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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
12mo - over 6¾"x7¾", 16mo - over 5¾"x6¾", 24mo - over 5"x5¾", 48mo - over 3"x4".

Inventory No.36798 Author: not given.
Hunton Methodist Chapel, Richmond Circuit, 1829-1979 Souvenir Brochure
Published 1979 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
35 pages. A nice copy.
North Yorkshire Hunton Local History Nonconformist

Inventory No.36209 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: £5
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire York Archaeology Local History

Inventory No.36040 Author: not given.
An Act for More Effectually Repairing, Widening, Altering, and Improving the Roads from Theeast End of Monk Bridge, Near the City of York, to New Malton, and from Thence to Scarborough; And Also from Spittle House, to Scarborough. 38 Geo. III. 1798
Published 1798 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £30
Marbled wrapper a little rubbed. Neat relevant inscription on ffep. Inscription on bottom of half-title page. Maybe read as "Recieved Royal Approval 26th May 1798" pp 125plus 4 page index. Nice clean condition.
North Yorkshire York Malton Scarbourgh

Inventory No.36005 Author: not given.
Wensleydale. A Touist Guide with Map
Published 1978 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:Sixth Edition ISBN: Size:Landscape 32mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Covers a little rubbed but a very nice clean bright copy.
North Yorkshire Wensleydale

Inventory No.35737 Author: not given.
Views of Harrogate, Ripon, Fountains Abbey, York
Published Brown & Rawcliffe. (Liverpool.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape: Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £10
Decorated cloth rubbed and worn. Text and illustrations stapled within boards though 2 0f the 3 staples loose. Text, 3 pages, and illustrations 21 pages all in Very Good condition.
North Yorkshire

Inventory No.35719 Author: not given.
Rock's Royal Cabinet Album of Ripon & Fountain
Published Rock Brothers Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Original decorated cloth, gilt with plain cloth spine. Cloth a little rubbed and a little wear to head/tail of spine. Concertina fold out of 12 full page plates. Nice clean bright copy.
North Yorkshire Ripon Fountain's Abbey

Inventory No.35648 Author: not given.
Official History: Knaresborough
Published Parrs Stationers Ltd (Knaresborough) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Soft Card Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Undated. Soft card covers a little rubbed, and chipped/creased where they overlaped the pages. Illustrated. 56 pages. Nice clean copy.
North Yorkshire

Inventory No.34658 Author: not given.
Georgian Houses in York
Published York Georgian Society Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £5
Covers a little rubbed. 19 photographs with short description. Nice clean copy.
North Yorkshire York Architecture

Inventory No.34199 Author: not given.
The Ancient Crypt Church of St. Mary Lastingham, The Shrine of St Cedd. an Intrductory Guide to the church and Its history
Published 1982 Kirkbymoorside Press Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Bright clean copy of 12 pages. Includes some loose ephemera.
North Yorkshire Lastingham

Inventory No.33767 Author: not given.
Settle Circuit, Wigglesworth Methodist Chapel Golden Jubilee, 1910-1960. Souvenir Programme
Published 1960 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
8 pages including covers. a very nice clean copy.
North Yorkshire Settle Wrigglesworth Craven Metodism

Inventory No.33764 Author: not given.
The Friends of Kildwick Church. Lang Kirk o' Craven. Church of St. Andrew, Kildwick
Published Dixon & Stell Limited (Cross Hills, Keighley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Plain card covers. 12 pages which includes 4 sepia style photographs. Text gives a brief history of the Church, and the Rules and Constitution of the Society. Very nice clean copy.
North Yorkshire Kildwick Church History Deanery Craven

Inventory No.33725 Author: not given.
The John C. Horsfall Memorial Baptist Church, Glusburn. Opening Services of the New Church, June 1947. Souvenir Handbook
Published 1947 Dixon & Stell Limited (Keighley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Soft card covers a little sunned, and chipped on top edge. 16 pages. Nice copy.
North Yorkshire Craven

Inventory No.33722 Author: not given.
Sutton in Craven Baptist Church 250th Church Anniversary, 1711 - 1961
Published 1961 Dixon & Stell Limited (Keighley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Soft card covers. 31 pages. Nice copy.
North Yorkshire Craven

Inventory No.33701 Author: not given.
Chronicles of Ermysted; New Series; Spring Term, 1946. Number 107
Published 1946 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Card covers rubbed. Staples rusting. 94 pages.
North Yorkshire Skipton Craven

Inventory No.33700 Author: not given.
Sutton-in-Craven Baptist Church 250th Church Anniversary Celebations 1711-1961
Published 1961 Dixon and Stell, printer (Keighley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape 32mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
26 page booklet in very nice clean condition.
North Yorkshire Sutton in Craven

Inventory No.33688 Author: not given.
Settle Ingleton and North Craven: a Guide Published with the Authority of Settle Rural District Council
Published 1972 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852061439 Size:Landscape Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
Clean bright copy
North Yorkshire Craven Dales Settle Guide Topography Local History Ingleton

Inventory No.33687 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: £5
56pp. Nice clean copy
Skipton Craven North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.33685 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: £5
80pp. Crease across front cover else nice clean copy
Skipton Craven North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.33673 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: £4
64pp. No date, cover price 7 1/2p. Folding map present but loose.
Ingleton North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.33661 Author: not given.
Gleanings from Bolton Abbey
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape Binding:Original Decorated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
12 pages of photographs of Bolton Abbey and environs. Cover rubbed with 1" piece missing at bottom of spine, contents very good
North Yorkshire Craven Dales Bolton Abbey Photographs

Inventory No.33618 Author: not given.
The Wharfedale Pictorial a Record of the Year's Events in Pictures 1935
Published Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (Otley) Type:Ex-Library
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Labels inside and removed from outside front cover, stamps inside, covers chipped but contents clean and sound
wharfedale North Yorkshire Craven Dales north Yorkshire West Riding Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.33617 Author: not given.
The Wharfedale Pictorial a Record of the Year's Events in Pictures 1938
Published Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (Otley) Type:Ex-Library
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Labels inside and removed from outside front cover, stamps inside, covers chipped but contents clean and sound
wharfedale North Yorkshire Craven Dales north Yorkshire West Riding Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.33616 Author: not given.
The Wharfedale Pictorial a Record of the Year's Events in Pictures 1937
Published Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (Otley) Type:Ex-Library
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Labels inside and removed from outside front cover, stamps inside, covers chipped but contents clean and sound
wharfedale North Yorkshire Craven Dales north Yorkshire West Riding Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.33615 Author: not given.
The Wharfedale Pictorial a Record of the Year's Events in Pictures 1936
Published Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (Otley) Type:Ex-Library
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Labels inside and outside front cover, stamps inside, covers chipped but contents clean and sound
wharfedale North Yorkshire Craven Dales north Yorkshire West Riding Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.32258 Author: not given.
Summer Holidays in Wharfedale, 1920. Programme and Time Table
Published 1920 Co-operative Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Soft Card Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £10
Original covers a little rubbed and creased. The weekly programme of excurtions with map of the area. Followed by the words for 101 songs of Faith: Nature: and Comradeship.
North Yorkshire Wharfedale

Inventory No.31809 Author: not given.
North Yorkshire County Record Office Journal 1, 2, 3, 4
Published 1975 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:4 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950343021 Size:A4 Binding:Card Covers/ Plastic Spine
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
North Yorkshire Social Political History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.31704 Author: not given.
Settle and North Craven a Guide Published in Collaboration with Settle Publicity Committee
Published 1979 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852065027 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6.5
Clean bright copy
North Yorkshire Craven Dales Settle Guide Topography Local History

Inventory No.31677 Author: not given.
The Restoration of York Minster. The Metropolitical Church of the Province of York. Twelfth Occasional Paper. April, 1911
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £6
55pp. Paper covers rubbed and chipped, corners curling but contents very good.
North Yorkshire Local History York Minster

Inventory No.30963 Author: not given.
Horne's Guide to Whitby and District Seventy-Seventh Edition Gives a Detailed Description of Places of Interest, Streets, Roads and Footpaths in and Around Whitby
Published Horne & Son Ltd (Whitby.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Stiff Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Nice clean copy
Cleveland North Yorkshire Coast Whitby Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.30270 Author: not given.
New Methodist Church, Hunmanby in the Filey Trinity Circuit. Programme of Proceeding in Connection with the Stonelaying Ceremony on Thursday, May 2nd, 1957
Published 1957 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £6
Card covers rubbed. Staining to pages, but still a nice copy of a scarce item. Includes some loose related ephemera.
North Yorkshire Filey Hunmanby Local History

Inventory No.29982 Author: not given.
The Sixpenny Visitor's Guide to the Cathedral and City of York Illustrated with a Map of the city and an Itinerary
Published William Pickwell (York) Type:
Edition:Ninth Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £12
n.d. COMPLETE WITH FOLDING MAP BUT REAR COVER DETACHED, NUMBERS WRITTEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE FRONT COVER (see image)
North Yorkshire Guide York Local History

Inventory No.29967 Author: not given.
150,000,000 Years Ago and After: a Commentary on Whitby Museum
Published 1956 (Whitby) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Date label (from Historical Society library) inside front cover else clean bright copy
North Yorkshire Whitby Museum

Inventory No.27643 Author: not given.
Riccalli in World War 2 1939-1945. Life in a Yorkshire Rural Community
Published 2005 Riccall Local History Group Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 1903833582 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Cover a little rubbed and with a few ink marks on rear. One page creased on corner with a few short tears, else a nice copy.
North Yorkshire Riccall Local History

Inventory No.25956 Author: not given.
Who's Who in Yorkshire (North and East Ridings).
Published 1935 Jakeman & Co. (Hereford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £12
Limited numbered edition this being number 255. pp. 282. Spine worn with small split at top, Society bookplate on fep but decent copy
North Yorkshire North Riding East Riding History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.25509 Author: not given.
A Short History of Nunnington
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
No publication details. £1 written in ink on front cover. 12pp.
North Yorkshire Nunnington Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.24793 Author: not given.
Kursaal: a History of Harrogate's Royal Hall
Published 2008 Harrogate International Centre Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Red Cloth, Gilt.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
Very nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Harrogate Local History Entertainment

Inventory No.22512 Author: not given.
A History of The Manor of Nidd
Published 2005 Parochial Council Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 09522547 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
pp. 15 of text plus photographs, index and pedigree. Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire North Riding Nidd Local History Nidderdale

Inventory No.21486 Author: not given.
Guide to the City of York
Published 1935 York City Council (York) Type:
Edition:Seventh Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Original decorated soft card covers. Some light spotting, pp. 107. Illustrated and with fold out plan.
North Yorkshire York Local History

Inventory No.21183 Author: not given.
Wensleydale Tournament of Song A History of a North Yorkshire Festival
Published 2010 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £30
Very nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Wensleydale

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