Author: (Colston). Garrard, Thomas.
Title: EDWARD COLSTON, THE PHILANTHROPIST, His Life and Times; Including a Memoir of His Father; The Result of a Laborious Investigation into the Archives of the City. Edited by Samuel Griffiths Tovey.
Description: Bristol: Printed and Published by J. Chilcott ..., 1852. 1st Ed. 4to. xi + 507pp. + [ii] Subscribers. Engraved port. frontis. Sm. blind stamp penned over to head of title page, neat inscription of ‘A.C. Pepperell 8 Merrywood Road, Southville, Bristol’ to head of title page, light browning and foxing, marbled e.ps., hinges taped, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, some scuffing and loss to corners, rebacked with much of original rubbed spine laid down, gilt tooled raised bands and gilt lettered label to spine. ¶ pp.318 ‘we learn he was a West Indian Merchant ... Bristol held an important position in the commercial world at this period. Its trade, more especially with the West Indies was flourishing ...’

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