‎Collectibles‎

‎Franklin Benjamin‎

‎The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin‎

‎Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing Co. Inc. 1916. Edited by Frank Woodworth Pine; one of the Star Series. Has "Retailed by Macy's" stamp on title page. 206 toned pages with maroon cover with black titles and illustration on both front cover and spine. Bumped corners light soil on front cover appears mottled pencilled inscription on fep. Small amount of foxing to inside cover and fep. Tiny spot on inside back cover. Black and white glossy frontispiece of Benjamin Franklin. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Garden City Publishing Co. Inc. Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 002599

‎FRANKLIN BENJAMIN JOHN WOOLMAN WILLIAM PENN EDITED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT‎

‎THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THE JOURNAL OF JOHN WOOLMAN FRUITS OF SOLITUDE BY WILLIAM PENN HARVARD CLASSICS‎

‎NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON CO 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. HARVARD CLASSICS REGISTERED EDITION. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 395 PAGES. DELUXE EDITION. P.F. COLLIER & SON CO. HUNTER GREEN LEATHERETTE BOARDS WITH GILT LETTERING. MARK ON FRONT END PAPER WHERE FORMER OWNERS BOOKPLATE WAS REMOVED. BOOK IS CLEAN RIGHT AND SECURE. 1969. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. P.F. COLLIER & SON CO Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A259

‎Franklin Colin & Hosea Baskin & Leonard Baskin‎

‎The Gehenna Press The Work of Fifty Years 1942-1992: The Catalogue of an Exhibition Curated by Lisa Unger Baskin Containing an Assessment of the Work . on the Books by the Printer Leonard Baskin.‎

‎Dallas: Bridwell Library Southern Methodist University & Gehenna Press. Fine. 1992. First Edition. Trade paperback. 0941881091 . One of a limited edition of 2000 copies signed on colophon page by Leonard Baskin. Book is as new. ; 0.95 x 11.14 x 8.53 Inches; 239 pages; Signed by One Author . Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University & Gehenna Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 13517 ISBN : 0941881091 9780941881098

‎Franklin Benjamin association‎

‎The New-England Courant No. 80‎

‎Boston 1723: Benjamin Franklin High School 1856. Reprint . Single Sheet. Good. According to the legend printed at bottom " Fac-Simile of the first Paper ever issued by Franklin and now printed Sept. 1856 on a press once used by him." A clean but aged and somewhat worn copy some foxing a few short edge tears and tears along creases some lettering lost along top horizontal crease. <br/> <br/> Benjamin Franklin High School unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 009103

‎Franklin Linda Campbell;House of Collectibles‎

‎The Official from Hearth to Cookstove: An American Domestic History of Gadgets and Utensils Made or Used in America from 1700 to 1930. 2nd Ed‎

‎Westminster Maryland U.S.A.: House of Collectibles 1985. large hardback in very good condition with very good dust jacket. 2nd edition. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: House of Collectibles Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 604307 ISBN : 0876373392 9780876373392

‎FRANKLIN Linda Campbell‎

‎The Official Price Guide to Kitchen Collectibles‎

‎New York: The House of Collectibles 1985. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff green glazed pictoria wrappers. 527pp. Illustrations. Very good. Minor edhewear. Second edition a tight and nice copy. The House of Collectibles paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 11335

‎FRANKLIN COLIN‎

‎The private presses‎

‎Chester Springs PA: Dufour 1969. First American edition 8vo 240pp. 16 plates & several text illus.; a fine copy in dj with a chunk out of the front panel in the bottom margin affecting one word. With select bibliographies of the Daniel Kelmscott Ashendene Essex House Vale Eragny Caradoc Doves Gregynog Golden Cockerel and Shakespeare Head presses. <br/><br/> Dufour unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25190

‎Franklin Colin‎

‎The Triple Crown: Kelmscott Doves and Ashendene‎

‎Dallas: Ondine Press 1977. Octavo. 19pp. One of 145 copies. Highlights an address given by Franklin at Perkins Chapel to mark the acquisition of the Sir Emery Walker copy of the Doves Press Bible printed on vellum by the Bridwell Library. Few marks to rear board else fine in cream cloth with paper label to spine. Ondine Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 29918

‎FRANKLIN Colin;‎

‎Themes in Aquatint‎

‎San Francisco The Book Club of California 1978 First edition limited edition of 500 copies. . original cloth backed marbled boards gilt spine title lettering very fine and clean unmarked and unused with the orig plain dj short tear with the extra loose plate in orig printed folder prospectus with the orig receipt from publisher dated 1979. folio 37.5 x 25 cm; vii 104 pp 16 plates from original aquatints mostly colored index. . This is the finely produced limited edition printed at Cambridge University Press for The Book Club of California with colour plates printed at the Curwen Press London typographical design by John Dreyfus. An excellent and impressive work covering early books on aquatint sport the common life doggerel city and cottage view tours and the visual book showing the use of aquatint printing of plates through the ages. The illustrations are taken from some of the finest illustrated books from 1775 to 1842 the golden age of aquatint. A picture of this book is available on request by email. San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1978, First edition, limited edition of 500 copies. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J12597

‎Franklin Benjamin‎

‎Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself together with Essays Humorous Moral & Literary Chiefly in the Manner of The Spectator. In Two Volumes.‎

‎Edinburgh: printed by D. Schaw and Co. Riddell's Court; and Sold By the Booksellers 1803. First Edinburgh Edition . Original Boards. Very Good. 16mo. Evans William engraved Frontispiece portrait. FIRST EDINBURGH EDITION. TWO VOLUMES. 16mo. vi 2 207 1p.; v 1 201 1p. With the Armorial bookplates of Henry Godfrey Godfrey Faussett Osborne Hartlip Place. Very pleasing copy in original vellum backed boards trifle foxed. A rare edition the imprint address differs from other books published by Daniel Schaw which normally have Riddell's Close. <br/> <br/> printed by D. Schaw and Co. Riddell's Court; and Sold By the Booksellers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 26547

‎Franklin Benjamin‎

‎Experiments and Observations on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America… To which are added Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole corrected methodized improved and now first collected into one Volume and Illustrated with Copper Plates.‎

‎London: Printed for David Henry and sold by Francis Newbery 1769. First complete edition of "the most important scientific book of 18th-century America" and "America's first great scientific contribution" PMM. Octavo bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards morocco spine label. Advertisement & errata leaf inserted following preface. Illustrated with 7 copper-engraved plates 2 of which are folding. In very good condition. First editions are rare exceptionally so in a contemporary binding. Franklin's most important scientific publication" Experiments and Observations contains detailed accounts of the founding father's crucial kite and key experiment his work with Leiden jars lightning rods and charged clouds Norman 830. "The most dramatic result of Franklin's researches was the proof that lightning is really an electrical phenomenon. Others had made such a suggestion before him-- even Newton himself-- but it was he who provided the experimental proof" PMM. "The lightning experiments caused Franklin's name to become known throughout Europe to the public at large and not merely to men of science. Joseph Priestley in his History of Electricity characterized the experimental discovery that the lightning discharge is an electrical phenomenon as 'the greatest perhaps since the time of Isaac Newton. Franklin's achievement. marked the coming of age of electrical science and the full acceptance of the new field of specialization" DSB. Printed for David Henry and sold by Francis Newbery hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 116750

‎Franklin Benjamin‎

‎Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers. Lately written by B. Franklin LL. D. Fellow of the Royal Society of London; Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris; President of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia.‎

‎London: Printed for C. Dilly in the Poultry 1787. First edition of the last collection of Franklin's writings to appear during his lifetime; a major collection of his political philosophical and scientific writings a second volume of which was planned but never published. First issue with page 25 <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">mispaginated</span> "52." Octavo bound in full contemporary tree calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine red morocco spine label lettered in gilt gilt Greek key ruling to the front and rear panels. With four copper-engraved folding plates including diagrams of the Franklin stove and the earliest published map of the Gulf Stream. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate and early ownership inscriptions. Text and plates very clean. Rare. Intended by the publisher as a companion volume to the Experiments and Observations on Electricity 1769 and his Political Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces 1779 Franklin's Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers contains a selection of important political essays including his Remarks concerning the Savages in North America 1784 The letter from Dr. B. Franklin to Benjamin Vaughan. of Privateering 1785 and Information to those who would remove to America 1784 which is "one of the clearest expressions of his belief that American society should be based on the virtues of the middle. classes" Isaacson 423. Also highly notable is Internal State of America his sharply optimistic postwar reply to "complaints of hard times in the American press. with an equally sharp consciousness of British propaganda" Crane William and Mary Quarterly XV:2 218. This volume additionally contains three major scientific writings: Description of a New Stove for the burning of Pitcoal 1785 Letter from Dr. B. Franklin to Dr. Ingenhausz On the Causes and Cure of Smoky Chimneys 1785 and Letter from Dr. Benjamin Franklin. containing sundry Maritime Observations 1785. Merging his political and scientific interests Franklin used Maritime's study of the sea and Gulf Stream to "proclaim the virtues of his nation and its people." This inspired others to also "think of the Gulf Stream in political terms. In 1790 Thomas Paine declared the French Revolution 'as fixed as the Gulf Stream' and Jonathan Williams claimed the current's waters were as distinct as 'the colors of red white and blue'" Chaplin 320-25. Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 125345

‎Franklin Benjamin‎

‎Political Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces; Arranged under the Following Heads and Distinguished by Initial Letters in each Leaf: General Politics; American Politics before the Troubles; American Politics during the Troubles; Provincial or Colony Politics; Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces.‎

‎London: Printed for J. Johnson 1779. First edition of "the only edition of Franklin's writings other than his scientific printed during his lifetime" Ford. Octavo bound in three quarters leather gilt titles to the spine raised bands. With the engraved frontispiece portrait of Franklin three engraved plates one folding and folding table of the reformed alphabet. In near fine condition. Complete with index addenda and corrigenda. A very nice example. "The only edition of Franklin's writings other than his scientific which was printed during his lifetime; was done with Franklin's knowledge and consent and contains an 'errata' made by him for it" Ford 342. Edited by his close friend Benjamin Vaughan and published in London while Franklin was serving as America's ambassador this seminal collection contains many of his writings on the rebellious American colonies and incendiary British measures such as the Stamp Act. Of particular interest is The Examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin 255-301 a record of his 1766 appearance before Parliament. In Franklin's answers to the over 150 questions posed him in an afternoon of "highly charged testimony he would turn himself into the foremost spokesman for the American cause" Isaacson. Printed for J. Johnson hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 125950

‎Franklin Benjamin‎

‎The Way to Wealth or Poor Richard Improved; La science du Bonhomme Richard Ou Moyen Facile de Payer Les Impots.‎

‎Paris: Printed for Ant. Aug. Renouard Antoine-Augustin Renouard 1795. Renouard's scarce bi-lingual edition of Franklin's popular collection of aphorisms. Octavo bound in contemporary wrappers frontispiece portrait of Franklin engraved by Alexandre Tardieu after Duplessis' painting. The Way to Wealth was first published as the preface to Poor Richard's Almanack of 1758 the last of the almanacs written by Franklin himself under the title "Father Abraham's Speech." Revered for the elegance of its printing this bi-lingual edition also includes Franklin's private letter to Madame Passy along with "Dialogue entre la goutte et Franklin" the poem "Le Sage et la goutte" and the essays "Quelques mots sur l'Amerique avis a ceux qui voudroient aller s'etablir dans cette contree" and the separately paginated "Observations sur les Sauvages du Nord de l'Amerique" which is noted by Ford to be present in only a few copies. Sabin 25596; Ford 107. In near fine condition. Exceptionally clean internally. Housed in a custom chemise slipcase within a half morocco clamshell box. A beautiful example rare in wrappers. This pithy collection of the most clever sayings garnered from the run of Poor Richard's Almanack was first printed as a separate edition by Franklin's nephew Benjamin Mecom of Boston in March of 1758. By the late 18th century the work had attained great popularity not only in American but in London and Pairs. Renouard's The Way to Wealth was revered not only as the first bi-lingual edition but for the elegance of its printing; emphasizing the tremendous esteem Franklin had earned during the years he dwelt among the French to whom his words of wisdom symbolized the freedom embodied in the newly-founded American republic of no small significance in the wake of their own revolution. Printed for Ant. Aug. Renouard [Antoine-Augustin Renouard] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 125491

‎Franklin Colin‎

‎Bookselling.a memoir from 1980‎

‎Carrollton Ohio: Press On Scroll Road 1999. Edition limited to 145 copies small 8vo pp. 8 23 3; original gray cloth wraparound paper label on spine and upper cover; fine. Designed composed and printed by Bob Baris. This copy not numbered and marked instead "O.S." This is an essay written for Franklin's family in 1980. <br/><br/> Press On Scroll Road] hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 50831

‎Franklin Colin‎

‎Emery Walker: some light on his theories of printing and on his relations with William Morris and Cobden-Sanderson‎

‎Cambridge: privately printed 1973. Five hundred copies printed in Great Britain at the University Printing House Cambridge for presentation to friends of the University Printer 4to pp. vii 1 36; 3 illustrations in text and 3 facsimiles 2 printed in color in pocket at end; preface by the printer Brooke Crutchley; fine copy in the original quarter blue morocco over blue paper-covered boards printed after a Morris design. The Cambridge Christmas Book for 1973. Walsdorf 178A. <br/><br/> privately printed hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 51573

‎FRANKLIN COLIN‎

‎The private presses‎

‎Chester Springs PA: Dufour 1969. First American edition 8vo 240pp. 16 plates & several text illus.; a fine copy in dj with a chunk out of the front panel in the bottom margin affecting one word. With select bibliographies of the Daniel Kelmscott Ashendene Essex House Vale Eragny Caradoc Doves Gregynog Golden Cockerel and Shakespeare Head presses. <br/><br/> Dufour unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 25190

‎Franklin John Hope‎

‎Reconstruction After the Civil War.‎

‎Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 1961. First edition of the historian's study of the Reconstruction era. Octavo original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Charlie Harris with the sincerest best wishes of John Hope Franklin." The recipient Charles F. Harris was a pioneering African American publishing executive who began his publishing career at Doubleday & Company in 1956 where he launched the Zenith Book Series which produced volumes on African American history for elementary and high school students. In addition to editing works by John Hope Franklin Robert Weaver Rayford Logan and Jim Brown Harris founded Amistad Press Inc. in 1986 which published critical studies of the works of Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Richard Wright Gloria Naylor Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the front panel. In this lucid study of the American Reconstrution era noted historian John Hope Franklin points out many fallacies that still impede the solution of problems left by the Civil War. The University of Chicago Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 90369

‎Franklin Delano Roosevelt‎

‎Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Cruise Pamphlet Collection.‎

‎City of Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution 1939-1942. First editions of ten botanical and zoological pamphlets published as a result of collections and investigations made during Franklin D. Roosevelt's Presidential Cruise of 1938 to the Galapo six being presentation copies inscribed and signed "FDR" on the front wrapper. Octavo ten pamphlets original brown printed paper wrappers illustrated. Presentation copies 6 pamphlets are signed and inscribed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt 5 to his friend and long-time colleague in combating polio Basil "Doc" O'Connor. The pamphlets include: Flowering Plants Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 Ellsworth P. Killip May 27 1939 inscribed. "R.T. McI From F.D.R."; Two New Gobioid Fishes Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 Isaac Ginsburg May 31 1939 inscribed "Doc O'Connor from F.D.R."; Echinoderms Other than Holothurians Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 Austin H. Clark June 2 1939 inscribed "Doc O'Connor from F.D.R."; A New Dicrocoeliid Trematode Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 Allen McIntosh June 8 1939 inscribed "Doc O'Connor from F.D.R."; The Polychaetous Annelids Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 Olga Hartman June 9 1939 inscribed "Doc O'Connor from F.D.R."; Amphipod Crustaceans Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 Clarence R. Shoemaker March 5 1942 inscribed "for Basil from F.D.R."; Coelenterates Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 Elisabeth Deichann January 27 1941; Recent Foraminifera From Old Providence Island Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 Joseph A. Cushman January 24 1941; A New Cephalopod Mollusk Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 Helen C. Stuart February 4 1941. The recipient of five of the pamphlets Basil "Doc" O'Connor 1892-1972 was a lawyer by training; in co-operation with FDR he started two foundations for the rehabilitation of polio patients and the research on polio prevention and treatment. From 1944 to 1949 he was Chairman and President of the American Red Cross and from 1945 to 1950 he was Chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies. In fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Scarce and desirable. American statesman and political leader Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. A Democrat he won a record four presidential elections and dominated his party after 1932 as a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and war. During the summer of 1938 Roosevelt cruised the Galapagos Islands on a scientific expedition sponsored by the Smithsonian. Aboard the U.S.S. Houston with him were scientists representing a wide field of studies. These monographs were published as government pamphlets and include at least three new species discovered and named for F.D.R. Published by the Smithsonian Institution unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 123500

‎Franklin J Meine‎

‎The American Peoples Encyclopedia Yearbook 1951‎

‎The Spencer Press Chicago Ill. 1952. First Edition. Cloth Bound Hardcover. VG/--. 10 H x 7 1/4 W x 1 1/8 D. THERE IS NO COVID-19 IN MY STORE WHICH IS DOING ONLINE SALES ONLY. Very Good. NON SMOKING STORE. THIS LISTING INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK FOR SALE. Covers worn tiny bit on some edges. Spine worn a tiny bit at top and bottom. All pages clear to read intact and fully attached in the book. The Spencer Press, Chicago, Ill. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : B2160Vintg-AmYr51

‎Franklin M. Garrett‎

‎Yesterday's Atlanta‎

‎Miami Florida: E.A. Seeman Publishing 1977. VG/1st pbk edition. An interesting and thorough history of the city of Atlanta by a former President of the historical society. Many black and white pictures of of early Atlanta. Book is clean with only very little edge wear and a couple of small stains on the back cover. Interior is clean and unmarked with no foxing. Comes in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASA. First Edition. Large Paperback-Soft Cover. Very Good/None Issued. History/Atlanta Georgia. E.A. Seeman Publishing Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 0021401 ISBN : 0912458909 9780912458908

‎Franklin R. Bruns Jr‎

‎Fell's Profitable Stamp Guide‎

‎<p>New York: Frederick Fell 1951. Written by the curator of philately at the Smithsonian Institution this book is a complete guide to every phase of stamp collecting. The book is in very nice condition except for areas of discoloration on the interior of the covers. The jacket is not price clipped. It has several knicks along the top front edge and wear and rubbings. Edition Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.</p> Frederick Fell hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1596a

‎FRANKLYN JULIAN‎

‎HERALDRY‎

‎A.S.BARNES & CO. 1968. Book. Illus. by AlAN KEITH-HILL. Good. Hardcover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION FIRST PRINT. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. CREAM DUST JACKET ON HARDCOVER BOOK. 103 PAGES. GOOD IN FAIR JACKET. JACKET IS SOILED & HAS A COUPLE OF ONE INCH CLOSED TEARS. BOOK IS CLEAN RIGHT AND SECURE. 1968. First AMERICAN EDITION. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. A.S.BARNES & CO. Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A417 ISBN : 0498066835 9780498066832

‎Franks David‎

‎Touch‎

‎Red Wheel Barrow Press 1965. Signed/inscribed on title page. Cover design and other art by Joseph White introduction by Robert Creeley. Aging to wraps text block near fine. Unpaginated. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Book. Red Wheel Barrow Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 5743

‎Franks Norman‎

‎Dark Sky Deep Water: First Hand Reflections on the Anti-U-Boat War in WW2‎

‎London Great Britain: Grub Street 1997. Hardcover with red boards and pictorial dust jacket First Edition 500gms 218 pages and blank endpapers. These and many other first hand accounts from both sides accompanied by photos give an insight into how Allied airmen and German submarines fought against each other in the hostile skies above the deep cold sea. Book is in very good condition with no visible general wear and tear a signature on the front endpaper may or may not be author's signature. Dust Jacket is in very good condition with no to very little shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title you're looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30000 books in stock we can't list them all!. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Grub Street Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : WARTWO30