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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.33693 Author: Sales Particulars
Gargrave Estate Comprising (four) First-Class Sheep and Dairy Farms
Published 1946 Jackson Stops & Staff (Skipton) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paper Covered Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £40
Catalogue for auction on Wednesday June 5th, 1946. 17 pages with four photographs and large folding plan in pocket at rear. Covers a little marked else very good.
North Yorkshire Craven Dales Gargrave Local History

Inventory No.33692 Author: Sales Particulars
Gargrave Estate Comprising (four) First-Class Sheep and Dairy Farms
Published 1946 Jackson Stops & Staff (Skipton) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Catalogue for auction on Wednesday June 5th, 1946. 17 pages with four photographs. Lacks map. Covers a little rubbed, some annotations with prices realised.
North Yorkshire Craven Dales Gargrave Local History

Inventory No.25524 Author: Seymour, Bryan
York's Other Churches and Chapels
Published 1992 Highgate Publications (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0948929553 Size:Square Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6.5
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire York Churches Architecture Local History

Inventory No.21420 Author: Shannon, John
York Civic Trust the Firdt Fifty Years; Preserving, Restoring, Enhancing, Enriching England's Second City
Published 1996 York Civic Trust (York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + But Price Clipped. Price: £12
North Yorkshire York Local History Architecture

Inventory No.34589 Author: Shaw, Bill Eglon
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, Photographer : A Selection of His Work
Published 1982 The Sutcliffe Gallery (Whitby) Type:
Edition:Third Reprint ISBN: 0950317500 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Crease across bottom corner of front cover else very nice copy, clean and bright
North Yorkshire North Riding Whitby Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.36333 Author: Shepherd, Valerie
Holy Wells of West Yorkshire and the Dales
Published 2002 Lepus Press (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1872883311 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
58pp. Name on titlepage else very good clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Topography Wells North Yorkshire Dales

Inventory No.31387 Author: Shuffrey, William Arthur
The Churches of the Deanery of North Craven
Published 1914 J. Whitehead & Son (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £35
Very nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Craven Churches Local History Topography Genealogy

Inventory No.34963 Author: Sinker, C. A.
The Vegetation of the Malham Tarn Area
Published 1965 W. S. Maney & Son (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Reprinted from the pProceedings of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society vol. VIII Part V. Cover browned on edges else very good
North Yorkshire Dales Botany Malham

Inventory No.37134 Author: Smith, A. H.
The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire
Published 1928 Cambridge University Press. (Cambridge.) Type:Ex-Library
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Fair/No Dust Wrapper Price: £12
Spine very faded and chipped (with loss), reference library bookplate on fep, stamp on reverse of titlepage, contents clean and sound, serviceable copy
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.29282 Author: Smith, Anne [edited by]
Minute By Minute. A Centenary History of Pannal Golf Club, 1906-2006
Published 2007 Pannal Golf Club Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
Very slight fading of spine. pp. 228. Illustrated. A very nice clean copy.
North Yorkshire Pannal Local History

Inventory No.34048 Author: Smith, D. I; Atkinson, T. C.
Underground Flow in Cavernous Limestones with Special Reference to the Malham Area
Published 1977 Field Study Council Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £5
Covers a little creased and stain to front cover. Reprinted from Field Studies, vol. 4 o. 4 (1977) Pages 597 to 616. Text and illustrations nice and clean.
North Yorkshire Malham

Inventory No.36929 Author: Smith, F.W; Binns, Donald
Railways in the Northern Dales - 1 : The Skipton & Ilkley Line. Skipton-Ilkley, the Yorkshire Dales Railway Today, Haw Bank Quarry Tramway
Published 1986 Wyvern Publications (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907941338 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Clean and bright
North Yorkshire Dales Railways Skipton Ilkley Local History

Inventory No.29351 Author: Smith, Roly
Francis Frith's Yorkshire Dales (Photographic Memories)
Published 2002 Frith Book Company Ltd. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1859375022 Size:8vo Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7.5
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Photographs Local History

Inventory No.26508 Author: Snowden, J. Keighley
Tales of the Yorkshire Wolds
Published 1893 Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £10
Spine splitting, names inside, reading/working copy
North Yorkshire Wharfedale

Inventory No.28436 Author: Snowden, Keith
Helmsley & Kirkby Through the Ages
Published 1993 Castleden Publications (Pickering) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0951465740 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6.5
Clean unmarked copy
North Yorkshire Thornton Dale Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.31384 Author: Speakman, Colin
The Yorkshire Dales (Aerofilms Guide)
Published 1993 Ian Allan Publishing (Shepperton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0711020450 Size:4to Binding:Cloth Spine, Leather Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7
D/w slightly chipped with tape repairs to reverse but clean bright copy
North Yorkshire Dales Photographs

Inventory No.31553 Author: Speight, Harry
Tramps and Drives Round Skipton, Grassington, and Malham. With Wheel and Foot Routes in Every Direction
Published 1903 G. F. Sewell (Bradford) Type:
Edition:New and Revised Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Original soft card covers a little worn,fade and with small loss at top of spine. pp. 116 and with the fold-out map at front. Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Local History Skipton Malham Grassington Topography

Inventory No.34673 Author: Speight, Harry.
Romantic Richmondshire Being a Complete Account of the History, Antiquities and Scenery of the Picturesque Valleys of the Swale and Yore
Published 1897 Elliot Stock. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Blue Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £35
Front hinge cracked, some wear to exremities, especially spine, boards a little rubbed but contents very good. Previous owners name/address written, twice, on rear of title-page. Map present. Book weighs 1.25 kg so additional postage will be asked for customers outside the UK.
North Yorkshire Dales Richmondshire History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.29954 Author: Speight, Harry.
Lower Wharfedale, Being a Complete Account of the History, Antiquities and Scenery of the Picturesque Valley of the Wharfe from Cawood to Arthington
Published 1902 Elliot Stock. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Quarter Leather
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £30
Large Paper Edition. An ex-historical society copy. Leather spine very worn. Ref. Nos and issue label to endpapers. Blind stamp to title-page. Text, plates, pedigrees and illustrations all present and in Very Good condition. Very Heavy additional postage may be required.
North Yorkshire Dales Speight Wharfedale Wharfe Topography Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.27247 Author: Spence, Richard T.
Skipton Castle in the Great Civil War 1642-1645
Published 1991 Skipton Castle Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950697516 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Skipton Castle Local History Civil War

Inventory No.31368 Author: Stafford, Linden; Illustrator: Wingate, Neil
Grassington and Wharfedale : A Companion Guide and Souvenir
Published 1977 The Authors (Grassington) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950549703 Size:Landscape Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Pages browning slightly, very faint (cup?) mark on back cover else very good
North Yorkshire Dales Wharfedale Grassington Local History Topography Guide Walking

Inventory No.37148 Author: Stamp, Cordelia
Silent Witnesses : War Memorials of Whitby and District
Published 2003 Caedmon of Whitby Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0905355598 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4.5
Excellent clean unread copy
Whitby Cleveland North Yorkshire Coast Local History Topography Family History Genealogy War Memorials

Inventory No.29573 Author: Stavert, W. J.
The Parish Register of Skipton in Craven, 1680-1771
Published 1895 Craven Herald. (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £30
Brown cloth with gitl titling to spine. Front and rear boards detached but the contents in very nice clean condition. Bookplate to fep. A nice copy of this, the second of three volumes, and hard to find.
North Yorkshire Yorkshire Dales Skipton Family History Geneaology

Inventory No.25461 Author: Stavert, W. J.
The Parish Register of Bolton-by-Bolland, in the County of York, 1725-1812 (Part II) Publications of the Yorkshire Parish Register Society Vol. 22
Published 1905 (Skipton, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Poor Price: £20
Lacks front cover, rear cover detached, pencil annotations in text but serviceable copy of uncommon register
North Yorkshire Dales Bolton Bolland Craven Family History Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.25460 Author: Stavert, W. J.
The Parish Register of Bolton-by-Bolland, in the County of York, 1725-1812 (Part II) Publications of the Yorkshire Parish Register Society Vol. 22
Published 1905 (Skipton, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Half-Leather
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £32
Leather spine and corners rubbed, contents very good but annotated in pen
North Yorkshire Dales Bolton Bolland Craven Family History Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.36003 Author: Stewart, Tricia
The Alternative WI Calendar for 2000. When the Ladies of Sylstone & District Drop Everything for Their Traditional Crafts, "Jam and Jerusalem" Will Never be the Same Again!
Published 1999 Repro (Printers) (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Elephant Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £20
Very nice clean copy, no markings.
North Yorkshire Rylstone

Inventory No.35177 Author: Storer, D. F.
Pictures in Wharfedale First Series
Published Craven Herald (Skipton) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
n.d. (1950?) Surprisingly nice and clean for age
North Yorkshire Dales Wharfedale Local History Photographs

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