1856 BOOK THE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN VOL. VI BY JARED SPARKS
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UP FOR AUCTION IS A 1856 BOOK ''THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CONTAINING POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL TRACTS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY FORMER EDITION AND MANY LETTERS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE, AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR'' VOLUME VI ONLY PUBLISHED BY WHITTEMORE NILES & HALL. DECORATED HARDCOVER APP. 6.25'' X 9.5'' AND 578 PAGES LONG, TITLE PAGE DATE 1856, ILLUSTRATED AND WITH NUMEROUS FOLD-OUTS, PAGES ARE FINE, THE FIRST 50 OR SO PAGES HAVE A WATER SPOT, THE LAST 100 OR SO PAGES HAVE A MINOR... WATER SPOT, THE END-BOARDS END-PAPERS HAVE A WATER SPOT, THE COVER HAS MINOR WEAR ON THE TOP SPINE EDGE, RIPS ALONG THE SPINE SIDE EDGES, SOME FADING, MINOR SPOTS, A MINOR SURFACE SCRATCH ALONG THE FRONT BOTTOM EDGE, MINOR WEAR ON THE CORNERS. THE FRONT COVER END-BOARD IS SOMEWHAT SEPARATING FROM THE SPINE. SOLD AS IS.