The Franklin Speaker 1884 HC Declamations & Recitations

This auction is for a hard-to-find 5 1/4"x7 1/2" 277 page blue cloth hardcover with orange spine lettering-no dustjacket, "The Franklin Speaker; Consisting of Declamations and Recitations", Edited by Oren Root, Jr. and Josiah H. Gilbert with an Introduction by Anson J. Upson, published by The Taintor Brothers & Co.in 1884.

This book is in Fair to Poor condition with slightly slanted spine, minor wear on the cover edges, a few cover marks, some cracking and looseness on both hinges, name and address on top of the Preface page, a few erasures in the book, and liightly tan pages.

This book was used in schools to teach literature and history with stories and poetry.