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A Collection of the Familiar Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Now for First Time Published
by (SPARKS, Jared) FRANKLIN, Benjamin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
Octavo, 5 x 8 in. xvi, 295 pp. Original publisher's green cloth boards with paper spine label, uncut with many pages unopened. First American edition. Text gathered by Jared Sparks, president of Harvard at the time. Scarce. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends slightly bumped, mild shelf wear. Small vertical slit to cloth at rear outer joint that doesn't affect the binding. Binding tight and text bright and unmarked. Some pages have light to moderate foxing. Unusually, only a few of the pages have been cut. Letters. RGR. First edition of this collection of Franklin letters and papers gathered by Jared Sparks in the course of his historical researches. An uncommon copy in the publisher s original cloth now Mylar protected.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210
- Title
- A Collection of the Familiar Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Now for First Time Published
- Author
- (SPARKS, Jared) FRANKLIN, Benjamin
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Bowen
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1833
- Pages
- 295pp.
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American History, American President's, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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- First Edition
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- Unopened
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