The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin & Selected Writings [1950 HARDCOVER] • The Modern Library

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin & Selections from his Other Writings by Benjamin Franklin

ANTIQUE HARDCOVER [1950] THE MODERN LIBRARY

Small vintage hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. 

Dust jacket shows some visible rub wear; worn edges.  Otherwise, clean and in tact. Now housed in a new HQ jacket protector. 

Book itself is very good.  Small red water stain to bottom of title page and first few pages of introduction.  All other pages look new and unread.

Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life, now a classic of world literature that is sure to inspire and delight readers everywhere.

Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.