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Benjamin Franklin

by Carl Van Doren

About this title: Originally published in 1938, this biography of Franklin has long been considered a definitive study, though some have criticized it for being too admiring of the Founding Father.

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl Clinton

price: $10.40

Ships from NV, USA Eligible for Super Value Shipping

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Viking Press, New York Date Published: 1938

Description: Good. xvii, 845 p. 20 cm. read more

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Book: Good

 

seller information:

Name: Alibris, NV, USA
Eligible for free shipping

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren [= Vandoren], Carl

price: $2.00

Ships from ME, USA

Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Viking, NY Date Published: 1939

Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library Bio of famous kite-flyer. Sixth printing. Hardcover, xxi + 845 plus bw plates; tight; library markings; slightly age-tanned; minor wear; cover brown cloth with gold lettering, unevenly sun-bleached. read more

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Book: Good

 

seller information:

Name: Butterfield House, ME, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Carl Van Doren

price: $2.28

Ships from IN, USA

Binding: Paperback Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780140152609 ISBN: 0140152601

Description: GOOD. USED. read more

condition:

Book: Good

 

seller information:

Name: Owls Books, IN, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl Clinton

price: $3.95

Ships from NY, USA

Edition: First Edition after publication of the limited, signed edititon Binding: Hard cover Publisher: Viking Press, New York Date Published: 1938

Description: Good. No dust jacket. A few pages have a small bent corner. Name inside cover. A slight discoloring inside covers from ink on cover. A tear in one page on index, First edition. xvii, 845 p. 20 cm. Three illustrative black and white plates. read more

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Book: Good

 

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Name: Black Bag Books, NY, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $3.95

Ships from FL, USA

Binding: Hard cover Publisher: The Viking press, New York Date Published: 1939

Description: Poor in fair dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Ex-library. preowned library book-cover loose from spine, quite readable. xix p., 2 l., [3]-845 p. ports. 24 cm. Includes Portraits. "General bibliography": p. [785]-788. read more

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Book: Poor

 

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Name: Egensman Books, FL, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $4.00

Ships from WA, USA

Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: The Viking Press Date Published: 1964

Description: Very Good. Trade Paperback-VG-Book and dust jacket are bright and clean-index-845 pages. read more

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

seller information:

Name: captnbook, WA, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $4.00

Ships from MN, USA

Edition: 7th printing Binding: Hardbound Publisher: Viking Press, New York Date Published: 1938

Description: Sepia Illus. VG(bookplate, minor cover fading)/no DW. read more

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

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Name: Biermaiers books, MN, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $4.75

Ships from TX, USA

Edition: 8th Printing Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, Toronto, ON, Canada Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780140152609 ISBN: 0140152601

Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; moderate edge wear/ corners, spine hinge, and spine creased/ readers slant/ several pages and page tips creased. read more

condition:

Book: Good

 

seller information:

Name: Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar, TX, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $4.90

Ships from IL, USA

Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Viking, NY Date Published: 1938

Description: Good. No Jacket. Previous owners name written in. -----Serving the NW Chicago suburbs since 1975----- read more

condition:

Book: Good

 

seller information:

Name: BookMarks Used Books, IL, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $5.00

Ships from VA, USA

Edition: Possible First Binding: Cloth Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co. Inc., NY Date Published: 1941

Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Boards embossed with title on cov and gilt title spine are faintly 'mottled' at extremities barely noticeable. Spine ends and corners still sharp. 845 pg text is fine. read more

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

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Name: Horse Books Plus, VA, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $5.00

Ships from KY, USA

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: NY: Viking Press, 1938

Description: Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. ** & BK Pres. read more

condition:

Book: Good

 

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Name: Pepper's Old Books, KY, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $5.20

Ships from MA, USA

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Viking, New York Date Published: 1945

Description: Very Good + Good + DJ. 12mo = 7-9" 845pp. Cloth covers. Boards are slightly bumbed on top/bottom of spine. Dj is missing a piece from the top of the spine, and has several small tears around the edges. read more

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

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Name: Heritage Books, MA, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $5.50

Ships from NJ, USA

Edition: First single volume ed) Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Viking Press ( Date Published: 1938

Description: (Soiled & stained inside & outside but an intact reading copy) Hardcover. read more

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Book: Fair

 

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Name: Junius Books, NJ, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $5.95

Ships from MI, USA

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Viking, New York Date Published: 1937

Description: Good with no dust jacket. A few spots to cover, spine a bit sunned, a few passages underlined with pencil.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 845 pages. read more

condition:

Book: Good

 

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Name: Peninsula Books, MI, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $6.00

Ships from PA, USA

Binding: Soft Cover Publisher: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780140152609 ISBN: 0140152601

Description: Good + Tight spine, clean copy. Pictorial wraps, edges rubbed, corners and spine bumped. 845 Pgs. read more

condition:

Book: Good

 

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Name: The New Street Book Shop, PA, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Doren, Carl Van

price: $6.25

Ships from CA, USA

Binding: PAPERBACK Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) ISBN-13: 9780140152609 ISBN: 0140152601

Description: Very Good. 0140152601 some minor dog-earing, otherwise in great condition--clean pages, unbroken spine. read more

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

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Name: A Starving Actor's Books, etc., CA, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Vandoren, Carl

price: $6.50

Ships from CA, USA

Binding: Hardcover Publisher: The Viking Press, New York Date Published: 1961

Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 1961, 12th printing, 250th Anniversary Edition, Viking, hard bound, FINE/FINE. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Very tight binding; square; good corners; minor edge wear at bottom of spine. Clean bright pages; previous owner's book plate on front fee endpaper; no other marks. Dust jacket has 2 very tiny tears (top back and top front hinge; price not clipped (7.50). 845 p. (1859) read more

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Name: Billstrom Enterprises, CA, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $7.20

Ships from MO, USA

Binding: Hard cover Publisher: Book-of-the-Month Club, New York

Description: Very good. No dust jacket. xxxiii, 863 p., [28] p. of plates: ill. (some col. ); 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plates. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 791-794. read more

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

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Name: Rich's Book Shop, MO, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $7.20

Ships from CA, USA

Binding: Hard cover Publisher: The Viking Press, New York Date Published: 1938

Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Few library markings, clean text, tight binding. Some staining to cover. 3 v. front., ports., facsim. 25 cm. Includes: Portraits, Facsimiles. Paged continuously. "First published in September 1938. " On cover: v. 1. Philadelphia. v. 2. London. v. 3 Paris. "General bibliography": v. 3, p. [785]-788. "Chapter references": v. 3, p. [789]-807. read more

condition:

Book: Good

 

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Name: Global Booksearch, CA, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $7.50

Ships from ME, USA

Edition: First edition. Binding: Hard cover Publisher: The Viking Press, New York Date Published: 1938

Description: Good in fair dust jacket. Jacket Worn, Torn. front., ports., facsim. 25 cm. Includes: Portraits, Facsimiles. read more

condition:

Book: Good

 

seller information:

Name: The Book Addict, ME, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $7.50

Ships from TX, USA

Edition: First Edition Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: The Viking Press, New York Date Published: 1938

Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Brown cloth with gild titles. Sound binding, slightly faded spine with a small stain at bottom. Page block tanning and soiled. Clean text with no writing, marks or tears observed. Illustrated with b/w photo plates. 845 pages. read more

condition:

Book: Good

 

seller information:

Name: SmartNet Books, TX, USA

Reliability: Excellent

Benjamin Franklin used book

Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $7.50

Ships from CO, USA

Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Penguin Books Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780140152609 ISBN: 0140152601

Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, spine is not creased. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 845 p. Audience: General/trade. read more

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

seller information:

Name: Robinsky Bros, CO, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

by Van Doren, Carl Clinton

price: $7.50

Ships from ME, USA

Edition: First edition. Binding: Hard cover Publisher: Viking Press, New York Date Published: 1938

Description: Good. No dust jacket. xvii, 845 p. 20 cm. read more

condition:

Book: Good

 

seller information:

Name: The Book Addict, ME, USA

Reliability: Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin: a Biography

by Van Doren, Carl

price: $7.95

Ships from TX, USA

Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Random House Value Pub, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A. Date Published: 1987 ISBN-13: 9780517625323 ISBN: 0517625326

Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good, in very good dust jacket. Text tight and unmarked; very clean copy. read more

condition:

Book: Very Good

 

seller information:

Name: Book Planet, TX, USA

Reliability: Excellent

Benjamin Franklin [Paperback] By Van Doren, Carl used book

Benjamin Franklin [Paperback] By Van Doren, Carl

price: $7.99

Ships from VA, USA

Binding: Softcover ISBN-13: 9780140152609 ISBN: 0140152601

Description: Shelf wear on the covers and edges. The text itself is clean and unmarked. A solid reading text. Thanks for looking.. read more

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seller information:

Name: Oak Island Books, VA, USA

Reliability: Excellent


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