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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.7816 Author: Ackrill, R.
Old Harrogate: Photographs Published in the "Harrogate Herald," 1934-35, to Mark the Jubilee of the Incorporation of the Borough, and Now Reprinted in Permanent Form
Published R. Ackrill Ltd. (Harrogate.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £60
Originally published in decorated wrapper the whole volume has been bound in red cloth, gilt. Front cover of original wrapper shows Betty Lupton, Queen of the Wells. The binding has kept this copy in a very good bright, clean and tight condition.
North Yorkshire North Riding Harrogate History Local Family Genealogy

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.12273 Author: Appleby, C. A. And Smith, D. B. Editors
Of Malet, Malbis and Fairfax. A History of Acaster Malbis
Published 2000 Acaster Malbis Millennium Group (Acaster Malbis, York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0953934403 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £6.5
pp.84. Illustrated.
North Yorkshire York Acaster Malbis Malet Fairfax Local History Family History Genealogy

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.11105 Author: Armstrong, Alison C. And Pacey, Arnold
High Bradley: Architecture and History
Published 2001 The Authors (Addingham and Bradley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued Price: £18
Based on fieldwork by the authors. Numerous sketch illustrations. pp. 160.
North Yorkshire Airdale High Bradley Local History Architecture

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:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £14
North Yorkshire Tupgill Armstrong Family 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.3329 Author: Ashcroft, M. Y.
Bedale 1772-1841.
Published 1975 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 095034303 Size:4to Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued. Price: £10
This publication has been bound in blue cloth boards which has kept it in excellent condition.
North Yorkshire Bedale History Local Family Genealogy Topography

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.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:Near Fine Price: £40
Durham Cleveland North Yorkshire Coast Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10273 Author: Atkinson, Rev. J. C.
Forty Years in a Moorland Parish Reminiscences and Researches in Danby in Cleveland
Published 1908 Macmillan (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £18
A little worn and rubbed but good sound copy
Danby Cleveland Whitby North Yorkshire North Riding Coast Moors Local History

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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