The working-man's way in the world being the autobiography of a journeyman printer

by Charles Manby Smith

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First edition

New York: Redfield, 1854. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 13-359, 1 , 12 ads; original blind-stamped purple cloth; paneled covers; spine faded; pages toned; otherwise very good and sound. Charles Manby Smith 1804-1880 was a Victorian essayist. The son of a cabinet-maker, Smith went on to become a journeyman printer, and in his autobiography he relays insightful and amusing anecdotes often related to questions of class and wealth. Smith's related titles

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