The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

• Brown Leatherette & Gilt
• Hardcover
• Publisher: Walter J. Black, Inc. (Black's Readers Service)
• Editor/Compiler: John Bigelow
• Publication Year: 1932
• Total Pages: 312 pages
• Ex libris

This is a volume from my personal library. For this reason it has an ex libris stamp in the front page. It is a raised circle with my initials inside it. Please see the photos of the ex libris above.

This is a ‘1932’ edition of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, published by Black's Readers Service. I put the quotation marks because I suspect that the text is copyright to that date, but the actual edition comes from a few decades later. Compiled and edited by John Bigelow, it features roughly 312 pages and is bound in flexible brown leatherette.

• Please see the photographs for a complete description of this vintage book.

• Please examine the photo carefully and ask any questions you may have regarding the condition of this volume. It is firmly bound and without any damage or defacement to the text. There are some stains on the leatherette covers. What you see is exactly what you get.

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This edition relies heavily on John Bigelow's foundational work, which was the first to present the autobiography exactly as Franklin wrote it, restoring passages that earlier editors had cut. It covers Franklin's early life in Boston, his time as a printer in Philadelphia, his experiments, and his philosophy on virtue and public service.