a new edition. ~ Cloth, G. xvi+430pp, index, front hinge beginning to split at the pastedown, top half of the half title cut away, a good reading copy. Bookseller ticket of Bemrose & Sons, Irongate. ~ The fourth book written by Samuel Smiles [ 1812 - 1904 ] intended a a 'self help' manual for the lower classes based upon improving ones character.

4th impression of popular edition. ~ Cloth, G. xiv+428pp, b/w frontis, index, spine faded a fair reading copy. ~ Smiles does not state what character is, but illustrates what character can acheive, using historical figures.

Condition: Good. Boards a little rubbed at extremities with some marks here and there. Heavily shaken with a couple of gathers laying proud at the leading edge. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Binding exposed at pp113 and that gather beginning to detach. :: Further Information: Red cloth with gilt titling and lines to spine. Portraiture frontispiece with tissue guard. George MOORE was born at Mealsgate, Cumberland, on the 9th of April, 1806. He was the third of a family of five. He had two brothers, Thomas and William, and two sisters, Sarah and Mary. [XV + 6pp Ads] 529pp. Index. Weighs 1.600 Kg. which exceeds standard rates. ::

Condition: Good. Leather binding now tired and faded, rubbed at head, tail and tips. Bookplate to pastedown. Heavy foxing to the prelims, frontis and title page with further light spotting throughout. Tight. :: Further Information: A companion volume to the Story of the Life of George Stephenson - the characters and achievement of the two men being in many respects alike, the one having accomplished for Canals in England what the other did for Railways. The volume also includes memoirs of the earlier engineers, more particularly Sir Cornelius Vermuyden, Sir Hugh Myddelton, and Captain Perry; whose works of drainage, water supply, and embankment, were amongst the wonders of their time. Portraiture frontispiece. 320pp. Index. Weighs 0.600 Kg. which exceeds standard rates. ::

ID 105922 brochura bom Lombada escurecida pelo tempo com marcas de dobradura e danos. Capas com manchas do tempo.Miolo com corte irregular e algumas páginas com manchas do tempo.Psicologia aplicada: auto-ajuda. Filosofia. Duty (O Dever). 1880. Samuel Smiles (1812-1904). Grã-Bretanha.

Tipo de encadernação: capa dura. Capa e lombada com leve desgaste ação do tempo

Encadernacao em tela preta em condicao regular; papel amarelado; texto com grifos a lapis vermelho em varias paginas. 521p. 998/2368.

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