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Self Help with illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance by Samuel Smiles author of "Lives of the Engineers" , New Edition published in London for or by John Murray 1877.
Half leather and marble paper binding over boards with raised bands ot the spine. , ornate gilt decoration to the panels with original red leather label and gilt lettering to the 2nd panel , some rubbing to the bottom panel. Marble paper to the pastedowns and end papers. previous owners name in ink to the 2nd end paper of Harry R Shaw.
Title page + xviii + 415pp including index , clean throughout and in good condition.
The book centres on the famous opening maxim, "Heaven helps those who help themselves". Smiles firmly believed that genuine individual growth cannot be produced by state laws or external institutions, but must instead sprout entirely from within. Readers looking at the subtitle often expect drawn graphics or woodcuts. However, in the 19th-century context, "illustrations" refers to biographical sketches, anecdotes, and case studies. Smiles uses the real-world life stories of more than 750 historical figures as living proof of what individual willpower can achieve. These profiles function like quick, sharp character busts rather than drawn pictures, detailing exact moments where perseverance conquered severe adversity
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