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Item:SOCIAL HISTORY IMPROVEMENT OF POOR TREE CALF LEATHER

SOCIAL HISTORY IMPROVEMENT OF POOR TREE CALF LEATHER

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Item number:390111527786
Item location:Stanmore, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Item specifics - Antiquarian/Collectible Books
Binding: Fine BindingSpecial Attributes: --
Subject: PhilosophyPrinting Year: 1885
 --Language: English


I AM SELLING SOME BEAUTIFUL LEATHER BOUND VOLUMES AND SETS - PERFECT EITHER FOR YOUR OWN SHELVES OR AS A FINE GIFT. VIEW MY OTHER AUCTIONS HERE

DESCRIPTION
SMILES, Samuel Character.

Published London: John Murray, 1885

New Edition, 8vo. Finely bound in contemporary tree calf with roll-tooled gilt border, spine in compartments with gilt decorations, raised bands, morocco label, marbled edges and endpapers, lengthy (full-page) prize inscription dated 1887 to preliminary blank.

The second of Smiles' five works on self-improvement which marked the beginning of a new genre in literature called 'Self-Help' after his best known book. All of these works, which achieved exceptional popularity and were translated into many languages, embodied the Victorian values of self-reliance, moral rectitude, and abhorrence of debt.

CONDITION
Endleaves spotted but main text clean throughout, covers with trivial wear only, boards firmly attached with no cracking to joints, handsome book.

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(height x depth): 7¼ x 5 inches; 18.5 x 12.5cm

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