Life and Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P. Volume 1 /

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This is a lively two-volume biography, first published in 1893, of the influential Victorian businessman and politician W. H. Smith (1825–1891), whose father and uncle established the well-known stationery and bookselling business. The author, Herbert Maxwell (1845-1932), was a Scottish essayist and...

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Main Author: Maxwell, Herbert Eustace (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1893.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Series:Cambridge library collection. History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries.
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511707285
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