SELF-HELP
by Smiles, Samuel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Murray, 1860. xii, 363pp, 32pp pub. cat. dated April 1861 with introduction dated September 1959. Pub. dec. cloth binding with gilt titles to the spine. A trfile toned to the spine but no wear or markings and fine end-papers. Neat original owners sig. to the top corner of the title-page. Binders ticket 'Bound by Edmonds & Remnants London'.Scarce to find the original cloth binding in fine condition. Please email for photos.. Thirty-fifth Thousand. Cloth, gilt. Fine. octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GT942
- Title
- SELF-HELP
- Author
- Smiles, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Thirty-fifth Thousand
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1860
- Size
- octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
Terms of Sale
Thomas Rare Books
7 day return if mis-described
About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Yaxley, Suffolk
About Thomas Rare Books
Out-of-print books and maps
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...