Public Baths and Wash-Houses

London: Batsford. 1906.

First edition. 4to. xii, 281pp, frontispiece and illustrations and plans throughout text with an old label to the front pastedown. Original red cloth with blind-stamped bands and gilt titles to upper board. gilt bands and titles to spine (An old water stain to the top of the upper board and some light shelfwear). Original dust-jacket (wear to edges with some small closed tears to bottom edge and a shallow missing section to the very top quarter-inch of the rear). In very good condition. With chapters on Turkish, Russian and other special bathing operations this is a comprehensive technical guide to the golden age of public hygiene in Britain. Sadly the majority of these wonderful facilities have now gone.