THAYER, William Makepeace — The Printer Boy. Or, How Benjamin Franklin made his Mark. An Example for Youth.
London, James Hogg & Sons, [1861]. Richly decorated green cloth. xvi, 264, (8) p. The frontispiece and title page were colored by hand. 1st edition. Spine somewhat worn, stamp of a school library in Oegstgeest on the inside. First endpaper torn out. Slanted by reading, some traces of use. A nice little book for youngsters about the adventurous life of Benjamin Franklin, who, as is well known, worked as a book printer. William M. Thayer (1820-1898) wrote all kinds of books about famous Americans. Only the first edition has a beautiful hand-colored opening - like this one.