Author: Smiles, Samuel
Title: History of Ireland and the Irish People Under the Government of England
Description: London, England, Wm. Strange, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.25 in. pp. xv, [1], i-iv (introduction), 484. Modern raspberry half calf ruled in blind over marbled boards. Gilt title, and gilt bars outlining four raised bands, to spine. New cream endpapers. Unmarked interior. Light age-toning to pages. Small chip to corners and fore-edge of title page, and to final two leaves. Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 - 16 April 1904) was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His primary work, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. (from Wikipedia) In 1842 Samuel Smiles.. met Sarah Anne Holmes, 10 years his junior and the daughter of a successful businessman who believed his daughter deserved better than an impoverished journalist. Smiles resolved to demonstrate that he had more than one string to his bow. He embarked on a portfolio career. He gave up the full-time editorship, hung up his surgeon's plate again, began writing a series of guide books and pamphlets and wrote A History of Ireland and the Irish People under the Government of England - published as a part-work. (from Haddington's History). Very Good Plus .
Keywords: Irish History, Self-Help
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Title: History of Ireland and the Irish People Under the Government of England
Description: London, England, Wm. Strange, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.25 in. pp. xv, [1], i-iv (introduction), 484. Modern raspberry half calf ruled in blind over marbled boards. Gilt title, and gilt bars outlining four raised bands, to spine. New cream endpapers. Unmarked interior. Light age-toning to pages. Small chip to corners and fore-edge of title page, and to final two leaves. Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 - 16 April 1904) was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His primary work, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. (from Wikipedia) In 1842 Samuel Smiles.. met Sarah Anne Holmes, 10 years his junior and the daughter of a successful businessman who believed his daughter deserved better than an impoverished journalist. Smiles resolved to demonstrate that he had more than one string to his bow. He embarked on a portfolio career. He gave up the full-time editorship, hung up his surgeon's plate again, began writing a series of guide books and pamphlets and wrote A History of Ireland and the Irish People under the Government of England - published as a part-work. (from Haddington's History). Very Good Plus .
Keywords: Irish History, Self-Help
Price: US$ 300.00 Seller: Aardvark Books
- Book number: 86204
- Book number: 86204
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