Benjamin Franklin (3 vol. set)
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Special Limited First Printing. Hardcover. 3 vols. in various shades of blue cloth; maroon title blocks with gilt letters and outlines on spines & front covers; gilt top edges; 845 total pp., 8 BW plates; housed in tan and black marbled board slipcase. VG (Average edgewear and aging to slipcase; flyleaves and outermost ragged edges of pages may show some slight tanning; many pages remain uncut; has one circular bookplate from former owner in first volume; SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY AUTHOR.). Item #154021
The full three-volume Franklin biography that earned American writer and critic Carl Clinton Van Doren the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1939. Divides Franklin's life into three time periods marked by places; the volumes are thus named "Philadelphia," "London," and "Paris." One of 625 sets, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND NUMBERED "RWE." Originally given to Richard W. Ellis at The Haddon Craftsmen, Camden, New Jersey, who supervised this special limited first printing. His custom bookplate appears in the front of the first book. Certainly a set suitable as a gift for that special person. Rare.
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