Benjamin Franklin

Private library plate FPD, else contents appear as unread & unblemished in fine linght brown cloth covered boards/ DJ display surface/edge/wear, as shown, with chipping, repaired open & closed tears.KIRKUS REVIEW If Benjamin Franklin had completed his autobiography, it would have born close resemblance to this superb biography, … Read more about this item

Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed on front flyleaf to Robert Sinaridge, a bookdealer, with the hope that Bob would sell some of his books instead of keeping them all, Dated October 1938. Dust jacket has mild shelfwear, a bit of rubbing/creasing along… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press. 1938. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket shows edge wear as well as notable chipping to upper left, upper right, and lower right corners of front panel. Spine crown chipped with open tear below. Jacket's back panel shows chipping at top edge and open… Read more about this item

New York : Viking, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated; First Edition After Publication Of The Limited, Signed Edition In Three Volumes. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Book Is Bound In Brown Cloth With Gilt Stamped Lettering On The Front And Spine. The Top… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Benjamin Franklin contains the most extensive collection of Benjamin Franklin's autobiographical writings, much of which was long out-of-print. Also included are some fifty letters written by Franklin that was never published before.

Viking Press. Very Good. 1938. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover 1938 First Edition Second Printing Book Condition Very Good brown cloth boards No DJ. ; 8vo ; 843 pp pages .

New York: Viking Press, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Illustrated with sepia-toned portraits. Thick octavo. xix, 845pp. Pages foxed, gutter cracked before title, cloth lightly soiled, very good in a good only price-clipped dust jacket with age-toning and chips on extremities, small internal glue stains. Signed by the author on the front fly.

THIS IS THE "STATED" FIRST TRADE EDITION(1 VOLUME) AFTER THE SIGNED EDITION. 1ST PRINTING(October 1938). THIS IS A big BOOK, Med BROWN CLOTH COVERS WITH GOLD LETTERING, A THIN LINE OF FADE AT THE VERY EDGES OF THE COVERS, BRUISED SPINE ENDS, VERY LIGHT SHELF WEAR BOTTOM EDGE, SMUDGES ON THE BOTTOM PAGE ENDS FROM SLIDING THIS BIG BOOK IN… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Old price on the fep. Pages unmarked.

New York, New York, U. S. A.: Viking, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated; First Edition After Publication Of The Limited, Signed Edition In Three Volumes. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Book Is Bound In Brown Cloth With Gilt Stamped Lettering On The Front And… Read more about this item

1938. (FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN). VAN DOREN, Carl. Benjamin Franklin. N.Y.: The Viking Press, 1938. 1st ed. Three vols. Illus. 845pp. Orig. cloth. A fine set in worn publisher's slipcase. Limited to 625 sets.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Age-toning present. A solid volume. From the preface, "From Franklin's beginnings as a journalist at sixteen to his retirement from public affairs at eighty-two there was no break in his activity, and he was - and is - unsurpassed by any man in the range of his natural gifts… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1938. First edition thus. HC, no DJ. PC VG/Fair. Brown cloth, gilt titling, spine dulled, edgewear, sun fading to edges, some scuffs, corners bumped, shop sticker to FFEP, hinge cracked at title page & at leaf preceding rear endpaper, leaves toned, unmarked. Clipped DJ, heavily edgeworn w loss, several tape repairs, in protector. 3 plate illustrations. PLEASE… Read more about this item

Editions Montaigne, 1955. Paperback. Good. French Edition, Texte Francais, Couverture Souple. État D'usage: Bon État. (French Edition)

New York: Viking Press, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book Club edition. Thick octavo. 845pp. Light abrasion on front pastedown from bookplate removal, else just about fine in a very good, edgeworn and lightly spine-toned dustwrapper. With a Book-of-the-Month Club slip laid in.

New York: The Viking Press, 1938. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition, 2nd printing, stated. A Very Good copy in Good dust jacket. 8vo., xix, 843 pp. Brown cloth in illustrated dj. The dj is worn, with some loss at the fore edge and the spine's crown and tail.… Read more about this item

New York. : Book-of-the-Month Club. , 1980. . Hardcover, quarter red cloth over blue cloth, ribbon marker. . Fine in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. . 8vo.. Introduction by James Thomas Flexner.

New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Larger Octavo; G+/G; dark red, black and beige spine with beige text; first edition; dust jacket exterior has age toned modestly; some soiling noticeable to rear; few chips to edges; price clipped front flap; mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has mild wear with light sunning; straight boards; textblock exterior… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. First thus. Tan fabric covered boards, faded along the upper and lower edges and over the spine. Gilt print on the front and spine. The pages are clean, tight and intact. Owner's name inside the front cover. Not rare, but not common. This book will ship at over three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the… Read more about this item

viking press, 1938 first edition thus. very good some fading