Prestwich, Joseph. The Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Prestwich (1899), by GA Prestwich, his widow.

Prestwich, Joseph. The Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Prestwich (1899), by GA Prestwich, his widow.

Blackwood and Son

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Prestwich, Joseph. The Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Prestwich (1899), by GA Prestwich, his widow. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1st edition, 444pp + 19plates. Hard back with blue cloth-covered boards, embossed with gilt lettering to spine and crest on front cover. Black end papers. Small library blind stamp to title page, faint stamp on half title and residue of library labels on front free end paper. Otherwise clean and uncut. Slight wear to the top and base of spine. In very good condition. 

Prestwich’s (1812-1896) geological and archaeological contemporaries assisted his widow, with correspondence and photographs. A Geikie contributed a summary and appraisal of Prestwich’s scientific work. All of Prestwich’s published papers are listed.