Van Doren, Carl — Benjamin Franklin

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library, 1983. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Pulitzer Prize for Biography 1939, and illustrated with portraits of Benjamin Franklin. Sterling condition hardcover copy, handsomely produced as per usual Franklin Library Limited Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only the slightest shelf- and edge-wear. Featuring moire endpapers, bound-in silk ribbon bookmark, three raised bands, all edges gilt, rich, colorful leather covers, classy gilt decoration to cover and spine. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 845 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine