Bibliography

list of books and guides that I own, which have been educational and inspirational to me in my quest to learn more about the history of our city of Coventry.

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Book title	Author	Year first published	Comments
History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry	William Reader	1810	From the Earliest Authentic Period to the Present Time: Comprehending, a Description of the Antiquities, Public Buildings, Remarkable Occurrences, &c.
New Coventry Guide	William Reader	1824	Containing 'The History and Antiquities of that City' from the Earliest Authentic Period to the Present Time.
Antiquarian Losses in Coventry during a century and a half	William George Fretton, F.S.A.	1879	10 pages covering the talk given by Fretton on the 21st May 1879, disbound from the "Journal of the British Archaeological Association" published in 1880.
The Staunton Folio	William George Fretton, F.S.A.	1883	A Series of Illustrations of Coventry, Warwick and Brinklow, collected by Sharp, Staunton, &c., and Preserved at Aston Hall. With Descriptive Letterpress by Wm. Geo. Fretton, F.S.A.
Coventry City Police: A Brief History	West Midlands Police Museum	2021
Walsgrave Remembered	Walsgrave Community History Project	1987	The project team comprised: Mr. C. Baines, Mr. R. Davis, Miss L. Goddard, Mrs. A. Marlow & Mr. D. McGrory.
101 Views of Coventry, Rugby, Leamington, Kenilworth, Warwick and District	W. H. Smith	1910	(Date is approximate.)
The Coventry Cross 1976	Virginia Gilbert, A.L.A.	1976	Including a brief history of the original Cross.
Coventry as it was	Virginia Gilbert	1973	A collection of photographs.
Our... Bulldog Spirit!	Vicky Ulliott	2015	The heart-warming story of a Coventry family's life, love and loss, in the aftermath of the blitz.
Methodist Central Hall: Silver Jubilee 1932-1957	Various	1957
Van Art's Sketch Book - Paging All Sportsmen	Van Art	1946	Designed, Drawn and Published by Van Art.
Going to It! Depicting Fun in the Factory (If Any)	Van Art	1942	Cartoon illustrations of the 'average working man' in the factory during wartime.
The Cathedral Church of St. Michael, Coventry	Unknown	1962	A 16 page booklet reprinted from 'The Builder' newspaper.
Old Coventry	Unknown	1929	Published by Alfred Herbert Ltd.
Medieval Coventry: A City Divided?	University of Warwick Open Studies	1981	Coventry & Warwickshire Pamphlet No. 11.
The Victoria History of the County of Warwick	University of London Institute of Historical Research	1969	Volume VIII: Coventry & Warwick.
The Victoria History of the County of Warwick	University of London Institute of Historical Research	1965	Volume II: Warwickshire, reprinted from the original edition of 1908.
Nostalgic Coventry	True North Books Limited	1999
Coventry's Civil War 1642 - 1660	Trevor John	1994	Pamphlet No. 20 in the 'Coventry and County Heritage' Series.
Bablake School and the Second World War	Trevor Harkin	2008
Illustrative Papers on the History and Antiquities of the City Of Coventry	Thomas Sharp	1871	From original and mostly unpublished documents. Carefully reprinted from an original copy, with corrections, additions, and a brief memoir of the author by William George Fretton.
Illustrative Papers on the History and Antiquities of the City Of Coventry	Thomas Sharp	1871	From original and mostly unpublished documents. Carefully reprinted from an original copy, with corrections, additions, and a brief memoir of the author by William George Fretton.
Making the Best of Things	The Women's Research Group	2007	Life during the war years.
Against All Odds	The Women's Research Group	2011	Women of the 20th century who made an impact on Coventry's history.
Vilem Tausky, CBE FGSM, 1910-2004	The Dvorak Society for Czech and Slovak music	2010	Musician, composer, conductor and teacher, who was with the Field Ambulance during Coventry's blitz.
Coventry Produces...	The Coventry Chamber of Commerce	1951	Written in Englich, French and Spanish.
Conservation Areas One, Two and Three	Terence Gregory, F.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.C.S., M.T.P.I, City Architect and Planning Officer	1968	Allesley, Kenilworth Road and Stoke Green areas.
Coventry's Forgotten Theatre	Ted Bottle	2004	The Theatre Royal & Empire.
Humorous Reminiscences of Coventry Life	T. W. Whitley	1888	Incorporating 'Coventry Coaching' and other papers.
Coventry Transport 1912-1974	T. Meffen	1974	A commemorative brochure.
The Autobiography of an Eccentric Comedian	T. E. Dunville	1911
Much Park Street, Coventry: The Development of a Medieval Street	Susan M. Wright	1987	Excavations 1970-74. Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society: Transactions for 1982, Volume 92.
The House in the Park	Stoke Park Local History Group	1995	The Story of Stoke Park School.
Anglo Saxon Coventry and its Churches	Steven Bassett	2001	Dugdale Society Occasional Papers - No. 41.
King George V's Silver Jubilee 1910 - 1935	Stephen King-Hall for Coventry City Council	1935	To the Boys and Girls of Coventry.
The Crowning of the King and Queen	Stephen King-Hall for Coventry City Council	1937	To the Boys and Girls of Coventry - The Coronation of King George VI, 12th May 1937.
Coventry Memories	Sponsored by Jaguar Cars	2001
The History & Antiquities of Warwickshire	Sir William Dugdale et al.	1817	Being a Concise Topographical Description of the Different Towns and villages in the County of Warwick... (Based on Dugdale's original 1656 'Antiquities'.)
The Antiquities of Warwickshire, Vol I & II	Sir William Dugdale	1970	A facsimile of the second edition published by Osborn and Longman in 1730. In two volumes.
The Eagle and the Phoenix	Sheila Woolf	2020	Coventry Stories for Young People.
Elephants of Coventry	Scott Duffin with Adam Wood	2023	A visual history of the city.
Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1970s Coventry	Ruth Cherrington	2017
Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1980s Coventry	Ruth Cherrington	2018
Dirty Stop Out's Guide to Coventry's Working Men's Clubs	Ruth Cherrington	2020
Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1970s Coventry - 2 Tone edition	Ruth Cherrington	2023	Revised and expanded special edition.
The Rudge Book of the Road	Rudge-Whitworth	1927	A guide to touring, camping, and competing on a Rudge motorcycle.
A Short History of Rover	Rover - British Leyland UK Limited	1973	(Date is approximate.)
Souvenir of the Humber Jubilee Convention, September 1950	Rootes Group	1950
Illustrating a City: Edward Rudge and Art in Coventry c1760 - 1830	Ronald Aquilla Clarke	1992	Booklet published by the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum.
Coventry Transport 1884-1940	Roger Bailey	2006
Rock's Royal Coventry Cabinet Album	Rock Brothers Limited, London	1890	(Date is approximate.)
111 Places in Coventry that you Shouldn't Miss	Rob Ganley	2021
Earlsdon: Take Two	Richard Sadler and Nancy Upshall	1986	Photographs, Drawings, Paintings.
The History of Stoke	Rev. T. A. Blythe. D.D.	1897	In the Parliamentary Boundary of the City of Coventry.
Coventry and its Story	Rev. Canon J. Howard B. Masterman, M.A.	1914
Red Lane Reminiscences	Red Lane Old Residents Association	1983
The History of St. Mary's Hall, Coventry	Raymond G. Holl	1989
Most Secret War	R. V. Jones	1978	British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945.
The Early History of Coventry	R. H. C. Davis	1976	Dugdale Society Occasional Papers - No. 24.
The Story of the Destruction of Coventry Cathedral	Provost R. T. Howard	1941	Brief 15 page account of the night of the blitz.
Guide to Coventry Cathedral	Provost R. T. Howard	1954
Ruined and Rebuilt	Provost R. T. Howard	1962
The New Coventry Cathedral	Provost R. T. Howard	1952	Contains Basil Spence's early drawings of the proposed cathedral.
Incident Closed	Phil Consadine	1991	An illustrated history of The Fire Service in Coventry.
Coventry: Remembering 1914-18	Peter Walters	2016	Part of the 'Great War Britain' series.
The Story of Coventry	Peter Walters	2014
History in our Hands	Peter Walters	1989	An Evening Telegraph publication.
The Little History of Coventry	Peter Walters	2019
Coventry in Crisis 1858 - 1863	Peter Searby	1977	The decline of Coventry's Ribbon trade.
The Early Records of Medieval Coventry	Peter R. Coss	1986
The Mystery of the Coventry Cappers	Peter King	2000
The Lion and the Stars	Peter Burden	1990	A History of Bablake School, Coventry.
Bablake: 100 Years	Peter Burden	1990	Booklet of Bablake related stories from its first 100 years.
Godiva Rocks	Pete Chambers	2004	The ultimate guide to Coventry music, old and new.
The Beatles: Sent to Coventry	Pete Chambers	2006
Coventry Corporation Transport	Paul Gray	1978
Warwickshire	Painted by Fred Whitehead, Described by Clive Holland	1906
Air Raid	Norman Longmate	1976	The Bombing of Coventry, 1940.
A Tale of Three Spires	Norman Clark	1981	Devised by Norman Lissaman, written by Norman Clark, illustrated by Alan Firth.
Coventry Streets: West Orchard and the Sherbourne	N. W. Alcock	1984	Reprinted from the Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society, Vol. 91.
The Catesbys in Coventry: A medieval estate and its archives	N. W. Alcock	1990	Reprinted from Midland History 1990, Vol. XV.
Coventry on Old Picture Postcards	Mike Cremin	2001
For So Long As the World Shall Endure	Michael Orton	2019	The 500 Year History of Bond's and Ford's Almshouses.
The Golden Years: The Hippodrome Theatre Coventry	Michael J. Newman	1995
Coventry: A Geographical Study	Members of the Geographical Association	1964
True as Coventry Blue	Mary Hulton	2000	Pamphlet No. 21 in the 'Coventry and County Heritage' Series.
Coventry and its People in the 1520s	Mary H. M. Hulton M.A. Ph.D	1999	The Dugdale Society.
Coventry Leet Book Volume I	Mary Dormer Harris	1907	Part 1 of the original Leet transcription made between 1907 and 1913. This volume covers the years 1420 to 1451.
The Story of Coventry	Mary Dormer Harris	1911	Part of the 'Mediaeval Towns' series.
The Ancient Records of Coventry	Mary Dormer Harris	1924	Dugdale Society Occasional Papers - No. 1.
Dr. Troughton's Sketches of Old Coventry	Mary Dormer Harris	1906	Sketches by Dr. Nathaniel Troughton, Descriptive notes by M. D. Harris.
Life in an Old English Town	Mary Dormer Harris	1898
Some Manors, Churches and Villages of Warwickshire	Mary Dormer Harris	1937
Coventry Leet Book Volume II	Mary Dormer Harris	1908	Part 2 of the original Leet transcription made between 1907 and 1913. This volume covers the years 1451 to 1496.
Coventry Leet Book Volume III	Mary Dormer Harris	1908	Part 3 of the original Leet transcription made between 1907 and 1913. This volume covers the years 1496 to 1555.
Coventry Leet Book Volume IV	Mary Dormer Harris	1913	Part 4 of the original Leet transcription made between 1907 and 1913. This volume contains additional information and the index.
The St. Mary's Hall Coventry Tapestry	Mark Web (Editor)	2024	Weaving The Threads Together.
Hidden Histories: Coventry Jewish Watchmakers	Mark Johnson	2023	With foreword by Professor Emerita Gillian Hundt.
Spon End: A Local Guide	Marijn Nieuwenhuis, Aya Nassar and Carol Leach	2019
The Meaning of the Street Names of Coventry	Margaret Smedley	2000
The Excavations at Broadgate East, Coventry 1974-75	Margaret Rylatt and Michael A. Stokes	1996
The Archaeology of the Medieval Cathedral and Priory of St. Mary, Coventry	Margaret Rylatt & Paul Mason	2003
A Harvest of History: The life and work of J. B. Shelton	Margaret Rylatt & Mary Montes	1998	2nd Edition - 1st was 1982.
City of Coventry Archaeology & Development	Margaret Rylatt	1977	Historical background by Eileen & Arthur Gooder.
The Men Who Ruled Coventry 1725-1780	M. J. Hinman	1988	Coventry & Warwickshire Historical Association Pamphlet No. 14.
Cast in the Same Mould	Libraries, Arts and Museum Department	1979	The Origin and History of Coventry School of Art, 1834 - 1895.
The History of Coventry's Textile Industry	Levi Fox M.A. F.R.Hist.S	1944
Coventry's Heritage	Levi Fox	1957	Enlargement of earlier 1947 book.
Old Coventry	Levi Fox	1939	Articles compiled by Levi Fox from magazine "The Loudspeaker" (Date is approximate.)
The IRA Coventry Explosion of 1939	Letitia Fairfield, C.B.E., M.D.	1953	The Trial of Peter Barnes and Others.
Coventry: Past into Present	Kenneth Richardson	1987
Sydney Bunney's Coventry: Impressions of a Graceful City	Keith Draper	1999	Coventry Newspapers Ltd.
George Eliot	Kathleen Adams	2002	Pitkin Guide.
True as Coventry Blue: The History of Coventry Police 1836 - 1914	Karen Sheppard	2000
The Blitzed City: The Destruction of Coventry, 1940	Karen Farrington	2015
In the Company of the Coventry Nuisance Man: Abraham Webster	Josephine Phillips	2026
Coventry Cathedral	John Thomas	1987	The development and history of Coventry's three cathedrals.
Shakespeare the Player: A Life in the Theatre	John Southworth	2000
The Industrial Revolution in Coventry	John Prest	1960
The Coventry Guide	John Merridew	1824	Containing a Concise account of the Ancient History of the City. (Possibly written by Thomas Sharp.)
Coventry In Camera	John H. Drew & Andrew J. Mealey	1985	A selection of photos with descriptions, mainly from the 1860s.
Foxe's Book of Martyrs	John Foxe	1913
The John Gulson Story	John E. Short	1978
Coventry: Excavations on the Town Wall 1976-78	John Bateman and Mark Redknap	1986
A Thousand Years of Coventry Pubs	John Ashby, Fred Luckett and David McGrory	2014	A detailed and fascinating account of a millennium of Coventry's pubs, breweries and beerhouses.
The Character of Coventry	John Ashby	2001	A reflection of well known characters and a history of the City's inns and taverns.
1001 Questions and Answers on the History of Coventry & its People	John Ashby	1995
Spon Street & Spon End	John Ashby	2003	A detailed account of 200 years of everyday life in two of Coventry's oldest thoroughfares.
Do You Know Coventry?	John Ashby	1984	Questions and Answers on Coventry and Coventrians over the years.
A Brief Social History of Brownshill Green, Coventry	John Ashby	2023
Pioneers to Power	John A. Yates	1950	The story of the ordinary people of Coventry.
Coventry Apprentices and their Masters 1781-1806	Joan Lane M.A., Ph.D.	1983	Printed for the Dugdale Society.
Official Guide to St. Mary's Hall	Joan Cadogan Lancaster M.A. (Lond.), A.L.A.	1948
St. Mary's Hall, Coventry	Joan C. Lancaster CBE FSA	1981	Edited version of the 1948 original.
Historic Towns: Coventry	Joan C. Lancaster	1974	Part of the 'Historic Towns' series.
Godiva of Coventry	Joan C. Lancaster	1967
The Jimmy Hill Story: My Autobiography	Jimmy Hill	1998
Coventry City, The Elite Era - A Complete Record	Jim Brown	1998
The Coventry Machinists' Company Limited	Jeromy Hassell	2004	18 page booklet.
Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 1939-73	Jeremy Gould, Caroline Gould	2016	(Subtitled: Informed Conservation.)
Mary Dormer Harris: The Life and Works of a Warwickshire Historian	Jean Field	2002	Limited hardback edition, number 220 of 250, signed by the author.
Highfield Road 1999-05	Jason Scott Tilley	2026	Photographs of the people who attended the final years at Highfield Road football stadium.
Guide to the Historic City of Coventry	Jarrold Publishing	2000
Coventry Cathedral: After the Flames	Jarrold Publishing	1987
See You On Broadgate	James Edward Armer	1988	A Coventry Experience - November 14-15th 1940.
A Night in Little Park Street	J. B. Shelton M.B.E.	1950	John Bailey Shelton's personal account of the Coventry Blitz.
My Life as a Blue Coat Girl	Ivy Hylands	2007	Includes on page 38 a photograph of Holy Trinity Church taken by our son, Steven.
True as Coventry Blue	Iain Soden (Editor)	2000	Papers presented to Margaret Rylatt (City Archaeologist, 1973-2000).
Coventry: The Hidden History	Iain Soden	2005
Excavations at St. Anne's Charterhouse, Coventry 1968-87	Iain Soden	1995
Hill's Street Guide of Coventry - With Map	Hill's	1936
The Coventry Corpus Christi Plays	Hardin Craig	1957	Second edition; first printed 1902 for The Eary English Text Society.
Coventry Illustrated Souvenir	H. L. Deere-Jones	1946	A series of historical notes together with an old view of the city in 1761 and an old map dated 1656.
Coventry Cathedral	H. C. N. Williams	1966	A guide to Coventry Cathedral and its Ministry. (Hardback.)
Old Coventry	Graham Pountney	1975	A project compiled from written research by Miss A. Baker, Mrs. B. Beamont, Mrs. E. Castle, Mrs. J. Chaston, Mr. G. Cowley, Mrs. R. Mio, Mrs. M. Parkinson and Mr. G. Pountney.
Images of England: The City of Coventry	Graham Kempster	2004
The 14th November 1940 A-Z	Grace Bullingham	2024	A tribute to the victims of Coventry's blitz.
Coventry Picture Palaces	Gil Robottom	2009
Echoes of the Coventry Blitz	Gerry van Tonder	2018
Old Tapestry in St. Mary's Hall at Coventry	George Scharf, Jun., Esq., F.S.A.	1856	Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries.
Sent to Coventry	George Hodgkinson	1970
A History of Caludon Castle	George Demidowicz with Stephen Johnson	2013	Published and researched by John Edward Clarke OBE, for whom this book is the culmination of a 50 year quest. 1st reprint, 2014.
St. Michael's Coventry	George Demidowicz and Heather Gilderdale	2015	The Rise and Fall of the Old Cathedral.
Coventry's First Cathedral	George Demidowicz (Editor)	1994	Essays from the 1993 Anniversary Symposium.
A Guide to the Buildings of Coventry	George Demidowicz	2003
A History of the Blue Coat School and the Lych Gate Cottages, Coventry	George Demidowicz	2000
Wheels Within Wheels	Geoffrey Williamson	1966	The story of the Starleys of Coventry.
Images of England: Coventry	Geoff Barwick	2005
J. J. Ward's Warwickshire 1905 to 1935	Geoff Barwick	2009
Coventry Under Fire	G. W. Clitheroe, Vicar of Holy Trinity	1942	2nd Edition, enlargement of 1941 1st edition.
The Coventry Portfolio	G. R. Webster	1891	A book of drawings of Picturesque Antiquities in the City of Coventry.
King Henry VIII School 1545 - 1945	G. L. Marson & F. H. Metcalf	1945
Francis Frith's West Midlands	Frith Book Co.	2000	Photographs from the Francis Frith collection.
Coventry Cathedral Chronicle	Friends of Coventry Cathedral	1956	Issue 10, 1956.
The Churches of Coventry	Frederick W. Woodhouse	1909	Plus a short History of the City and its Medieval Remains, with Plans and Illustrations.
Coventry, Thursday, 14th November 1940	Frederick Taylor	2015
Coventry: Six Hundred Years of Municipal Life	Frederick Smith B.A. F.G.S.	1945
Coventry Remembered	Frederick A. Weston	1968	An anthology of memoirs contributed by the Association of Coventrians.
Drinking in an Old English Town	Fred Luckett	2026	A history of the alcohol trade in Coventry.
Industry and Social Change in nineteenth-century Coventry	Frances Diana Warr	2020
Old Coventry	Florence Weston	1916	Containing Twenty-Four Original Sketches by Florence Weston.
Old Coventry and Lady Godiva	F. Bliss Burbidge	1952	Being some flowers of Coventry history gathered and arranged.
Rover: The First Ninety Yeas	Eric Dymock	1993	One of Britain's Fine Cars.
Coventry Cameos	Eric B. Bramwell	1977	First published 1961.
More Coventry Cameos	Eric B. Bramwell	1978
The West Window at Coventry Cathedral	English Counties Periodicals Ltd.	1963
Cathedral Reborn	English Counties Periodicals Ltd.	1962	A souvenir publication to commemorate the Reconstruction and Consecration of Coventry Cathedral.
The Walls of Coventry	Eileen Gooder, Charmian Woodfield and Raymond E. Chaplin	1966	Reprinted from the Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society, Vol. 81.
Coventry's Town Wall	Eileen Gooder	1971	Coventry & Warwickshire Pamphlet No. 4 - Revised and Enlarged 2nd Edition.
Coventry at School	Eileen Castle	1997	A Coventry Archives publication. Text written in 1992.
Coventry Old and New	E. B. Newbold	1974
Portrait of Coventry	E. B. Newbold	1972
The Sky Blues	Derek Henderson	1968	The Story of Coventry City F.C.
What Are Yer? Bleeder!	Derek Haughton	2012	Part 1 of the autobiography of a haemophiliac.
The Rest of Me Bleeding Life	Derek Haughton	2014	Part 2 of the autobiography of a haemophiliac.
Coventry in the 1930s & 40s	Deborah Keene	1988	A selection of photographs selected by the author with descriptive comments.
The Motor Car Industry in Coventry since the 1890's	David Thoms and Tom Donnelly	1985
The November Raid - The Bombing of Coventry 1940	David Rimmer	1990	Compiled by David Rimmer, the City Archivist.
The City of Coventry: Images from the Past	David McGrory	1996
Britain in Old Photographs: Around Coventry	David McGrory	1991
Britain in Old Photographs: Coventry	David McGrory	1994
The Illustrated History of Coventry's Suburbs	David McGrory	2003
Coventry Past and Present	David McGrory	2001
A History of Coventry	David McGrory	2003
Coventry: History and Guide	David McGrory	1993
Coventry At War	David McGrory	1997	Part of the 'Britain in Old Photographs' series.
Coventry: A History & Celebration	David McGrory	2004	Part of the Francis Frith Collection.
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Coventry	David McGrory	2004
Haunted Coventry	David McGrory	2005
The Wharncliffe Companion to Coventry	David McGrory	2008	An A to Z of local history.
A Century of Coventry	David McGrory	1999
Swing 'em Fair	David McGrory	1999	Coventry's darker side.
Coventry: Then & Now (In Colour)	David McGrory	2011
Bloody British History: Coventry	David McGrory	2013
Coventry's Blitz	David McGrory	2015
Secret Coventry	David McGrory	2015
Coventry and the Great War	David McGrory	2016
Coventry in 50 Buildings	David McGrory	2017
Historic England: Coventry	David McGrory	2017	Unique Images from the Archives of Historic England (Historic England Series).
A-Z of Coventry	David McGrory	2018	Places - People - History.
Coventry's Military Heritage	David McGrory	2019
Lost Coventry	David McGrory	2022
A History of Coventry	David McGrory	2022	Expanded edition of the 2003 original, reprinted in paperback.
Coventry at Work	David McGrory	2025	People and Industries through the years.
Godiva's Heritage: Coventry's Industry	David Fry & Albert Smith	1997
The Coventry We Have Lost	David Fry & Albert Smith	1991
The Coventry We Have Lost, volume 2	David Fry & Albert Smith	1993
Earlsdon & Chapelfields Explored	David Fry & Albert Smith	2011	Part of the Coventry We Have Lost series.
Forgotten Foleshill	David Fry & Albert Smith	2017	(Including Longford, Bell Green, Hawkesbury, Alderman's Green & Stoney Stanton Road.) Part of the Coventry We Have Lost series.
Lady Godiva	Daniel Donoghue	2003	A Literary History of the Legend.
Coventry's Bicycle Heritage	Damien Kimberley	2015
Coventry's Motorcar Heritage	Damien Kimberley	2012
The Story of Coombe Abbey	D. L. Motkin	1961	Published by The House Committee of Coombe Abbey and printed by The General Electric Company Ltd of England at Telephone Works, Coventry.
Coventry Through The Ages	D. J. H. Smith (Compiled by)	1969	Some descriptions of the city c.1540 to 1868.
Moments in Time	Coventry Watch Museum Project Limited	1995
Coventry Frame by Frame	Coventry Telegraph	2013
Coventry's Blitz	Coventry Evening Telegraph	1990	Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Blitz.
Directory of Coventry Manufacturers 1936 - 1937	Coventry Corporation, Development Section	1936
The Future Coventry	Coventry Corporation	1945	Some proposals and suggestions for the Physical Reconstruction and Planning of the City of Coventry.
Coventry: The Ancient City with the Modern Outlook	Coventry Corporation	1938	14 page guide book.
Municipal Exhibition 1945	Coventry Corporation	1945	Official Souvenir Handbook for the Exhibition held at the Drill Hall 28th May to 8th June 1945 to celebrate 600 years of Incorporation.
The City we Loved	Coventry Corporation	1942	Three different publications: 1942 1st edition; 1942 expanded 'trade' edition; 1948 enlarged edition, including future plans, commemorating the visit of HRH Princess Elizabeth on 22nd May 1948.
Coventry: The Tradition of Change and Continuity	Coventry Corporation	1966
Coventry's Story	Coventry City Libraries	1960	Prefaced with a short outline by Alice Lynes, F.L.A.
The London Road Cemetery, Coventry	Coventry City Development Directorate	1996	An exhibition commissioned by the Conservation and Landscape Team.
Coventry between the Wars	Coventry City Council	1988	Photographs by Arnold Stringer, 1893 - 1988.
Far Gosford Street: Historical Notes	Coventry City Council	2000	Text & Layout by Mark Singlehurst.
City of Coventry: Structure Plan 1973	Coventry City Council	1973
City of Coventry Review Plan 1966	Coventry City Council	1967	Analysis and written statement.
City of Coventry Official Guide	Coventry City Council	1983
Guide to Coventry (and Surrounding District)	Coventry City Council	1959
City of Coventry Official Guide	Coventry City Council	1979
Coventry: The Development Plan 1951	Coventry City Council	1952
The Arts & Windows in Coventry Cathedral	Coventry Cathedral Council	1963
The Visitors Centre: Coventry Cathedral	Coventry Cathedral	1984	Official souvenir brochure and guidebook including hologram and treasury guides.
Coventry Civic Chest 1952	Corporation of Coventry	1952
Coventry Civic Chest 1955	Corporation of Coventry	1952
Reprint from Coventry (Illustrated) Up-To Date	Commissioned by Hughes & Co. Wine and Spirit Merchants	1894	Views and Reviews, 25 pages. (Date approximate.)
Coventry: Hidden in Plain Sight	Clare Selley	2009
Coventry Car Factories: A Centenary Guide	City Planning Services	1996	14 page booklet.
The Story of Whitefriars	City of Coventry Leisure Services	1990
Coventry Local History Bulletins, Issue 2 to 7	City of Coventry Leisure Services	1984/85
Finds from the Free Grammar School at the Whitefriars, Coventry, c1545 - c1557/58	Charmian Woodfield	1981
A History of Women's Lives in Coventry	Cathy Hunt	2018
Veterans' Voices	Caroline Freeman-Cuerden	2005
After Bunney	C. J. Sidwell with S. J. Mayo	2026	The search for my Great Great Uncle (Coventry artist, Sydney John Bunney).
Coventry: Its Mediaeval Interest	C. J. Ribton-Turner	1930	Booklet containing Section V of "Shakespeare's Land" by the listed author. (Date approximate.)
Shakespeare's Land	C. J. Ribton-Turner	1893	First Edition.
Sent from Coventry	Bud Paul	1987
Don't Trudge it, Rudge it!	Bryan Reynolds	1977	The story of Rudge-Whitworth, cycle and motorcycle manufacturer.
Engineering the Development of Coventry	Brian Redknap	2004	Pamphlet No. 26 in the 'Coventry and County Heritage' Series.
The Marques of Coventry: A History of the City's Motor Industry	Brian Long	1990
Excavations at the Cathedral and Benedictine Priory of St. Mary, Coventry	Brian Hobley F.S.A.	1971	Historical Survey by M. W. Lambert.
Life & Labour in a 20th Century City	Bill Lancaster & Tony Mason	1986	The experience of Coventry.
The History of Coventry	Benjamin Poole	1852	Being a concise account of the Ancient Institutions, Customs & Public Buildings of the City, and a Complete Epitome of Modern Changes.
Coventry: Its History and Antiquities	Benjamin Poole	1869	From Authentic Publications, Ancient Manuscripts and Charters, Corporation Records, Original Contributions, etc. Illustrated by W. F. Taunton.
The New Historical and Descriptive Guide to Coventry	Benjamin Poole	1847	Being a concise account of its Ancient Institutions, Customs, and Public Buildings, and an Epitome of Modern Changes to the Present Time.
Phoenix at Coventry: The Building of a Cathedral	Basil Spence	1962
A Century of Coventry Cars	Barry Littlewood and Gillian Bardsley	1988	A City of Coventry publication.
The Black Death in Coventry	Arthur Gooder	1998	Pamphlet No. 23 in the 'Coventry and County Heritage' Series.
Moonlight Sonata	Arrangement by Tim Lewis	1990	Accounts of the Coventry Blitz 14th/15th November 1940.
Christmas in Old Coventry	Anne Woodford (Editor)	1992	Produced for Coventry Age Concern. A collection of Coventrians' personal memories of Christmases from WWI to post-WWII.
Through the Eyes of a Coventry Child 1939 - 1945	Ann Harris	2005
Children's History of Coventry	Ann Evans	2011
Coventry: The Official Guide	Angharad Lynch	2000	Coventry City Council publication.
Frank Whittle: Invention of the Jet	Andrew Nahum	2004
Memories of Coventry	Alton Douglas	1987
Coventry: A Century of News	Alton Douglas	1991	A Coventry Evening Telegraph publication.
Coventry At War: A Pictorial Account 1939-45	Alton Douglas	1983
Operation Moonlight Sonata	Allan W. Kurki	1995	The German Raid on Coventry.
George Eliot's Coventry	Alice Lynes	1970	A provincial town in the 1930s and 1840s. A paper read at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, 28th November 1969.
A Concise History of The Bishopric, The Collegiate Church of St. Michael	Alfred J. Brookes	1910	And The City of Coventry, with photographs and map of the City.
Albert Fearn, Blitz Hero	Albert Fearn	1996	One man's moving story in his own words. A Coventry Telegraph publication.
The Third Spire	Alan Munden	1991	A history of Christ Church. Pamphlet No. 17 in the 'Coventry and County Heritage' Series.
The Coventry Martyrs	Alan Munden	1997	Enlarged 2005 edition.
Adrian's War	Adrian Marsden-Jones M.I. Biology	2007	A personal account of evacuation during WW2.
The Watchmaker's Revenge	Adam Wood	2021	The incredible true story of murder, suicide and insanity in Victorian Coventry.
The Case of the Painted Bicycle Lamp	Adam Wood	2022	Coventry's unsolved double Stoke Park murder of 1906.
Sinister Spon End	Adam Wood	2026	Historic True Crime Walking Guidebook.
The Black Kalendar of Coventry	Adam Wood	2022	Twelve true stories of murder and mayhem.
Know Your Coventry	Abe Jephcott	1947	One hundred questions and answers concerning Coventry.
Coventry Transport 1884-1940	A. S. Denton and F. P. Groves	1985
Coventry, a Guide and Memento	A. Mitchell Smith	1906
The Story of Lady Godiva	A. Mitchell Smith	1950
St. Michael's Church Past & Present	A. J. Brookes	1905	Also a Brief History of Coventry with Photographs. (Date approximate.)
Coventry Past and Passing	A. E. Feltham	1927	Being a pictorial record of changes during the last century with short explanatory notes by Dr. V. Wyatt Wingrave. Subscriber copy No. 177.
Coventry City Charters	A. A. Dibben	1969	The Coventry papers: No. 2.
Souvenir of Coventry		1920	From the 'Seal of Artistic British Excellence' Series. (Date approximate.)
The Album of Coventry and Neighourood		1900	A series of 25 fine drawings of Coventry and Warwickshire. (Date is approximate.)
Biggin Hall Hotel, Stoke Coventry		1923	Including some history by T. F. Tickner, F.R.I.B.A., Architect.