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Inventory No.10065 Author: Lackey, Clifford
Quality Pays...the Story of Joshua Tetley & Son
Published 1985 Springwood Books (Ascot) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0862541174 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £9.5
Tetley Leeds Brewing Beer

Inventory No.10839 Author: Lahr, John [edited by]
The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan
Published 2001 Bloomsbury Books. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0747554188 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £4.5
Rear bottom edge of d/w creased and stained.
TYNAN, KENNETH, 1927-1980 AUTHORS_BIOGRAPHY

Inventory No.6791 Author: Laing, Lloyd Robert
The Archaeology of Late Celtic Britain and Ireland, C. 400-1200 AD
Published 1975 Methuen (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0416659705 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £6
Britain Archaeology

Inventory No.9679 Author: Lambert, Sharon
Monks, Martyrs and Mayors. The History of Lancaster's Roman Catholic Community and Cathedral 1094-1991
Published Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
Lancashire Lancaster History Local

Inventory No.11155 Author: Landes, David S.
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations : Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
Published 1998 Little, Brown and Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0316908673 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
Damaged stamp on titlepage but no sign of damage. Sign of removal of label on front of d/w. Otherwise very good clean copy which appears unread

Inventory No.90 Author: Lane, Margaret, Illustrated by Joan Hassall
The Bronte Story
Published 1953 William Heinemann Ltd. (London.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £3
BRONTE BIOGRAPHY JOAN HASSALL

Inventory No.379 Author: Lane, Margaret, Illustrated by Joan Hassall
The Bronte Story
Published 1990 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £1
BRONTE JOAN HASSALL

Inventory No.11252 Author: Langfield, A. Levy (the late) and Warne, Fredk, G.
Bristol Channel District Guide. 1931 Edition. Official Handbook to the Marine Excursions of P. & A. Campbell Ltd. (The "White Funnel Fleet.")
Published 1931 F. G. Warne Limited (Bristol.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Heavy card boards with adverts laid on. Rear board a little stained and with closed tear. Feathery Flake Flour on spine. Nice bright copy with all illustrations and maps.
Shipping Bristol Guide

Inventory No.10998 Author: Langley, Michael
When the Pole Star Shone : A History of Exploration
Published 1972 George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0245506683 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £3.5
Dust wrapper chipped and with closed tears on top edge. Illustrated with photographs and maps. pp. 176.
GEOGRAPHY

Inventory No.9329 Author: Lansdell, Avril
Occupational Costumes and Working Clothes, 1776-1976
Published 1977 Shire Publications Ltd (Aylesbury Bucks, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852633831 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3

Inventory No.9783 Author: Lapierre, Alexandra; Heron, Liz [translated by]
Artemisia : The Story of a Battle for Greatness
Published 2000 Chatto & Windus (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0701168951 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8
ITALY_SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS PAINTERS_ITALY

Inventory No.6912 Author: Lavelle, Patrick
Shadow of the Ripper: The Secret Story of the Man Who Helped the Yorkshire Ripper to Kill and Kill Again
Published 2003 John Blake Publishing Ltd (London, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 190403442x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £9
CRIMINOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCE Peter Sutcliffe

Inventory No.8657 Author: Laybourn, Keith and David James
Labour Party,1881-1951: A Reader in History
Published 1988 Sutton Publishing Ltd (Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0862994780 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
Pages yellowing but unread copy
POLITICS

Inventory No.10956 Author: Leahy, Kevin; Williams, David
North Lincolnshire : A Pictorial History
Published 1996 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1872167802 Size:Square Octavo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
North Lincolnshire Local History Family History Genealogy Old Photographs

Inventory No.9556 Author: Lebourdais, Isabel
The Trial of Steven Truscott
Published 1966 Victor Gollancz (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £5
True Crime

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.7482 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: £4.5
SPORT RUGBY FICTION

Inventory No.10994 Author: Leighton, Moya
Norfolk at Christmas
Published 2003 Lucas Books Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 1903797071 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued Price: £6.5

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: £80
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.11724 Author: Lethbridge, T. C.
The Power of the Pendulum
Published 1984 Arkana (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0140190465 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
PSYCHIATRY_RESEARCH

Inventory No.11164 Author: Levin, Bernard
I Should Say So
Published 1995 Jonathan Cape Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0224042181 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth Covered Board
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £4
CANADA_BIOGRAPHY

Inventory No.10388 Author: Lewis, C. S.; Illustrator: Baynes, Pauline
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Published 1972 Collins (London) Type:
Edition:Evergreen Library ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £3

Inventory No.11531 Author: Lewis, Naphtali
Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt : Case Studies in the Social History of the Hellenistic World
Published 1986 Clarendon Press. (Oxford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0198148674 Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £4.5
No marks or inscriptions. Illustrated with maps and plates. pp. xii, 182.
Greeks Egypt History

Inventory No.10924 Author: Lewis, Roy Harley
Theatre Ghosts
Published 1988 David & Charles (London) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0715391631 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good But Price Clipped Price: £6
Gift inscription on f.f.e.p.
THEATER_GREAT BRITAIN_HISTORY

Inventory No.9693 Author: Libert, Fr.; Lucien Lebeau [translation]
Waterloo. A Relation of the Famous Fight of the 18th of June 1815, After Impartial Documents, with Numerous Illustrations and Explanatory Notes By Fr. Libert, Head-Master in Waterloo
Published Marcel Rayez (Waterloo) Type:
Edition:Tenth Edition. ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Napoleon Wellington Waterloo

Inventory No.9997 Author: Lieberman, David J
Get Anyone to Do Anything, and Never Feel Powerless Again - With Psychological Secrets to Control and Influence Every Situation
Published 2000 St. Martin's Griffin (New York) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0965293335 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £3.5

Inventory No.1454 Author: Liebermann, A.
The Jew in English Literature from the Elizabethan Age to 1914.
Published 1938 Ces. Tesin Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Original grey paper wrappers. Wear to edges and spine.
JEWS. LITERATURE. ELIZABETHAN. Jewish

Inventory No.9857 Author: Lingard, John. Edited with an Introduction By Peter Phillips
The Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Published 1998 North West Catholic History Society. (Wigan.) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0953102009 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
Note this is a 31 page booklet, not the 2 volume edition.

Inventory No.9413 Author: Lisners, John
House of Horrors. The Full Grisly Story of Dennis Andrew Nilsen, Multiple Murderer
Published 1983 Corgi Books. (London) Type:
Edition:First Paperback. ISBN: 0552124591 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £2.5
READING CREASE TO SPINE, VERY NICE AND CLEAN
TRUE CRIME Nilsen Murder

Inventory No.9124 Author: Lister, Christina
Sitting with Harriet
Published 1996 The Author (Frosterley, County Durham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952848805 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Light fading around spine. pp54. 4 pages photographs.
County Durham History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.7511 Author: Little, Bryan D. G.
Cheltenham in Pictures
Published 1967 David & Charles (Newton Abbot.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0715341782 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £3.5
CHELTENHAM ENGLAND

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.9746 Author: Litvinoff, Barnet, Comp
Israel: A Chronology and Fact Book 2500 B.C.-1972
Published 1974 Oceana Pubns (Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S.A.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0379163101 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £5
ISRAEL HISTORY PALESTINE MIDDLE EAST

Inventory No.10713 Author: Livings, Henry
Pennine Tales
Published 1983 Methuen (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0413536009 Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £2
Starting to yellow a little but lovely condition otherwise
Lancashire

Inventory No.688 Author: Lloyd Evans, Barbara and Gareth.
Everyman's Companion to the Brontes
Published 1982 Dent. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size: Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + But Price Clipped. Price: £4.75
BRONTE

Inventory No.9450 Author: Lloyd, S. And Trevelyan, Raleigh
A Clear Premonition: The Letters of Lt.Tim Lloyd to His Mother, Italy and North Africa, 1943-44
Published 1995 Leo Cooper Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0850524245 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £3
AUTOBIOGRAPHY HISTORY MILITARY

Inventory No.11615 Author: Lobsang Rampa, T.
Beyond the Tenth
Published 1969 Corgi Books. (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0552081051 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £3
Covers a little creased. Pages browning. pp. 158.
Spiritual Astral

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.10927 Author: Lofthouse, Jessica; Illustrator: The Author
Lancashire's Old Families
Published 1972 Robert Hale (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0709133308 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £8
Dust wrapper a little chipped.
Lancashire Local History Family History Genealogy

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: £7
Dust wrapper has light fading on spine. Small stain on rear.
Lancashire Local History Topography

Inventory No.10705 Author: Lofthouse, Jessica; Illustrator: Jessica Lofthouse
Borders of the North-West
Published 1980 Robert Hale (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 070917859x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good But Price Clipped Price: £3
Illustrated with drawings and maps. pp. 217

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.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.9917 Author: Loomes, Brian
The Concise Guide to Tracing Your Ancestry
Published 1992 Barrie & Jenkins (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0712698779 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
Owners address label on inside of cover. Name written on bottom edge.
GREAT BRITAIN_GENEALOGY

Inventory No.8894 Author: Lord, Graham
Dick Francis, A Racing Life
Published 1999 Little, Brown and Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0316648558 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £2.5
Horse Racing

Inventory No.9865 Author: Loussier, Jean; Sommer, Robin Langley
Lost Europe : Images of a Vanished World
Published 1997 Grange Books (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1856278638 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £4.5
Previous owners address label on f.e.p.
EUROPE Photography Photographs History

Inventory No.7562 Author: Louvish, Simon
What's Up God?: A Romance of the Apocalypse
Published 1996 Indigo (London, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0575400250 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued. Price: £10

Inventory No.10176 Author: Lowe, Elizabeth
Utility Pigeons. Their Daily Management
Published The Author (Ashover, Chesterfield) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Grey wrappers. Staples rusting. pp. 26. Illustrated with photographs.

Inventory No.8649 Author: Lowe, Rodney
The Welfare State in Britain Since 1945
Published 1993 MacMillan & Co. Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0333442563 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/None as Issued. Price: £10
Social Political History Britain

Inventory No.9802 Author: Lukas, Mary; Lukas, Ellen
Teilhard : A Biography
Published 1977 Collins (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0002118467 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £3.5
Corners bumped. D/w faded on spine.
PHILOSOPHY

Inventory No.9966 Author: Lukeman, Noah
The First Five Pages : A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
Published 2000 Robert Hale (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0709064845 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £5
Ownership sticker on fep otherwise very clean copy.
AUTHORSHIP OPENINGS (RHETORIC)

Inventory No.7288 Author: Lustgarten, Edgar
The Illustrated Story of Crime
Published 1976 Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0297771965 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £3.5
Dust wrapper chipped.
True Crime

Inventory No.11631 Author: Lyle, Jane
The Cup of Destiny : Traditional Fortune-Telling from Tea Leaves
Published 2001 Connections (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 1859060617 Size:Square 16mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4.5
Fortune Telling Magic

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