Search Results: the poor boy and merchant prince by william m thayer

Kessinger Publishing, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kissinger reprint in beautiful condition throughout. Maybe a tiny touch of wear on back board but this copy is clean, and bright and tight as new. Will be carefully packaged and shipped with tracking and insurance..

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2003-06-05. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2003-06-05. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. Paperback. New. 11x8x0.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1859. Good, small tear across top section of spine, light wear-through to cloth on small area of board edges, minor loss at base and top of spine. Text block tight, inner hinge paper not broken at front and rear, text block solid. Previous owner name in ink and dated 1862. Ambossed publishers cloth with gilt embossed title and design along spine. 1 pp ads prior to title-page, 349 pp. followed by 10 pp ads at rear.

New York.: Gould and Lincoln., 1858. Presumed 1st, not stated. 1857 Act of Congress entry, publisher.. Hard cover. Very good. Top spine moderate wear. Lower spine, lightly bumped. All corners bumped. Tightly bound.. 1 First edition. Glued binding. 352 p. Spine decorative gilt. Covers decorative w/o gilt added. Audience: General/trade. American-based, this collection of basic Advice for youth includes Starting off Well, Temptation, "Going just Right", Industry, Frugality, Punctuality, Having a System, Purposefully, "Heart in Things", Perseverance, Integrity, Not above Business, Politeness, "Little Things", Country to City, Leisure, Doing things Well, Benevolence, Discrimination, and more.

1857. THAYER, William M. THE POOR BOY AND MERCHANT PRINCE; OR, ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS DRAWN FROM THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE LATE AMOS LAWRENCE; A BOOK FOR YOUTH. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1857. With the bookplate of Augustus Lowell (related by marriage to Lawrence). 349 pp. 12mo., ribbed brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Except for a tiny chip to top of spine, the covers are clean, bright and in excellent condition. Lowell's armorial bookplate to front pastedown. A book for boys about attaining business success. A lovely copy.

Boston: Gould and Lincoln (George Rand & Avery), 1858. Second edition. c.1857. Original brown blind-stamped cloth backed boards. Inscribed by "To Charles W. Sherbourne? with a "Happy New Year" from his friend, W. January 1, 1859" on ffep. On verso "John S. Lawrence, Manchester, Mass 1947 sent me by Mrs. G.E. Putnam or was found in her father's collection". 12mo. pp. 349, [1], [10] Ads. Very Good-/No jacket, as issued. Light edgewear and bumping; quill notation on pp. 83. Quill ink owners ffep and notation on pp 83, faint dampstain to pages edges 133-258..