bristol election (3 Ergebnisse)

First edition, 8vo (227 x 140mm), viii, 260pp., orig. boards, rather worn, spine perished, lower board detached, uncut.

Illustrated card 90 x 115 mm. supporting Frederick William Slade for the Bristol election of 1859; newspaper cuttings to the reverse. This item may have at some time been mounted and will bear traces on the reverse of adhesive or removal of mounts. Slade came bottom of the poll.

Broadside caricature, 290 x 220 mm. printed in blue, a little chipped. Possibly relating to H.F.H. Berkeley (the text relates to S.M. Peto, but the caricature doesn't resemble him); the text is a quote from the Daily Press arguing that a vote for Peto is a vote against God. Sir S.[amuel] M.[orton] Peto (1809-1889) was a contractor for railways and public works, and M.P. for Bristol between 1865-1868. He had to resign as an M.P. after his company was involved with the insecure London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (LCDR), which led to his bankruptcy.