Buy this book on-line Morris, Charles V : B. Franklin, InventorA. R. Tommasini, San Francisco, 1974
No. 114 of 700 copies. 120 copies were reserved for Roxburghe Club members, numbered 101-220. No. 27 of A. R. Tommasini's Christmas Keepsakes series. Original publisher's red wrapper with a white illustration of a street lamp on the front cover. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4." Thirty-nine pages, complete. Original card laid-in: "This keepsake comes to you with Holiday Greetings from A. R. Tommasini." Colophon in back with information on the book's printing and the edition number. Pages and wrapper are clean; binding is tight. A pristine, fine copy. This book briefly covers some of Benjamin Franklin's inventions chronologically: the lightning rod, storage battery, electrical machine, fireplace, street lamp, armonica, bifocals, and the stove. Under Acknowledgments: "B. Franklin, Inventor, was first published as a keepsake in connection with the 1960 New York Printing Week Celebration on the occasion of the 254th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin.". 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, Inventor. 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 used books, livres rares, collectables, livres anciens and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |