Publisher:
Bury St. Edmund's [Suffolk] : Printed And Published By J. Merrell, "Standard" Office, 1882 . 0
Seller ID: 48036
A scarce 19th century almanack in the original printed covers. 7.0" x 5.0" x 0.25". No paginattion. Grey-green printed covers with title and adverts, just wear to the edges and top & tail of spine.More adverts on the inside covers. 8 leaves of adverts on purple paper, followed by 34 leaves of Notices and stories, and then a final 12 leaves of adverts. Just a little foxing to one of the stories, otherwise clear English text and illustrations throughout. G+ . View More...
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+. View More...
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Little Yeldham: The Halstead and District Local History Society, 1992. 0951310658
Seller ID: 38381
ISBN-13: 9780951310656
"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. View More...
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Thorndon: Lucas Books, 2004. 1903797349
Seller ID: 43558
ISBN-13: 9781903797341
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. View More...
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. Paperback. VG. View More...
Publisher:
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2015. 9781843839729
Seller ID: 48685
ISBN-13: 9781843839729
1st edition. Suffolk Records Society Vol. LVIII. Of great interest to those who study trans-Atlantic migration from eastern England and the foundation of the godly republic of New England. Written soon after the accession of Charles I and at a time of mounting political and religious tension, they offer a mine of personal, social and economic information." Pp.179, frontispiece + 3 further black & white plates,parish maps to endpapers. Green cloth, minor bump to top front corner, dustwrapper. VG/VG. View More...
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. View More...
1st edition."Using sources previously untapped by textile historians, Dr Amor explains the growth of Suffolk's woollen cloth industry in the late Middle Ages. For a short period the hundreds of Babergh and Cosford, in the south of the county, were among the most intensively industrialised regions in all Europe. The great churches at Hadleigh, Lavenham and Long Melford bear witness to the wealth created. But cloth was also made in many other parts of Suffolk....This is history from the bottom up, told through the lives of men and women who made the cloth - card-makers, spinsters, weavers, full... View More...
Publisher:
Woodbrige: The Boydell Press, 2011. 9781843836735
Seller ID: 50004
ISBN-13: 9781843836735
1st edition. ""A wide variety of commodities passed through its port, to and from far-flung markets, bought and sold by merchants from diverse backgrounds, and carried in ships whose design evolved during the fifteeenth century. Its trading partners, both domestic and overseas, changed in response to developments in the international, national and local economy, as did occupations of its craftsmen. Textile, leather and metal industries were of particular significance". Pp.xii/300, 6 plates, 4 figure illustrations, 6 maps and 26 tables. Illustrated boards. VG. View More...
Publisher:
Coggeshall: John Lewis, 2013. 9780953916528
Seller ID: 50008
ISBN-13: 9780953916528
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, and describes the creation of a map of the town based on a manorial survey of 1575". 28cms x 21cms x 1.5cms. Pp.230, many colour photographs, maps and figure illustrations throughout. Paperback. Scarce. VG. View More...
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Suffolk: East Suffolk County Council & West Suffolk County Council, 1961.
Seller ID: 49493
1st ed. A delightful and unconventional miscellany of Suffolk life and letters, scenes and sketches, arts and crafts, to mark the Queen and Prince Philip's Royal Progress to the County. 23.4cms. x 15.8cms. Pp. 168, black & white photo frontispiece/ colour illustration. (by John Constable), 2 colour + 68 black & white illustrations. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, dustwrapper (design by the cartoonist Giles). VG/VG. View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
"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... View More...
Publisher:
Gloucester: The British Publishing Company Ltd, 1984.
Seller ID: 48487
"The Babergh District was created on the reorganisation of local government from five former local authorities in South Suffolk. The District takes its name from one of the old Saxon hundreds which was referred to in the Domesday Survey." Pp.80, double page map + 4 further maps and many black & white and 3 colour photographs, original laminated card covers bound in. Maroon cloth, gilt title and motif to front board. VG. View More...
Publisher:
London / Sudbury: Hatchard And Son, Piccadilly; J. WRIGHT. MDCCCLII. [ 1852 ]. 0
Seller ID: 42436
First edition. A very good copy in the original binding with hand coloured frontis. 8vo. 25.6cm x 16.7cm [10" x 6.75" ]. pp.12/pp.178. Original red-brown blind stamped decorated boards with central gilt crest of the Sudbury Talbot (dulled). Corners and hinges rubbed. Original smooth spine with gilt titles (also dulled). Original yellow endpapers, inner hinges carefully strengthened. Armorial bookplate to the verso of the front board: "Ernest Bryan Gipps" . Small booksellers label to the recto of the rear board: "Bound by Remnant & Edmonds, London". A very good engraved and coloured frontis of ... View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
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