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Essex Heyday.

By: ADDISON, William.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London: J.M.Dent and Sons Ltd, 1949.:

Seller ID: 40663

1st edition. A study of social life in seventeenth-century Essex, illustrated with thirty-one pages of old prints reproduced in collogravure and an endpaper map. Pp.xii/339, . Blue cloth, map illustrated dustwrapper has minor edge wear but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+.
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Time Was: Childhood Memories of the Maplesteads.

By: ALDOUS, Mary.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Little Yeldham: The Halstead and District Local History Society, 1992. 0951310658:

Seller ID: 38381

ISBN: 0951310658

"Families, then, lived simple lives as their family incomes were relatively small compared with those of today, but they were happy, and so different from what we read about today..."(Foreword). Pp.64, occasional black & white photos throughout. Bright green card covers. VG.
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Can Your Mother Skin a Rabbit? Tales of a Suffolk Lad.

By: ALLARD, Bert.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Thorndon: Lucas Books, 2004. 1903797349:

Seller ID: 43558

ISBN: 1903797349

Reprint. Bert Allard's very personal account of his early llfe in Stonham, edited by Richard Widdows. Pp.84, occasional black & white photos. Paperback. VG.
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The Wallace Connection. The Story of the Restoration of Orford Church.

By: ALLEN, Jane.

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Orford: Orford Museum, 2008. 9780955473807:

Seller ID: 44958

ISBN: 0955473802

1st edition. "Tells the twin stories of the church restoration and the remarkable family drama that accompanied it. In addition it sheds light on many aspects of the history of Orford, the much loved and much visited village on the Suffolk coast which, in spite of its remote location, has many links with people and events of national interest and importance." 24cms x 17cms. Pp.xviii/142, many black & white photographs +plans and 5 colour photo illustrations, compliment slip - signed by the author - loosely enclosed. Paperback. VG.
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Strong To Save. A Tale of the 1953 Floods in Norfolk.

By: ALSTON, Christopher.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Bungay: Morrow & Co., 1996. 0948903287:

Seller ID: 34132

ISBN: 0948903287

1st edition. "On Saturday, January 31st, the lethal combination of an abnormally high tide and a vicious winter gale created the worst floods the East Coast of Britain has seen in recorded history....'Strong to Save', Christopher Alston's third published novel, is a dramatic tale of horror and heroism on that night in one North Norfolk village." Pp.181. Black cloth, dustwrapper has clear protective wrap. Scarce. VG/VG.
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Melford Memories. Recollections of 94 Years.

By: AMBROSE, Ernest.

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Lavenham, Suffolk: Privately Published By The Lavenham Press, for Long Melford Historical and Archaeological Society, 1972. 0:

Seller ID: 43210

Published under the auspices of the Long Melford Historical and Archaeological Society. First edition. 8.5" x 5.5" . Pp.124. Green card covers, edges slightly rubbed. G+.
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Our Lady & Saint John Sudbury 1893-1993.

By: ANON.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Sudbury, 1994.:

Seller ID: 45525

Published to celebrate the centenary of the Catholic Church at Sudbury, Suffolk. 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp.23, black & white photos and illustrations throughout. Illustrated card covers. VG.
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St. Felix Bishop Of East Anglia.

By: ANON.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Ipswich: Published by The Ancient House Press, Ipswich, for The Felix Hotel, Felixstowe. [no date c. 1910? ] . 0:

Seller ID: 42879

A very good original booklet in card covers. pp.15 . 7.5" x 5.0". Cream card covers, lightly soiled, with printed title. Clean cream coloured pages throughout. Date of publication is unclear. Imprimatur to the verso of the front cover reads: "Nihil Obstat. Joannes Canonicus Freeland, Cens. Dep. Dioc. Northantoniensis. - Copyright of the St. Felix statue reserved for the Sculptor, H. Chas. Grimwood." * "Rev. John Freeland, of Bedford, was appointed Canon Theologian of the Cathedral Chapter of the diocese of Northampton in 1910" - See Archive, The Tablet . ** " Felix of Burgundy, also known a...
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Mediaeval Colchester's Lost Landmarks.

By: ASHDOWN-HILL, John.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Derby: Breedon Books, 2009. 9781859836866:

Seller ID: 37580

ISBN: 1859836860

1st edition. "Includes detailed descriptions of the great lost religious landmarks of mediaeval Colchester, including St John's Abbey, the Greyfrars and St Botolph's Priory...Colchester's mills and market, its port and its inns, its private houses and its sanitation are also explored." Pp.191, occasional black & white photos and illustrations throughout. Green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.
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The Dedham Lectureship.(Established 1577).

By: ATTFIELD BROOKS, C.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Colchester: C.A. Brooks, 1983. 090743262X:

Seller ID: 37502

ISBN: 090743262X

1st edition. A history of the Lecture House in Dedham, Essex. The term lecturer has come to have just a single meaning -'a person, usually connected with an academic institution of some kind, who delivers instructional discourses to students'. "Samuel Johnson...found it necessary to include a second definition:'Lecturer - a preacher in a church hired by the parish to assist the rector or vicar'." Pp.x/26, black & white frontispiece 'The Old Lecture House, Dedham' by John Constable. Blue cloth, gilt title to front. VG.
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"The Rectory", Glemsford, Suffolk. For Sale by Auction Wednesday, 11th May 1938.

By: AUCTION PARTICULARS.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Ipswich:Garrod, Turner & Son, 1938.:

Seller ID: 40580

"Glemsford, Suffolk. Particulars and Conditions of Sale of a Pleasantly Situate Country Residence now known as "The Rectory". Having three lofty reception rooms, eight bed and dressing rooms, bathroom and two attic bedrooms - Main water. Garage and Stabling. Well-Timbered Grounds. Meadow and Arable Field with extensive Agricultural Buildings. Area in all 15 Acres. The House and Gardens with Vacant Possession to be Sold by Auction by Garrod, Turner & Son at the Crown & Anchor Hotel, Ipswich on Wednesday, 11th May, 1938, at 3pm precisely." 6 page booklet. Grey card covers with cr...
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Echoes of Old Norfolk.

By: BAGSHAW, Robert.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Wymondham: Geo.R.Reeve, 1995. 0900616482:

Seller ID: 37888

ISBN: 0900616482

1st edition. Signed. "Bob Bagshaw's Echoes cover practically a lifetime and come from town and village, farm and field, from men and women he has known over the years. Our northern neighbours say, "There's nowt so queer as folk"; as depicted by Bob, "there's nowt so interesting". " Pp.191, signed by author to title page, many black & white illustrations. Paperback. VG.
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More Memories of Norfolk.

By: BAGSHAW, Robert.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Wymondham: Geo.R.Reeves Ltd, 1992. 0900616423:

Seller ID: 37887

ISBN: 0900616423

A companion volume to "Norfolk Remembered". "Throughout the years, there has been a constant succession of people who, by their mere presence, have added colour to my existence. Most of them were simple folk leaving simple memories. It is to them that this book is dedicated." Pp.175, signed by author to title page, black & white photo illustrations throughout. Paperback. VG.
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Norfolk Remembered.

By: BAGSHAW, Robert.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Wymondham: Geo. R.Reeve Ltd, 1993. 090061630X:

Seller ID: 37886

ISBN: 090061630X

2nd reprint. "A Norfolk volume to underline Bob's deep affection for the county as he introduces some of the faces and places he has met on his way since early days at Cromer." Pp.190, signed by author to title page, black & white photo illustrations throughout. Paperback. VG.
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Poppies to Paston. A Norfolk Boyhood. (Signed).

By: BAGSHAW, Robert.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Wymondham: Geo.R.Reeves, 1992. 0900616229:

Seller ID: 41498

ISBN: 0900616229

Reprint. "Though the theme is mainly autobiographical, the result is much more than just a simple record of one man's early years; the interwoven picture of the country lifestyle of the period converts it into a significant piece of social history." Pp.159, black & white photo portrait frontispiece + 27 further black & white photos, signed by author to title page. Paperback. VG.
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The Rabbitskin Cap. (The Norfolk Library).

By: BALDRY, George/ RIDER HAGGARD, Lilias (editor).

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Ipswich: Boydell Press, 1976. 0851150454:

Seller ID: 45485

ISBN: 0851150454

Reprint. "The story of a countryman's life, told in his own words. George Baldry was born near Beccles, on the border of Suffolk and Norfolk, in the middle of the last [19th] century...The illustrations are by Edward Seago." Pp.258, 12 full page illustrations + numerous others in the text by Edward Seago. White illustrated boards, green dustwrapper has small edge tears and surface loss to top front corner but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/Good.
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A Short History of the Parish Church of Dovercourt.

By: BALLANCE, The Rev. V.G.

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Lincoln: J.W.Ruddock & Sons, Printers, nd. (c.1925).:

Seller ID: 45183

Privately published church guide. Pp.20, frontispiece + 7 further black & white illustrations by F.H.Franklin, staples rusty and some loose leaves, a little light spotting. Grey card covers, name (G.Montagu Benton) to top of front. Fair.** "The Reverend Gerald Montagu Benton FSA (1881-1959) was a well-known local antiquary. Following studies at Cambridge, and a period as a private secretary, he was ordained and in 1911 became curate of Saffron Walden." - SEAX - Essex Record Office.
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Essex: Highways, Byways and Waterways. (Second Series).

By: BARRETT, C.R.B.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893.:

Seller ID: 45561

Second Series. The first series of this title dealt mainly with boroughs and small towns, whereas this volume goes amongst the villages and visits the manor houses. 26cms x 20cms. Pp.xvi/232, 9 etchings + many illustrations in the text, rough-cut page edges. Brown cloth, gilt shield motifs to front board, gilt title to spine, spine rebacked, slightly rubbed with bumps and wear to corners. G+.
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The Silver Jubilee of the Diocese of Chelmsford 1914-1939. Some Thoughts and Memories.

By: BAYNE, Ven. Archdeacon P.M.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Chelmsford: The Essex Weekly News Series Ltd, nd. (c.1939).:

Seller ID: 43629

Contents: 1. Early Christianity in Essex. 'The Power of Christian Unity'; 2.Essex in the Diocese of London:675-1846; 3.A Diocese in Transition. a) Essex in the Diocese of Rochester 1846-1877. b)Essex in the Diocese of St Albans 1877-1914. c)Essex Passes into the Diocese of Chelmsford 1914; 4.Some Facts and Figures 1914-1939; 5.Some Worthies of the Church in Essex; 6.Some Jubilee Reflections. Pp.20, dates and events to inside front cover. Blue card wraps. VG.
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Ancient Walls of East Anglia.

By: BECKLEY, Rene.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Lavenham: Terence Dalton Limited, 1979. 090096393X:

Seller ID: 37158

ISBN: 090096393X

1st edition. "Even before the Romans conquered Britain the Celtic tribes were digging ditches and from that soil preparing ramparts for the defence of their communities from marauding animals and unfriendly neighbours. The Romans with their walls and gateways, the Saxons with their stockades and the Normans with their castles continued the practice for many centuries to follow..." Pp.viii/136, black & white photos and illustrations throughout. White cloth, dustwrapper has wear to top edge. VG/VG.
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