The Way to Wealth [SIGNED]
New York: Random House, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 114/ 390 Signed on colophon by Vojtech Preissig. Folio. 25(4)pp. Original black cloth over beige boards with brown lettering on spine; housed in matching slipcase. Decorative endpapers. Original color linoleum cut by Preissig on half-title. Frontispiece linoleum cut by Preissig. Decorative ruling of text throughout. "The New Fine Book Series" designed and with a new type cut by Vojtech Preissig, Volume No. Two. Printed Zanders hand-made paper in Czechoslovakia. Franklin's "The Way to Wealth" was the preface to Poor Richard's Almanack for the year 1758 written under the name of Richard Saunders. With the essay on Poor Richard's philosophy by Phillips Russel. Publisher's note regarding this edition from March 1929. Block untrimmed at foredge and bottom. Slipcase worn, rubbed with some staining and top and bottom mostly missing. DJ with moderate wear, chips and tears along edges loosely laid in. Binding slightly darkened along edges. Block slightly age-toned along edges. Slipcase in overall poor, dj in fair, binding in good+ and interior in very good condition. poor to vg. Item #40462
Price: $300.00