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Inventory No.10442 Author: Waite, Alison
Exploring the Yorkshire Ouse
Published 1987 Countryside Publications. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0861572696 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £2.5
North Yorkshire North Riding East Yorkshire East Riding Ouse

Inventory No.3717 Author: Waite, Colin
Reflections of Killinghall Its Past and Its People
Published 2000 Killinghall Parish Council (Killinghall, North Yorkshire) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £16
Slightly affected by damp.
North Yorkshire North Riding Harrogate Killinghall Local History Genealogy Ripon Topography

Inventory No.11556 Author: Walker, Harold
This Little Town of Otley
Published 1975 Olicana books Ltd. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0903116022 Size:8vo Binding:Leatherette
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
D/w slightly faded on spine
North Yorkshire Otley Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11496 Author: Ward, Rev. John
Skipton Castle: Including Sketches of Its Noble Owners, and Its Historical Associations
Published 1866 James Tasker (Skipton) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
In light brown cloth library binding with number on spine and stamp number on rear endpaper. Bookplate of Arthur M. Cockerill on f.e.p. Frontispiece of skipton castle engraved by W. Banks, Edinburgh.
North Yorkshire Skipton Castle Local History

Inventory No.10857 Author: Ward, Ronald
The Postal History of Upper Wharfedale, Ilkley and Otley
Published 1972 Yorkshire P. H. S. (Sheffield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued Price: £10
Ex-archive. Covers a little rubbed. One stamp inside front cover. Bottom corner of f.f.e.p. cut off.
North Yorkshire Wharfedale Ilkley Otley Local History

Inventory No.9961 Author: Wardell, John Wilford.
A History of Yarm an Ancient North Riding Town.
Published 1989 The Author (Yarm.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good+ Price: £30
D/w rubbed and chipped with small triangular piece missing at top of back.Book nice and clean with no inscriptions.
Yarm North Riding North Yorkshire Topography History Genealogy

Inventory No.3904 Author: Wardell, John Wilford.
A History of Yarm an Ancient North Riding Town.
Published 1989 Conyers School. (Yarm.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £25
Yarm North Riding North Yorkshire Topography History Genealogy

Inventory No.3323 Author: Waters, Colin.
The History of Dunsley Village. Including Lists of Residents.
Published 1990 Whitby Pictorial Archives Trust. (Whitby.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued. Price: £5
Whitby Archives Local History Series No. 11. Collected notes for local historians. This interesting issue , 8pp, has been bound in yellow cloth boards and is in a very nice condition.
Whitby Dunsley North Yorkshire Coast Topography Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11268 Author: Watkins, Peter
Bolton Priory and Its Church
Published 1989 Church of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert (Bolton Abbey) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0951430203 Size:Square Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £2
North Yorkshire Bolton Abbey Local History

Inventory No.3330 Author: Wenham, L. P. [edited by]
Richmond Municipal Reform Association Minute Books 1841-1859
Published 1978 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035082 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £10
This publication has been bound in blue cloth which has kept it in excellent condition.
North Yorkshire Richmond Social History Political History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11272 Author: Wenham, Leslie P.
The History of Richmond School, Yorkshire
Published 1958 The Herald Press (Arbroath) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £20
Pale cream d/w rubbed.
North Yorkshire Richmond Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11455 Author: Wenham, Leslie P. [edited by]
Richmond, Yorkshire in the 1830s Being the Reminiscences of William Wise "An Old Richmond lad".
Published 1977 The Author (Richmond) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Front cover creased.
North Yorkshire Richmond Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10281 Author: Weston, Capt. W. J.
The North Riding of Yorkshire: Cambridge County Geographics
Published 1919 Cambridge University Press. (Cambridge) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £5
Cloth boards covered in green adhesive plastic. pp. viii, 161. With maps, diagrams and illustrations.
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Topography

Inventory No.11453 Author: Whitaker, Thomas Dunham; Edited By A. W. Morant
The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York. Third Edition with Many Additions and Corrections. With a Chapter on the Geology, Natural History and Pre-Historic Antiquities, By L. C. Miall Volume II Only
Published 1973 E. J. Morten (Didsbury) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0901598712 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £40
Volume II of II
North Yorkshire West Riding Dales Craven Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11372 Author: Whitaker, Thomas Dunham; Edited By A. W. Morant
The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York. Third Edition with Many Additions and Corrections. With a Chapter on the Geology, Natural History and Pre-Historic Antiquities, By L. C. Maill
Published 1973 E. J. Morten (Didsbury) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0901598712 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £130
Some light spotting on endpapers and inside of d/w. A handsome looking set.
North Yorkshire West Riding Dales Craven Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12232 Author: Whitfield, Harold and Margery Parkinson
A Story of Cloughton
Published Cloughton Millennium Committee (Cloughton, North Yorkshire) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £10
Cloughton Scarborough North Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10257 Author: Whittaker, Meredith
The Book of Scarbrough Spaw
Published 1984 Barracuda Books (Buckingham.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0860232212 Size:8vo Binding:Leatherette
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £15
Original blue marbelled leatherette, gilt titling to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Limited edition this being number 81 and signed by the author. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Subscribers list at back. pp. 196. Included is original flyer, errata slip and letter from Meredith to Athol J. Wallis.
North Yorkshire North Riding Scarborough Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.10267 Author: Whitworth, Alan
Aspects of the Yorkshire Coast : Discovering Local History 2
Published 2000 Wharncliffe Books. (Barnsley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1871647797 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
Bridlington Whitby Scarborough East Yorkshire North Yorkshire Cleveland Yorkshire Coast East Coast Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10764 Author: Wilkinson, A. M.
Ripon College 1862-1962 The First Hundred years
Published 1963 The College (Ripon.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Covers rubbed and creased. Illustrated. pp. 102
North Yorkshire North Riding Ripon Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10248 Author: Willan, T. S.
The Parliamentary Surveys for the North Riding of Yorkshire
Published The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Leatherette
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
Extract from The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal [1933]. Bound in dark green leatherette with new endpapers. Page run 224 to 319.
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History

Inventory No.10226 Author: Williams, Mary
Witches in Old North Yorkshire
Published 1992 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0907033547 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued Price: £10
Illustrated with photographs, drawings and map. pp. 66.
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Folk Lore Witch Craft

Inventory No.9374 Author: Williams, T. Russell
Human Documents. Memories of the Craven Dales
Published Wadsworth & Co (Keighley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good Price: £10
Card covers a little stained by dye from red d/w. Previous owners name on f.f.e.p. Dust wrapper worn, chipped with some loss.
North Yorkshire North Riding West Yorkshire West Riding Yorkshire Craven Dales History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11275 Author: Wilson, Andrew
Hellifield and Its Railways
Published 2001 Tempus Publishing Ltd (Stroud, Gloucestershire) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0752423576 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
North Yorkshire Hellifield Local History Railways Railway History

Inventory No.3728 Author: Wood, E. S.
The Ancient Buildings of the Harrogate District with a Bibliography
Published 1946 Type:Ex-Library
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Library Binding
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £10
Rebound (quite nicely) in brown cloth. Stamps on fep and back of title page, label removed from ffep.Otherwise clean useful book.
Harrogate Local History Buildings Architecture Bibliography North Yorkshire

Inventory No.10285 Author: Wood, Peter G
An Alec Wright Pocket Sketch Book
Published 1983 Studio Print (Great Ayton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907922031 Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Pictorial Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Boards very slightly faded. pp.111
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History

Inventory No.9521 Author: Wragg, Brian
Life and Works of John Carr of York, The
Published 2000 Oblong Creative Ltd (Wetherby, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0953657418 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £30
Illustrated with numerous photographs. pp. viii, 252. Book weighs over 1kg before packing no additional postage will be asked from UK customers.
York North Yorkshire North Riding Local History John Carr

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