Price: US$83.53 + shipping
Description: Poor copy with wear, tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 486 pages. Subjects; Benjamin Franklin. Private Correspondence (1753-1790). 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$95.62 + shipping
Description: 961 total, 2 vols., bds worn and soiled, bds separated & spines missing, foxing, small tears to edges of text.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Poor copy with wear, tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 486 pages. Subjects; Benjamin Franklin. Private Correspondence (1753-1790). 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volume set. Rebacked in 1980 with new paper-covered spines and printed labels, retaining the original paper-covered boards which are moderately soiled and worn. Illustrated with a folding plate which is a facsimile of Franklin's handwriting. Minor foxing scattered lightly throughout the text. A very small spot of staining to the top edge of several pages, and one page with a repaired chip, not affecting the text. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on the inside front covers. Vol. I: xxiv, 486 pages. Vol. II: xi, 480 pages including several pages of publisher's advertisement. Second edition, with additions. Sabin 25571. Size: Octavo (8vo)
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Benjamin Franklin. The Private Correspondence. Henry Colburn, London, 1817.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Private Correspondence" by Benjamin Franklin. Henry Colburn, London, 1817 second edition (with additions), in fine binding, complete in two volumes. Spotting, short closed tear in volume 2 signature C5, final advertisement leaf (pp. 479/80) discarded, bookplates of Thomas Myles Sandys (1837-1911, soldier and Conservative member of parliament), later-19th-century green half calf, 8vo (20.7 x 12.5 cm), overall a beautiful set.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Colburn, 1817. 8vo. Full leather binding, gilt decoration, raised ridges to spine, hand-made marble endpapers. The private correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. F.R.S. &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. comprising a series of letters on miscellaneous, literary, and political subjects: written between the years 1753 and 1790; illustrating the memoirs of his public and private life, and developing the secret history of his political transactions and negociations. Published from the originals by his grandson William Temple Franklin. In two volumes. Second edition, with additions. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square. 1817. 8vo. 2-volume set, complete. Newly bound in full dark brown morocco, 6 compartments, gilt ruling, decoration, and titles. Handmade peacock marble endpapers. Fine condition. Volume 1: xxiv, dramatic fold-out facsimile letter in Franklin's handwriting to Mr. Strahan ("You are my enemy and I am yours, Benjamin Franklin"). Letters on miscellaneous subjects, letters relating to American politics. 486 pp., (1), 4 (advertising). Volume 2: Letters relating to negociations for peace, &c. 475 pp., (1), 4 (advertising). A set of letters giving a taste of the depth and breadth of Franklin's genius and passion. Untrimmed pages, exceptionally clean, gift-quality. Fine condition.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.