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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine; Balthazar; Clea; Mountolive

By: Durrell, Lawrence

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Faber and Faber: 1963

Seller ID: 2263961

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

1963 second edition, first printing of Justine, 1960s reprints of first editions of the other three books. Spines slightly faded. We have more books available by this author!. The complete set of four books, finely rebound in two volumes by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Full burgundy morocco, gilt titles, rules, and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The collector who had these rebound included his/her monogram on the front corner: O.C.S. The Alexandria Quartet is a tetralogy of novels by British writer Lawrence Durrell, published between 1957 and 1960. A critical and commercial success,...
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History of the War of the Union, Civil, Military & Naval, in Three Volumes

By: Duyckinck, E.A. [Evert Augustus]

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Johnson, Fry & Company: 1862

Seller ID: 2294653

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

Some binding repair, boards and edges rubbed with some drying of leather, ink name and address on front flyleaf. 1862 Full-Leather. Complete in three volumes, published individually from 1862-1865. ii, 620; 660; 642 pp. 4to. Original dark brown leather, black stamped decorations, gilt titles, all edges gilt Engraved plates from photographs and paintings by Alonzo Chappel throughout. A contemporary account of the American Civil War.
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National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc., Etc., from Original Full Length Paintings, with Biographical and Historical Narratives

By: Duyckinck, Evert A.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Johnson, Fry & Company: 1862

Seller ID: 2278890

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Scattered light foxing throughout, front hinge of each volume just beginning to weaken, edges a bit rubbed, ink name (Frank Foote) on front flyleaf of each volume. 1862 Full-Leather. vii, [3], 488; iv, [2], 470 pp. 4to. Original dark brown leather, blind-stamped decorations, gilt titles, all edges gilt Engraved portraits throughout. A collection of biographical sketches of important American citizens, with portraits reproduced from paintings by Alonzo Chappel.
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Racing and Steeple-Chasing (The Badminton Library of Stories and Pastimes)

By: Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire; Craven, W.G.; Lawley, F.; Coventry, Arthur; Watson, Alfred E.T.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green, Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 2303166

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Third edition. Some pages lightly foxed. 1889 Hard Cover. xii, 419 pp. 8vo. Color frontispiece and woodcut illustrations by J. Sturgess. Two works on horse racing in one, including: Racing; Steeple-Chasing.
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Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys: A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites

By: Edwards, Amelia B.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons: 1890

Seller ID: 2303668

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Second edition. Spine a bit toned, front matter faintly foxed. 1890 Hard Cover. xxiv, 389 pp. Red cloth, color alpine illustration on front board mirrored on spine, gilt titles and rules. Fold-out map of the central Dolomites of Southern Tyrol precedes text. Engraved frontispiece, plates, and cuts. An update of the work first released in 1873, with the preface to the original and to the second edition included.
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The Mill on the Floss (The Franklin Library)

By: Eliot, George

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1981

Seller ID: 2292581

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. 1981 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 536 pp. Green boards with gilt title on spine and decoration on boards. Page ridges gilt. Illustrated by Herbert Tauss. Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom and is desperate to win the approval of her parents, but her passionate, wayward nature and her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family. As she reaches adulthood, the clash between their expectations and her desires is painfully played out as she finds herself torn between her ...
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Romola, in Two Volumes

By: Eliot, George [Evans, Mary Anne]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston / Cambridge, Estes and Lauriat / University Press: John Wilson and Son: 1890

Seller ID: 2303662

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Each volume includes original jacket. Jacket spines faded, ink gift note on front endpaper of each volume date 1908, ink name different than gift note recipient on title page of volume 1, and again on first text page with Christmas 1891 date, volume 1 ribbon marker detached but included. 1890 Hard Cover. vi, 315; vi, 299 pp. 8vo. Cream boards imitating vellum, elaborate gilt and red titles and decorations, top edges gilt, ribbon markers bound in. Monochrome plates from photographs taken throughout Florence. Romola (1862–63) is a historical novel by George Eliot set in the fifteenth century, ...
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The Mill on the Floss (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

By: Eliot, George [Evans, Mary Anne]; Daiches, David

Price: $35.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1980

Seller ID: 2294864

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Edges of endpapers slightly faded, blank publisher's bookplate laid in. 1980 Full-Leather. xv, [3], 472 pp. 8vo. Orange full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Introduction by David Daiches, color plates by Wray Manning. The novel details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister growing up on the River Floss near the village of St. Oggs in the United Kingdom, evidently in the 1820s after the Napoleonic Wars but prior to the Reform Act of 1832. Both the river and the village are fictional. The novel spans a perio...
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The Mill on the Floss (The Franklin Library)

By: Eliot, George [Evans, Mary Ann]

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1981

Seller ID: 2305427

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

1981 Hard Cover. 536 pp. Green leather spine, green cloth boards, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in, marbled endpapers. Illustrated by Herbert Tauss. Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom and is desperate to win the approval of her parents, but her passionate, wayward nature and her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family. As she reaches adulthood, the clash between their expectations and her desires is painfully played out as she finds herself torn between her relationships with three very different...
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Our Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands

By: Elliott, Henry E.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1886

Seller ID: 2302237

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1887 printing. Spine faded, edges rubbed with corners slightly exposed, front hinge just beginning to weaken, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1886 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 473, [5] pp. 8vo. Fold-out map follows text, four maps in text, numerous plates and illustrations in text. A 19th century account of the history, geography, peoples, and animals of Alaska.
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Iron Heart, War Chief of the Iroquois (War Chief Series)

By: Ellis, Edward S. [Sylvester]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Henry T. Coates & Co.: 1899

Seller ID: 2268643

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Boards lightly soiled, tiny spot on page ridge. 1899 Hard Cover. iv, 386, 10 pp. 8vo. A fictionalized account of the life of an Iroquois chief, written for young readers by the author most popular for his Deerfoot series.
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Image for Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896; Containing the Lives of the Republican and Democratic Candidates for President and Vice-President, Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of All Parties, the Story of Famous Campaigns of the Past, History of Political Parties, Lives of Our Former Presidents, together with a Full Presentation of the Live Questions of the Day, Including the Tariff, Gold and Silver, Cuba, Armenia, Venezuela, Monroe Doctrine, Etc.

Great Leaders and National Issues of 1896; Containing the Lives of the Republican and Democratic Candidates for President and Vice-President, Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of All Parties, the Story of Famous Campaigns of the Past, History of Political Parties, Lives of Our Former Presidents, together with a Full Presentation of the Live Questions of the Day, Including the Tariff, Gold and Silver, Cuba, Armenia, Venezuela, Monroe Doctrine, Etc.

By: Ellis, Edward S.; Reed, Thomas B.; Wilson, William L.; Sherman, John; Upton, J.K.; et al

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Non-Partisan Bureau of Political Information / Wm. Ellis Scull: 1896

Seller ID: 2299170

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Boards faintly soiled. 1896 Hard Cover. 320 pp. An excellent non-partisan look at the national candidates and causes in 1912, copiously illustrated with photos and political cartoons.
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The First Elizabeth

By: Erickson, Carolly; Longford, Elizabeth

Price: $30.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1989

Seller ID: 2274209

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Publisher insert and bookplate laid in. 1989 Full-Leather. 447, [5] pp. 8vo. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in, color frontispiece of Elizabeth. Foreword by Lady Elizabeth Longford. In this remarkable biography, Carolly Erickson brings Elizabeth I to life and allows us to see her as a living, breathing, elegant, flirtatious, diplomatic, violent, arrogant, and outrageous woman who commands our attention, fascination, and awe. With the special skill for which she is acclaimed, Carolly Erickson electrifies the senses ...
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Scotland - Picturesque and Traditional: A Pilgrimage with Staff and Knapsack

By: Eyre-Todd, George

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Glasgow and London, Gowans and Gray, Limited: 1921

Seller ID: 2303830

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Second edition, revised and enlarged. Faint discoloration to spine and corner of front board. 1921 Hard Cover. xv, 361, [7] pp. 8vo. Includes 56 illustrations from recent photographs. Blue cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations.
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The Roadmender

By: Fairless, Michael

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Thomas B. Mosher: 1905

Seller ID: 1903642

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Boards toned. 1905 Hard Cover. 124 pp. 12mo. Limited edition, one of 925 copies. Stiff cardstock covers with yapped edges. Printed on laid paper. A book of meditations by a Christian author, focusing on the journey along the road to heaven. Originally printed in 1902, and reprinted in numerous editions. This edition published by Thomas Bird Mosher at his Mosher Press during its career of over 30 years as a private press. Mosher ultimately released over 400 titles in 783 distinct issues, grouped into 14 limited edition series.
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Image for The Prince of Glory, or, Story of the Saviour, Being a Full and Captivating Narrative of the Thrilling Scenes and Events in the Life of Christ from Bethlehem to the Cross, Comprising the Birth, Infancy and Early Life of Jesus; His Baptism and Public Ministry; Beautiful Parables and Discourses; Journeys in Galilee and Judea; Wonderful Miracles; Pathetic Scenes of Suffering, and His Sublime Victory Over Death: Including Fascinating Descriptions of the Manners, Customs and Traditions of the Jews. The Whole Forming a Complete and Graphic Record of the History and Teachings of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

The Prince of Glory, or, Story of the Saviour, Being a Full and Captivating Narrative of the Thrilling Scenes and Events in the Life of Christ from Bethlehem to the Cross, Comprising the Birth, Infancy and Early Life of Jesus; His Baptism and Public Ministry; Beautiful Parables and Discourses; Journeys in Galilee and Judea; Wonderful Miracles; Pathetic Scenes of Suffering, and His Sublime Victory Over Death: Including Fascinating Descriptions of the Manners, Customs and Traditions of the Jews. The Whole Forming a Complete and Graphic Record of the History and Teachings of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

By: Farrar, Canon [Frederic W.]

Price: $60.00

Publisher: W.J. Holland / J.R. Jones: 1890

Seller ID: 2302224

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Edges lightly rubbed, a few scuffs on rear board. 1890 Hard Cover. xvi, 618, [2] pp. Original blue-green cloth, gilt, silver, and black titles and decorations, decorated endpapers. Color presentation page, frontispiece, and four color maps preceding text, engravings throughout text.
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Selected Letters of William Faulkner (The First Edition Society)

By: Faulkner, William

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1976

Seller ID: 2286128

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Minor blemish on front board. 1976 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xxiii, [1], 594 pp. 8vo. Dark brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. a collection of letters by the author of Light in August and The Sound and the Fury. William Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning American author. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, his reputation is based on his novels, novellas and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasi...
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Betty's Beautiful Nights

By: Fenner, Marian Warner Wildman

Price: $75.00

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1916

Seller ID: 2199327

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Binding repaired, edge wear, nickel-sized ink spot on front cover, pencil marks on several pages. 1916 Hard Cover. 212 pp. 8 3/8 x 6 1/2. Child sleeping on moon on front cover, gilt titles & top page ridge. A scarce collection of twelve nights worth of bedtime stories with illustrations by Clara M. Burd.
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Harry S. Truman: A Life (The Library of the Presidents)

By: Ferrell, Robert H.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1997

Seller ID: 2274923

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Publisher's insert and blank bookplate laid in. 1997 Full-Leather. xii, [2], 501, [5] pp. 8vo. Original red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. Few U.S. presidents have captured the imagination of the American people as has Harry S. Truman, 'the man from Missouri.' In this major new biography, Robert H. Ferrell, widely regarded as an authority on the thirty-third president, challenges the popular characterization of Truman as a man who rarely sought the offices he received, revealing instead a man who—with modesty, commitment to service, and bas...
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Madame Bovary

By: Flaubert, Gustave; May, J. Lewis; De Lacretelle, Jacques

Price: $35.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1978

Seller ID: 2205694

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

1978 Full-Leather. xv, [3], 375 pp. 8vo. Blue full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Flaubert's moving tale of a woman living beyond her means. Color frontispiece, engravings in text.
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Madame Bovary: A Story of Provincial Life (The Oxford Library of the World's Great Books)

By: Flaubert, Gustave; Steegmuller, Francis

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press / The Franklin Library: 1979

Seller ID: 2285613

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

1979 Hard Cover. 423, [5] pp. 8vo. Maroon leather spine, red cloth boards, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, blue ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the French by Francis Steegmuller, with illustrations by Malcolm Liepke. Includes a special message for subscribers to The Oxford Library of the World's Great Books. In Madame Bovary, his story of a shallow, deluded, unfaithful, but consistently compelling woman living in the provinces of nineteenth-century France, Gustave Flaubert invented not only the modern novel but also a modern attitude toward human charact...
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A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (The Library of the Presidents)

By: Ford, Gerald R.; Kissinger, Henry A.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press: 1987

Seller ID: 2305462

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine

Signed by Gerald Ford without inscription on front flyleaf. Publisher's pamphlet with special introduction by Henry A. Kissinger laid in, along with blank publisher bookplate. 1987 Full-Leather. [x], 454 pp. 8vo. Original red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. In this intimate self-portrait, Ford speaks candidly about his private life, political battles in Congress, experiences as a Warren Commission member and as House Minority Leader, and attempts to reunite a nation fragmented by Watergate.
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The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century)

By: Ford, Madox Ford

Price: $40.00

Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1980

Seller ID: 2298960

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Tiny scuff on page base, otherwise an exceptional copy. 1980 Full-Leather. xx, 305, [3] pp. 8vo. Original black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. A chronicle of the tragedies in the lives of two seemingly ''perfect couples'' whose lives are far from perfect, this novel was loosely based on two real-life incidents of adultery and on Ford's own messy personal life. Using pre-First World War Europe as its stage, The Good Soldier is the unforgettable story of Edward Ashburnham, his wife Leonora, and their friends, John and Flor...
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Wanted - A Chaperon

By: Ford, Paul Leicester

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company: 1902

Seller ID: 2284897

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. 1902 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 109, [3] pp. 8vo. Purple cloth trade binding designed by Margaret Armstrong with her initials incorporated on the front board. A novel by the American author who also wrote biographies of several U.S. presidents. Includes six color plates by Howard Chandler Christy, and decorative borders throughout.
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A Checked Love Affair and The Cortelyou Feud

By: Ford, Paul Leicester

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company: 1903

Seller ID: 2284898

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. 1903 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 112 pp. 8vo. Green cloth trade binding designed by George Wharton Edwards. A novel by the American author who also wrote biographies of several U.S. presidents. Includes five photogravures by Harrison Fisher, and decorative borders throughout.
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A Checked Love Affair and The Cortelyou Feud

By: Ford, Paul Leicester

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company: 1903

Seller ID: 2291314

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. One page repaired at binding,. 1903 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 112 pp. 8vo. Green cloth trade binding designed by George Wharton Edwards. A novel by the American author who also wrote biographies of several U.S. presidents. Includes five photogravures by Harrison Fisher, and decorative borders throughout.
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Wanted - A Matchmaker [Match Maker]

By: Ford, Paul Leicester

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company: 1900

Seller ID: 2291315

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

1900 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 109, [3] pp. 8vo. Olive cloth trade binding designed by Margaret Armstrong with her initials incorporated on the front board. A novel by the American author who also wrote biographies of several U.S. presidents. Includes five plates by Howard Chandler Christy, and decorative borders throughout.
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The Gods are A-Thirst (Les Dieux Ont Soif)

By: France, Anatole; Allinson, Alfred; Maurois, Andre

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1942

Seller ID: 2261286

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Includes publisher's slipcase, lacks Sandglass insert. Spine and slipcase edge along opening toned, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1942 Hard Cover. xii, 205 pp. A historical novel set during the French Revolution, by the Nobel Prize winning French author. This edition is an authorised translation from the French by Alfred Allinson, with an introduction by Andre Maurois and illustrations by Jean Oberle.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (The Lakeside Classics Book 1)

By: Franklin, Benjamin

Price: $350.00

Publisher: The Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company: 1903

Seller ID: 2292805

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First thus. Ink gift note on front endpaper, minimal cosmetic wear to boards. 1903 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. vii, [1], 264, [2] pp. Original cloth, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Franklin from the painting by Duplessis. The first volume in the collectible Lakeside Classics series. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuo...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Now Printed from the Manuscript as Franklin Wrote It, and Including His Preliminary Outline (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

By: Franklin, Benjamin; Van Doren, Carl

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1976

Seller ID: 2284247

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Blank publisher's bookplate laid in. Front board scuffed, minimal wear to spine bands. 1976 Full-Leather. xxxiii, [1], 233, [5] pp. Tall 8vo. Maroon full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Reproductions of early maps precede text, color frontispiece portrait of Benjamin Franklin, engraved illustrations in text. Includes introduction by Carl Van Doren. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appe...
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