Not Stated R E M Peach (3 results)
More imagesPublished by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; R. E. Peach, London; Bath, 1876
- Hardcover
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good Only. The sixth edition of this scarce work on historical walks in the beautiful city of Bath, revised by R. E. M. Peach. The sixth edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with an autotype frontispiece, eight further autotype plates, sixteen wood-cuts and a foldin…g map of the neighbourhood. Lacking the first folding map of the city and borough of Bath. Collated. A charming nineteenth century guide to walks around Bath. This sixth edition, based on the original work by Dr. James Tunstall, was revised and re-edited with biographical and historical notes by Robert Edward Myhill Peach. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with shelf wear to the boards, joints and extremities. Gilt remains bright. Front hinge is strained with webbing showing, but remains firmly held by cords. Front free end paper is detached with small closed tears but remains intact. Lacking first folding map. The second folding map is a little creased but otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; E. R. Blackett, London; Bath, 1893
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- First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Peach's nineteenth century history of the development of the streets and architecture of the beautiful city of Bath. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original half cloth binding with paper boards. An informative record of the development of the streets and bui…ldings of Bath up until the late nineteenth century. This work was written by the antiquary Robert Edward Myhill Peach (1876-1896), who wrote many works on the history and antiquities of Bath, including Bath, Old and New and Historic Houses in Bath, and their Associations. An appendix of local delicacies, such as the Bath Bun, is included to the rear.Four pages of advertisements to the front of the work and fifteen pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original half cloth binding with paper boards. Externally, generally smart, with faint marks to the boards. A little fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1890
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- First Edition
- Signed
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A limited edition, signed copy of this wonderful local history of Swainswick, with folding plates. Only one hundred and fifty copies of this edition were printed of which fifty have been number and signed. This volume is numbered 26 and is signed by the author.Swainswick is a small v…illage and civil parish three miles northeast of Bath and this volume explores its history with abstracts of the register, the church accounts and the overseers' books.With two folding plates.Collated, complete.With three booklets, one for The Parish Church St. Mary the Virgin Swainswick, another for Swainswick and Wooley and the last for Bath Sulis Water.With an inscription from the Swainswick Rectory. In half calf with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with some marks to the spine and extremities. Some bumping to the head of the spine. Front hinge starting but remains firm. Inscription to the half title page. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). signed by author. book.
