 pp. including Index of Names & Appendix D.: Purchasers of Keller History -- Before Publication with hometown & # of copies purchased! A very scarce volume, suitable for gifting, collection or archive. Carefully shipped. Inscribed by Author(s).