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  • Lives of the Engineers - Vermuyden - Myddelton - Perry - James Brindley
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    Lives of the Engineers - Vermuyden - Myddelton - Perry - James Brindley By Samuel Smiles Originally published in 1904. A detailed history of the life and work of four famous early engineers. Contents Include : - Introductory - Sir Cornelius Vermuyden, Drainage of the Fens - Sir Hugh Myddelton, Cutting of the New River - Sir Hugh Myddelton, His Other Engineering and Mining Works...
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    57,99 €

  • Self Help; With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    SAMUEL SMILES (1812 - 1904), was a Scottish author and reformer.He is best known today as the writer of books extolling virtues of self help, and biographies. ...
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    13,05 €

  • Character (1876)
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    23,99 €

  • The Huguenots
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    27,66 €

  • J. M. W. Turner
    Sam Smiles / Samuel Jr Smiles
    Alone of his contemporaries, Turner is commonly held to have prefigured modern painting, as signalled in the existence of The Turner Prize for contemporary art. Our celebration of his achievement is very different to what Victorian critics made of his art. This book shows how Turner was reinvented to become the artist we recognise today. ...
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    157,42 €

  • Thrift (1875)
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    26,16 €

  • Robert Dick
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    27,91 €

  • Josiah Wedgwood
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    34,41 €

  • Lives of the Engineers
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    30,44 €

  • The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    27,42 €

  • The Life of George Stephenson and of His Son Robert Stephenson
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    30,21 €

  • Lives of the Engineers
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    26,87 €

  • A Publisher and His Friends V2
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    31,22 €

  • A Publisher and His Friends V1
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    30,30 €

  • The Huguenots in France After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    27,12 €

  • The Huguenots - Their Settlements, Churches and Industries in England and Ireland
    Samuel JrSmiles / Samuel Smiles
    Originally published in 1867, this is a comprehensively detailed history of both the persecution and flight of the Huguenots and their re-settlement in England and Ireland and consequent lives. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic w...
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    47,57 €

  • The Life of George Stephenson
    Samuel JrSmiles / Samuel Smiles
    This vintage book contains Samuel Smiles Jr.’s 1857 biography, 'The Life of George Stephenson'. George Stephenson (1781-1848) was an English engineer who is responsible for building the world’s first inter-city railway line to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. This fascinating and insightful biography is highly recommended for those with an interest i...
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    39,38 €

  • Duty
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    27,03 €

  • Self Help
    Samuel JrSmiles / Samuel Smiles
    Samuel Smiles (1812 – 1904) was a Scottish government reformer and author famous for arguing that progress can only arise from adapting to new attitudes and not by creating new laws. This volume is considered his masterpiece, within which he promotes thrift and argues that poverty is the result of irresponsible habits, materialism, and laissez-faire government. It is hailed as ...
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    36,48 €

  • The Life of George Stephenson
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    27,42 €

  • Character
    Samuel JrSmiles / Samuel Smiles
    Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was a Scottish government reformer and author famous for his book 'Self-Help', which championed frugal living and argued that the existence of poverty was mainly due to irresponsible habits. The book has been hailed as 'the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism' and immediately made a celebrity of Smiles. After its success, Smiles wrote other self-help boo...
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    34,35 €

  • Men of Invention and Industry - English Inventors
    Samuel JrSmiles / Samuel Smiles
    Originally published in 1884. A detailed history of some of the great inventors and inventions of the world. Contents Include Phineas Pett : Begginers of English Shipbuilding Francis Pettit Smith : Practical Introducer of the Screw Propeller John Harrison : Inventer of the Marine Chronometer John Lombe : Introducer of the Silk Industry into England William Murdock : His Life an...
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    37,60 €

  • Josiah Wedgwood - His Personal History
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    An industrial biography, originally published in 1894. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Josiah Wedgewood-Birth and Education - The Wedgewoo...
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    40,23 €

  • Duty - With Illustrations of Courage, Patience & Endurance
    Samuel JrSmiles / Samuel Smiles
    Samuel Smiles (1812–1904) was a Scottish government reformer and author famous for his book “Self-Help”, which championed frugal living and argued that the existence of poverty was mainly due to irresponsible habits. The book has been hailed as 'the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism' and immediately made a celebrity of Smiles. After its success, Smiles wrote other self-help boo...
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    35,10 €

  • Lives of the Engineers - Boulton and Watt - The Steam Engine and Transport
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    Lives of the Engineers - Boulton and Watt - The Steam Engine and Transport By SamuelSmiles Originally published in 1904. A detailed history of the two famous engineers, James Watt and Matthew Boulton, with details of their inventions and work. Much emphasis on the steam engine. - Early Life of James Watt - James Watt, His Birthplace and Lineage - Glasgow in 1754 - Early Knowled...
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    37,17 €

  • Lives of the Engineers - Vermuyden - Myddelton - Perry - James Brindley
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    Lives of the Engineers - Vermuyden - Myddelton - Perry - James Brindley By Samuel Smiles Originally published in 1904. A detailed history of the life and work of four famous early engineers. Contents Include : - Introductory - Sir Cornelius Vermuyden, Drainage of the Fens - Sir Hugh Myddelton, Cutting of the New River - Sir Hugh Myddelton, His Other Engineering and Mining Works...
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    34,00 €

  • Self-Help
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    How a man uses money-makes it, saves it, and spends it-is perhaps one of the best tests of practical wisdom.-from 'Money-Its Use and Abuse'Who better to take inspirational advice from than a man named Smiles? But unlike the feel-good cheerleading that the term 'self-help' says to us today, to Smiles it might well have been synonymous with 'hard work.' For this 1859 volume is de...
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    28,29 €

  • Industrial Biography
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    26,33 €

  • The Life of Thomas Telford
    Samuel Jr. Smiles / Samuel JrSmiles
    The Life of Thomas Telford is a biographical book written by Samuel Smiles about the life and achievements of the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford. Telford is widely regarded as one of the most important engineers of the Industrial Revolution and was responsible for many of the major infrastructure projects of his time, including the construction of roads, bridges, canals...
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    34,84 €

  • A Publisher and His Friends
    Samuel Jr. Smiles
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    32,99 €


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