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Inventory No.10405 Author: Baildon Oral History Group
Wartime Remembered 1939-1945
Published 2000 Baildon Oral History Group Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Third publication by the group. Illustrated. pp. 44.
West Yorkshire West Riding Baildon Local History Family History Genealogy Bradford District

Inventory No.10404 Author: Baildon Oral History Group
High Days and Holidays: More of Our Village
Published 1993 Baildon Oral History Group Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Sequel to "Our Village". Illustrated. pp. 52.
West Yorkshire West Riding Baildon Local History Family History Genealogy Bradford District

Inventory No.7834 Author: Banks, W. S.
Walks in Yorkshire: Wakefield and Its Neighbourhood; with Map , and Fifty-Five Woodcuts
Published 1871 B. W. Allen; and Fielding and McInnes (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Blind Stamped Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £40
Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Society Prize Label on f.e.p. Slight crack on front inner hinge. Nice clean copy.
Yorkshire West Riding Wakefield History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.10161 Author: Bannister, Andrew
One Valley's War: Voices from a Yorkshire Community in the Great War and Its Aftermath, 1914-19
Published 1994 Outremer (Pudsey, Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952334704 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
pp. 134, xii
West Yorkshire West Riding Kirklees Spen Valley Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.8792 Author: Barber, B. J. And M. W. Beresford
The West Riding County Council 1889-1974 Historical Studies
Published 1978 West Yorkshire Metropolitan Couty Council (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0861810007 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £6
Map at rear
West Yorkshire West Riding Council Leeds Bradford Wakefield Halifax Huddersfield Local History Government

Inventory No.10820 Author: Barnard, S. M.
To Prove I'm Not Forgot : Living and Dying in a Victorian City
Published 1990 Manchester University Press (Manchester) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0719025222 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £48
No marks or inscriptions. Dust wrapper not price clipped. pp. 212.
West Yorkshire West Riding Local History Leeds

Inventory No.6843 Author: Barrett's
City of Bradford Directory, 1953
Published 1953 Barrett's Publications Ltd (Blackpool.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Decorated Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £50
Ex-library. No stamps but sign of label removal on f.e.p. Class number to spine. Edge of front board damp stained.
Yorkshire West Riding Bradford History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.6751 Author: Barrett's
Halifax County Borough Directory [ Post 1953]
Published Barrett's Publications Ltd (St. Annes-on-Sea) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Decorated Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £40
Yorkshire West Riding Halifax History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.1492 Author: Beaver, Patrick
A Pedlar's Legacy. The Origins and History of Empire Stores 1831-1891
Published 1981 Henry Melland (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950073067 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £4.5
Bradford West Yorkshire West Riding Local History Family History Genealogy Retail Trade Fattorini

Inventory No.5074 Author: Beaver, Patrick.
A Pedler's Legacy. The Origins and History of Empire Stores 1831-1891.
Published 1981 Henry Melland. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950073067 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £4.5
Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History

Inventory No.8479 Author: Bell, David
Hebble Remembered
Published 1983 Becknell Books (Norwich) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907087221 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4
Yorkshire West Riding Transport East Lancashire History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.10681 Author: Benson, John
The West Riding : Unique Photographs of a Bygone Age
Published 1978 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852064349 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/Non as Issued Price: £3
Covers creased on corners. Numerous photographs with text description. pp. 80.
West Yorkshire West Riding Local History

Inventory No.6341 Author: Beresford, M. W.
The Leeds Chambers of Commerce; with an Epiloge By S. J. Batchelder
Published 1951 Leeds Incorporated Chamber of Commerce (Leeds.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
Ex-library with stamps. A very clean and bright copy.
Yorkshire West Riding Leeds History Commerce Industry Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.8566 Author: Binney, Marcus; Illustrator: Ian Beesley, Photographer
Save Britain's Heritage; Leeds Must Old Still Mean Bad?
Published 1981 Save Britain's Heritage. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Quarter Cloth, marbled Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £8
Rebound with gilt titling to spine. An excellent copy which includes original card covers.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.7783 Author: Bins, Isaac
From Village to Town: a Series of Random Reminiscences of Batley, During the Last 30 Years. Reprinted from the "Batley News"
Published 1882 J. Fearnsides and Sons (Batley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Original Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £30
Original red blind stamped red cloth, black titling. Boards rubbed and with light splash marks. Hinges cracking. Bookplate on fep. pp. 137.
West Yorkshire West Riding Kirklees Batley Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.11080 Author: Blatchford, Montague
The History of the Halifax Industrial Society, Limited, for Fifty Years. To Commemorate the Celebration of Its Jubilee in January, 1901
Published 1901 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
New endpapers fitted. Nice bright copy
Yorkshire West Riding Halifax History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.9704 Author: Bogg, Edmund.
The Old Kingdom of Elmet: The Land 'Twixt Aire and Wharfe. Round About Leeds.
Published 1987 Old Hall Press. (Burton Salmon.) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorative Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £8
First published in 1902 under the title of The Old Kingdom of Elmet, reprinted in 1904 as Round about Leeds and the Old Villages of Elmet. This is the first edition of the facsimile edition. Cream boards, brown titling and illustration. A descriptive sketch of its ancient history, antiquities, legends, picturesque features and its flora, being a companion volume to "Lower Wharfeland." Over one hundred and sixty illustrations, prepared expressly for this work.
West Yorkshire Leeds Elmet Topography Genealogy Local Family History West Riding

Inventory No.10105 Author: Boothroyd, B
The History of the Ancient Borough of Pontefract, Containing an Interesting Account of Its Castle, and the Three Different Sieges it Sustained, During the Civil War, with Notes and Pedigrees, of Some of the Most Distinguished Royalists and Parliamentarian
Published 1807 J. Fox (Pontefract.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Half Leather
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £60
Rebound in half leather with cloth boards. Blind decoration and gilt bands to spine. Gilt title label laid on spine. New endpapers. Pages browned. Numbers printed on reverse of title page. Folding plan torn with loss.
West Yorkshire West Riding Pontefract Local History

Inventory No.10406 Author: Bowen, David G. [editor]
The Satanic Verses: Bradford Responds
Published 1991 Bradford and Ilkley Community College (Ilkley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0947851259 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Illustrated with b&w and colour photographs. pp. 82.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Losal History Social History

Inventory No.10548 Author: Bower, David and Knight, John
Plain Country Friends: The Quakers of Wooldale, High Flatts and Midhope
Published 1987 Wooldale Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951263307 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12.5
Yorkshire West Riding Kirklees History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.9310 Author: Bowness, Sophie [compilied by]
Barbara Hepworth and the Yorkshire Landscape An Anthology of Her Writing and Recollections
Published 2003 Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1871480433 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £6
West Yorkshire West Riding Art Sculpture

Inventory No.10408 Author: Bradford Heritage Recording Unit Staff
Here to Stay : Bradford's South Asian Communities
Published 1994 City of Bradford Metropolitan Council (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907734251 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Illustrated with numerous photographs. pp. 176.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Social History

Inventory No.9350 Author: Braine, John
J. B. Priestley
Published 1978 Weidenfeld and Nicolson (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0297775057 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good Price: £7.5
Dust wrapper chipped with 3cm tear at top front edge.
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford

Inventory No.10940 Author: Brears, Peter
Images of Leeds 1850-1960
Published 1992 Breedon Books. (Derby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1873626061 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £15
Very nice clean copy with no inscriptions. Book weighs well over 1kg and extra postage may be requested
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.10697 Author: Brears, Peter
Thomas Lloyd of Armley Mills
Published 1988 Wakefield Historical Publications. (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0901869309 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £3.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Armley Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10696 Author: Brears, Peter
Thomas Lloyd of Armley Mills
Published 1988 Wakefield Historical Publications. (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0901869309 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £3.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Armley Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.8531 Author: Brears, Peter; Illustrator: The Author
The Compleat Housekeeper. A Household in Queen Anne Times
Published 2000 Wakefield Historical Publications. (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0901869414 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:New/New Price: £17.5
Yorkshire West Riding Kildwick Aire Valley History Local Genealogy

Inventory No.10338 Author: Bridgeland, Gina [Edited and Compiled by]
Laisterdyke Allsorts
Published 1996 Laisterdyke Local History Group (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952748800 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Laisterdyke Local History

Inventory No.9644 Author: Brigg, Wm. Anderton [edited by]
The Parish Registers of St. Andrew's, Kildwick-in-Craven. Part II. Vols II and III. Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, April 1623 - Aug. 1678
Published 1916 The Yorkshire Parish Register Society. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £35
Wrappers chipped and torn. Some pages uncut.
West Yorkshire West Riding Kildwick Craven History Local Family Genealogy Register

Inventory No.9643 Author: Brigg, Wm. Anderton [edited by]
The Parish Registers of St. Andrew's, Kildwick-in-Craven. Vol I. Baptisms, Deaths and Marriages, 1575-1622.
Published 1913 The Yorkshire Parish Register Society. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £35
Wrappers chipped and worn.
West Yorkshire West Riding Kildwick Craven History Local Family Genealogy Register

Inventory No.8981 Author: Brigg, Wm. Anderton [edited by]
The Parish Registers of St. Andrew's, Kildwick-in-Craven. Part II. Vols II and III. Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, April 1623 - Aug. 1678
Published 1916 The Yorkshire Parish Register Society. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £36
Wrappers chipped and torn. Most pages uncut.
West Yorkshire West Riding Kildwick Craven Local History Local Family Genealogy Register

Inventory No.9649 Author: Brigg, Wm. Anderton [edited by] and Livett, Ronald, G. C. [edited and Indexed by]
The Parish Registers of St. Andrew's, Keighley. Vol. I Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, April 1562-September 1649. Vol.II. Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, October, 1649-March, 1688. Part III. Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, March, 1689-March, 1735/6
Published The Yorkshire Parish Register Society. Type:3 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £100
Volumes I [1925] and II [1927] (Brigg) Ex-library. Bound in green cloth with gilt titling and ref. no.to spine. Library label on f.e.p. Bar code label on f.f.e.p. and scanner label and library stamp on rear endpapers. A very clean and bright 2 vols. Volume III [1935] (Livett) Original wrappers worn and torn, rear wrapper nearly detached. previous owners name/date on half title page.
West Yorkshire West Riding Keighley History Local Family Genealogy Register

Inventory No.10981 Author: Brook, Roy.
Huddersfield Corporation Tramways a History to Mark the Centenary of Municipal Transport Operation in the United Kingdom
Published 1983 Roy Brook and Nayler the Printer Ltd (Accrington) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950858900 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £9.5
Some shelfwear but otherwise as new
West Yorkshiore West Riding Huddersfield Kirklees Loval History Transport Trams

Inventory No.9776 Author: Brook, Roy.
The Story of Huddersfield
Published 1968 Macgibbon & Kee. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0261619837 Size:8vo Binding:Leatherette Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £20
D/w chipped with small closed tears at top, spine slightly faded.
West Yorkshire West Riding Huddersfield History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.10411 Author: Budge, Adrian
Early Photography in Leeds 1839-1870
Published 1981 Leeds Art Galleries (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0901981192 Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History

Inventory No.10145 Author: Bullock, Peter; Bullock, Iris
Holme Valley (Archive Photographs series)
Published 1995 Chalford Publishing Co (Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0752401394 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
Faint tobacco smell.
West Yorkshire West Riding Kirklees Huddersfield Holme Valley Honley Holmfirth Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10834 Author: Burt, Steven and Grady, Kevin
The Illustrated History of Leeds
Published 1994 Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd (Derby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1873626355 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £25
Leeds West Yorkshire West Riding Family History Local History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.8790 Author: Butterfield, Sir Frederick W. L.
My West Riding Experiences
Published Ernest Benn Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
WYAS stamp on fep and on page edges in text. Boards are rubbed and spotted, internally sound and tight. Illustrated with 5 full page plates. pp. 207.
West Yorkshire West Riding Keighley Local History

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