The Wit & Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin
NY: Gramercy, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. 5.25"x7.25". 236 pgs. 2nd Printing. Yellow hardboards w/silver metallic lettering on spine. Jacket illustration by David Levine. Book design by Barbara DuPree Knowles. Foreword by David Eisenhower. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped. POGI on first fly paper. Surface cracking in gutter on front 1.5" long. Collectible - VeryGood / Near Fine. Item #12955
ISBN: 9780517163450
A treasury of over 900 quotations spoken by the first "American" as well as numerous entertaining anecdotes about his adventures and misadventures, making it the fourth in the WIT & WISDOM series from RHVP. Covering everything from Sage Sayings to Franklin Fables, it even incudes a time line of Franklin's life and the world around him. Goodreads 3.94.
Price: $7.99