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BUXTON, Thomas Fowell. Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet, With Selections from His Correspondence, Edited by His Son, Charles Buxton.
London: John Murray, 1848. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blindstamped cloth, xvi, 600, (16)pp. ads dated "April 1848." Bookplate, spine faded o/w a very good copy.
Includes several chapters on Buxton's involvement with the abolitionist movement in Britain, hoping to stem the flow of slaves from the West Indies.