Smiles, Samuel

The Lives of George and Robert Stephenson. Introduction by Eric de Mare. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

SMILES Samuel · 1975 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Folio Society, 1975. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates, illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and cream, a near fine copy in publisher's lightly browned board s...

Lives of the Engineers. 2006

Smiles, Samuel · 2006 · Barter Books Ltd

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

VG : in Very good condition with black slipcase London The Folio Society First FS Edition 270mm x 200mm (11" x 8"). 380pp. Colour plates, maps and plans.

Life of A Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnaean Society

Smiles, Samuel · 1877 · Valley Books

$8.50 (€7.71 | £6.43 | ¥1,358)

Harper & Bros. green cloth, Octavo, 390pp., Light wear, light-moderate soiling. Good Portrait and illustrations by George Reid. 1st Amer. Ed. NY

Thrift

Samuel Smiles · 1881 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , John Murray , 1881. Cloth. A later edition of Thrift by Samuel Smiles. A later edition, stated thirty-fourth thousand. This book was intended as a sequel to Self-Help and Character also written by Samuel Smiles, with 'thrift' being the basis of self help an...

Life of a Scotch Naturalist Thomas Edward

Samuel Smiles · 1897 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , John Murray, 1897. Leather. A smart prize leather bound copy of Life of Scotch Naturalist Thomas Edward, with illustrations. A copy of the popular edition, 1897, of Life of a Scotch Naturalist Thomas Edward by Samuel Smiles, with illustrations by Sir George Reid. The...

Lives of the Engineers: Early Engineering, Vermuyden, Myddelton, Perry, James Brindley

Samuel Smiles · 1904 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, John Murray, 1904. Leather. The popular edition of Smiles"s work, chronicling the lives and undertakings of some of Britain"s greatest civil engineers, illustrated with plates and bound in a full green calf prize binding. Rebound in a full green calf prize binding for ...

Lives of the Engineers with an Account of Their Principal Works; Comprising Also a History of Inland Communication in Britain

Samuel Smiles · 1861 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, John Murray, 1861-1862. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated biographical series on notable engineers and their works, by Samuel Smiles. First edition. Complete in three volumes. In the original cloth binding.A compelling biographical history of...

Duty: With Illustrations of Courage, Patience & Endurance

Samuel Smiles · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, John Murray , 1892. Leather. A new edition of Samuel Smiles' self-help work on the theme of duty, bound in full tree calf. The new edition. First published in 1880. Bound in full tree calf with raised bands and gilt details. This work was written by Samuel Smile...

Character

Samuel Smiles · 1874 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, John Murray, 1874. Leather. A handsome copy of Samuel Smiles' book on character, which followed his successful volume on self-help. The new edition of this work in a full calf binding with gilt detailing to the spine, and marbled end papers and edges.Bookplate to ...

The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer

Samuel Smiles · 1857 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, John Murray, 1857 . Leather. The fourth revised edition of Samuel Smiles' biography of George Stephenson. The fourth revised edition in half calf binding on cloth boards of The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer by Samuel Smiles.Biography of George Steph...

Robert Dick Baker of Thurso Geologist and Botanist

Samuel Smiles · 1905 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, John Murray, 1905. Leather. A interesting biography of Scottish geologist and botanist Robert Dick, by Samuel Smiles. Originally published in 1878. Contains a frontispiece portrait of Dick and several illustrations, both plates and vignettes, by Paul Rajon. Written by ...

A Boy&Apos;S Voyage Round the World; Including a Residence in Victoria, and a Journey by Rail Across North America

Samuel Smiles (Ed) · 1880 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, John Murray , 1880. Leather. A scarce copy of this travel account edited by Samuel Smiles. This work features the letter Samuel Smile sent home during his travels in Australia and America, alongside extracts from his personal travel log. Samuel Smiles was a Scottish au...

Life and Labour or Characteristics of Men of Industry, Culture and Genius

Samuel Smiles · 1907 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, John Murray, 1907. Leather. A study of the private and working lives of successful men in history. With chapters including Health-Hobbies, Town and Country Life, Single and Married and many more. In a Bickers and Son binding (binder's ink stamp to recto of front f...

Self-Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perserverance

Samuel Smiles · 1884 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

London, John Murray , 1884. Leather. New edition of chartist reformer Samuel Smiles' most famous book due to its strong social comments. A smartly bound copy of this, the first true self-help book, which of course gave its name to the genre. Originally rejected by Routled...

Thrift

Samuel Smiles · 1883 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London, John Murray , 1883. Leather. An attractive edition of Samuel Smile's well known title 'Thrift&apos. By Samuel Smiles, Author of Characters and Self-Help. Thirty-Ninth Thousand. In a navy embossed crushed morocco leather binding, with gilt embellishment to the...

Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance

Samuel Smiles · 1866 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1866. Cloth. A smart new edition of Smiles' best-selling work on the virtues of self-reliance. New edition. The best-selling Victorian commentary on the virtues of self-help, industry, and perseverance which has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian...

Les Huguenots: Leurs Colonies, Leurs Industries, Leurs Eglises

Samuel Smiles · 1870 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Librairie de Joel, 1870. Cloth. A smart copy of this French translation of Smiles' historical study of the Huguenots in England and Ireland. French. A detailed historical study of the settlements, churches, and industries of the Huguenots, a religious group of Fren...

Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance

Samuel Smiles · 1866 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, John Murray, 1866. Leather. An early edition of the influential philosophical work that helped shape Gladstonian Liberalism, bound in full calf. An early edition of Self-Help; With Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance, the influential philosophical wor...

Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean Society

Samuel Smiles · 1877 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, John Murray, 1877. Leather. The early fifth edition of Smile's biography on a Scottish naturalist who dedicated his life to science at monetary expense, bound in full red morocco. The early fifth edition of Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of ...

Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean Society

Samuel Smiles · 1893 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, John Murray, 1893. Cloth. A smart illustrated copy of this biography of Scottish naturalist Thomas Edward. New edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, nine plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. The life of Thomas Edward, a Scottish naturalist w...