Benjamin Franklin
by Carl Van Doren
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Viking Press, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 845 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black & white illustrations and plates. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters. Binding is slightly shaky, however pages remain attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine. Gilt lettering has darkened. Visible water staining to front & rear boards.
Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize winner, considered to be one of the best biographies of Benjamin Franklin. The author's son became famous for his involvement in the TV quiz show scandals.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1677055227ADA
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin
- Author
- Carl Van Doren
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1938
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...