Akeman Press was established in 2003 to produce a range of high-quality historical books, with especial emphasis on the city of Bath.
Details of the titles published so far are listed below.
All books can be ordered directly from Akeman Press. There is no charge for postage within the UK. Overseas postage is reduced by the UK postage costs for each order. Please note that, if ordering from overseas, you need to contact us by email first so that we can send you the appropriate invoice with the adjusted postage.
NEWS ABOUT POSTAGE
To improve our service to users of our website, we now send out books by tracked second class postage, at no extra cost to you. Our books will go through most normal sized letterboxes but if you prefer to leave them in a safe place, please leave instructions when you order.
Please note that as books go out of print, we keep the relevant book page up for information, but you will not be able to order them.
Alternatively you can buy our books from: Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights in John Street, Oldfield Park Bookshop in Moorland Road, and Topping & Company, Booksellers of Bath in York Street.
Please support your independent shops.
NEWS ABOUT BOOKS
On Foot in Bath – We now have the 3rd edition available for you to buy through our website or at all good bookshops. In the three years since the 2nd edition came out, there have been many changes in the city, not least a new footbridge. The walks are now right up to date, with many new pictures. This is the perfect Christmas present for lovers of Bath.
Country Walks from Bath This proved popular during lockdowns, with many people looking for quieter places to exercise, and is still attracting readers, with its walks which take readers into less well known parts of the local countryside.
Literary Walks in Bath takes in town and country – the Jane Austen walk in particular offers diversions, giving you a chance to follow the author on one of her excursions.
For those whose exercise is confined to town, Ghost Signs of Bath is also a series of walks, many of which take readers away from the busy city centre.
No Swinging on Sundays, Kirsten Elliott’s book on the Lost Pleasure Georgian Pleasure Gardens of Bath, has received some excellent reviews and is available in all good bookshops.
Kirsten is now working on a book about a different kind of garden – William Beckford’s landscape garden in Bath. To be called Beckford’s Paradise Lost – the Rise & Fall of William Beckford’s estate in Bath, it disentangles fact from fiction. Much of the fiction was propagated by Beckford himself and believed by his biographers, but other myths have subsequently attached themselves to the garden. After extensive researches, including new discoveries, this book should finally reveal the truth about the estate and explain why it vanished so quickly.
OTHER AKEMAN PRESS SERVICES
To learn more about Events organised for and/or on behalf Akeman Press, please go to our Events page.
If you wish to use our research service, please see the Research page, where you will find the sort of research we can do for you or assist you and provide guidance for you to do your own. You will also find the rates charged.