Smiles samuel ed (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. pp.xvi+304 +32ads. c.18.5cm. Wood engraved frontispiece and 11 illustrations and maps; some extending over two pages. Lacks free front end paper and half title. Much 'dog-earing' of page corners and some soiling and marks. Hard cover. The original green cloth with bevelled boards gilt titling and black decorations. Light wear to the edges and corners. A complete, but for the half title, and a fair to good copy The first 20 chapters, to page 220, are devoted to the journey out from Gravesend to Australia (12 chapters on Victoria), New Zealand and 'up the Pacific' to Oahu. The final 7 on North America. [549g].…

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. pp.290 (last blank) +2 +6 (ads). c.19cm. Wood engraved frontispiece, with tissue guard. 15 small wood engraved sketch maps and illustrations in the text. Index. Hard covers. The original cloth with gilt title lettering and rules to the spine and the upper cover. Slight wear to head and foot of spine and corners of the boards. A good clean copy The journeyings over two years of Samuel Smiles' son, commencing when 16 years old. He arrived in Melbourne in 1869 and 12 chapters are devoted to Australia; then he moves on to New Zealand and across the Pacific to North America. Much detail and observation. [506g]. …

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.…

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.…