Self-help;. with illustrations of character and conduct.
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)
Category
Books
Date
1894
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 3185097
Summary
Bibliographic description
xviii,415,[1]p.;. 8vo. Provenance: inscribed by the author "The illustrious Ea[crossed through]rnest George Sington. London 6 July 1895. Samuel Smiles LLD”. With a small oval portrait of Smiles pasted next to inscription.Inscribed also "Leonard Messel from Aunt Georgie". Provenance: armorial bookplate, motto Dirigat deus, lettered “Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel” [i.e. Leonard Messel (1872-1953)]. Binding: bound uniform with four other works by Smiles in half polished calf; brown marbled paper over boards, marbled endpapers; gold tops; title gold-lettered direct onto spine. Binder's stamp "John Bumpus ...".
Makers and roles
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)