First edition limited to 1550 numbered copies signed by the artist. Dust jacket lightly soiled and spotted, else a near fine copy of this rare book. Book has been printed from electrotype reproductions of the original blocks by J.J. Little and Ives Company on Warren's Olde Style Laid paper. Handsomely illustrated with 80 bold woodcuts. Even the endpapers printed in crisp blacks and whites. Book tells the important happenings in the life of Benjamin Franklin. Text is written by Florence Turzak.