Notes on Franklin's Autobiography

The following Commager variation is not noted in Toledano, but should be added as a new title variation with the number 039.3:

In 1944, the introduction by Goodman was replaced with one by Henry Commager. Printings before 1944 have 260 pages; printings from 1944 on have 264 pages. The first printing of the Illustrated Franklin and the first regular ML printing from the new plates were both fall 1944, and carry a somewhat different table of contents than the earlier Goodman issue.

In 1952 (or so), a three-page bibliography was added.

First copyright page text:     First Modern Library Edition

First binding style:     7

First inverse DJ number:     200

Dates in print:     1932 - 1944 (Goodman intro)
                              1944 (Fall) - ≈1952 (Commager intro)
                              ≈1952 - 1970 (Commager intro + 3 page bibliography)

Toledano number:     039.2 (Goodman intro)
                                    039.3 (Commager intro)
                                    039.4 (Commager intro + bibliography)

GT42

Confirmed buckram sighting?      yes

Intro author:     Nathan C. Goodman (1932)
                            Henry Commager (1944)

Genre:     Autobiography/Memoirs

Original language:      English

Thanks to the contributors:
Henry Toledano Barry Neavill John Wolansky
John Peterson Scott Tilley

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