contemporary black half morocco binding with marbled boards; five raised bands; lettering in gilt on spine; brown end papers; previous owner's small book plate on front paste-down; hinges are strong; spine is square; inner joints have been professionally strengthened; shelf wear to edges and head of spine; occasional small foxing at prelims. and some text pages with the title page (photo of which is shown) being the most extreme example; the author was the nephew of Romantic Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge; 332 pages; chapters include Barbados, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Vincent's, St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christpher's, Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Planters and Slaves.