The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Volumes 1-18

Franklin, Benjamin

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1959-1974. Hardcover. 18 volumes bound in brown cloth boards, gilt design on front covers; gilt lettering on spines with burgundy circle and gilt numbers listing the volume. Each volume has a bw frontispiece, volume 1 color frontispiece. Top block edges are tinted red. VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Black marker line along bottom and top of block. Light shelfwear to boards but pages are otherwise clean.). Item #185190

The first 18 volumes of a 43 volume set. Volume 1. January 6, 1706 through December 31, 1734 -- volume 2. January 1, 1735 through December 31, 1744 -- volume 3. January 1, 1745 through June 30, 1750 -- volume 4. July 1, 1750 through June 30, 1753 -- volume 5. July 1, 1753 through March 31, 1755 -- volume 6. April 1, 1755 through September 30, 1756 -- volume 7. October 1, 1756 through March 31, 1758 -- volume 8. April 1, 1758 through December 31, 1759 -- volume 9. January 1, 1760 through December 31, 1761 -- volume 10. January 1, 1762 through December 31, 1763 -- volume 11. January 1 through December 31, 1764 -- volume 12. January 1 through December 31, 1765 -- volume 13. January 1 through December 31, 1766 -- volume 14. January 1 through December 31, 1767 -- volume 15. January 1 through December 31, 1768 -- volume 16. January 1 through December 31, 1769 -- volume 17. January 1 through December 31, 1770 -- volume 18. January 1 through December 31, 1771.