Item #408705 Poor Richard's Almanack. Being the Almanacks of 1733, 1749, 1756, 1758, first written under the name of Richard Saunders. Benjamin FRANKLIN.
Poor Richard's Almanack. Being the Almanacks of 1733, 1749, 1756, 1758, first written under the name of Richard Saunders
Poor Richard's Almanack. Being the Almanacks of 1733, 1749, 1756, 1758, first written under the name of Richard Saunders
Poor Richard's Almanack. Being the Almanacks of 1733, 1749, 1756, 1758, first written under the name of Richard Saunders
Poor Richard's Almanack. Being the Almanacks of 1733, 1749, 1756, 1758, first written under the name of Richard Saunders

Poor Richard's Almanack. Being the Almanacks of 1733, 1749, 1756, 1758, first written under the name of Richard Saunders

New York: Rimington & Hooper, 1928. 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches). Facsimile edition with a foreword by Phillips Russell. Original tan buckram; black buckram slipcase with printed paper label. Provenance: May H.C. Rimington, presumably a relative of the publisher (signature on pastedown within Ex Libris, inscription gifting it to her? on front free endpaper). A few small soil marks on covers, light wear to slipcase, generally fine. Item #408705

Number 9 of 50 copies designated "not for sale" from an edition of 350 (copies 50-350 were designated for sale). The manuscript ownership name of May Rimington and the early numbering indicate that this copy was reserved for presentation to a member of the publisher's family.

Price: $100.00

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