Eastern National Omnibus Company Selected Bibliography

This pages lists a selected bibliography for the Eastern National Omnibus Company. Links from book ISBNs are to Amazon UK, and if you make a purchase via these links, you will help fund me in maintaining this site. However, the existence of a link does not, unfortunately, guarantee that the book is currently available for purchase since many of them are out of print.

		Title Author Publisher, Year pages, binding, original RRP ISBN

		Bygone Eastern National: The 1930s Derek Stebbing Rochester Press, 1984 64 pages, paperback 0946379262
		Bygone Eastern National: The 1940s Derek Stebbing Rochester Press, 1984 64 pages, paperback 0946379270
		Bygone Eastern National: The 1950s and 1960s Derek Stebbing Rochester Press, 1984 64 pages, paperback 0946379289
		Bygone Eastern National: Disposal Buses Derek Stebbing Rochester Press, 1984 64 pages, paperback 0946379297
		Eastern National: 50 Years of Service 1930–1980 Eastern National, 1980 36 pages, paperback This is a fine, mainly photographic volume, that celebrates the first 50 years of Eastern National. Illustrated in black & white on glossy paper.
		Eastern National in Focus Derek Stebbing South Anglia Productions, 1986 32 pages, paperback 0950456268
		Eastern National in Focus, vol. 2 Derek Stebbing South Anglia Productions, 1987 32 pages, paperback, £3.95 0950456284
		Eastern National Omnibus Company Ltd: Fleet History 1964-1982 Bob Palmer Eastern National Enthusiasts Group, 1984 paperback

		Eastern National Past and Present David G. Bell Becknell Books, 1982 64 pages, paperback 0907087132 A black & white photo album-style booklet with a brief history of the Eastern National Omnibus Company from 1902.
		Fleet History 2PF8: Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited: Part 3 - 1960 to 1984 the P.S.V. Circle and The Omnibus Society 58 pages, paperback
		Glory Days: Eastern National Richard Delahoy Ian Allan, 2003 96 pages, hardcover, £16.99 0711029520 This book covers the development of Eastern National as an operator, from the early years through to becoming part of the NBC in 1969. The wealth of illustrations (55 colour and 79 black & white photographs, plus other miscellaneous images and maps to the end papers) reveal the wide variety of coaches and buses to be found in the fleet over the years. The vehicles used are examined in detail, as well as service changes.
		The National Way: Silver Jubilee of the Eastern National Omnibus Co. Ltd. Donald MacGregor Cotterell & Co., 1955 36 pages, paperback, 4/- A short illustrated historical account of the 25 year life of the Eastern National Omnibus Company Ltd., its predecessors and absorbed undertakings. It is well illustrated with period photographs of the buses, bus stations, tickets and maps. Sections include Thomas Clarkson and the National Steam Car Company; National Omnibus & Transport Co. Ltd.; rolling stock, engineering and garages; a listing of offices and depots (past and present); and a selection of route maps.
		Sixty Years of Service to Essex: Eastern National and Its Predecessors, 1930-1990 G.W.H. Dodson (Editor) Eastern National, 1990 44 pages, paperback, £3.95 0951636103 Published by Eastern National on its 60^th anniversary, this book details the first six decades of the developments of bus services in Essex by what is now First Essex Buses, Eastern National, and the companies that were merged into it.
		Years Between, 1909-1969, vol. 2: The Eastern National Story from 1930 Robert James Crawley, D.R. MacGregor & F.D. Simpson OPC Railprint, 1984 207 pages, hardcover, £11.95 0860932877 This book (volume two of the three-volume set) tells the story of the original National company, started in 1909 as the National Steam Car Company. It later grew across the south of England and split into Eastern, Southern and Western National. The origins and early growth of the company from 1930 are well covered and supported with a wide range of excellent historical photographs, maps, diagrams and publicity material. Very detailed appendices cover vehicles, routes, acquired operators and much more. It is a thorough book packed full of expert research with much historical detail and a range of fine photographs. This volume takes the story from 1930 through to 1969, just prior to the creation of the NBC.

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