The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary. With His Life, Written by Himself [alt. title: The Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin]
New York: Mahlon Day & Co., 1839. Very Good -. Item #46062
New York: Mahlon Day & Co., 1839. Reprint. 12mo.; contemporary zig-zag patterned green cloth with gilt stamping to spine; 290pp. Frontis portrait and engraved extra title page. Boards quite worn with chipping, exposure, and minor fraying to extremities and spine. Binding sound. Contemporary ownership inscriptions to preliminaries; spotting; a Good to Very Good copy of Franklin's famous memoir, here with essays on the slave trade, chess, and his final speech to the Federal Convention.
Price: $250.00
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