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    By Samuel Smiles
    London   John Murray
    7" by 4.5" xv, 430pp.
    A new edition of Samuel Smiles' self-help work on the theme of duty, bound in full tree calf.
    By Samuel Smiles

    1892 Duty: With Illustrations of Courage, Patience & Endurance

    London   John Murray
    7" by 4.5" xv, 430pp.
    A new edition of Samuel Smiles' self-help work on the theme of duty, bound in full tree calf.
    £55.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 905Z53
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    Description

    Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    The new edition. First published in 1880. 

    Bound in full tree calf with raised bands and gilt details. 

    This work was written by Samuel Smiles, a British author and government reformer. This self help work focuses on the subject of duty, discussing duty in action, courage and endurance and other aspects of duty, with real life examples from important figures and events.

    Condition

    Bound in full tree calf. Externally generally smart with fading to the spine, rubbing to the joints and slight marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound with very lightly age toned and generally clean pages with light spotting to the front and rear few pages only. Prize bookplate to the front blank from 'Ashdown Park Choir School'.

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