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Franklin, Benjamin: The Gentleman's Magazine. London: July, 1767. 8vo. disbound. Includes in list of books with remarks, "The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Relative to The Repeal of The American Stamp Act in 1767." * Franklin, Benj(amin). Select Pieces. London: George Nicholson, 1801. 24mo, contemp. 1/4 straight-grained morocco and marbled bds., spine gilt; extremities scuffed. Engraved title with vignette. Bound with two other chapbooks published by Nicholson: Moral Tales... 1799; Moral Tales... 1796. * (Franklin, Benjamin.) An Easy Introduction to The Game of Chess... To Which are Added The Morals of Chess, by Dr. Franklin. London: Daniel Ogilvy and Son, 1806. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, contemp. 1/2 diced calf and marbled bds.; worn and rubbed, sections of spine pulling away. Frontis. of chess board. Minor internal spotting. * The London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816 ed. of the preceding, 12mo, old cloth; worn, fold. plate of chess board; repaired on verso. Ford 337. * (The Library of Entertaining Knowledge.) The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties. London: Charles Knight, 1830. 2 vols. 12mo, contemp. 1/2 morocco and marbled bds.; rubbed, worn, defective, marred. Includes engraved portrait of Franklin and 3 chapters devoted to his history. * Poor Richard, 1733. An Almanack For... 1733. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1733. [but ca. 1850]. 12mo, later wrappers; scattered cellotape repairs. Mid 19th-Century facsimile of Franklin's first almanac. * Franklin, Benj(amin). The Way to Wealth [etc.] Paris, 1795 [but Dijon, ca. 1900]. 12mo, contemp. 3/4 red morocco and marbled bds.; rubbed, front cover detached. * Lot includes 2 other 20th-Century facsimiles and reprints of works by Franklin.