Benjamin Franklin
by Van Doren, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
No dust jacket. First thus. Tan fabric covered boards, faded along the upper and lower edges and over the spine. Gilt print on the front and spine. The pages are clean, tight and intact. Owner's name inside the front cover. Not rare, but not common. This book will ship at over three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.
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
- Turtleman Used Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST09328
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin
- Author
- Van Doren, Carl
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Pages
- xxi, 845
- Size
- 16 cm x 24.2 cm x 5.6 cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Biography;
Terms of Sale
Turtleman Used Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Buyer responsible for return postage. Due to recently enacted packaging rules, I cannot ship to Germany. (Too expensive.)
About the Seller
Turtleman Used Books
About Turtleman Used Books
Opened August 1st of 2022, Turtleman Used Books in Olympia, WA. Address is 108 22nd Ave SW, Olympia, WA 98501. Suite #4. This is a small shop, so some books may only be displayed online, others only displayed in the store. Come on by if you are in town. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Many of my books are oversized. Rather than ask for shipping adjustments at the time of purchase, the list price for heavier books includes the excess shipping cost. All of my photographs are of the actual product, taken by my trusty little Kindle Fire. Currently we have about 2900 books offered for sale online, with more being added daily. Check back frequently to see what's new. -----
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...