Benjamin Franklin: Writings: The Autobiography / Poor Richard’s Almanack / Bagatelles, Pamphlets, Essays & Letters [LIBRARY OF AMERICA / 1987]

Writings: The Autobiography / Poor Richard’s Almanack / Bagatelles, Pamphlets, Essays & Letters by Benjamin Franklin

HARDCOVER COLLECTOR'S OMNIBUS [1987] LIBRARY OF AMERICA

First printing.   Complete edition with decorative endpapers and sewn in silken bookmark.

Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition.

Dust jacket shows heavy shelf / rub wear but is fully in tact. 

Book itself is very good; water stain to upper spine portion of cloth cover.  Clean, unmarked pages read nicely and show no wear. 

Note: When first issued, the Library of America edition of Franklin's Writings was collected in one large volume [this edition] ; later, it was published as two separate volumes.  

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