The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
$650 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books
First edition
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1903. 8vo. 264 pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece portrait of Franklin. Title in red and black. Green publisher’s cloth, gilt publisher’s device to front cover; extremities slightly rubbed. Uncut. Item #12798 First edition of the first Lakeside Classic. Even today, Donnelley still produces these modest and dignified books.
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