The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin

New York: The Modern Library, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover, green cloth. Good/Dust Jacket condition fair. Scarce true Modern Library first, #39, although rather worse for wear. Edited with an Introduction by Nathan G. Goodman. 260 pages, also includes essays and other writings, excerpts from Poor Richard's Almanack. Green balloon cloth, front hinge cracked, binding #7. Blue typograhical dust… Read more about this item

Beautiful small volume of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography published in Philadelphia in 1895 (not on title page or verso). Green cloth cover boards with large Art Nouveau lily design; spine bumped and faded, lower corners bumped and worn, pages tight. Worst defect is that the frontispiece is detached but present, as shown; it has large black and white etching… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1903. First thus. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt borders on the front board and gilt text on the spine. Much of the gilt on the top edge of the text block has been destroyed by silverfish and there are two tiny chips to the cloth at the head… Read more about this item

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1896. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Printing

New York: Macmillan, 1906. Hardcover. VG-, case worn and somewhat soiled, text on case somewhat faded, previous owner's inscription, interior otherwise clean given age. Burgundy cloth binding with white text. xv, 249 pp. plus 3 pp. ads. From the "Macmillan's pocket American and English classics" series. The autobiography of American statesman, printer, writer, scientist, and inventor Benjamin Franklin… Read more about this item

New York, Putman Sons, no date but [no later than 1911]. Smalll 8vo. 319 pp. Original binding, soft red leather. Portrait of Franklin in frontispiece. Notes by John Bigelow. The Ariel Books no. 41.

The Spencer Press, 1936. Volume 3 in The World's Greatest Literature collection. 311 toned pages. Decorative spine with gilt and green decorations and titles. Bumped head and heel of spine. Fray to top of spine and bumped and worn tips. Black and white frontispiece is a woodcut of Benjamin Franklin. This volume also contains… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1927. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Corners a bit rubbed, boards faintly soiled, ink date and owner bookplate of Robert N. Cherry on front flyleaf. 1927 Half-Leather. iv, 325 pp. 8vo. No binder's ticket, but appears to be a contemporary custom rebinding: blue leather spine and corners over blue cloth,… Read more about this item

Chicago: Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. Deep green cloth binding rubbed at extremities; boards lightly scuffed/smudged; faint sticker residue on front board; small ding to top edge of front board; front hinge starting; owner's stamp on front free endpaper; leaf edges lightly foxed, else a nice, clean book. No dj. ;… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Books, Inc, ND. Art Type Edition; The World's Popular Classics. Hardcover. Good. Brown and white decorative cloth. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, c. 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY KNICKERBOCKER PRESS IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Some mottling and chipping of the vellum on the spine with a brief tear at the head. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Folio (9" x 13-1/4") bound in medieval half vellum with French marbled paper sides. Introduction and marginal glosses by Edward O'Day. Illustrated with an etched portrait of Franklin and… Read more about this item

Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press. Hardcover. 219p. A hardcover book with a tan cloth spine and patterned boards. Very good condition with damaged slipcase. Spine scuffed; owner's bookplate inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. The slipcase is splitting apart and does not hold its shape when empty. The top edge is missing. Illustrated by Raymond Lufkin.… Read more about this item

2016 Voyageur 1st Illustrated edition of Ben Franklin's Autobiography in 8.25" X 10.25" photo portrait format. This F/F volume is gift quality with only minor signs of wear. Fine dust jacket is protected in Mylar.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading writer, printer, political philosopher, politician, Freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. His autobiography is considered a masterpiece, and a key element in the understanding of American history. This copy was first published in 1941 by Walter J… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. ; First Easton Press Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1915. Lakeside Classic Reprint. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt borders on the front board and with some minor spots of rubbing to the rear board and only minor hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and at the fore corners… Read more about this item

Limited Editions Club, 1931 Bound in quarter vellum over marbelled boards in slipcase. This copy #1233 signed by John Henry Nash on colophon. Book is free of writing, bookplates etc. Slipcase, while complete, is heavily taped.

Pocket Books N.Y., 1940. First Edition, Second Printing (stated). Softcover. VG/--. Paperback. Pocket Books No. 23. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book VERY GOOD /Covers Good. Covers are thick card, thicker than normal. Covers have Perma-Gloss coating, as issued. Covers have creases that have cracked… Read more about this item

1896 hardcover as pictured. Binding firm. Quarter bound in blue paper and cloth. Boards rubbed and worn at edges and corners. Interesting bookplate design on front half title page. Notations on a few pages. Text otherwise clean. No DJ. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR