J. F. Nicholls; John Taylor — Bristol Past and Present

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1881. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this history of Bristol in a complete three volume set bound into one. First edition. Three volumes bound in one. Illustrated throughout with many in-text images and three individual frontispieces. Collated complete. Each volume covers a section of Bristol's vast history, from civil history, to ecclesiastical history, and modern history. Written by James Fawckner Nicholls, an English antiquarian and librarian of Bristol, and John Taylor, a historian and librarian of Bristol Museum. Bound in full crushed morocco. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear. Paint mark to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. A small closed tear to the first frontispiece. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .