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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.7948 Author: Abbay, Richard
The Castle of Knaresburgh a Tale in Verse of the Civil War in Yorkshire, 1644 and The White Mare of Whitestonecliff a Yorkshire Legend of the Fifteenth Century
Published 1887 Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £50
Spine darkened and creased. Bookplate on f.e.p. pp. xiv, folding map, 337, 41 pages of adverts.
North Yorkshire North Riding

Inventory No.11464 Author: Abbott, Stan
To Kill a Railway : The Run-Down of the Settle-Carlisle Line: The Endeavours of 22,265 People and a Dog to Prevent Its Closure and the Relevance of It All to Transport Policy in Britain
Published 1986 Leading Edge (Hawes) Type:
Edition:First Impression ISBN: 0948135018 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
The run-down of the Settle-Carlisle line; the endevours of 22,265 people and a dog to prevent its closure and the relevance of it all to transport policy in Britain.
Yorkshire North Yorkshire Cumbria Settle Carlisle Railway Local History

Inventory No.17974 Author: Andrews, M.
The Story of Filey
Published M. J. Milward (Loughborough) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Stiff Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Name inside, nice and clean otherwise
North Yorkshire North Riding Scarborough Filey Local History

Inventory No.12712 Author: Andrews, M.
The Story of Old Scarborough
Published 1947 A. Brown and Sons. (Hull) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Bottom corner of front cover cut off as if price clipped.
North Yorkshire North Riding Scarborough Local History

Inventory No.13834 Author: Annison, Ruth; Chapman, Lesley
The Awes Ropemakers Past & Present
Published 1983 The Authors Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950895903 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Name on titlepage otherwise nice and clean
North Yorkshire Dales Wensleydale Hawes Ropemakers Local History

Inventory No.11447 Author: Armitstead, Richard
Milestones Autobiography of a Dalesman
Published 1987 S. J. C. Print (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good+ Price: £12
D/W IS CRUMPLED AND HAS LARGE CLOSED TEAR ACROSS FRONT WHICH HAS BEEN MENDED WITH TAPE ON THE BACK, BOOK VERY NICE AND CLEAN.
North Yorkshire Dales Autobiography Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.14337 Author: Armstrong, Colin
Behind the Forbidden Corner
Published 2001 Forbidden Corner (Middleham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0954104706 Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + But Price Clipped. Price: £10
Gift inscription on ffep, otherwise nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Tupgill Armstrong Family Local history

Inventory No.12133 Author: Armstrong, Colin
Behind the Forbidden Corner
Published 2001 Forbidden Corner (Middleham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0954104706 Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £13
North Yorkshire Tupgill Armstrong Family Local history

Inventory No.15945 Author: Arnold, Denis
Osmotherley in Times Past
Published 1986 The Osmotherley Society (Osmotherley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0861571975 Size:Square Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
pp.45. Illustrated with sketches.
North Yorkshire North Riding Osmotherley Local History

Inventory No.11463 Author: Arty Momus
Ticklers: A Series of Personal and Local Sketches, Contributed to the "Craven Pioneer," from 1874 to 1879
Published 1880 Edmundson and Co. (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Blind Stamped Cloth.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
Original cloth covered card. Spine faded. All edges red. pp.160.
North Yorkshire West Riding Skipton Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.8515 Author: Ashcroft, M. Y. [edited by] and Raistrick, Arthur
Documents Relating to the Swaledale Estates of Lord Wharton in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Including Documents to Illustrate the Study of the Wharton Mines in Swaledale in the Seventeeth Century By Arthur Raistrick
Published 1984 North Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035333 Size:4to Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £25
North Yorkshire North Riding History Swaledale Lead Mining Wharton Local Family Genealogy Arthur Raistrick

Inventory No.16161 Author: Atkinson, John F.; Illustrator: Mackenzie, Katharine
A Short History of Bedale Bowling Green Society 1792-1992
Published 1992 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Binding:Card Covers/ring Binder
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
North Yorkshire North Riding Wensldale Bedale Local History

Inventory No.13870 Author: Atkinson, Marion
Life in a Northern Dale : Countryfolk and Their Crafts in Eskdale, North-East Yorkshire
Published 1977 Dalesman (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852064101 Size:Square Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Covers a little spotted.
North Yorkshire North Riding Eskdale Cleveland Local History

Inventory No.13869 Author: Atkinson, Marion
Life in a Northern Dale : Countryfolk and Their Crafts in Eskdale, North-East Yorkshire
Published 1977 Dalesman (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852064101 Size:Square Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Covers rubbed. rear cover creased across corner.
North Yorkshire North Riding Eskdale Cleveland Local History

Inventory No.10302 Author: Atkinson, Rev. J. C.
History of Cleveland Ancient and Modern Vol. II. (Part Two)
Published 1993 M. T. D. Rigg (Guiseley, Leeds) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Decorated Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £30
Durham Cleveland North Yorkshire Coast Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11273 Author: Atthill, Rev. William
Documents Relating to the Foundation and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of Middleham, in the County of York; with an Historical Introduction, and Incidental Notices of the Castle, Town, and Neighbourhood
Published 1968 AMS Press (New York) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7.5
Booksellers label on f.e.p.
North Yorkshire Middleham Local History

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