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LEAK, Ann E. (b. 1839). The Autobiography of Miss Ann E. Leak. Boston: Press of J.W. Hosford & Company, (1871). Blue pictorial wraps bearing a portrait of Ms. Leak on the upper wielding a knife and napkin. [1 – 3], 4 – 36. Scattered soiling and wear, chips and folds to wraps, dog-eared pages. Good. SIGNED, and WITH A MANUSCRIPT RHYME written by Leak, with her foot, to the lower wrapper. Uncommon. Ms. Leak, born without arms, was widely traveled and widely exhibited, as she trained herself to perform a range of tasks and stunts with her feet, including intricate crochet and needlework. The lower wrapper bears a rhyme written by Leak with her feet: “I write poetry and prose holding my pen between my toes! So you perceive its really true / When hands are lacking toes will do. Ann E. Leak. Born without arms. Georgia. Age 32 years, Sept. 18, 1874.”