Self-Help; with illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance. (Bound uniformly with) Character.

SMILES, Samuel

Published by London: John Murray., 1887

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2 volumes, 7 inches tall. Smart Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, labels and neat gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt prize blocks to the upper boards and prize paper labels on the paste down end papers. Hugely influential works, Smiles was described as the 'New Plutarch' by George Bernard Shaw. 'Self-Help' was referred to as "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" raising Smiles to celebrity status on its publication.

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Title
Self-Help; with illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance. (Bound uniformly with) Character.
Author
SMILES, Samuel
Publisher
London: John Murray.
Publication year
1887
Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover

McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB

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Nick McConnell has been dealing in fine books, in particular those in their original leather bindings for over thirty five years. His stock, containing no 'recently' rebound volumes, is second to none in terms of quality and quantity. McConnell Fine Books operate from The Golden Hind Bookshop which has been selling fine old books since 1972. This picturesque seventeenth century building is on the seafront at Deal, famous for its literary associations and seafaring history. We are open by appointment. McConnell Fine Books exhibit at the top London and Paris antiquarian book shows.…

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