Search Results: EAST ANGLIA / ESSEX from Chilton Books

Leigh-on-Sea: Apollo Design, 1992.. 1st edition. "100 years ago the internal combustion engine had only recently been invented, SSouthend had not seen a motor car and man was still to fly the first aeroplane...This book tells the story of this revolution in Southend and the great changes it has brought to the Borough." 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp.92, black & white photo illustrations throughout. Paperback, small tears to cover at top staple (but holding. G+.

Woodford Green: Privately published, 1982.. Most of the illustrations were drawn by Reg Fowkes + 3 by Eric Bird and some copies of old prints. Landscape format. 18cms x 24cms. Pp.48, map and index for illustrations + black & white illustrations of local buildings and scenes throughout. Stiff yellow card covers, price inked out to rear cover. VG.

Burnham-on-Crouch: The Crouch Press, nd.. Maldon can boast of being a most ancient borough, nearly as old as Colchester. ...The burgesses of Maldon are mentioned in the Domesday Book and in 1171 Henry II granted the first borough charter that was given to an Essex town." Pp.28, sketch plan of Maldon and District + 11 black & white drawings and double page illustration of many features of Historic Maldon to centre pages. Pbk. VG.

London: Published [ For Ernest P. Roessler ] at 15 Philpot Lane, 1920 .. A scarce first edition with text both in English and French . 9.75" x 6.00". pp.47 . Plain maroon buckram boards. Endpapers lightly foxed. Original card cover with printed title inserted before actual title-page. A label has been removed from the verso of the card cover leaving some glue residue. The first printed title-page is in English. The second title in French occurs after p.31. repeating the description in French (but not all of the illustrations. Clean throughout with many black & white illustrations. Last leaf with colophon: "Printed By William Gate Limited, 147-150, Great Saffron Hill, London, E.C.1." Followed by the original rear card cover. VG.

Ipswich: Ipswich Book Company, 1998.. Walking Lowland Fieldpaths. 125 Miles As A Pedestrian. "Produced by Mapjog in good faith as an accurate record of P.C.Wood's 1997-8 walking route, undertaken to raise donations for The British Heart Foundation." Landscape format. 14.5cms x 21cms. Unpaginated. 45 Walks with pags of sketch maps and photographs by Roy Tover facing direction descriptions + illustrations by Sid Hawker. Cream card covers. VG.

Stoke by Nayland: Orphean Press, 2003.. The articles collected here were first published between 1999 and 2003 in the Colne Engaine Parish Magazine. Observing and reflecting on life past and present in the Colne Valley, they are illustrated by photographs and drawings of Colne Engaine and the surrounding area." Pp.62, signed letterfrom the author loosely inserted, frontispiece map, occasional black & white photo illustrations. Pbk, with cover illustration of Colne Engaine by Joan Clarke. VG.

Romford: Ian Henry Publications, 1997.. 2nd edition. "The first meeting of the owners of the canal proposed to link Maldon and Chelmsford was in 1793 and the navigation opened three years later. This is the story of the waterway from when it was first considered in 1677 until today, when it fills a vital link in the environment of mid-Essex." Pp.60, occasional black & white photos and illustrations. Paperback. VG.

Southend, Essex: Privately printed for the author, 1975 .. A very good A4 booklet. Typewritten manuscript format. Light blue card covers with printed titles. Some edge creasing, otherwise clean throughout. 1p./pp.21 . VG. ** "Harold Edford Priestley. Born in Yorkshire in 1901 and died in Essex in 1990. His writings and artwork feature in the Art and Literature, but these were only 2 facets of his life. Above all he was an historian and his two books on the history of Benfleet bear testimony to that.." - See Harold Edford Priestley, The Historian, by Mark Thres, 2010 .

Southend, Essex: Privately printed for the author, 1976 .. A very good A4 booklet. Typewritten manuscript format. Light pink card covers with printed titles. Some edge creasing, otherwise clean throughout. pp.24 . VG. ** "Harold Edford Priestley. Born in Yorkshire in 1901 and died in Essex in 1990. His writings and artwork feature in the Art and Literature, but these were only 2 facets of his life. Above all he was an historian and his two books on the history of Benfleet bear testimony to that.." - See Harold Edford Priestley, The Historian, by Mark Thres, 2010 .

Chesham: Barracuda Books Ltd, 1978.. 1st edition. 30cms x 21cms. "Dr Stephenson lays old ghosts and bares new facts with skill and affection, his succinct text embellished with some 200 pictures, many never before published....A compleat and concise record and a book of charm and erudition to delight both resident and visitor." Pp.144, black & white illustrations and photos throughout, maps to endpapers, list of subscribers to end. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has slight sunning to spine and has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1994.. 1st edition. "Looks at the past of Braintree and Bocking, particularly from Victorian times, when photography was available to record the changing scene, up to the 1950s when the two townships were still in the process of merging into a single community, though with much of their fabric remaining much as it had been for centuries." Unpaginated, 178 black & white photo illustrations, maps to endpapers. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has minor creasing to top of spine but is in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

Cheltenham: Ed. J. Burrow & Co.Ltd, 1960.. Including advice on Safety in the Home. Contents includes: Road Safety for Children: A report from the County Constabulary; A letter to parents; The Child Cyclist Tuition Scheme; Road Safety on Two Wheels: The Braintree Wheelers; The Motor Cycling Club; Road Safety for All: Suggestions from the Highway Code; Your Local Road Safety Committee; Braintree in Bygone Days and Today; Safety in the Home; Road Surfacing; Index to Advertisements. "This Brochure is the second print, and, once again, may it serve to remind every man, woman and child of the need for continued vigilance." Pp.24, 6 black & white photos of Braintree in bygone days and today (sic). Illustrated stiff card covers. VG.

Colchester: Colchester and Essex Museum, 1973.. Printed in a limited edition of 500 copies. "This yard, taken over in 1936 by Mr Minter, is known to have been in existence as early as 1890, but the working of clay on this site may be traced back as far as Anglo-Saxon times." Pp.7, small wood engravings by the author throughout. Orange stiff card covers with wood engraving to front, slight sunning to front near spine. VG.

Simon Harris, 1990.. Second edition. A history of the village of Bulmer, Essex, drawing on local memories. Chapters: 1.The Great Highway; 2.The Auberies; 3.The Tye; 4.The Brickfields; 5.Butlers; 6.Church, School and Meadow; 7.The Haven Ground; 8.Batt Hall, The Pits, Kitchens and Finch Hill; 9.Smeetham Hall; 10.The Street; 11.Goldingham Hall; 12.Upper and Lower Houses; 13.A Final Perambulation; List of Contributors. 30cms x 21cms. Pp.64, occasional black & white drawings and photos + 9 maps, owner's initials to title page. Paperback. Scarce. VG.

Chelmsford: Essex County Council, 1966.. 2nd edition (revised). Pp.8/269. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.

Parochial Church Councils of Great & Little Maplestead, 1967.. Fourth edition, revised. "Great Maplestead Church is of exceptional interest, not only because so much early Norman work has survived, but also because of its comparatively rare ground plan." "Little Maplestead Church is of the greatest importance in the study of church history and architecture by reason of its circular plan...It consists of a spacious aisleless chancel terminating in a semi-circular apse - the only 14th century example of this type now existing in England - a sixsided "nave" surmounted by a low belfry and surrounded by a circular aisle, a modern west porch and a south vestry." Pp.24, black & white photo illustrations by Richard A.Burn throughout. Beige card cover. VG.

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2015.. 1t edition. "Examines the relationship between parish churches and the army during the war, using the important garrison town of Colchester as a case study. Colchester in 1914-18 was a microcosm both of English society and tthe Church of England in all their diversity." Pp.xvi/272, frontispiece + 30 figure illustrations, gift message to front free endpaper. Brown boards, dustwrapper has minor wear to top edge. VG/VG.

Oxford: Printed for the Author at the University Press, Oxford, 1938.. 1st edition. "Fingringhoe Churh is fortunate in having escaped drastic restoration, and in consequence of its unspoilt condition it possesses an interest and a serene beauty which are frequently lacking in ancient churches that are far more imposing." 24.5cms x 16cms. Pp.54, 16 black & white plates + 3 figure illustrations, gift message to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers. Turqoise cloth, spine and edges rubbed, ink stain to front board, light spotting to boards. Good.

Oxford: Printed for the author at the University Press, 1938.. 1st edition. Fingringhoe is a scattered village situated near the mouth of the River Colne. Pp.54, black & white photo frontispiece + 16 further black & white photo plates and 3 illustrations in the text, pencil notation to inside front board and another to lower margin of p.46, slight toning to endpapers. Blue cloth has some spotted discolouration, edges rubbed, spine slightly darkened. Good.

Farnborough: Saint Michael's Abbey Press, 1984.. It is most unusual for a town to be able to point to a specific date and say 'That's when our history started'. But the date 18 July 1871 could be said to be such a date for Clacton-on-Sea, for it was on that day that the S.S. Queen of the Orwell arrived at the newly opened pier to disembark the town's first day trippers from London." 20.5cms x 29.5cms. Pp.40, sepia photographs throughout cover the period 1871-1939. Stiff card illustrated covers have fading to front spine and lower edges. G+.