Garden City, New York: Junior Literary Guild/Doubleday & Company, Inc., Date: 1950. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. D"Aulaire, Ingri; D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin. A fresh take on the acclaimed American by this award-winning French husband & wife team, who both wrote the story & illustrated it with lithographs on stone. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1950, unpaginated. Large hardcover 4to (8.50" x 12.75") has bright red cloth-covered boards stamped with an image of Ben & lettered in bright white to front & spine. Condition is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. A hint of corner bumping, offsetting to front endpapers. The colorful & bright DJ is slightly clipped, but orig. $2.50 price is intact to front flap. Condition is VG+: very mild rubbing to extremities, missing a small (.75") section to center spine. Beautifully protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of extra postage (at least double per USPS rates). 1950. Junior Literary Guild/Doubleday & Company, Inc. [US]

[publisher: The Junior Literary Guild & Doubleday & Co] Hardcover First Edition First Edition as stated on title page. Original price of 2.50 on dust jacket. Very good book, shows minor wear, fading on bottom front cover, bump and stain on back cover, stains on top and bottom edges, small hole on top edge of back cover, rubbing on top and bottom edge of spine and front and back cover, and tear on bottom corners of front and back cover. Very good dust jacket, tears and rips on edges of jacket and spine, holes on left edge of back jacket, and scratches and marks on back jacket.
[Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1950]

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, Date: 1950. First edition (stated). Very good plus in very good jacket.. First edition, first printing of the d'Aulaires' beautifully illustrated biography of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 10.75'' x 8.5''. Original cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and brown and white. [48] pages. Light rubbing and bumping to edges of dust jacket, with mild sunning to spine. Mild rubbing to edges of book, with light bumping to corners and spine and light toning to front flyleaf. A bright, clean copy. 1950. Doubleday & Company, Inc [US]

ISBN10: 0395811511, ISBN13: 9780395811511, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin] Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 0.4
[Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0395811511, ISBN13: 9780395811511, [publisher: Houghton Mifflin] Softcover New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
[Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0964380390, ISBN13: 9780964380394, [publisher: Beautiful Feet Books] Softcover
[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, Date: 1950. First edition (stated). Near fine in like dust jacket.. Spectacular first printing of the d'Aulaires' illustrated biography of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, with charming original watercolor and inscription. 10.75'' x 8.5''. Original cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($2.50) color pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and brown and white. [48] pages. With original watercolor in brown to front flyleaf, featuring a bust of Benjamin Franklin and floral elements. Inscribed in ink on front fly leaf "To/ our dear Kings/ with/ many thanks/ for their invaluable/ help on this/ book/ from Ingri & Edgar/ 1950" with the names Alice Campbell, Edward, and Virginia incorporated into the surrounding watercolor. Very mild rubbing to edges of dust jacket. Only slightest rubbing to extremities of binding, light toning to inscribed page; a bright and unique copy. 1950. Doubleday & Company, Inc US

[publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc, Garden City] Hardcover First Edition Spectacular first printing of the d'Aulaires' illustrated biography of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, with charming original watercolor and inscription. 10.75'' x 8.5''. Original cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($2.50) color pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and brown and white. [48] pages. With original watercolor in brown to front flyleaf, featuring a bust of Benjamin Franklin and floral elements. Inscribed in ink on front fly leaf "To/ our dear Kings/ with/ many thanks/ for their invaluable/ help on this/ book/ from Ingri & Edgar/ 1950" with the names Alice Campbell, Edward, and Virginia incorporated into the surrounding watercolor. Very mild rubbing to edges of dust jacket. Only slightest rubbing to extremities of binding, light toning to inscribed page; a bright and unique copy.
[Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1950]
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