Buy this book on-line Morris, Charles V : B. Franklin, InnovatorA. R. Tommasini, Millbrae, CA, 1975
No. 113 of 700 copies. 120 copies were printed for Roxburghe Club members, numbered 101-220. No. 28 in A. R. Tommasini's Christmas Keepsakes series. Original publisher's white wrapper. 3 5/8" x 5 1/4." Twenty-eight pages, complete. Red illustration of Benjamin Franklin seated on a chair on front cover. Impressed "art" (A. R. Tommasini's initials) emblem on front cover. Original card laid-in: "This little book, number twenty-eight in a series of Christmas keepsakes, comes to you with sincerest best wishes for your happiness, good health, good cheer at Christmas and in the New Year ahead from A. R. Tommy Tommasini." Pages are clean; binding is tight. Very tiny, faint smudge on front cover and a couple on the back. A clean, fine copy. Under Acknowledgments: "B. Franklin/Innovator, was first published as a keepsake in connection with the 1961 New York Printing Week Celebration on the occasion of the 255th Anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin." This book briefly describes the innovations and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin chronologically: The Junto, Pennsylvania Gazette, First Subscription Library in America, Philadelphische Almanack, The Union Fire Company, "Associators," Pennsylvania Academy, Pennsylvania Hospital, Albany Plan of Union, First Postmaster General, and diplomat.. Illustr.: DePol, John. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Morris, Charles V : B. Franklin, Innovator. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, atlases, fine bindings, antiquarian books and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |