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Wm. Temple Franklin. The Works of Benjamin Franklin - Volume VI. William Duane, Philadelphia, 1809.
Price: US$76.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Full leather with title and volume to spine. Boards have some wear and the hinges are creaking. Repair to front internal hinge, some pen to pastedowns. Content age-toned throughout with minor foxing. 564pp, rear endpaper possibly removed.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Half-bound light brown leather and marbled boards; 431 pp. "Written [Benjamin Franklin] by himself to a late period, and continued to the time of his death by his grandson, William Temple Franklin, now first published from the original manuscript, comprising the private correspondence and public negotiations of Dr. Franklin together wiht the wole of his political, philosophical, & miscellaneous works." -- WorldCat. Fair (Boards are heavily worn/scuffed/smudged; front cover is detached; inner hinge of rear cover is cracked; spine strip is heavily worn and chipped; textblock edges are heavily toned/scuffed/smudged; marginalia ifc and on title page; interior is toned and foxed; first seven pages are loosening at the top.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This is an early volume from "The Works of Dr. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" - Volume IV. 1809; William Duane; Philadelphia. This volume includes chapters on POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC, Remarks and Facts on American paper money, Plan of a proposed union &c. for mutual defence and security and for extending the British settlements, Causes of the American Discontents before 1768, Letter concerning the gratitude of America &c. 1766, Examination of Dr. Franklin before the House of Commons concerning the stamp act 1766, Address of the representatives of Massachusetts to the British king, Examination of Dr. Franklin before the privy council, Principles of trade 1774, Observations on the encrease of mankind and peopling of countries 1751, On smuggling, Observations on war, Advice to a young tradesman, Necessary hints to those who would be rich, The notes of Dr. Franklin, On luxury idleness and injury, On true happiness, On the causes of earthquakes, The handsome and deformed leg, On public men.and much more. Condition: Shelf wear along the edges of the covers. Tight binding. The end papers preceding the illustrated title page have been removed (the book opens with the illustrated title page when opened). The paper has torn 1" down from the top edge between the front pastedown and the opposing illustrated title page. Consistent light foxing to the pages. The first six pages have large, light stains at the top and outer page edges, and a smaller, darker stain at the lower-outer corner. The last 20 or so pages have a light stain at the outer half. The rear pastedown has a small sticker at the top-right corner. Overall the book is in Fair condition.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.