Benjamin Franklin by Carl van Doran, 1983

"Benjamin Franklin" by Carl Van Doren, published in 1983 by Franklin Library in Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, as part of the Pulitzer Prize Classics series. This impressive large 8vo volume (6.25" x 9.5") is handsomely bound in full brown leather with gilt-enhanced covers and a hubbed spine with gilt decoration. The book features marbled endpapers and all edges gilt.

There is moderate spotting along the gilt edges. A beautifully bound edition of Carl Van Doren's acclaimed biography of Benjamin Franklin, offering insight into the life and achievements of one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. An attractive addition to collections of American history, presidential-era biographies, and finely bound Franklin Library editions.