How a Penny became a Thousand Pounds

by Robert Kemp Philp

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First edition

London: Houlston and Stoneman, 1856. Self-Help FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.96. Publisher's blind-decorated brown cloth with one decoration stamped in gilt to upper. Yellow-coated endpapers. Black ink ownership to flyleaf, dated 1856. Light browning throughout - a minor ink note to final page. Light rubbing to cloth. Very good. A notorious Chartist in his youth, Philp settled down to become a publisher of cheap pamphlets in London, scoring

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