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Inventory No.12122 Author: Raistrick, Arthur
Two Centuries of Industrial Welfare. The London (Quaker) Lead Company 1692-1905. The Social Policy and Work of the "Governor and Company for Smelting Down Lead with Pit Coal and Sea Coal", Mainly in Alston Moor and the pennines
Published 1988 Kelsall and Davis Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0946571139 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £9.5
Republished in 1988 with additional photographs.
0946865086 North Yorkshire Nent Head Alston Local History Family History Genealogy Social History Industrial History

Inventory No.11882 Author: Raistrick, Arthur
Green Roads in the Mid-Pennines
Published 1978 Moorland Publishing Co (Buxton.) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0903485591 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Gift inscription on endpaper.
North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.11871 Author: Raistrick, Arthur
Malham and Malham Moor.
Published 1971 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0852063229 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Has the name of local historian Vera Chapman written on front cover and title page.
North Yorkshire Dales Malham History Topography Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.4190 Author: Raistrick, Arthur (editor)
North York Moors National Park
Published 1979 HMSO (For the Countryside Commission) (London.) Type:
Edition:Fourth Impression ISBN: 0117004855 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £2.5
Top corner of front cover creased, otherwise very good+
North York Moors North Yorkshire National Park Guide

Inventory No.11497 Author: Raistrick, Arthur and Illingworth, John L.
The Face of North-West Yorkshire
Published 1949 The Dalesman Publishing Company (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Small Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
Dust wrapper creased and chipped on top edge as original wrapper is slightly taller than the book. Numerous illustrations.
North Yorkshire Geological History Local History

Inventory No.10301 Author: Raistrick, Arthur and Roberts, Arthur
Life and Work of the Northern Lead Miner
Published 1984 North of England Open Air Museum and Northern Mine Research Society (Beamish) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0901450251 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £40
The 25-Year Commemorative Volume. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Dust wrapper a little rubbed. Illustrated with photographs and 2 maps.
North Yorkshire North Riding Cumbria County Durham Lead Mining Local History

Inventory No.11566 Author: Ramblers' Association, Northern Area
Green Ways Around Tees-Side
Published 1950 The North-Eastern Evening Gazette Limited (Middlesbrough.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Original pictorial soft card covers. Name on title-page. pp.127. Illustrated and with maps by A. E. F. Wright.
North Yorkshire Teeside Walking Rambling

Inventory No.9146 Author: Reynolds, E. E [edited by]
Publications of the Catholic Record Society. Vol. LVI. Catholic Record Society, Miscellanea, Meynell, Lambeth, Marnhull
Published 1964 The Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Ex-University Library. Original blue cloth, gilt. Sign of label removal on f.e.p. Small stamp on reverse of title page. A very nice clean, bright and tight copy.
North Yorkshire North Riding Meynell North Kilvington Dorset Marnhull Lambeth Palace Library Leyburn Papers Local History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.4037 Author: Richardson, Harold [edited by]
Court Rolls of the Manor of Acomb. Volume I and II. The Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Record Series Vol. CXXXI for the Year 1968 and Vol. CXXXVII for the Year 1975
Published The Society. Type:2 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £30
Spine faded on Volume II. Together these volumes weigh more than 1kg so additional postage above ABE standard will be asked for.
York North Yorkshire York Ainsty West Riding North Yorkshire Acomb Archaeology Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11128 Author: Riley, Frederic; Illustrator: Godfrey Wilson
The Settle District and North-West Yorkshire Dales. A Practical Guide Book for the Visitor and Tourist
Published 1923 The Author (Settle) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £32
Illustration on front board a little rubbed.
North Yorkshire Craven Settle Dales Local History Family History Topography

Inventory No.11127 Author: Riley, Frederic; Illustrator: Godfrey Wilson
The Settle District and North-West Yorkshire Dales. A Practical Guide Book for the Visitor and Tourist
Published 1923 The Author (Settle) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £18
Original cloth worn and faded. Illustration on front cover worn. Lacks map.
North Yorkshire Craven Settle Dales Local History Family History Topography

Inventory No.11490 Author: Riley, W.
thro' a Yorkshire Window
Published Herbert Jenkins (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Fair Price: £4
Neatly written gift inscription on f.f.e.p. Dust wrapper chipped and torn with loss. Illustrated with 8 plates
North Yorkshire Wharfedale Novel

Inventory No.11282 Author: Riley, W.
The Yorkshire Pennines of the North-West. The Open Roads of the Yorkshire Highlands
Published 1934 Herbert Jenkins (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Good/Good Price: £9.5
Cloth boards a little faded. Spotting to page edges and endpapers. Dust wrapper a little rubbed. Illustrated.
North Yorkshire West Yorkshire Local History Topography

Inventory No.9861 Author: Rimington, F. C. And Rutter, J. G.
Ayton Castle Its History and Excavation. Scarborough and District Archaeological Society Research Report No. 5
Published 1967 Scarborough and District Archaeological Society (Scarborough) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Covers a little rubbed, name neatly written inside.
North Yorkshire North Riding Ayton History Archaeology

Inventory No.10684 Author: Riordan, Michael
Northallerton in Old Picture Postcards Volume 3
Published 1994 European Library (Zaltbommel, Netherlands.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9028859403 Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued Price: £15
Near fine except owners address label inside front cover. Introduction, with 88 b&w photographs with text.
North Yorkshire North Riding Northallerton Local History

Inventory No.10683 Author: Riordan, Michael
Northallerton in Old Picture Postcards Volume 2
Published 1994 European Library (Zaltbommel, Netherlands.) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: 902885648x Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued Price: £15
Near fine except owners address label in bottom corner inside front cover. Introduction, 88 b&w photographs with text.
North Yorkshire North Riding Northallerton Local History

Inventory No.10761 Author: Ripon Civic Society
Ripon Some Aspects of Its History
Published 1972 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852061501 Size:A5 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Ripon North Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11491 Author: Robinson, Hilary I. [Transcribed and Edited By.]
The Parish Registers of Raskelf 1747-1812
Published 1953 Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Parish Register Section. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £30
Bound in light brown cloth, gilt titling to spine.
North Yorkshire Raskelf Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10242 Author: Rogers, Philip W.
A History of Ripon Grammar School
Published 1954 Wm. Harrison (Ripon.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/Good+ Price: £20
Lacks f.f.e.p. Dust wrapper chipped with small loss. Illustrated with photographs. pp. vi, 226.
North Yorkshire North Riding Ripon Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.8822 Author: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England)
York, Historic Buildings in the Central Area: A Photographic Record
Published 1981 H.M.S.O. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0117009121 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
York North Yorkshire Buildins Architecture Local History

Inventory No.11437 Author: Ruddock, R. P. [transcribed and Edited by]
The Parish Register of Thorpe Bassett, 1604-1837
Published 1990 Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Parish Register Section. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0902122576 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £15
East Riding North Yorkshire Thorpe Bassett Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11276 Author: Russell, Sir Edward
Thenadays Richmondshire in September
Published C. E. Crooks & Son (Richmond) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £17.5
Neat inscription on f.e.p.
North Yorkshire Richmondshire Local History

Inventory No.9559 Author: Ryder, Thomas
My Rambles in Upper Wharfedale By Thomas Ryder 1867-1950. An Edwardian Lantern Lecture with Additional Recent Photographs
Published 2002 Dr M L Ryder (Southampton, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0950610623 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued. Price: £15
A unique reproduction of a fascinating Edwardian lantern lecture illustrated by prints of over 100 of its large glass slides, edited by the author's grandson, Dr. Michael L Ryder, and with recent photographs by Barrie Pepper. pp128.
North Yorkshire North Riding Yorkshire Dales Wharfedale History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11362 Author: Rée, Harry; Forbes, Caroline; Illustrator: Caroline Forbes, Photographs
The Three Peaks of Yorkshire
Published 1988 Whittet Books Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:Paperback Reprint. ISBN: 0704504863 Size:Square Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4.5
North Yorkshire Craven Ingleborough Whernside Penyghent Walking Rambling Local History Natural History

Inventory No.11361 Author: Rée, Harry; Forbes, Caroline; Illustrator: Caroline Forbes, Photographs
The Three Peaks of Yorkshire
Published 1983 Wildwood House. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0704504863 Size:Square Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £8
Dust wrapper a little creased and rubbed.
North Yorkshire Craven Ingleborough Whernside Penyghent Walking Rambling Local History Natural History

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