First published in 1932, this is the story of eighteenth century Bath, where Beau Nash ruled as uncrowned king for so many years, the fashionable members of English society found a splendid justification for improving their health and enjoying themselves at the same time. They took the waters assiduously, gambled excessively, danced away the evenings at cotillion balls, and spent the mornings strolling along the Parades in their elegant finery, and exchanging gossip in the coffee houses. Writers, actors, artists and ...
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First published in 1932, this is the story of eighteenth century Bath, where Beau Nash ruled as uncrowned king for so many years, the fashionable members of English society found a splendid justification for improving their health and enjoying themselves at the same time. They took the waters assiduously, gambled excessively, danced away the evenings at cotillion balls, and spent the mornings strolling along the Parades in their elegant finery, and exchanging gossip in the coffee houses. Writers, actors, artists and politicians shared the city's delights with exalted members of the peerage; and over them all, the great Beau presided with avuncular authority. This book, written with all the skill and visionary commitment of an established poet, recreates the atmosphere of Bath's famous century superbly, and faithfully mirrors several of the well-known personalities who graced the period with their wit, their talent and their eccentricity. Here is Nash himself, generous to a fault, whose chief claim to fame must surely be the widespread improvement in English social behaviour that his strict control initiated; the charming blue-stocking, Elizabeth Montagu, who hated card games and strove to encourage literary causeries; the irascible Captain Thicknesse; the ascetic religious reformer, the Countess of Huntingdon; the famous "limner", Thomas Gainsborough; Sarah Siddons, who bewitched almost everyone when she played at the old Orchard Street theatre; the talented, gentle Ralph Allen, who built Prior Park; that old knave James Quin, who retired to Bath after a hugely successful career on the London stage; and several others. Against a meticulously researched background, they are all convincingly brought to life.
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Add this copy of Bath (National Trust) to cart. $4.99, good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1987 by Pimlico.
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Add this copy of Bath to cart. $6.88, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1932 by Faber & Faber.
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Reprint, 1939; magenta cloth with gilt; B&W illustrations. Some foxing, mainly on page fore-edge; spine faded, with dirty mark; minor fading on boards.
Add this copy of Bath to cart. $8.64, good condition, Sold by M Godding Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Devizes, WILTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1948 by Faber & Faber.
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); Please note some stock images show a jacket, this copy does NOT include a jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
Add this copy of Bath to cart. $9.39, very good condition, Sold by Tom Costin rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Horsham, WEST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1983 by Bristol, Redcliff, 1983..
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0905459520. Near fine maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, (hardback) very good coloured pictorial dust jacket, minor fading to the spine, price clipped, no inscritptions, 288 pages, black and white illustrations. 8.75 x 5.5 inches approx. Useful and interesting book about this fascinating city where Beau Nash led fashionable members of English society during the eighteenth century. A famous city portrayed by a famous author.
Add this copy of Bath to cart. $14.38, very good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1983 by Redcliffe Press Ltd.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Coloured pencil gift inscription on front free endpaper; otherwise a bright, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket price-clipped; a bit faded on front panel and spine.
Add this copy of Bath (Century Classic National Trust Series) to cart. $14.82, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by RH Canada UK Dist.
Add this copy of Bath (Century Classic National Trust Series) to cart. $14.82, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by RH Canada UK Dist.
Add this copy of Bath (Century Classic National Trust Series) to cart. $14.82, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by RH Canada UK Dist.
Add this copy of Bath to cart. $14.95, very good condition, Sold by isbnbooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Pimlico.
Add this copy of Bath to cart. $15.99, fair condition, Sold by Russell Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Victoria, BC, CANADA, published 1987 by Pimlico.
