A bird in the hand : sayings from Poor Richard's almanack

Date:

©1951.

Author:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH F8295 P667 1951 LOCAL

Publisher:

Macmillan

Abstract:

An illustrated selection of the "Sayings of Poor Richard" together with a brief biography of Benjamin Franklin and information about his "Almanack."

Physical Description:

40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:

Signed by illustrator. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

Macmillan (NY), c 1951, 1st printing; signed by Maud Petersham; spine and front cover titles printed in white on black cloth

Subjects:

Maxims, American Juvenile literature, Maxims, American, and Maxims

Genres/Forms:

Juvenile works, Juvenile literature 1951. rbgenr, and Dust jackets (Bindings) 1951. rbbin

Names:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Juvenile literature and Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790