Benjamin Franklin
by Van Doren, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Larger Octavo; G+/G; dark red, black and beige spine with beige text; first edition; dust jacket exterior has age toned modestly; some soiling noticeable to rear; few chips to edges; price clipped front flap; mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has mild wear with light sunning; straight boards; textblock exterior fore and tail edges have age toned; exterior head edge colored red; hairline crack to rear hinge at endpaper; interior pages have slight toning; illustrated; pp 845. 1358606. FP New Rockville Stock.
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
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1358606
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin
- Author
- Van Doren, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.