FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
The Prefaces, Proverbs, and Poems from Poor Richard's Almanacks for 1733-1758
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering or decoration in each compartment, intricate gilt decoration on both covers, pink moire silk endpapers, printed on archival paper, silk ribbon marker bound in, Smyth sewn, and with concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. The illustrations for this limited edition are taken from Bowle's Moral Picture; or Poor Richard Illustrated, a broadside originally printed in 1796 in Manchester, England. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature Series. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (vi), 265 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .
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