With his wry wit and Yankee voice, Sam Slick of Slicksville put forward his views on 'human nature' in a regular column in the Novascotian. The notation on the front board of "A Million Books Profit One Cent Each Equals $10,000" points to his sales thinking. Sam Slick is a character created in 1835 by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, a Nova Scotian judge and author.
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He relies on flattery and vanity to gain his initial point and on inertia to clinch it along with his 600% markup on his clocks to the Bluenoses who know nothing about value. The author created Sam Slick, a Yankee clock peddler who draws on his insight into "natur and human natur" to make his sales and who endlessly, and amusingly, draws attention to the failings of Nova Scotians (Bluenoses), the enlightened progressiveness of Americans, and the intolerable pride and disdain of the British."The Clockmaker" depicts Sam's strategy in selling his wares. His shrewd observations and witty commentaries make up the thirty-three sketches of The Clockmaker. 2 pages of book ads in front and 4 pages of book ads in rear. Sam Slick of Slickville is a clock-peddler who accompanies a visiting English gentleman on an unforgettable tour of early nineteenth-century Nova Scotia. Internal hinges are sound without cracks or breaks. The name 'Sam Slick' has passed into popular use as standing for a somewhat conventional Yankee, in whom sharpness and verdancy are combined in curious proportions but the book which gave rise to the name has long been out of print. Brown cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine very decorated front board in black with title and publisher.
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Book Condition: Very Good light wear to head, tail, and tips tip curling moisture spot on textblock top. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name/ in pencil on the FFFP for October 17, 1887.