Franklin, Benjamin ["Richard Saunders"]

POOR RICHARD IMPROVED: BEING AN ALMANACK AND EPHEMERIS ... FOR ... 1756. PHILADELPHIA: B. FRANKLIN AND D. HALL, 1755

Pp. 36, woodcut zodiac man and monthly panels.

Small 12mo (6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.;170 x 95 mm). BINDING: Later half brown calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. PROVENANCE: Samuel W. Pennypacker (bookplate to front pastedown). Pennypacker (1843 – 1916) was the 23rd governor of Pennsylvania, and a prolific book collector. — Stan. V. Henkels Auctions, 14 December 1905, lot 126

Staining to title, repair to joint between first and second leaves, some pages with contemporary annotations in brown ink, some small closed tears, some with loss to margins, text unaffected. Corners of binding bumped, spine chipping with loss.