Samuel smiles ed (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. VG black leather spines ribbed gilt Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices by Anthony Trollope. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. G+ black leather spines ribbed gilt. Loose 9 page section. In the Hunting Field & A Walk in a Wood by Anthony Trollope. Book.

Zustand: New. The autobiography of one of the last pioneers of the machine tool industry, James Nasmyth (1808-1890). Editor(s): Smiles, Samuel. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology. Num Pages: 500 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658. . 2010. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

hardcover. Zustand: very good(+). First. Illustrated. Large 12mo, original green cloth, lettered in gilt and with black-stamped decorations. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1872]. First American edition. Spine ends are just a bit worn and there is an 1879 inscription on verso of frontispiece, still a very good(+) copy of this uncommon title. Author was the sixteen year old son of Samuel Smiles who edited this book.…

Radiertes Portrait, XVIII, 456 S., 2 Bll. Mit vielen Holzstich-Illustrationen und 9 Tafeln in Holzstich. Orig.-Leinen mit Goldprägung (unaufgeschnitten; Portrait u. Titel etw. stockfleckig). - Sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar * Erste Ausgabe der Autobiographie des schottischen Ingenieurs James Nasmyth (1808-1890), der insbesondere für seine Erfindung des Dampfhammers berühmt wurde. Originalausgabe in englischer Sprache. - First edition. A very good copy, uncut.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A scarce copy of this travel account edited by Samuel Smiles. This work features the letter Samuel Smile sent home during his travels in Australia and America, alongside extracts from his personal travel log. Samuel Smiles was a Scottish author, and a government reformed. Born in 1812, Smiles believed that is was a person's attitude that could lead to progress rather than the implementation of new laws. His work 'Self-Help' championed this idea, promoting thrift, and criticising materialism. The book was a massive success and Smiles went on to write numerous self help books as well as biographical works. With illustrations throughout. In a handsome prize binding, with a prize bookplate to the front pastedown. In a morocco binding. Externally, sound with some rubbing and minor marks to boards. Prize bookplate dated 1884 to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good. Unamed (illustrator). book.…