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THE REWARDS OF INDUSTRY.
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About This Item
12mo, pp. 47, [1]; original printed green glazed paper wrappers.
The work formed part of a series of works under the collective title 'Stories for summer days and winter nights' that were issued by Groombridge in the early 1850's chiefly as 'Reward Books' at three-pence each.
The story revolves around Jonas Jones who was born the son of a tinker and married a 'showy girl' who had squandered his money and promptly died. Jonas is apprenticed to a belt maker Master Fenning and after seven years service becomes a guild member. He travels far and wide for several years before his return to the village where he begins his own shop and marries. He then meets a prince who encourages him and the townspeople to produce good quality work. The story, however, introduces such subjects as drunkenness, savings banks, free trade and the building of industrial schools and is really a moral work in which is entertained the idea that the working class can do better for themselves if they work hard, save, and are dutiful to those in authority.
The work formed part of a series of works under the collective title 'Stories for summer days and winter nights' that were issued by Groombridge in the early 1850's chiefly as 'Reward Books' at three-pence each.
The story revolves around Jonas Jones who was born the son of a tinker and married a 'showy girl' who had squandered his money and promptly died. Jonas is apprenticed to a belt maker Master Fenning and after seven years service becomes a guild member. He travels far and wide for several years before his return to the village where he begins his own shop and marries. He then meets a prince who encourages him and the townspeople to produce good quality work. The story, however, introduces such subjects as drunkenness, savings banks, free trade and the building of industrial schools and is really a moral work in which is entertained the idea that the working class can do better for themselves if they work hard, save, and are dutiful to those in authority.
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- Bookseller
- Pickering & Chatto, Antiquarian Booksellers
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3220123
- Title
- THE REWARDS OF INDUSTRY.
- Author
- [PERSERVERENCE]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Groombridge and Sons, Paternaoster Row.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [c. 1850]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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Pickering & Chatto, Antiquarian Booksellers
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Croydon, Surrey
About Pickering & Chatto, Antiquarian Booksellers
Pickering & Chatto has been dealing in rare books for the best part of two centuries. Since 2014 we have been based in the vestry of St. Clement's Church in the City of London, and have a stock of some 2000+ books, principally in the fields of literature, philosophy, social sciences, science and medicine, law and women's studies, from the fifteenth to the first decades of the twentieth century.Due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions our offices are at present closed. We are, however, always happy to receive any inquiries by email.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...