Self-Help [Inscribed]
MOORE, Lorrie
Published by Knopf, New York, 1985
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First Printing. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Octavo (22cm); gray paper covered boards and gray cloth backstrip with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 163pp. Spine ends gently pushed; tiny ink mark on front board; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95) with mild nicks and rubbing to upper jacket edge; tiny short tears; Very Good+. Author's first book of short stories. Seller Inventory # 53190
Bibliographic Details
Title: Self-Help [Inscribed]
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Publication Date: 1985
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.
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The Spirit of Self-Help: A Life of Samuel Smiles. Inscribed by the Author. Scarce
Published by
London. Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers, 2017
ISBN 10: 0856835129
ISBN 13: 9780856835124
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Hardcover
First Edition
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Seller: Libris Books, Southminster, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. London. Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers. 2017. No later dates shown. Hard Cover. Medium 8vo 9½" x 6 [24cm x 15cm]. 290 pp and detailed end notes. Dark brown textured cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine. Frontispiece of Samuel Smiles age 47 in the year 'Self-Help' was published. 15 further illustrations in the text. Inscribed to 'Griselda with good wishes' by the author direct to the title page. Scarce in that respect. Jacket shows portrait of Smiles c. 1877 by George Reid, oil on canvas. Book and jacket are fine/as new with no wear. This is the first full biography of the man who, in the industrial on-rush of the 19th century, gave the world the idea of self-help as a go-to strategy in an age of frenzied change. Using Smiles's unpublished correspondence with family, friends and publishers, and drawing extensively on his writing, The Spirit of Self-Help tells the very human story of how Samuel Smiles came from a small-town, small-time family in Scotland to become, by turn and sometimes together, medical doctor, campaigning journalist, railway executive, best-selling author, and global celebrity. This is both a biography and a reflection on themes of success and failure, the individual and society, moral and material worth, and the relationships between these sets of ideas. His seminal work Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. It has been called "the Bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" and had lasting effects on British political thought. The dust jacket will be protected with a new inert archival Brodart sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 25FEB20015
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