Published by Talbot & Co, London, 1913, 1st edition. Red buckram cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. Teg. 11.75ins x 9.25ins, colour frontis, xvi, 248pp, 11pp left blank headed "notes". The first 72pp consists of an historical look at chests, tills, coffers etc. Thereafter there is an alphabetical listing of Essex churches with their chests described and in the majority of cases illustrated by a sketch drawing. Free endpapers browned. Spine browned. Lettering to spine a little hard to read. Rubbed to base of spine. Contents VG. Boards G.