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Inventory No.12747 Author: Sale, Richard
Guide to the Cleveland Way. A Constable Guide
Published 1987 Constable (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0094672202 Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £3
North Yorkshire North Riding Cleveland Walking Rambling

Inventory No.10304 Author: Salmon, D. J.; Ashcroft, Kathleen; Balshaw, M. H.; Copperthwaite, William Charles
Malton in the Early Nineteenth Century
Published 1981 North Yorkshire County Council. Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0906035155 Size:4to Binding:Card Covers/plastic Spine
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £15
North Yorkshire County Record Office Publications No. 26
Malton North Riding North Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10251 Author: Saumarez Smith, Charles
The Building of Castle Howard
Published 1990 Faber & Faber (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0571142389 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £9
Very nice clean copy
Castle Howard York North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Architecture Buildings

Inventory No.11495 Author: Scott, Harry J.; Illustrator: Godfrey Wilson
Further Up the Dale
Published 1948 Blandford Press (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
Front hinge cracked. Name on f.f.e.p. Dust wrapper chipped. Very nice illustrations.
North Yorkshire Dales Local History Natural History Topography

Inventory No.10679 Author: Selby, Mark
Time to Move on
Published SHPL (Storrington, W. Sussex) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued Price: £5
Limited edition. pp. 167. Novel set in Wharfedale.
North Yorkshire North Riding Wharfedale Novel Fiction

Inventory No.12224 Author: Sharow Community History Group
Sharow. A Yorkshire Village
Published 2006 Sharow Community History Group (Sharow, Ripon) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £15
North Yorkshire North Riding Sharow Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11425 Author: Smith, David M. [transcribed and Edited by]
The Parish Register of Masham 1599 - 1716 Parish Register Series Volume CLXI
Published 2005 Privately Printed Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1903564204 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £30
North Yorkshire Dales Masham History Local History Family History Genealogy Register

Inventory No.10253 Author: Smith, Geoffrey Ridsdill
In Well Beware: The Story of Newburgh Priory and the Belasyse Family, 1145-1977
Published 1978 Roundwood Press (Kineton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0900095684 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £10
Family tree at rear. D/w slightly rubbed.
Ridsdill Smith, Geoffrey Newburgh Priory Belasyse Coxwold North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.3367 Author: Smith, J. Sutcliffe
A Musical Pilgrimage in Yorkshire
Published Richard Jackson (Leeds.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Full vellum
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £28
No. 44 of limited edition of 500. Inscription on ffep Covers worn and marked but a handsome volume.
North Yorkshire Music

Inventory No.10264 Author: Smith, Joseph
Memoir of Joseph Smith, of South Holme, Late of Huggate and Riseborough, Wesleyan Local Preacher; with Records from His Diary; Together with Speeches and Sermons from 1823 to 1898
Published 1900 R. J. Smithson (Malton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £25
Original red boards, blind stamped decoration, gilt. Boards and spine rubbed, grubby and with a stain down the full length of front board. Top corner of f.f.e.p. torn off. Contents are very good and illustrated with photographs and including folding "Circuit" table at rear. pp. 320.
North Yorkshire North Riding South Holme Slingsby Huggate Riseborough Local History Wesleyan Nonconformity

Inventory No.11500 Author: Snowden, J. Keighley
Tales of the Yorkshire Wolds
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £15
Re-bound in green cloth, gilt titling to spine. New endpapers. First few page hinges strenthened with tape. Lacks title-page. Pages a little grubby but a very good reading copy.
North Yorkshire Wharfedale

Inventory No.12229 Author: Sotheran, Peter [compilied by]
Redcar in Retrospect: A Miscellany of Photographs Taken from 1820 to 1941. Pictures of Redcar 1820-1941
Published 1975 A. A. Sotheran Ltd (Redcar) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £8
Dust wrapper slightly chipped . pp. 24.
North Yorkshire North Riding Cleveland Redcar Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.10229 Author: Sotheran, Peter [compilied by]
Redcar in Retrospect: A Miscellany of Photographs Taken from 1820 to 1941. Pictures of Redcar 1820-1941
Published 1975 A. A. Sotheran Ltd (Redcar) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Very Good + Price: £15
pp. 24.
North Yorkshire North Riding Cleveland Redcar Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.11494 Author: Speight
Tramps and Drives in the Craven Highlands. Arranged for the Use of Visitors, Being a New and Complete Guide to That Romantic District
Published 1895 Elliot Stock (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £30
Boards and spine worn and rubbed. 1st Map repaired with tape. Title page strenthened with tape. Numerous illustrations and maps including 2 fold out maps. pp. 214 plus adverts.
East Yorkshire East riding North Yorkshire West Yorkshire Airedale Topography Genealogy Local Family History Speight

Inventory No.11449 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:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £55
YD in white on spine, bookplate removed from ffep, otherwise very good clean copy in original cloth
North Yorkshire Dales Richmondshire History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11353 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:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £65
Spine a bit worn, small white mark on front board but generallt bright, sound copy
North Yorkshire Dales Richmondshire History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.9663 Author: Stamp, Cordelia
Mary Linskill 1840-1891
Published 1980 Caedmon of Whitby Press (Whitby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0905355156 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/None as Issued. Price: £5
North Yorkshire North Riding Whitby History Local

Inventory No.10269 Author: Stamp, Tom and Stamp, Cordelia
William Scoresby Arctic Scientist
Published 1976 Caedmon of Whitby Press (Whitby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7.5
Very good clean copy
William Scoresby Arctic Science Whitby Bradford North Yorkshire Cleveland West Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy Exploration

Inventory No.10227 Author: Stapleton, Revd. H. E. C. And Thompson, Dr. M. J. A.
Skelton Village: The Continuing Community
Published 1971 William Sessions Limited (York.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12.5
Part One: The History of Skelton Village. Part Two: The Ecology of Skelton and Overton Parishes. Part Three: Skelton Church. Illustrated. pp. 100.
North Yorkshire North Riding Skelton Local History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.4183 Author: Stead, Michael J.
North Yorkshire
Published 1992 Alan Sutton. (Stroud.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 07509022272 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued. Price: £2
North Yorkshire

Inventory No.11564 Author: Stephenson, Tom. C.
Rambles in the Cleveland District of Yorkshire
Published London and North Eastern Railway Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Original wrappers, slightly marked by rusting staples. Contents clean and bright. Illustrated with sketches and maps. pp. 80.
North Yorkshire Cleveland

Inventory No.11116 Author: Stewart, Tricia
Calendar Girl. In Which a Lady of Rylstone Revels All
Published 2001 Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0283073411 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £10
Inscribed to Edward and signed by Angela (Miss February), Ros (Miss November), Beryl (Miss January) and the author (who's Miss October) on title page.
North Yorkshire Rylstone Local History CALENDARS WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY

Inventory No.12215 Author: Summerbridge Tutorial Group; Turner, Maurice Editor
Kith and Kin Nidderdale Families 1500-1750
Published 1995 The Author Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952674009 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £12
Ink notes in text throughout the book. Illustrated.
North Yorkshire North Riding Nidderdale Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.995 Author: Sutcliffe, Halliwell; Illustrator: Reginald Smith
The Striding Dales
Published 1929 Frederick Warne & Co (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Small Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £14.5
Original green cloth. Neat inscription on f.f.e.p. Very bright copy.
North Yorkshire Dales Topography

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