Benjamin Franklin
by van Doren, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1938. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Carl Van Doren. Benjamin Franklin. New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Trade Edition, First Printing ("Published in October 1938" on copyright page). Large 8vo. xix,845pp, Index. Brown cloth stamped in gilt, top edges red. Book in fine condition, dj lightly worn at edges, very good. 3 Portrait Plates. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 845 pages .
Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize winner, considered to be one of the best biographies of Benjamin Franklin. The author's son became famous for his involvement in the TV quiz show scandals.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10388
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin
- Author
- van Doren, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Biography, Americana
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
Biblio member since 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
Used and rare books of quality in all subjects.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Good+
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- Jacket
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...