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Published by Eilert Printing Co., New York, 1974
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. John DePol (illustrator). 1st Edition. Black-stamped pictorial mustard bds, no protective wrap. Keepsake for the 268th birthday of Benjamin Franklin, 21st in the series issued for the annual Printing Week dinner, New York City. No names, clean text. With "A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain." 14195 shelf 79 p. Book.
Published by Printing Week 1974, 1974
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardback. Glassine dustjacket, First Printing. Very good condition book in a Very good condition dustjacket. Tight sound unmarked copy.
Published by Printing Week Library, New York, 1974
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. 4 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. Ochre paper boards with black lettering. Beautifully produced. Condition is VERY GOOD ; little edge wear, very clean and fresh, small closed tear to paper cover at lower spine. Binding tight, text very clean. Gift inscription on half-title pg, left title pg has a wrinkle, and pgs 32 and 33 are stuck with glue, you can open and read them, but it feels like an original mess-up at the bindery. Bio. Stax.
Published by Privately Printed, New York City, New York, 1974
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. 1st Edition. Publisher's cloth binding with illustration of two printing types in black on front. 81 pages with 8 illustrations in green ink. Lawrence C. Wroth (1884-1970) was a prolific American historian and expert on the printing trade in early America. This volume is a reprint of a profile of Benjamin Franklin concentrating on his years as a printer, first published in 1943. Also included is "A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain", an essay printed and written by Benjamin Franklin.
Published by Privately Printed, 1974
Seller: Blue Leaf Books, Winona, MN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Privately printed small hardcover that looks new inside and out.
Published by The Critical Review or Annals of Literature, London, 1780
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United Kingdom
First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Good , paper slightly crinkled. First Edition. 9 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 12 x 21 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Critical Review; Printed Before 1800; Inventory No: 413443. Cosmo Books : 26 years selling on ABE; 26 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.
Published by The Critical Review or Annals of Literature, London, 1807
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United Kingdom
First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 11 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 12 x 21 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Critical Review; Inventory No: 413647. Cosmo Books : 26 years selling on ABE; 26 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.
Published by Edinburgh Review, Longmans, Green & Co., 1806
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United Kingdom
First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 17 Pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (24 x 16 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Edinburgh Review; Inventory No: 123620. Cosmo Books : 26 years selling on ABE; 26 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.
Published by London, Benjamin Franklin Stevens,, 1882
Book First Edition
Gr.8°, OLnbd. 1. Aufl. Mit Frontispiz. XXXVI, 612 S. English edition. Einband an den Kapitalen bestoßen, in den Deckeln fleckig, sonst schönes Ex. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.
Published by Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston, 1853
Seller: General Eclectic Books, Gray, ME, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fair to Good. First Edition. Missing 2/3 of back strip,some cor. wear, red embossed cloth cvrs. Innards have 3 leaves detatched + laid in, o/w clean & tight, lightly yellowed. 502 pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Private Printing, New York, 1981
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Near Fine in boards.
Published by Private Printing, New York, 1974
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in boards. Light foxing on top text block edge.
Published by Longmsn, Hurst, Rees, London, 1806
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1/2 leather binding, covers worn, personal bookplate.
Published by KELLEY, AUGUSTUS M. PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, NY, 1971
ISBN 10: 0678002924ISBN 13: 9780678002926
Seller: Pórtico [Portico], ZARAGOZA, Spain
Book First Edition
Tapa blanda. Condition: New. 1ª edición. FRANKLIN, B.: ESSAYS ON GENERAL POLITICS, COMMERCE AND POLITICAL ECONOMY [BEING VOLUME II, PART II, OF THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN]. NEW YORK, NY, 1971, xxxii 271 p. , 555 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (1A-2) 555 gr. Libro.
Published by W. Baynes and Son Et. Al., London, 1824
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Leather rubbed and worn especially at joints and at corners of boards. 1/4" missing to leather at head and tail of spine. Gutters split at endpapers. Heavy rubbing to parts of marbled paper boards. The frontis and engraved title page have been cropped into the printed area. Moderate foxing. ; 260 pages + frontis + extra engraved title page. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Red leather spine label. Gilt decoration to spine. Page dimensions: 127 x 70mm. Pictorial bookplate of "Philip Ashton Smithells" on front endpaper.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall.
Published by Henry Colnurn, GB, 1818
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No volume or part number is indicated on the title page.Frontispiece. Text commences at title page and exterds rto page lxxxviii (end of index (plus an errata leaf). DISBOUND TEXT (No covers). Some early and late leaves are loose and have slight worm holes at spinal margin. Else a very clean tight text most suitable to rebind.
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904
Seller: Stock & Trade LLC, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A nice hardcover 12 volume set. All books have a tight bindings and an unmarked texts. The Federal edition, number 336 of 1000 copies. 1904No overseas shipping due to size and weight. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.
Published by Philadelphia: Wm Duane,, 1808
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1808, reprinted at Philadelphia from the London, 1759 edition . First US edition, 8vo (9½ x6), pp. (4), (i-v), vi-xxxv, (xxxvi), (1)-431, (432) blank, engraved WORKS title 1809, printed WORKS title 1809 and printed AN HISTORICAL REVIEW title 1808. Published as volume two of WORKS OF DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Philadelphia, 1809-1818, 6 vols. Old diced calf re-backed in period style. Back in six compartments, gilt lettered in the second & third, five gilt filleted raised bands. Gilt date at foot. Gilt fillet borders on both sides. Unopened after the first 96 pages, edges untrimmed. Very good copy in strong solid binding. Some wear to edges & extremities. Corners bumped. Sheets lightly foxed, unmarked, complete. Now held to be written by Richard Jackson. Sabin 25605 citing Philadelphia, 1809-1818. Howes P204 citing London,1759 & Philadelphia, 1818. H6046.
Published by Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London, 1793
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good +. First Edition. ix, [3], 317 p. 19 cm. Portrait vignette on title page. Full tree leather. Corners bumped, ring mark on front, front hinge cracking at top, spine ends chipped, some wear to edges. Ink signature at top of title page. Chip in margin of p. 33. Some foxing and thumbing but most pages bright and clean. Larger than usual mark to p. 157 bottom. Contents: Life of Dr. Franklin as written by himself; Continuation of his Life by Dr. Stuber; Extracts from his Will. Preface by Richard Price. Direction to the Binder rear of Contents page.
Published by New York :: Printed by Tiebout & Obrian for H. Gain, V. Nutter, R. McGill, T. Allen, J, Read, E. Duyckinck, & Co. and Edward Mitchell no. 9, Maiden Lane, 1794
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [First American edition of this early English biography of Mr. Franklin, in a fine binding] Signed binding in gold by A. Taffin (of Paris). Bound in handsome full black morocco, with lovely gilt stamping and decoration. All edges gilt. Marbled end sheets. 2 volumes, bound as one. Engraved frontispiece of Franklin by Maverick in fur hat. Minor edge chipping to frontis. Armorial bookplate of Lawson. "The most widely read of all American autobiographies, the gift to adolescents of countless parents, godparents and well-wishers, this book holds the essence of the American way of life - Grolier, American 21; Howes F323; Evans 27007.
Published by Samuel Campbell, New York, 1794
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Stated on the title as the Second American Edition. Frontispiece portrait engraved by Benjamin Tanner. v, [1], 206; 142pp. K1 and P4 torn with loss to lower corner affecting text. 12mo. "The most widely read of all American autobiographies . this book holds the essence of the American way of life" (Grolier, American). First published in Paris in French in 1791, the first American edition appearing in New York in 1794 published by Tiebout & Obrian. Subsequent "Second American editions" appeared in New York (by Samuel Campbell) and in Philadelphia (by Benjamin Johnson). Evans 27009; ESTC W17369; Ford 443; Sabin 25601; cf. Grolier American 21 Contemporary calf, worn. Browning and soiling, a few paper flaws and other faults Frontispiece portrait engraved by Benjamin Tanner. v, [1], 206; 142pp. K1 and P4 torn with loss to lower corner affecting text. 12mo Stated on the title as the Second American Edition.
Published by P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, W. Jones, Dublin, 1793
Book First Edition
Full Leather. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Dublin: Wogan et al., 1793. First Irish edition, from the first English (London: Robinson, 1793), complete in one volume and published in the same year. All edges trimmed. New full dark green morocco binding, ruling and titles in gilt, 6 compartments, raised ridges. Lacking the frontispiece (COPAC). Exquisite handmade French swirl marble endpapers in shades of green. Preface by Richard Price (pp. iii-vi), table of contents (2 pp.), Life of Franklin, pp. 1-94, Continuation of his Life by Dr. Stuber, pp. 95-149, Extracts from his Will, pp. 149-158, Essays, pp. 159-303. Collection of his most famous essays. Text block generally in fine condition with occasional foxing at page edges. A very scarce and early edition of Franklin's life and works. Fine.
Published by printed [by J. Cundee] for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster-Row, London, 1806
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Three engraved title-pages, frontispiece portrait, nine folding plates, one folding table, one double-page plate, three single page plates. First Edition. Three volumes. 8vo. [213 x 135 x 100 mm]. xiv, [ii], 440, [36] pp; vi, 468 pp; vi, [ii], 552 pp. Bound in contemporary half calf, marbled paper sides, smooth spines divided into six panels by a gilt pallet, lettered in the second and numbered in the fourth, the others with a central ornament, plain endleaves, lightly sprinkled edges. (Joints, headcaps and tips of the corners worn). Occasional light spotting or browning and dust soiling, including to a few of the plates, but a good copy. The bindings show some signs of wear but are sound and attractive. With the booklabel of Mr Paxton of Cholderton House, near Salisbury in Wiltshire. The house was built in 1690 and recently rebuilt after a devastating fire in 2012. The neighbouring St. Nicholas Church has an L-shaped front pew designed to enable Mr Paxton to sit with his back to the wall as he was averse to having people sitting immediately behind him. Franklin's works were first brought together in 1751, in a pamphlet which consisted of letters on the subject of electricity. This was enlarged in 1752 and again in 1754. In 1766 letters on the subject of philosophy were added. In 1779 another collection was printed of papers which had not appeared in the previous editions of Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces. In 1787 a third collection of Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers appeared, followed in 1793 by two volumes of his Works [.] Consisting of his Life written by himself, together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, chefly in the manner of the Spectator. The present edition combines all of these previously published works, including some published for the first time in England.
Published by Hilliard, Gray, and Company, Boston, 1840
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition of Jared Sparks' authoritative compilation of Franklin's works and letters. Octavo, ten volumes bound in full contemporary polished calf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spine, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Franklin, illustrated. In good condition. Benjamin Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity, initially as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies. As the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation. Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment.
Published by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster-Row, London, 1806
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. [Early Benjamin Franklin] 3 volume set. Bound in full calf. Rebacked, with renewed spines. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Frontis portrait of Franklin. 12 illustrated plates. Volume 1: xiv, [2], 440, [36] pages, [5] leaves of plates (2 folded); volume 2: vi, 468 pages, [9] leaves of plates (7 folded) [plates numbered V-VIII, VIII*, IX-XII]; volume 3: 542, 543*-556*, [543]-552, [4] pages. Volume 1 contains a biography of Franklin and papers on electricity. Volume 2 contains other scientific, philosophical and political subjects. Volume 3 is devoted to Franklin's writings on the Revolution. Contents: Vol. I. Life of Dr. Franklin ; Letters and papers on philosophical subjects: Electricity; Vol. II. Letters and papers on philosophical subjects ; Papers on subjects of general politics; Vol. III. Papers on American subjects before the revolutionary troubles ; Papers on American subjects during the revolutionary troubles ; Papers, descriptive of America, or relating to that country, written subsequent to the revolution ; Papers on moral subjects and the economy of life ; Appendix: no. I. Containing papers proper for insertion, but omitted in the preceding volumes ; No. II. Containing letters by several eminent persons, illustrative of Dr. Franklin's manners and character. Sabin 25495. Ford 550.
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1806. Three vols., 8vo., xiv, [1]-440, [36 index]; vi, [1]-468; [x], [1]-552 pp., one engraved frontis portrait and three vignette titles, 12 engraved plates as issued, some fold-out, and one fold-out table. Contemporary half calf hand tooled in blind, and marbled paper boards, backstrip with four wide raised bands decorated in gilt, with title strip in black and lettered in gilt, all edges red. Boards and edges a bit rubbed and bumped, minor scattered foxing; very good. § First edition thus, collecting all the principal works of the great polymath scientist and Founding Father. The works of Dr. Franklin were first brought together in 1751, in a pamphlet which consisted of letters on the subject of electricity, it was enlarged in 1752 and again in 1754. In 1766 letters on the subject of philosophy were added, which amounted to a quarto volume of 500 pages. In 1779 another collection was printed by a new editor in both quarto and octavo, of papers which had not appeared in the previous editions, of Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces. In 1787 a third collection of Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers was published in an octavo edition. Finally in 1793, a two volume Memoirs of Dr. Franklin's Life, and Essays humourous, moral and literary, chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator, was the fourth to be published. The present set combines all of these previously published works, including some published for the first time in England.
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1904
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Federal edition. Large octavo, 12 volumes. A near fine set, fresh and lovely, in contemporary 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards, with marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. Offsetting to one spread in volume I due to a laid-in news clipping, occasional gentle rubbing to corners, and some isolated scuffmarks to the spines of a few volumes, but really a handsome, attractive set overall. Handsome bookplate to the front paste-down of each volume. This is number 5 of 400 lmiited hand-numbered sets of the "Connoisseur's Federal Edition") (the limitation page also indicates a total limitation of 1,000 sets for the overall Federal edition). Printed on nicely textured watermarked paper, with series title pages and some illustrations printed on japanese vellum. An extremely attractive set for the Frankiln connoisseur. Uncommon, particularly in this handsome leather binding.
Published by Printed for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, Dublin, 1793
First Edition
HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. 1st Irish edition. 303pp. Octavo, rebacked. Contemporary calf boards with delicate gilt borders have been retained, backstrip of modern black cloth with gilt titles, unusual faux-leather corner treatment that appears normal when the book is closed, complete with gilt-stamped borders, but is revealed to have an unfinished look when the interior is inspected, applied as it is over the endpapers and left untrimmed. Rubbing to rear board and leather and to extremities, plain gilt-ruled dentelles largely effaced; white cloth tape to hinges, text crisp and only lightly foxed, with occasional light wear. Contains the rare frontispiece depicting a younger-than-we-are-accustomed-to Franklin with a full head of short hair. The third edition to appear in English, translated, like the two London editions preceding it, from the French first edition, and preceding the American edition of 1794.
Publication Date: 1793
First Edition
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of The Spectator. Dublin: Printed for W. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1793. vi, (2), 303 pp. Frontis. port. Rebacked with orig. spine preserved, else a very good copy in contemporary calf with gilt-lettered red spine label. HOWES F-323. Franklin's most famous work is his Autobiography. It first appeared, translated into French, in Paris, 1791. The Private Life (London,1793) was the first English edition, a poor retranslation of the French. The Works, also London 1793, has a retranslation by Gibelon and edited by Franklin's friend, Benjamin Vaughan. This edition was ready for publication in 1791 but held up by the announcement of Franklin's grandson, William Temple Franklin, that he was publishing a edition. Ultimately, that edition was not published until 1818. In addition to the Autobiography this volume has over 30 other pieces by Franklin.
Published by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme by James Cundee, London, 1806
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. First edition. A lovely copy of this three volume set in the full tree calf binding, with the original labels and silk bookmarks, the text block as bright as the day it was published. Franklin's works were first compiled together in 1751, enlarged in 1752 and again in 1754, 1766, 1779, 1787, and 1793. The present edition combines all of these previously published works including some published for the first time in England. Vol 3 includes a printed copy of the Franklin dispatch giving Capt. James Cook safe passage. All three volumes with the early heraldic bookplate of John Thomson. 3 vols, 8vo. Vol 1: xiv, (4) half title & bookseller adverts, 440pp, (36) pp (index), frontispiece portrait of Franklin, engraved title, 4 numbered engraved plates; Vol. 2: vi, (2) 468pp, plates 5 - 12 numbered engraved plates; Vol. 3: vi, (2) bookseller adverts, 552pp. Sabin; 7: 25495; Ford 550.; OCLC: 810750601. Full period tree calf, smooth spines divided into six panels by a gilt pallet, gilt outer dentelles, black and green title labels, original silk bookmarks, original marbled endpapers, speckled edges. All corners lightly rubbed through. Text block vey bright. Absolutely untouched.