Hot Springs of Bath: Investigations of the Thermal Waters of the Avon Valley
by Kellaway, G. A
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket As Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0901303259
- ISBN 13
- 9780901303257
- Seller
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Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bath: Bath City Council, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover without dust jacket as issued. Laminated boards which are clean, bright and unbumped; the only minor issue being that a tiny patch of laminate on the top front corner has been rubbed away. Contents are clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 288 pp. Colour plates; b/w photographs, drawings, maps and tables. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. " 'Hot Springs of Bath' describes wide-ranging studies connected with the restoration of Bath Spa and its protection from environmental damage. Prompted by the discovery of pathogenic Naegleria amoebae in the thermal water, these are the most intensive scientific and medical investigations yet undertaken of the Bath hot springs. It was on the basis of this work that clean thermal water was restored to the Georgian Pump Room, which was built over the Roman Temple." - Publisher's blurb.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005320
- Title
- Hot Springs of Bath: Investigations of the Thermal Waters of the Avon Valley
- Author
- Kellaway, G. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0901303259
- ISBN 13
- 9780901303257
- Publisher
- Bath City Council
- Place of Publication
- Bath
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Local History & Topography; Architecture & Design; Archaeology; Bath Pump Room; Roman History; Georgian History; Bath History; Social History;
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About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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