POOR RICHARD
- SIGNED
- New York: The Viking Press, 1941
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. Fine in very good jacket.. First edition of Dougherty's illustrated Ben Franklin biography for young adults, scarce in jacket, issued during World War II. 10'' x 7.25''. Original tan cloth stamped in dark brown. In original unclipped ($2.50) pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with two-color lithographs by Doughterty. 158, [2] pages. Jacket with chip to spine head (loss to first two letters), a few other tiny chips and short closed tears; some toning.