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Benjamin Franklin As A Man Of Letters. American Men of Letters Series edited by Charles Dudley Warner
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1887. First edition. 12mo. Maroon silk binding, gilt titles. Top edge gilt. 293 pp. plus 4-page catalog. Frontispiece portrait, protective tissue. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate in year of publication. Spine faded with library mark to spine and shallow chipping top of spine. Hinges solid, no library pocket. Good.. First Edition. Silk. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 12 mo..
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$26.00
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Benjamin Franklin: Writings
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Library of America, 1987. First edition, stated fifth printing. Book in like new condition. Brown cloth binding, decorated endpapers, silk ribbon marker, 1605 pp. Slight tiny rub on rear of slipcase. Fine in near fine cream-colored slipcase, decorated in gilt.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$59.00
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Benjamin Franklin In Search of a Better World
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New Haven CN: Yale University Press, 2005. First Editition. 11.50x9.00". Brand new. Hard cover binding, 337 pp. Benjamin Franklin In Search of a Better World was designed to accompany the traveling Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary exhibilition celebrating Franklin's 300th birthday; illustrated by more than 265 color images. Introduction by Walter Isaacson; afterword by Edmund S. Morgan. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$120.00
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Benjamin Franklin In Search of a Better World
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New Haven CN: Yale University Press, 2005. First Editition. 11.50x9.00". Brand new. Hard cover binding, 337 pp. Benjamin Franklin In Search of a Better World was designed to accompany the traveling Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary exhibilition celebrating Franklin's 300th birthday; illustrated by more than 265 color images. Introduction by Walter Isaacson; afterword by Edmund S. Morgan. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$120.00
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Ceremonies Attending the Unveiling of the Statue of Benjamin Franklin June 14, 1899 Presented to the City of Philadelphia
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Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, 1899. First Edition. Tall 8vo. Brown silk binding, gilt embossed design of Franklin statue, 58 pp., laid paper. Contains the addresses of Charles C. Harrison, James M. Beck, Josiah Quincy (mayor of Boston), Charles Emory Smith (Postmaster-General) and Samuel H. Ashbridge (mayor of Philadelphia). Antique ex-library. Very good.. First Edition. Decorative Silk. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Antique ex-library.
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$110.00
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Ecrits populaires de Franklin
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Paris: Chez Louis Colan, Libraire, 1829. Early reprint. Ford, [269]. La science du bonhomme Richard. Parabole sur l'amour fraternel. Des changemens de position. Sur la reconnaissance. Moyens d'avoir tourjours de l'argent dans sa poche. Avis a un jeune artisan. Le Sifflet. 58 pp. Lacking half title, p. 59, bottom corner of p. 58 and 1 pp. advertising. 2 pp. sayings bound in upside down, appears to lack a few other pages before title. Still a very rare title.. Early Reprint. Wrappers. Fair. 24mo - over 5"
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Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$200.00
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The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal for January 1880 - April 1880 Vol. CLI 151
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Edinburgh: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer; Adam and Charles Black, 1880. Edinburgh: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer; Adam and Charles Black, 1880. First edition. 8vo. Red morocco spine over marble boards. Edges stained marble. 567 pp. Contains long review of Franklin's Memoir as published by John Bigelow, pp. 321-358 including an appraisal of Franklin's accomplishments and importance. Chipping top of spine. Very good.. First Edition. Leather over marble boards. Very Good. 8vo. Periodical.
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$225.00
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"Franklin the Many-Sided" in Century Magazine, Vol. LVII, November-April 1898-1899
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New York: The Century Company, 1899. New York: The Century Company, 1899. First edition. 4to. Decorative cloth, decorative endpapers. 960 pp. Interesting serialized articles on Benjamin Franklin by Franklin scholar Paul Leicester Ford called "Franklin, the Many-Sided", including pictures by Clinedinst, Vanderhoof, Closson, Arata, Rosenthal, Hoppner, Trumbull, Miller, Williams, Racher; decorations by H.M. Lawrence, F.C. Gordon; autographs, portraits, facsimiles, etc. Includes "Franklin's
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Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$90.00
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Franklin, Benjamin: Benjamin Franklins enskilda lefwerne, upsatt af honom sjelf och stäldt till hans son. Hwartil äro bifogade åtskillige händelser och omdömen, som angå denne store man
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Stockholm: Nordström, 1792. Stockholm: Nordstroem, 1792. First Swedish Edition of Franklin's autobiography. 12mo. Quarter calf over marble boards. Gilt titles, all edges trimmed. 218 pp. plus 4 pp. advertising. Double frontispiece portraits of Franklin, one with the fur hat and spectacles, the other an older profile. No visible flaws, endpapers look modern. Franklin's memoir was first published in French a year before and did not appear in English until 1793. Scarce. Fine.. First Swedish Editio
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Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$2,500.00
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Letter to Mrs. Hubbard on the death of Franklin's brother Mr. John Franklin
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Boston: The Massachusetts Centinel, 1790. First edition. Original complete issue dated Saturday, May 15, 1790. Contains a beautiful letter, published posthumously, that Franklin wrote on the death of his brother. 4 pp. with articles, advertisements. Near fine condition.. First Edition. Unbound. Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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$300.00
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"Physics in the Eighteenth Century" article extracted from Philosophical Magazine [BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELECTRICITY]
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Philosophical Magazine, 1948. 8vo. Cloth binding. Bound copy of 18-page article extracted from Philosophical Magazine. Discussion of heat, light, magnetism, electricity, with several pages on Benjamin Franklin's experiments. Fine.. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$100.00
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The Two Franklins: Fathers of Democracy
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. First Edition. Cloth binding, 397 pp. Illustrated. Includes large pull-out plan of the City of Philadelphia. Ex-library, appears to be little-read. Very good condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States) |
$26.00
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The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin Containing His Life and Essays. Two Volumes in One
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Glasgow: W. Falconer, 1817. Early reprint. 16mo. Half-calf over marble boards. 6 compartments, raised ridges, gilt decoration and titles. All edges trimmed and speckled. Rare frontispiece portrait by R. Gray. Two volumes in one, the first being Dr. Franklin's Life to which is added a number of letters, illustrative of his manners and characters, and his letters to Mr. Whatley. The second part contains his Miscellaneous Essays.249 pp. followed by 2-page table of contents. Extremities rubbed, chipping top
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$450.00
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