{"product_id":"duty-with-illustrations-of-courage-patience-endurance-by-samuel-smiles-john-murray-1886-prize-binding","title":"Duty, with Illustrations of Courage, Patience, \u0026 Endurance, by Samuel Smiles, John Murray, 1886. Prize binding.","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis handsome tree-calf prize volume was awarded to Charles Thomson in 1886, while a pupil at Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School, Glasgow, several years before the remarkable sequence of prizes he subsequently won at the University of Glasgow. The presentation label records the award to \u003cem\u003eCharles Thomson\u003c\/em\u003e for Mathematics during the Session 1885-86, under the authority of Hutchesons' Educational Trust, Boys' Grammar School, with facsimile signatures of Thomas Menzies, Rector, and William Wilson, Chairman. The volume provides an interesting early record of Thomson's academic achievement: he subsequently attended the University of Glasgow, where he won fifteen prizes across a notably broad range of subjects before graduating M.A., and later pursued a career in education.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamuel Smiles' \u003cem\u003eDuty, with Illustrations of Courage, Patience, \u0026amp; Endurance\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to the series of enormously popular works of Victorian moral and social instruction for which Smiles (1812-1904) became famous. Following the success of \u003cem\u003eSelf-Help\u003c\/em\u003e, Smiles used historical and biographical examples to illustrate qualities he regarded as essential to individual character and public life. \u003cem\u003eDuty\u003c\/em\u003e considers personal responsibility, courage, perseverance, self-discipline and devotion to others, drawing upon the lives and actions of soldiers, sailors, physicians, missionaries, philanthropists and other historical figures. First published in 1880, the work became a characteristic Victorian prize book, its emphasis upon diligence and moral character making it particularly suited to presentation for academic achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuty, with Illustrations of Courage, Patience, \u0026amp; Endurance, by Samuel Smiles, LL.D. A New Edition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by John Murray, London, 1886. Printed by R. \u0026amp; R. Clark, Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA good full tree-calf leather hardback with gilt-tooled spine, raised bands and red morocco title label. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWith the Hutchesons' crest stamped in gilt to the rear board and gilt borders to both covers. Some rubbing and shelf wear commensurate with age, including wear to joints. The endpapers are split along the gutters at both inner hinges, although the underlying binding remains firm and secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWith marbled endpapers and matching marbled text block edges. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWith prize presentation label to the front pastedown, completed in manuscript for \u003cem\u003eCharles Thomson\u003c\/em\u003e, recording the award of the Mathematics Prize for Session 1885-86 at Hutchesons' Educational Trust, Boys' Grammar School. The printed label bears facsimile signatures of Thomas Menzies, Rector, and William Wilson, Chairman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text is remarkably bright and clear throughout, with no spotting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA handsome volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003exv + 430pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: approximately 185mm high x 127mm wide x 29mm deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: Approximately 578g (unpacked).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56126453416321,"sku":"LAN10381","price":132.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/files\/Duty_withIllustrationsofCourage_Patience_Endurance_bySamuelSmiles_JohnMurray_1886.Prizebinding.IMG_7249.jpg?v=1787669452","url":"https:\/\/www.lannaantique.com\/en-us\/products\/duty-with-illustrations-of-courage-patience-endurance-by-samuel-smiles-john-murray-1886-prize-binding","provider":"Lanna Antique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}