Self-Help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance

xx, 416 pp. Full burgundy calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers with Framlingham College crest to front. Rigorously decorated in gilt, with a light green leather title-label and gilt lettering, gilt-decorated compartments and raised bands, gilt decorative borders, inner dentelles and board edges. Marbled edges and endpapers with a prize bookplate from 1899 for Junior Certificate for Cambridge University Local Examinations awarded to H. R. Abbott'. A few scuffs and rubbing to calf, even sunning to spine, and some light foxing to bookplate & prelims, but otherwise internally clean. Decorative headpieces and initials. A philosophical book of self-help told through the trials and achievements of men of literature, business, philosophy, religion and science. An attractive copy.

Product Info

Publisher: John Murray 1897

Year: 1897

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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