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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. First Edition Thus. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1956. 4.5" wide by 7" tall. A clean, tight copy. Sharp corners. The spine is square, flat, and uncreased. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Bound in the original marbled paper-covered stiff wrappers. This keepsake was issued by the Library Company to mark the 250th Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth. Fascinating 10-page historical introduction by Edwin Wolf 2nd. At the end are bibliographical notes on the Library Company's first six catalogues. Also included is a facsimile of a brief account of the library, which according to Wolf is a "hitherto unidentified product of Franklin's pen." This copy is complete with the printed sheet (laid-in) noting that Benjamin Franklin was founder, director, secretary and librarian of The Library Company of Philadelphia. . First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine condition./No dust jacket. xii, 60pp.