• The Book of Letchworth by Kenneth Johnson
  Published by Barracuda 1975
  
• Letchworth: the First Garden City by Mervyn Miller
  Published by Phillimore 1989, revised and reprinted 2002
  
• The Letchworth Achievement:
  From the establishment of the first garden city to the recent dramatic defeat of a take-over
  by C.O. Purdom.
  Published by Dent 1963
  Tells of the fight to save the town from Commercial speculation with the passing of the Letchworth Garden City Corporation Act.
  
• The tale of One City by Horace Plinston.
  Published by Letchworth Garden City Corporation 1981
  Tells of the town's fight. to preserve Howard's ideals when a private member's bill was presented to parliament to create the Letchworth Garden City Corporation and give Letchworth its unique status.
  
• Prospects of England:
  Two thousand years seen through twelve English towns
  by Adam Nicolson.
  Toucan Books 1989
  Pages 144-156 on Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
  
• Letchworth Recollections:
  A unique record of life in the First Garden City as remembered by some of its earliest citizens. 1903-1939
  Coordinated by Heather Elliot and John Sanderson, and edited by Maureen Maddren.
  Published by Egon Press 1995
  
• Letchworth Remembered
  A sequel to Letchworth Recollections covering the period from 1939 to 1960
  Published by Egon Press 2002
  
• The Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation Act 1995
  Legislation which alters the status of the Letchworth Garden City Corporation.

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Bibilography compiled by Vivienne Birch, Letchworth Garden City, England

For more information or comments about the bibliography please email: vivienne.birch@ukonline.co.uk.

Page design, and additional notes, by John Birch   (john.birch@ukonline.co.uk)

This Bibliography is not comprehensive. Many other books have been written on the history of garden cities both here and across the world. There are also numerous periodical articles on all of the above.