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Inventory No.3458 Author: Fallow, T. M. and McCall, H. B.
Yorkshire Church Plate Volume II Containing the West Riding
Published 1915 The Yorkshire Archaeological Society. (Leeds.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good/No Jacket Price: £15
Good solid volume but has suffered from damp at some time and first dozen pages show signs of this. Two inscriptions on f.f.e.p. one from the author, H. B. McCall.
West Yorkshire West Riding Churches Yorkshire Archaeological Society McCall, H. B. Local History

Inventory No.20363 Author: Farline, J.; Cookson, P.
Railways Around Wakefield and Pontefract
Published 1984 Wyvern Publications (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 090794115x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
Nice copy but bottom edge of pages have light damp stains.
West Yorkshire Railway History

Inventory No.16332 Author: Farrar, Kenneth
Don't Move the Goalposts Autobiography of a Design Engineer His Story of Calderdale
Published 1999 The Author Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Covers slightly creased, nice clean copy with Christmas inscription from author
West Yorkshire Calderdale

Inventory No.18091 Author: Ferrett, Mrs. H.
Borough of Spenborough Souvenir of the Charter of Incorporation 1955
Published 1955 Spenborough Urban District Council Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Original maroon cloth with gilt titling and decoration. Page stitching a little slack. pp. 38. Illustrated. A very nice copy.
West Yorkshire Spenborough Local History

Inventory No.12745 Author: Fieldhouse, Harry
Old Bradford Illustrated
Published 1889 Percy Lund & Co. (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
Boards and spine rubbed, name on half-title page
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.15466 Author: Fieldhouse, Joseph; Illustrator: Paul Shardlow
Bradford
Published 1972 Longman. (London, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0582150795 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + But Price Clipped. Price: £3
Gift inscription on ffep, otherwise nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.19532 Author: Finnigan, Robert E. And Bradley, George T. [Edited By.]
The Cathedral Church of St. Anne Leeds, a History and Guide
Published 1988 Universe Publications (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0949005436 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
West Yorkshire Leeds Local History

Inventory No.18899 Author: Firth, Gary; Illustrator: Sowden, John
Street Characters of a Victorian City John Sowden's Bradford
Published 1993 City of Bradford Metropolitan Council (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907734405 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £6.5
Bradford West Yorkshire West Riding Local History Victorian Genealogy

Inventory No.17418 Author: Firth, Gary
Bradford Charity & the Public Purse a History of Bradford Hospitals from 1780
Published 2001 Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Some scratches and abrasions to boards, contents fine
Bradford West Riding West Yorkshire Hospitals Local History Medicine Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.12162 Author: Firth, Gary
Bradford and the Industrial Revolution: An Economic History 1760-1840
Published 1990 Ryburn Publishing. (Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310107 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8
Name and date written on ffep, spine of d/w slightly faded otherwise nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Industry Industrial History Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.12033 Author: Firth, Gary
Bradford in Old Picture Postcards
Published 1984 European Library. (Zaltbommel, Netherlands.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9028826424 Size:16mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £12.5
124 photographs with text. Edges rubbed but clean with no inscriptions
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.19226 Author: Firth, Gary.
Bygone Bradford: The Lost World of J. B. Priestley.
Published 1986 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852068786 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Very nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography J. B. Priestley Christopher Pratt

Inventory No.11357 Author: Fisher, June; Bonney, Anne [compilied by]
'All in a Lifetime' : The Story of a Dalesman As Told to June Fisher
Published 1999 Helm Press (Kendal) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0953183637 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £8.5
West Yorkshire Burton in Lonsdale Local History Family History Genealogy Quaker

Inventory No.18346 Author: Fiske, Mary; Weller, Richard
St. Michael's Church East Ardsley 1881-1981
Published 1981 The Authors Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3.5
Decorated blue card covers. 46 pages plus 4 full page photographs.
West Yorkshire West Riding Wakefield Local History East Ardsley Local History

Inventory No.16206 Author: Fletcher, David
Setting the Scene. Pennine Heritage Network. Landscape 1
Published 1982 Pennine Heritage Network (Hebden Bridge) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907613128 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
pp.16. Illustrated.
West Yorkshire West Riding Pennines

Inventory No.19441 Author: Fletcher, J. S
The Story of the English Towns, Leeds
Published 1919 SPCK (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £6
Original pictorial cloth a little rubbed. Spine split and repaired at top. Illustrated, all present, and with maps as endpapers.
West Yorkshire Leeds Local History

Inventory No.10953 Author: Fraser, Bryan
The History of Over 850 Years of Mining at Nostell
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £9
Mining Nostell Colliery Wakefield West Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.12587 Author: Freda, Heywood; Malcolm, Heywood; Brian, Heywood
Cloth Caps and Cricket Crazy : Todmorden and Cricket 1835 to 1896
Published 2004 Upper Calder Valley Publications Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0954714601 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £20
Signed by two of the authors
West Yorkshire Lancashire Todmorden Cricket Local History Family History Genealogy

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