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London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1779. Near fine.. The first broadside printing of Franklin's most impactful and widely printed work — the iconic guide to success through hard work, wisdom, and discipline. One of the most iconic and beloved of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin was "the prototype of the self-made man, and his life [...] the classic American success story—the story of a man rising from the most obscure of origins to wealth and international preeminence" (Wood, 2). His rags-to-riches life story, made famous through his wildly popular AUTOBIOGRAPHY, has become synonymous with the American Dream. Not only a successful businessman, Franklin was one of the earliest thinkers in English to articulate the keys to his success for a general readership, and many of THE WAY TO WEALTH's aphorisms have woven themselves into the fabric of our national language: "There are no gains without pains"; "Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of"; "Early…