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Most Splendid of Men : life in a mining community, 1917-25 (1981). This being Silverdale in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Voices of Five Counties : a guide to writers of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire (1994). An A-Z survey. Pre-Internet and search, so likely missing a lot.

Staffordshire and the Black Country (1988). A substantial gazetteer, ignoring 1974 boundary changes.

Butterflies of the West Midlands (2016). Being the proper West Midlands, including the counties.

Letters of Arnold Bennett, Vol. II 1889-1915 (1968).

Folk Tales of the British Isles (1988). Has “The Clicking Toad” from Darlaston in south Staffordshire, between Walsall and Tipton.

The Landscape Trilogy : the autobiography of L.T.C. Rolt, 1910-1974 (2005). Saviour of the British canal system, especially in the Midlands.

Staffordshire portrait figures : and allied subjects of the Victorian era : including the definitive catalogue (1987).

The Symphonies of Havergal Brian : Volume Two (1978).

The In Crowd : the story of the northern & rare soul scene, Volume One (1999).