Published by Leopard's Head Press, Oxford, 1996, 1st edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, xxxvii, 465pp with illustrations amongst text.The book consists of "essays presented to Sir John Ruggles-Brise as a tribute to his life of service to the people and County of Essex". Contributors include G.H. Martin, Victor Gray, Edith Freeman, John H. Boyes, Kenneth Neale, Jennifer C. Ward and F.G. Emmison. Dw has been sealed in a protective plastic coating. VG / VG.