Rare books from The Franklin Bookstore

1887. Leather. Very Good. 9.5 x 12.5. Original Public Opinion Journal Complete RARE Huge Set Collection of 1887 to 1906 38 Volumes in 33 Bindings made up of 988 weekly journals, over 35,000 pages, over 400 pounds. Condition: Good to Fine, most in Very Good, #3 through #29 are half leather and paper or half leather and buckram, #30 through #40 are dark green cloth bound. Some of the leather volumes have spine cracks, hinge surface cracks, 4 volumes have hinge repair, #3 through #18 are of a dark red leather binding, all leather treated with Klucel G consolidate. volumes 21 to 40 are exlibrary and have gilt lettering of library on spine cover and some stamps inside those, some have loose weekly title pages, 9.5 x 12.5 tall. Over 400 pounds
Motto of: A Comprehensive Summary of The Press Throughout the World on all Important Current Topics Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y.
Each of the 40 Volumes (which is usually 6 months of 26 weekly journals) has a nice Index at the beginning.
Public Opinion was a… Read More

Hearst, 1913. hard. See Photo Gallery Hearst's Magazine, Volume XXIII, Bound 6 issues January-June 1913 Publisher-Printing Location: World Review Company, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York, NY Date and Numbering: January - June 1913 Size and Page Count: 7.5"" X 10"" Tall, approx. 1000 pages Condition: Good, Green Cloth with black spine label with gilt lettering, binding in Very Good condition, Dover ex-library label on inside of back cover, approx. 75 pages missing , few pages with tears. Text block clear no foxing.
Illustration Information: Approx. 200 illustrations, from advertisements to full page photographs or paintings, Examples from these artists:
James Montgomery Flagg 19 illustrations
Howard Chandler Christy 5 illustrations
Charles Dana Gibson 3 illustrations
Contents:
Four articles by Elbert Hubbard
Six articles by Winston Churchill
Admiral George Dewey's Autobiography
Review of a book on Booker T. Washington
Story by George Bernard Shaw
Article By Allan L. Benson on Thomas Edison George M. Cohan… Read More

Harpers Monthly, 1850 to 1940. leather. Good. 6.5"" X 10.5"". 90 years 1850 to 1940 COMPLETE RUN! -Very Rare Set- 181 Bound Volumes of Harper's Monthly Magazine. ` 1086 Monthly Issues ` over 180,000 Pages Complete Run of the original earliest issues. All hard bound Most are leather or half leather bound with some marbled paper, some ex-library. Possible page missing or torn in some volumes. Includes thousands of first printed stories, poetry illustrations etc. Harper's Monthly was the #1 to #2 magazine for nearly a century and published what the buying public was interested in. Here we can view what America's interests and tastes were during their time. See the Photo Gallery with over 300 photos The history and importance of Harper's Magazine Narrative Here. For more information on each individual issue see the nearly 900 issues for sale and their contents Here. -- http://www.offical.net/index.php?/category/7 --Contact us about shipping. The weight would be about 1000 pounds

Harper's New Monthly Magazine ORIGINAL EDITION! - Publisher-Printing Location: Harper & Brothers, New York Date and Numbering: December, 1866 Volume XXXIV, Number CXCIX Size and Page Count: 6.5 X 10" Tall,approx. 144 pages, the back cover with advertisements and statement of Harper s New Monthly Magazine
Condition: Fair, binding good, front cover has tears worn on all edges especially at spine, rear cover is missing, some staining on cover, foxing, contents are complete.
Illustrations Information: 22 woodcut engravings ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian---- Articles and Information:
RARE!!!! Usually found in the later bound 6 month Volume- This is the paper back individual issue published in December 1866.This magazine contains the first appearance of Mark Twain in print in a national magazine. The article is ""Forty-three Days In An Open Boat"" pages 104-113. This predates his first book. It was published anonymously in the individual issues, and attributed to… Read More

1792. leather. Fair. Photo Gallery Original Edition -RARE!- 1792 -Thirteenth Edition- Corrected (First Edition was about 1770) Publisher-Printing Location: Printed for Charles Dilly, etc. London Author: William Guthrie, the Astronomical Part by James Ferguson Date: 1792 Size and Page Count: 5.5 X 8.5 Tall; 910 Pages Condition: -Fair- Leather Bound that has ancient repairs with leather on hinge and spine, corners heavy wear, a few pages have stain spots tears on edges, Foxing, heavier on front pages; text block Good, many fold out maps that extend at their fold past the paper text block that have wear and tears from storage.(over 220 years) Illustrations Information: 15 foldout MAPS and Hundreds of Tables and Charts -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Articles and Information: Includes: Title page, advertisement (bibliography of changes to each edition up to this one, mentions the 13 Colonies), Preface(6 pages), Contents, Introduction (pages 1 to 58),… Read More

Original Rare Complete Set of 9 Volumes Printed from 1689 to 1694 -*Domestic Sermons Of Father Gio Paolo Oliva Volume 1 through 9, printed in Venice MDCXCIII 1689 to 1694 in the Italian Language Said privately in the Roman houses of the Society of GIESV 'From Gio Paolo Oliva General Bracket - With Index and paragraph on each sermon. Very Rev. Giovanni Paolo Oliva, S.J. (4 October 1600 – 26 November 1681)Condition: Very Good to Fine, Over 300 years old, White Paper Bound, 2 ridge strings, on heavy linen rag paper, library stamps on end papers of Dominican College and FG Horn, spine has library sticker, #4 has oily stain on top of spine not effecting text block, 4.5" x 6.75" tall with 310 pages each about 2600 pages total. Example quote:Sermoni Domestici Del Padre Gio Paolo Oliva In Venetia MDCXCIII Detti privatamente nelle Case Romane della Compagnia di GIESV' Da Gio Paolo Oliva Generale della staffa compagnia Parte Terza - - Companion Part Three has Sermons XXV to XXXVI
Giovanni Paolo Oliva (4… Read More

1990 to 1992. Fine. Southern Historical Society Papers 1876 - 1959 with 3 Volume Index Picture Gallery A lso See Article about The Southern Historical Society Papers by The Gettysburg Discussion Group Publisher-Printing Location: Broadfoot Publishing Company Wilmington, North Carolina . James I. Robertson, Jr Editor in Chief The set includes 52 volumes, including three index books, all in pristine shape. Cover page with a previous stamp of ownership. The books are organized from January-December by months with excellent information from the Southern side of the war. Date: 1990-1992 Size and Page Count: 6 X 9 Tall Condition: Very Fine Also See Wikipedia Article -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Consisting of 52 Volumes and a 3 Volume Index Total Volumes The ink had barely dried on the various surrender documents under which Southern armies laid down their arms when a new war between North and South broke out with real vehemence. This new war--called… Read More

Original 1865 Our Young Folks Christmas Bells by Henry W. Longfellow First Printing!Civil War Bound Volume 1 All monthly Issues of 1865 the first year of Our Young FolksCondition: Fair, half leather and marbled paper bound, spine cracked, hinges cracked but operational, leather treated with Klucel G, 5.5" X 8.5" tall, 808 pages, with Index, published in Boston Ticknor and Fields 124 Tremont Street. University Press, Welch, Bigelow, & Co. Cambridge 1865. Many Woodcut Illustrations. Most Stories and Poems are First Printings.
Theodore Roosevelt read Our Young Folks as a child.
A Few Plain Words to my Little Pale-faced Friends....
Dio Lewis Afloat in the Forest....
Mayne Reid Among the Lions....
A. F. Among the Studios ....
T. B. Aldrich Andy's Adventures....
F.T. TrowbridgeApologizing....
Gail Hamilton (Abigail Dodge) Aunt Esther's Rules....
Harriet Beecher Stowe Aunt Esther's Stories....
Harriet Beecher Stowe Baby of the Regiment, The....
T. W. Higginson Birdie's Day with the Rose-Fairies ....
Margaret… Read More

1735. Hardback. Very Good. Original 1735 Entschuldigungen ""Excuses"" in Old German language and font. Early Protestant writings. Authors: Christian Gottfried Marche , Johann Jakob Rambach
Condition: Good, Has been re-covered in maybe the 1950's or 1960's with a woodgrain vinyl sheeting, 560 pages 4"" X 6.5"" Tall.What follows is the beginning of the book proper, after the Forward/Dedication. -- To the dear reader, Light and Grace are wished to you from the first source of salvation by yours Johann Jacob Hambach.Dear reader, The sin of excuses is one of the first fruits of the Fall. For just as soon as a human was unfaithful to his Creator, and He called him (the person) back to Himself, stood him before His judgment, and asked: Did you not eat from the tree, about which I commanded you, you should not eat from it? Then Adam answered: That woman you presented me with gave me to eat from that tree, and I ate. And when god thereafter also called the woman to account, and asked her: Why did you do… Read More

Many powerful figures on America's founding owned a copy of The Spectator including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton.
Original Edition -1753 -The Spectator- 6 Volumes of 8 total printed
Publisher-Printing Location: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper London Date and Numbering:MDCCLII 1753 Volume 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 Size and Page Count: 4" X 6.5" Tall
Condition: -Very Good- Half Leather Bound with marble paper boards. Leather cracking on spine covers, Hindges work, some foxing or darker areas on end paper. Text blocks tight and complete. Private library Emblem on inside of front boards of earlier owner "William Benj Marshall"
Illustrations Information:
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Volume 1 # 1 March 1 to #80 June 1, 1711
Volume 2 #81 June 2 to #169 September 13, 1711
Volume 5 #322 March 10 to #394 June 2, 1712
Volume 6 #395 June 3 to #473 September 2, 1712
Volume 7 #474 September 3 to #555 December 6, 1712
Volume 8… Read More

1869. Very Good. -Original Rare- Thorwaldsen and His Works, By J.M. Thiele of Copenhagen Volume II Translated by Professor Paul C. Sinding Publisher-Printing Location: MacDonald Palmer New York; Published By John G. 1869 Size and Page Count: 10.7"" X 14"" Tall, approx. 161 pages Condition: Good to Very Good - some pages with a tear, on inside of cover Ex-libris bookplate of Rowland Hazard (Rhode Island Manufacturer, Politician, and Philosopher) with family crest and motto ""Sinceritas"", moderate foxing , a few pencil marks on endpages, Beautiful gilt page edges and gilt decorated boards. Illustrations Information: 78 full page illustrations ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian----The First part of this publication describes each of his works
and the second part has a sketch of each of the works.
Quote from book: 'AÑ, the period that intervened between the year 1812, when Alexander's triumphal entry was executed, and the year 1814, Thorwaldsen seems, at least in a… Read More

The Works of William Shakespere William Shakespeare - By Sir John Gilbert, A.R.A. Publisher-Printing Location: Boston Estes and Lauriat, 301 Washington Street Date and Numbering: 1878 Size and Page Count: 9.5 X 12.25 Tall, approx. 1200 pages in 6 volumes
Condition: Fair to Very Good , Quarter Black leather with gray buckram cloth. each book with personal library sticker on inside of front board and signature on endpage, some spine covers with cracks or marks, with the fourth book volume 2 section 2 having several spine cracks in leather and a pieces missing (see photos), , Light foxing from age, text block tight and Complete.
Illustrations Information: 30 steel engravings and 100+ illustrations , engraved by Henry Robinson
----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian---- Contains: The Complete Works of Shakespere in 2 volumes, each volume composed of three books.
Contains additional sonnets of Shakespere, 'a Lover's Complaint', The Passionate Pilgrim , Sonnets to Sundry… Read More

1884. soft. Fine. Original Edition The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine November 1884 - to - April 1888 Volumes 7 - to - 13 These 7 volumes, each one containing 6 original issues (42 issues), comprise one of the most desirable and highly sought after classics. Original text block beautifully rebound in black leather and buckram with gild lettering.
The December 1884 issue contains the First American Printing of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain .
Each issue contains the Famous Series entitled Battles and Leaders of the Civil War . These volumes contain this complete series . The publishers contracted with leaders on both sides of the Civil War to write their first hand accounts and details of the significant battles and events. U.S.Grant was paid $1,000.00 of each of 4 articles. Grant later included these articles in his 2 volume set memoirs. The series drew so much interest that it lasted for three years. Among the contributors to the series besides Grant were Union generals, William Tecumseh… Read More

Original 1650 Book - History of Ancient Flanders by Olivarius Vredius in LatinCondition: Very Good to Fine-, Calf Skin, cracked or folded at lower edges of hinges, piece missing on spine, water stain on outside edge and a few pages near the front, Large 8" X 12.5" Tall with about 750 pages. Heavy, Many wood engravings, seals, Double Page Map of Europe between pages 236 and 237, large index in back.Chapter XXI is like a Rosetta Stone. Here the author used multiple founts when comparing different language translations for the same examples. Modern French (French of 1650) compared with the old Flemish, the dialect of Bruges, the dialect of Franconatensi, Latin and German.Olivarius Vredius, Latinization of Olivier de Wree ( Bruges , September 20 1596 - March 21 1652 ) was a Flemish historian from the first half of the 17th century . He was also a renowned lawyer and arts patron.Flandria Vetus, Siue Ethnica, Dicta Prima FranciaHistoria Comitum Flandria liber prodromus alterFlandria Vetus siue ethnica dicta… Read More

Edgar Allan Poe Tales of Imagination 1895
The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan PoeVolume 1 of 6No. 200 of 250 copies on Imperial Japan Paper with publisher's printed presentation in this Volume I. Publisher's Red cloth with gilt lettering and gilt edging.. Spine cover has been previously repaired with Japanese paper; . Some creases to plain tissue overleaves; some scattered inoffensive foxing. Reasonably tight and sound.. . Frontage piece Photogravure on The Gold-Bug Original Etching, . Preface.Printed by George Barrie & Son, Publishers Philadelphia # 200 of 250 printed for C. M. Stone, Keystone, South DakotaPhotogravures onThe Gold-BugBereniceLigeiaMetzengersteinThe Fall of The House of UsherThe Pit and The PendulumThe Facts in The Case of M. ValdemarMs. Found In a BottleThe Black Cat
The Tales and PoemsThe Gold-BugBereniceLigeiaMorellaMetzengersteinThe Imp of the PerverseThe Fall of The House of UsherThe Pit and The PendulumThe Mask of The Red DeathThe Cask of AmontilladoMesmeric RevelationThe Facts… Read More