Franklin, Benjamin.. MEMOIRS AND THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . . . [six volumes].. Henry Colburn: London, 1833.

Price: US$517.50 + shipping

Description: 6 volumes. Frontis portrait in first volume, 8.25 x 5.25, gilt-ruled deep purple leather with gilt decorated spines, 541 pp, 450 pp, 456 pp, 392 pp, 493 pp, 523 pp, covers rubbed, spines dull, missing five of 12 spine labels, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends chipping, some hinges starting, bookplates, contents toned and with scattered spotting and finger soil, but stilll a decent, usable set. If only someone had taken better care of the set. "New Edition."

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Franklin, Benjamin. (Edited by William Temple Franklin). MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, LLD, FRS &C., MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT THE COURT OF FRANCE, AND FOR THE TREATY OF PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE WITH GREAT BRITAIN, &C., & C. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF TO A LATE PERIOD AND CONTINUED TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH BY HIS GRANDSON, WILLIAM TEMPLE FRANKLIN. (SIX VOLUMES, COMPLETE); Comprising the Private Correspondence and Public Negotiations of Dr. Franklin; and His Select Political, Philosophical, and Miscellaneous Works, Published from the Original Mss. Henry Colburn, London, England, 1833.

Price: US$715.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Six volumes, edited by Benjamin Franklin's grandson. Original blue and gray cardboard as issued (owner could then bind as he chose). Bookplates of Frederick J. Edlmann of Hawkwood to each of the six volumes. Volume one shows missing paper to spine, the rest show shelf-rubbing to spine-caps, and a very few short external tears. Internally very clean copy. Fold-out diagrams of scientific apparatus, and a map, in sixth volume. Includes the complete account of Franklin's own Autobiography, the premier American classic. William Temple Franklin inherited the papers, but failed to publish them for so long, he was accused of a cover-up on behalf of powerful British figures. He denies this in the introduction, but seems to have delayed publishing nevertheless until everyone was dead. Some little known treasures of Franklin therein, an example being a dialogue or legal undertaking between Franklin the accused, and Gout, the accuser.

Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.

Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin. Henry Colburn, London, 1833.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 0. FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, wirtten by himself in a late period and continued to the time of his death by his grandson William Temple Franklin. 2nd issue of the 1818 1st edition by Henry Colburn of London, in 6 royal 8vo volumes with steel engraved frontis portrait of the Doctor after a French portrait and includes a fold out manuscript engraved facsimile This is the 2nd issue of the first complete and authorized edition of the collected works of Doctor Benjamin Franklin edited by his grandson in period 3/4 gilt calf extra and Italian stone marbled boards and endsheets, ex library from the Ken UK library with their engraved bookplates else very good. 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. 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.

Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.