EAST ANGLIA / ESSEX from Chilton Books

Privately published, 1928.. Originally published in the Essex Review (Benham & Co. Ltd, Colchester) and now reprinted with the addition of some topicsl details. The history and traditions of the Parish of Bocking in Essex. Pp.32, occasional black & white photos and illustrations, occasional light spots. Grey illustrated stiff card cover, wear and small losses to spine,… Read more about this item

Coggeshall: Edwin Potter, Market End / London: Marshall Brothers, Paternoster Row, MDCCCXC [ 1890 ] .. First Edition with a link to the first American settlers. A very good original illustrated binding. 8vo. 8.75" x 5.75". pp.14/[2pp.]/pp.272 . Red cloth covered boards. Hinges and corners carefully strengthened. Rubbed gilt title to spine. Black illustration of church to front board.… Read more about this item

Chelmsford: The Tindal Press, 1951.. A Short Guide to the Buildings of Historical and Arhitectural Interest. A booklet produced for the Thaxted Festival of Britain. Pp.12, two black & white plates, sketch plan of the town plus occasional drawings by Alec Hunter, some very light spotting. Cream stiff card covers, rusting to staples. G+.

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… Read more about this item

Essex Historic Buildings Group, 1984.. Contents: The Development of Two Mediaeval Houses by Ann Padfield; The Courthouse, Widdington by D.H.Scott; No.2 Church Path, Wendens Ambo by John McCann; The Signal House, Foulness by Bob Crump; No.65 High Street, Brentwood by D.H. Scott. Pp.24, 32 figure illustrations. Cream laminated stiff card cover, a few spots to front. G+.

Colchester: Benham and Company Limited, 1963.. 1st edition. Observations and poems by Celtic broadcaster and poet W.R.Rodgers with illustrations by his wife, Meg Stevens. Pp.63, full page and vignette illustrations in green. Marbled patterned grey boards with green title label to front board and white title to spine. VG.

Chelmsford: Essex County Council, 1976.. 1st edition. Third volume in a series publishing the rich source material in the Essex Records Office. Pp..x/364. Black cloth, dustwrapper title faded to spine an has edge tears and chipped losses. VG/G.

Chelmsford: Essex Record Office, 1992.. 1st edition. "Among those featured are Robert Hayward who became the first daguerreotype agent for Essex in 1845, Benjamin Monson, owner of the earliest permanent studio in Colchester and Ellen Wilson, the first woman professional photographer in the area....William Gill's work in Colchester has attracted international recognition." 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp.vi/65,… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

London: Lilburne Press, 1992.. Lucien Pissarro's Paintings of Essex. "From 1883 until his death in 1944 at the age of 81, Lucien Pissarro produced over 550 oil-paintings, and many watercolours. Well over 300 of his oils are of English scenes, including 56 views of Essex. This book reproduces and tries to identify some of the 36 scenes he painted… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Maylandsea: R.J.P. Blaney, 1994.. 2nd edition. "The material is presented in chronological order (from 500,000 BC to the present), incorporating national events into a local history. The text is complemented by illustrations, photographs, and maps of the area." Unpaginated. Yellow stiff card cover. VG.

Chelmsford: The County Planner, Essex County Council, 1990.. Contents: I.Introduction: (i)Windmills in Essex; (ii)Mill Preservation and Restoratio; (iii)Windmill Types. II.Mills open to the public: (i)Mills in the care of Essex County Council; (ii)Other windmills in Essex open regularly to the public. III.Mills not open to the public, but visible from public roads. IV.Some significant mill remains. V.The first Essex… Read more about this item

Coggeshall: John Lewis, 2013.. 1st edition. Produced through the 2009-13 Discovering Coggeshall project. "Coggeshall was a major centre of the late medieval cloth trade. Its prosperity at that time has given it a legacy of fine timber-framed buildings...This book sets the buildings in their historical contexzt, covers the tree-ring dating programme, gives a full account of the dated buildings,… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

[Ilford] nd.(c.1937).. The churchwardens' accounts of Heybridge, Essex ; cir. 1509-1532 / reprinted from the MS transcript of J. Pridden, a former vicar of Heybridge, and edited with notes by W.J. Pressey. "Fragmentary and disjointed as is the record - it is nevertheless sufficiently intelligible to present to the reader a picture of the convulsions that the Church underwent… Read more about this item

Halstead: Halstead & District Local History Society, 1992.. 2nd (revised) edition. "The reader will find references to the then novel conditions brought about by war in the air and will as he reads see pictures of evacuees and troops arriving, of soldiers and airmen on duty and hear the noise in our Essex skies from enemy attack and combat.… Read more about this item

Earls Colne: Earls Colne Branch of the Workers Educational Association, 1983.. 1st edition. History of the buildings in the Essex village of Earls Colne. 30.5cms x 21cms. Pp.90, many figure illustrations, plans, and black and white photos. Stiff card covers, small chip to top of spine. VG.

Colchester: Benham & Company Limited, 1919.. 1st edition. Pp.24. Brown stiff card covers with photo illustration of the church by G.W.Siggers, split to top of spine. Scarce. G+.

Colchester: JMH Publications, 2004.. 1st editions. Exploits of an Essex Boy During World War Two. "This is a true but also an historical account of a young tearaway, and later a soldier between the years 1933/1953. Much has been devoted particularly to the Second World War period 1939/45 when many children had the freedom that in this age… Read more about this item