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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.20493 Author: not given.
Taylor's Pictorial Guide to Scarborough
Published T. Taylor and Son (Scarborough) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
c.1904. Surprisingly nice copy
North Yorkshire Coast Scarborough Local History Guide

Inventory No.20270 Author: not given.
The Ryedale Historian. Number 9 Nine Spring 1978
Published 1978 The Helmsley and District Archaeological Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
56pp.
North Yorkshire Ryedale Local History Family History Topography Duncombe Rievaulx Terraces Battle Farndale Lastingham Querns Hambleton Egton Bridge Byland Abbey

Inventory No.20215 Author: not given.
Newton-le-Willows A History of a North Yorkshire Village
Published 2007 Blaisdon Publishing (Bedale, North Yorkshire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781902838434 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
Nice clean copy
Newton Le Willows Bedale North Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.20118 Author: not given.
History of Great Ayton School
Published 1891 Published for the Jubilee Committee Great Ayton School Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £40
Some wear to corners and spine but generally very good copy of hard to find item
North Yorkshire Great Ayton School Local History Education Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.20071 Author: not given.
The Parish Register of Bolton Abbey, 1689 to 1812. Edited By A. P. Howes.
Published 1998 Privately Printed (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Limited edition of 300 copies. Facsimile reprint of 1895 edition printed at the "Craven Herald", Skipton.
Bolton Abbey Parish Register North Yorkshire Dales Genealogy Local History Family History

Inventory No.20033 Author: not given.
Vasey's Bedale Almanac 1992 Celebrating 120 Years of Print
Published 1992 Vasey's (Colour) Printers Limited (Northallerton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
Contains extracts from Bedale Almanacs dated 1873-1912
North Yorkshire Bedale Yorkshire Dales Almanac Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.19647 Author: not given.
The Hearth Tax List for Barston Ash and Osgoldcross Wapentakes West Riding of Yorkshire Lady Day 1672
Published 1994 Ripon HS Type:
Edition: ISBN: 1872618235 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
A little highlighting in text, but a nice clean copy.
West Riding North Yorkshire Barston Ash Local History Osgoldcross Local History

Inventory No.19513 Author: not given.
Muster Rolls of the Whitby Ships in Which James Cook Sailed 1747-1755
Published Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society (Whitby) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Cloth strip which covered the staples on spine missing. Please note you will need good eyesight, magnifing glass and imagination as some of the facsimile text is difficult to read.
North Yorkshire Local History Captain James Cook

Inventory No.19512 Author: not given.
Whitby Naturalists' Club. Reports 1955-1956
Published 1956 Whitby Naturalists' Club (Whitby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Original soft card wrappers faded and with stain mark to front cover.
North Yorkshire Whitby Local History

Inventory No.19511 Author: not given.
Whitby Naturalists' Club. Reports April to December 1956
Published 1956 Whitby Naturalists' Club (Whitby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
North Yorkshire Whitby Local History

Inventory No.19439 Author: not given.
The Craven Muster Roll, 1803
Published 2002 North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0950343080 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £20
Plain soft card covers. pp. 226.
North Yorkshire North Riding West Riding Craven Muster Roll Local History

Inventory No.19238 Author: not given.
Life on the Hill, Greenhow, Its Mining History, People and Way of Life
Published 2005 Greenhow Local History Club Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
A very nice clean copy but does have some highlighting in text.
North Yorkshire Greenhow Local History Lead Mining

Inventory No.19153 Author: not given.
Joseph Mallord William Turner Tours of Durham and Richmondshire
Published 2006 The Bowes Museum (Barnard Castle, Co. Durham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Square Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Small crease across bottom corner of ffep, nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Richmondshire Durham Turner

Inventory No.18134 Author: not given.
A History of Nidd
Published 1993 Parochial Council Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 09522547 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Covers a little rubbed. pp. 11 of text plus photographs and pedigree.
North Yorkshire North Riding Nidd Local History Nidderdale

Inventory No.18110 Author: not given.
The Parish Register of Bolton Abbey, 1689 to 1812. Edited By A. P. Howes.
Published 1998 Privately Printed (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £20
Limited edition of 300 copies. Facsimile reprint of 1895 edition printed at the "Craven Herald", Skipton.
Bolton Abbey Parish Register North Yorkshire Dales Genealogy Local History Family History

Inventory No.18073 Author: not given.
A Guide to Ilkley and Its Vicinity; with Excursions to Denton, Otley, Farnley and Bolton Abbey
Published Abel Heywood & Son (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
No date or edition stated, cover price sixpence. Front cover creased across bottom corner, pages browning, very good otherwise
West Riding Bradford Ilkley North Yorkshire Dales Bolton Abbey Guide

Inventory No.17930 Author: not given.
Wetherby. A Stage on the Way
Published 1979 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Sign of label removal on front cover. pp. 44. Illustrated and with map.
North Yorkshire Wetherby Local History

Inventory No.16324 Author: not given.
Centenary of the Founding of the "Bar" Chapel and the Jubilee of the Opening of the (United) Methodist Church Cowling
Published 1932 Dixon & Stell Limited (Cross Hills, Keighley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
30pp. Wrappers slightly damp marked but generally very clean
West Riding North Yorkshire Dales Lancashire Keighley Cowling Local History Nonconformity Church

Inventory No.16133 Author: not given.
Railways in the Northern Dales : The Settle and Carlisle Line
Published 1990 Wyvern Publications (Skipton) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0907941338 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4
North Yorkshire Dales Railways Settle Carlisle

Inventory No.15981 Author: not given.
Skipton District - Yorks. The Offical Guide
Published The Home Publishing Co (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
N.D. circ 1960, page 33. Covers a little rubbed. pp. 124 plus folding map.
West Riding North Yorkshire Skipton Local History

Inventory No.13967 Author: not given.
2000 Years of york- the Archaeological Story
Published 1978 York Archaeological Trust Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0950629707 Size:A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
North Yorkshire York Archaeology Local History

Inventory No.13966 Author: not given.
Easingwold Memories a Pictorial Record of Edwardian Days in Easingwold and District
Published G. H. Smith & Son (Easingwold, York) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8.5
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Easingwold Photographs Local History

Inventory No.13963 Author: not given.
Eden Camp The People's War 1939-45
Published 2001 Eden Camp (Malton) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0951745530 Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
North Yorkshire Malton Eden Camp Second World War II 2

Inventory No.13959 Author: not given.
Crayke in Times Past
Published Crayke Local History Group Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0861571398 Size:Square Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Name on titlepage, good clean copy otherwise
North Yorkshire Crayke Local History Photographs

Inventory No.13930 Author: not given.
Nidderdale from Source to Knaresborough a Visitor's Guide
Published 1967 The Dalesman Publishing Company (Clapham) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
31pp.
North Yorkshire Dales Nidderdale Knaresborough Local History Topography Guide

Inventory No.13928 Author: not given.
In the Shadow of the Abbey the History of Aldfield
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: 187261809x Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7.5
54pp. Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Ripon Aldfield Local History

Inventory No.13902 Author: not given.
Marton Le Moor 2000 a Snapshot of Our Village at the Turn of the Century
Published 1999 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A4 Binding:Spiral Bound
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
North Yorkshire Ripon Marton Le Moor Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.13694 Author: not given.
Malham. A Dalesman White Rose Guide
Published 1983 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0852067208 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
pp. 32.
North Yorkshire Malham

Inventory No.13693 Author: not given.
Malhamdale. A New Guide for Visitors
Published 1975 Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd (Clapham) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
pp. 26.
North Yorkshire North Riding Malham Malhamdale

Inventory No.13681 Author: not given.
Malhamdale. A New Guide for Visitors
Published 1968 Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
pp. 31.
North Yorkshire North Riding Malham Malhamdale

Inventory No.13674 Author: not given.
Ingleton Official Guide
Published Ingleton Tradespeople's Association Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
64pp. No date, cover price 1/0d.
Ingleton North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13673 Author: not given.
Ingleton -Land of Waterfalls and Caverns- Official Guide
Published Ingleton Advertising Association Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
32pp. No date, cover price 9d.
Ingleton North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13658 Author: not given.
Ingleton -Land of Waterfalls and Caverns- Official Guide
Published Ingleton Advertising Association Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
32pp. No date, cover price 6d.
Ingleton North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13656 Author: not given.
Around Skipton the Rural District Official Guide
Published 1971 Dalesman Publishing Company (Clapham) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
56pp.
Skipton Craven North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13654 Author: not given.
Skipton in Craven, Yorkshire the Official Guide
Published Skipton Printers Ltd. Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
48pp . No date but 1952 pencilled in. Some underlining in text
Skipton Craven North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13645 Author: not given.
Skipton Urban District Yorkshire Official Guide
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
88pp + 2 folding maps. No date but 1969 pencilled in
Skipton Craven North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13641 Author: not given.
Skipton Urban District Official Guide & Handbook 1973-74
Published Yorkshire Dales Tourist Association (Burnsall) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
80pp
Skipton Craven North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13113 Author: not given.
York a Survey 1959
Published 1959 British Association Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
Stamp with owner's name on fep, nice clean copy
York North Yorkshire Local History Topography

Inventory No.12881 Author: not given.
The Archaeology of Scarborough and District
Published 1956 Scarborough Libraries Committee Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
36pp. with photographic illustrations. Covers rubbed and marks from paperclip inside.
North Yorkshire Coast Scarborough Local History Archaeology

Inventory No.12867 Author: not given.
Whitby naturalists' Clubreports Reprinted from the Whitby Gazette Vol. 2 October,1937 to October 1938
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £9
Whitby North Yorkshire Coast Natural History Local History Topography

Inventory No.12866 Author: not given.
The Dalesman Guide to the Yorkshire Coast
Published 1983 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852067348 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £2
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Topography

Inventory No.10303 Author: not given.
Aspects of Coxwoldshire a North Yorkshire Local History By Husthwaite Local History Society
Published 1992 Husthwaite Local History Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1850721106 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8.5
Coxwold North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10282 Author: not given.
Society of Pitman's Certificated Teachers of Shorthand; Souvenir of the Annual Conference Held at Scarborough Whitsuntide, 1925
Published 1925 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Very Good Price: £15
A very nice copy of this unusual and scarce item.
North Yorkshire North Riding Scarborough Local History

Inventory No.9669 Author: not given.
Further Report of the Commissioners ( County of York.) For Inquiring Concerning Charities. Yorkshire North Riding
Published 1823 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
Pages concerning Yorkshire extracted from the report, pages 689 to 811. Wrappers worn.
North Yorkshire North Riding History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.9668 Author: not given.
Further Report of the Commissioners ( County of York.) For Inquiring Concerning Charities. North Riding. Birdforth Wapentake. Parish of Coxwold
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
Extracted from the report, pages 390 to 413. Bound in black cloth, gilt.
North Yorkshire North Riding Birdforth Coxwold History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.8488 Author: not given.
North Yorkshire County Record Office Journal 8
Published 1975 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035163 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £6
A4 publication with plastic strip as spine. Covers creased at edges.
North Yorkshire Social Political History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.8487 Author: not given.
North Yorkshire County Record Office Journal 5
Published 1975 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035015 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £6
A4 publication with plastic strip as spine. Covers creased at edges.
North Yorkshire Social Political History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.5949 Author: not given.
List of North Yorkshire & North Riding Enclosure Awards and Associated Documents in the North Yorkshire County Record Office. Guide No. 4; Publication No. 41.
Published 1987 North Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035309 Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Small neat inscription on front cover, not offensive.
North Yorkshire North Riding History Enclosure Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.3441 Author: not given.
Collectanea Cliffordiana
Published 1980 Skipton Castle (Skipton.) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0950697508 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £3
First published Paris, 1817. Name on ffep and some signs of wear but geneerally very good copy.
North Yorkshire Skipton Clifford Family

Inventory No.3331 Author: not given.
North Yorkshire County Record Office Journal 1
Published 1975 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950343021 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £4
A4 publication with plastic strip as spine. Covers creased at edges.
North Yorkshire Social Political History Local Family Genealogy Topography

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