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Inventory No.14747 Author: Lampson, Godfrey Locker
Life in the Country
Published 1948 Frederick Muller Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good But Price Clipped Price: £5

Inventory No.16817 Author: Laney, J. Carl
The Concise Bible Atlas A Comprehensive Geographical Survey of the Bible History
Published 1988 Marshall Pickering (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0551019573 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4

Inventory No.15786 Author: Langdon-Davies, John. [compiled and Edited by]
James Watt and Steam Power. A Collection of Contemporary Documents. Jackdaw No. 13
Published 1990 Jackdaw Publications (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 030560919x Size:Landscape A4 Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £10
Contents complete, some tape marks. Slight wear to folder and a little grubby.
Jackdaw Armada

Inventory No.15785 Author: Langdon-Davies, John. [compiled and Edited by]
The Armada. A Collection of Contemporary Documents. Jackdaw No. 5
Published 1968 Jackdaw Publications (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0305608983 Size:Landscape A4 Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Contents complete and in very good, clean condition. Slight wear to folder and grubby.
Jackdaw Armada

Inventory No.15784 Author: Langdon-Davies, John. [compiled and Edited by]
The '15 and the '45. A Collection of Contemporary Documents. Jackdaw No. 15
Published 1965 Jonathan Cape (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Landscape A4 Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Contents complete and in very good, clean condition. Slight wear to folder and lacks black tape to edges.
Jackdaw Jacobite Stuart

Inventory No.11866 Author: Langton, Jane
Devon Curiosities
Published 1989 Bossiney Books (Bodmin, Cornwall) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0948158565 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4
Devon Local History

Inventory No.12653 Author: Larkin, Jack
The Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790-1840
Published 1988 Harper & Row. (New York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0060159057 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £5
UNITED STATES_SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS

Inventory No.17008 Author: Larsen, Timothy
Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals
Published 2003 Inter-Varsity Press (Leicester) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0851119964 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £18
EVANGELISTS

Inventory No.12994 Author: Law, John; Harkness, Margaret
Out of Work
Published 1990 Merlin Press (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0850363985 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £14
Pages yellowing, boards nice and bright

Inventory No.17666 Author: Lawless, Peter
Rugger's an Attacking Game
Published Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Fair Price: £5
D/w torn with loss, boards faded where d/w missing, gift inscription on ffep
Sport Rugby

Inventory No.3757 Author: Lawson, Alan
Walks in Hodder Coutry with Maps By the Author
Published 1966 Gerrard (Nelson, Lancashire) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £4
Back cover marked
Ribble Valley Hodder Clitheroe

Inventory No.15958 Author: Lawton, George
Collectio Rerum Ecclesiasticarum De Dioecesi Eboracensi; or, Collections Relative to Churches and Chapels Within the Diocese of York. To Which are Added, Collections Relative to Churches and Chaels Within the Diocese of Ripon Volume I and II
Published 1840 J. G. F. & J. Rivington (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £50
Two volume set in black cloth library binding with gilt titling to spine. Usual labels, stamps etc, but a very handsome set. There are a few annotations within the margins. Volume I. pp. 270. Volume II. pp 271 - 593.
Church History York Ripon

Inventory No.12656 Author: Lawton, Tom.
Exploring the Lakeland Fells
Published 1995 New Orchard. (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 1850792720 Size:Small Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £4.5
Lake District Cumbria Walking Guides

Inventory No.12512 Author: Lawton, Tom.; Illustrator: Rouse, William.
Tom Lawton's Walking Around the Peak District.
Published 1998 Brockhampton Press. Type:
Edition:Reprint. ISBN: 1860198880 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Laminated Boards.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £4
Peak District Derbyshire Walking Rambling

Inventory No.11976 Author: Lea, Raymond
Country Curiosities : The Rare, the Odd and the Unusual in the English Countryside
Published 1973 Spurbooks (Bourne End, Bucks.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0902875205 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £3.5
Dust wrapper chipped with small closed tears.
Follies Architecture

Inventory No.12611 Author: Lear, Edward Edited By Susan Hyman
A New Nonsense Alphabet
Published 1988 Bloomsbury Books. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0747503206 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £3.5
NONSENSE VERSES ALPHABET NONSENSE VERSES

Inventory No.14302 Author: Leaver, Robin; Morgan, Paul
English Hymns & Hymn Books Catalogue of an Exhibition Held in the Bodleian Library Oxford
Published 1981 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4

Inventory No.11442 Author: Lee, Geoff.
One Winter: Romance, Rock 'n' Roll and Rugby League in the Swinging Sixties
Published 1999 Parrs Wood Press (Manchester, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 190315801x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Very good clean copy
Sport Rugby League

Inventory No.10986 Author: Lee, Geoff.
One Summer: Romance, Redundancy and Rugby League in the 1980s
Published 2005 Parrs Wood Press (Manchester, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 190315846x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3.5
SPORT RUGBY FICTION

Inventory No.15503 Author: Lee, William E.
Mrs Henry Wood in Worcester and Malvern : Three Articles ...: About the Victorian Novelist from Worcester and Local Connections with Her Works
Published 1992 First Paige (Malvern) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952008726 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £8

Inventory No.15600 Author: Leeson, R. A.
United We Stand : An Illustrated Account of Trade Union Emblems
Published 1971 Adams & Dart. (Bath.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0239000897 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good But Price Clipped Price: £3.5
Nice clean copy, owner's name stamped on fep but hidden by flap of d/w
Trade Union History

Inventory No.18063 Author: Leonidas, Professor
Secrets of the Stage Hypnotism
Published 1975 Newcastle Publishing Company. (Hollywood, California.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0878770305 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Reprint of the 1901 edition. pp. 149. Pictorial card covers faded on and around spine. A very nice clean copy.
Stage Hypnotism

Inventory No.16150 Author: Leslie, Robert Henderson; Short, Raymond Horace
London Midland Steam, Skipton-Carlisle
Published 1976 D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0851532233 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £4
Railways Skipton Carlisle MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Inventory No.11644 Author: Leslie-Smith, L. H. [editor]
The Universal Flame. Commemorating the Centenary of the Theosophical Society
Published 1975 The Theosophical Publishing House (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0835675068 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £3
Inscription on f.e.p. Dust wrapper chipped with closed tears. pp. 263
CIVILIZATION, MODERN

Inventory No.11093 Author: Lester, George
Grimsby Methodism (1743-1889) and the Wesleys in Lincolnshire
Published 1890 Wesleyan-Methodist Book-Room (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Decorated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £48
Original red decorated cloth. A little rubbed and faint splash marks front board. Spine a little faded. Front and rear papers browned.
Lincolnshire Grimsby Local History Wesley Wesleyan Methodist Nonconformity

Inventory No.12023 Author: Lester, Paul
Oasis : The Illustrated Story
Published 1997 Hamlyn (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0600594149 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4.5
ROCK MUSICIANS_GREAT BRITAIN

Inventory No.14733 Author: Levi, Peter
Eden Renewed : The Public and Private Life of John Milton
Published 1996 Macmillan (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0333620712 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
MILTON, JOHN, 1608-1674

Inventory No.11951 Author: Levy, Barbara
Legacy of Death
Published 1973 Saxon House (Farnborough) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0347000282 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £4
Slight fading to edges of boards, d/w faded on spine
True Crime Executions Punishment

Inventory No.17016 Author: Lewis, Bernard
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East
Published 2002 Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0297829297 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £4
MIDDLE EAST_HISTORY_1517-

Inventory No.12697 Author: Lewis, C. Day.
Overtures to Death and Other Poems
Published 1946 Jonathan Cape Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good/Good Price: £3.5
Stain to bottom edge of rear board. Dust wrapper price clipped and a little grubby.
Poetry

Inventory No.14730 Author: Lewis, C. S.; Hooper, Walter
The Letters of C. S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves, 1914-1963
Published 1986 Collier Books (New York) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0020223404 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4.5
LEWIS, C. S. (CLIVE STAPLES),

Inventory No.12638 Author: Lindsay, Jack
John Bunyan, Maker of Myths
Published 1969 Augustus M. Kelley (New York) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0678005230 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £3.5
BUNYAN JOHN 1628 1688 STUDY

Inventory No.17966 Author: Lindsay, Maurice.
The Castles of Scotland
Published 1986 Constable (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0094646007 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
nice clean copy
GREAT BRITAIN_HISTORY

Inventory No.11743 Author: Little, Sylvia
Mystery at Queen's
Published 1963 Thomas Nelson and Sons (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £3.5
Good clean copy with no inscriptions in price-clipped d/w with closed tear on back and small hole on front but attractive nevertheless

Inventory No.15014 Author: Liversidge, Douglas
Crown and People : The Monarchy in History
Published 1972 Franklin Watts (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0851662676 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £4
Nice bright copy
GREAT BRITAIN_HISTORY

Inventory No.13557 Author: Livingston, Margie
The Yachtsman's Mate's Guide
Published 1980 Ziff-davis Publishing Company (New York, New York, U.S.A.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0871650878 Size:8vo Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £4
Very nice clean copy in slightly rubbed d/w
Sailing Yachting

Inventory No.9654 Author: Lock, Alice.
Looking Back at Hyde
Published 1986 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
Sign of label removal on front cover.
Lancashire Cheshire Manchester Hyde History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.16875 Author: Lofthouse, Jessica
Where Shall We go today? Rambles Ribblesdale to Rivington a Footpath Guide
Published PROvincial Newspapers, Ltd. Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Name on titlepage otherwise clean copy of unusual item

Inventory No.16087 Author: Lofthouse, Jessica
The Curious Traveller : Lancaster to Lakeland, Being Present-Day Journeys on Ancient and Historic Routes Around Morecambe Bay, Through Cartmel and Low and High Furness, to the Lakes
Published 1981 Robert Hale (London) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: 070919529x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £5
Nice clean copy
Lake District Cumbria Local History Topography

Inventory No.14932 Author: Lofthouse, Jessica
Portrait of Lancashire
Published 1980 Robert Hale (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint of Third Edition ISBN: 0709141653 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + But Price Clipped. Price: £4
Very nice clean copy
Lancashire Local History Topography

Inventory No.10925 Author: Lofthouse, Jessica
Lancashire Villages
Published 1973 Robert Hale (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0709141653 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
Dust wrapper has light fading on spine. Small stain on rear.
Lancashire Local History Topography

Inventory No.14489 Author: Lofts, Norah
Domestic Life in England
Published 1970 Book Club Associates Type:
Edition:Book Club ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
D/w faded on spine and curling at edges

Inventory No.11684 Author: Long, Barry
Meditation a Foundation Course
Published Barry Long Foundation (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
pp.121.
Meditation

Inventory No.17091 Author: Longacre, Doris Janzen
Living More with Less
Published 1982 Hodder & Stoughton (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0340272368 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Covers rubbed and slightly faded, contents very good
HOME ECONOMICS

Inventory No.10173 Author: Loomes, Brian
Bird Gardening
Published 1993 Dalesman. (Skipton, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1855680602 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £2.5

Inventory No.16962 Author: Lowe, Chuck
Territorial Spirits and World Evangelisation ?
Published 1999 Type:
Edition: ISBN: 1857923995 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4
EVANGELISTIC WORK SPIRITUAL LIFE_CHRISTIANITY

Inventory No.17028 Author: Lowman, Peter
A Long Way East of Eden : Could God Explain the Mess We're In?
Published 2002 Paternoster Press (Carlisle.) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 1842271083 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4
RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGY DEATH OF

Inventory No.11834 Author: Lucas, John.
Buckinghamshire Curiosities. A Guide to Follies and Strange Buildings, Curious Tales, and Strange People
Published 1993 The Dovecote Press (Wimborne) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1874336113 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4
Buckinghamshire Follies Architecture Local History

Inventory No.16977 Author: Lukasse, Johan
Churches with Roots
Published 1990 STL (Bromley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1854240870 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
EVANGELISTIC WORK

Inventory No.12372 Author: Lyal, Adam; Illustrator: Alan McGowan
Witchery Tales : Darker Side of Old Edinburgh
Published 2005 Moubray House Press (Edinburgh.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0948473088 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
Scotland Edinburgh

Inventory No.16282 Author: Lynn, Ruth
City Sparrows and Who Fed Them
Published The Religious Tract Society. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Original Decorated Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £4
Very small bookplate on fep, gift inscription on next page, frontis starting to detach, some wear to spine and corners

Inventory No.13428 Author: Lyon, Lt.-Col. W. E.
The Horseman's Year 1958
Published 1958 Collins (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £4
Nice crisp copy in slightly torn d/w which is faded on spine
Horses Riding

Inventory No.13427 Author: Lyon, Lt.-Col. W. E.
The Horseman's Year 1957
Published 1957 Collins (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £4
Mark on titlepage where frontis has rubbed on it, otherwise very good copy in chipped d/w with wear at top of spine and 1" tear on front
Horses Riding

Inventory No.13426 Author: Lyon, Lt.-Col. W. E.
The Horseman's Year 1956
Published 1956 Collins (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £4
Very good copy in chipped d/w with small tear at top of spine and small mark on front where surface has been removed
Horses Riding

Inventory No.13425 Author: Lyon, Lt.-Col. W. E.
The Horseman's Year 1946 1947
Published 1947 Collins (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good+ Price: £4
Nice crisp copy in chipped d/w with small piece missing at top of spine and 1" square mark on front where label has been removed
Horses Riding

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