Franklin benjamin stuber henry (5 risultati)

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 16mo; vi, 8-256 pages, full leather, extra-gilt spine, tips of spine torn; ex libris Elias Scott May 9, 1834. lacks rrear free endpaper, horizontal hole to one leaf with loss of one two words. Preface by "Richard Price". [Checklist American Imprints no. 12468]. Various pages misnumbered. Includes a continuation of Franklin's autobiography by Dr. Henry Stuber, an intimate friend to Dr. Franklin. Among the included essays is "Morals of Chess". "There was no such thing as Franklin's 'autobiography' until well into the nineteenth century. . [Franklin] wrote his autobiography at four different times in his life, and for many years only the first part circulated in print, in a version based on an unauthorized and unrevised copy of his manuscript. That first part went only up to his 25th year ." Stuber's third-person account . was based on that unrevised mss. of only Franklin's first 25 years. Per the Library Company of Philadelphia.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. 255 pages, including plates; 194-255 "written by Dr. Stuber". This issue with frontispiece and first title page coloured; seven plates within, two of which have been coloured. Good: cloth soiled, gilt thoroughly dulled. Presentation inscription front and rear. First free endpaper excised, and first blank at rear lacking half. Chip off margin pp. 79, 213, 239 with no loss of text. A few short closed tears, including title page; foxing and peripheral tidelines throughout.…

Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have. …