The Successful Merchant: Sketches of the Life of Mr. Samuel Budgett, Late of Kingswood Hill by William Arthur - 1880

William Mullan and Son. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. London; 1878. Brick colored cloth covered boards with gold titles and cover illustration; edges and covers worn and discolored; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket. Bookplate partially removed from free front endpaper; rear hinge cracked; interior is clean and unmarked; 392 pages.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1857. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. ...Sketches of the life of Mr. Samuel Budgett...wherein an actual and a remarkable life is traced in relation to Commerce." 335 pages. Text block first 30 and last 10 pages foxed, Marietta Library label on front pastedown, covers faded, corners and spine ends slightly worn.; Ex Library; 5 x 7 1/2

Cincinnati: Swormstedt & Poe, 1854. First American Printing. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, cloth good copy, light wear and rubbing to binding, lacking rear flyleaf, text somewhat foxed, old owner's inscription on pastedown. Rising from humble origins, Budgett built up a wholesale grocery business called H.H. & S. Budgett, based in Kingswood Bristol, covering a large area of Southern and Western England and South Wales, which outlasted him by over a century. He was a devoted Wesleyan Methodist, who came close to offering himself as a missionary. Having chosen instead to work as a grocer to support his impoverished parents and siblings, he applied Christian principles to his business, setting improving standards in food purity and working conditions. He also began each day's business with a short Christian service for all staff.

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London & Belfast: William Mullan & Son, 1878. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with a little fading to the spine. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Previous owners' name and date to the first blank verso. Private book plate to the next blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise. . Hardback. Physically 7¼” x 4¾” (1 kg); 392 (8 ads.)pp; Includes: Line drawings; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #189516|| Condition:

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