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Benjamin Franklin : His Wit, Wisdom and Women
by Block, Seymour Stanton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/Near VG DJ (1 tiny edge chip)
- ISBN 10
- 0803807678
- ISBN 13
- 9780803807679
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hastings House, 1975. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Handsome armorial bookplate. No remainder mark. Dust Jacket is price-clipped. Illustrated. From the Dust Jacket: "Here is the first book that brings together all the witty sallies and wise counsel that made Franklin our original American humorist... Franklin had such verbal felicity in letter-writing and conversation that women highly cherished his friendship." Includes Franklin's advice on the choice of a mistress. This was in a private letter to a young man and the public of his day never saw it. It is reproduced here unabridged. Bibliography. Index. Original cream-colored cloth, lettered in maroon. Keywords: Poor Richard's Almanac, Richard Saunders . 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near VG DJ (1 tiny edge chip). 8vo. 406pp.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011767
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin : His Wit, Wisdom and Women
- Author
- Block, Seymour Stanton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near VG DJ (1 tiny edge chip)
- Edition
- 1st ed? (No additional printings listed)
- ISBN 10
- 0803807678
- ISBN 13
- 9780803807679
- Publisher
- Hastings House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Poor Richard's Almanac, Richard Saunders
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Humor;
- Size
- 8vo. 406pp
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
About Books
Biblio member since 2008
Henderson, Nevada
About About Books
About Books (Genny and Michael Winne, proprietors, formerly of Parsippany, New Jersey) has been selling rare and OP books since 1985. Besides book fairs and mail-order catalogues, long-time collectors and dealers will remember our lengthy For Sale ads in the Antiquarian Bookman and similar magazines. Our inventory of over 40,000 volumes is especially strong in the specialties listed, but contains fine books in a variety of other fields as well. Because most of our books are stored in protective boxes, rather than on shelves, they cannot be viewed as a whole. If you wish to visit us to examine specific titles, please provide 24 hours notice and we will make them available for your inspection. Phone calls to (702) 750-2722 are welcome, but please, only between the hours of 8am and 10pm (west coast time).
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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