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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.16614 Author: Gardener, Christopher
From Acorn to Oak a History of Headingley
Published 1985 D & J Thornton (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0907339239 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Name and address inside front cover, clean copy otherwise
West Yorkshire Leeds Headingley Local History

Inventory No.20014 Author: Garnett, Nick
1954: A Crime Novel
Published 2009 Austin & Macauley (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Looks unread.
West Yorkshire Ilkley Novel

Inventory No.18688 Author: Gaunt, Arthur
Around Bradford (Footpath Guides No. 66)
Published 1948 The Saint Catherine Press Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:24mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
Nice little book
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford

Inventory No.20328 Author: Gavan, Patrick
Memories of Mount St Mary's Church, Richmond Hill
Published 2001 Mount St. Mary's History Group (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0954024508 Size:Square Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Leeds Richmond Hill Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.19757 Author: Gee, Stephen [compilied by]
Around Halifax; Archive Photographs
Published 1996 Chalford Publishing Co (Stroud, Gloucestershire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0752403966 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Halifax Local History Photographs

Inventory No.20051 Author: Gee, Stephen.
Nostalgic Halifax
Published 2000 True North Books (Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1903204305 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Very nice clean copy with no inscriptions
Halifax West Yorkshire Calderdale West Riding Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10184 Author: Gee, Stephen.
Round and About Old Halifax.
Published 1991 M. T. D. Rigg (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £12.5
Bookplate on ffep, nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Halifax Local History Topography Genealogy

Inventory No.12400 Author: Gibb, Mildred A, and Beckwith, Frank
The Yorkshire Post: Two Centuries
Published 1954 The Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Co. Ltd (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/Good Price: £3
Original cloth. Bumped on top edge and with a few white marks. Internally very clean and bright. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Dust wrapper grubby, chipped, torn and with some loss.
West Yorkshire West Riding Yorkshire Post Newspaper Local History Social History

Inventory No.17986 Author: Gill, Lucy I.
Baildon Memories.
Published 1986 M. T. D. Rigg (Guiseley, Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950919195 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £20
Limited edition of 1000 copies. 1-45 are bound in leather: 46-200 are bound in cloth: 201-1000 are paperback. This copy signed but not numbered.
West Riding West Yorkshire Baildon Bradford History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.7132 Author: Gilleghan, John; Illustrator: Dacre, Simon.
Worship North and East Leeds. Harrogate, Leeds, Selby, Wetherby, York a Local History.
Published 1998 Kingsway Press. (Leeds, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951919423 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £3.5
A comprehensive A to Z guide to Churches and Chapels in North and East Leeds.
West Riding Leeds West Yorkshire Local History Family History Churches Genealogy

Inventory No.20229 Author: Gilleghan, John.; Illustrator: Dacre, Simon.
Scenes from East Leeds.
Published 1992 Kingsway Press. (Leeds, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951919407 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £6
A comprehensive A to Z guide to villages, people, astates, events and landmarks in East Leeds.
West Riding Leeds West Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.9325 Author: Gilleghan, John.; Illustrator: Dacre, Simon.
Worship North and East of Leeds. Harrogate, Leeds, Selby, Wetherby, York a Local History.
Published 1998 Kingsway Press. (Leeds, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951919423 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £4
Crease across top corner of front cover, small label with owner's name on inside front cover- clean inside
Leeds West Yorkshire West Riding Local History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.18525 Author: Godward, Brian
Leeds Heritage Trail
Published 2000 Leeds Civic Trust (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0902384341 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
West Riding West Yorkshire Leeds Local History

Inventory No.17887 Author: Godward, Brian
Leeds - Then and Now : A Photographic Record of the 20th Century Buildings of Leeds - A Millenium Publication
Published 1999 Leeds Civic Trust Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 090567121X Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Leeds Local History Architecture Buildings

Inventory No.17851 Author: Goodchild, John
The Coal Kings of Yorkshire
Published 1978 Wakefield Historical Publications Type:
Edition:Limited Edition ISBN: 0901889031 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good+ Price: £50
Edition of 500 copies. Dustwrapper creased round edges and faded on spine. A very bright, tight and clean copy.
West Riding West Yorkshire Coal Mining Mines Miners History Industrial Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.15822 Author: Gray, Johnnie. [Harry Speight.]
Where to Spend a half-Holiday. One Hundred and Eighty Pleasant Walks Around Bradford; Including a Notice of the Town and Its Public Buildings; Also a Short Sketch and History of 46 Villages, and Complete Guide to the District 6 to 10 Miles Around Bradford
Published 1890 T. Brear (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Original Red Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £45
pp. xix, 188, 32 pages of adverts. Spine a little worn but very nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11519 Author: Gray, Johnnie. [Harry Speight.]
Through Airedale from Goole to Malham
Published 1891 Walker & Laycock (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £35
Boards and spine a little rubbed. Previous owners names to title page. Folding map repaired with tape. Numerous illustrations. pp. lxiv, 302 plus adverts.
North Yorkshire West Yorkshire East Riding Local History

Inventory No.19699 Author: Green, Brenda M.
Leeds 1851 Census Index, Volume 2, L - Z
Published 1987 YAS (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers/ Plastic Spine
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History

Inventory No.12218 Author: Greenbank, Sidney D.
The Druids' Altar, Bingley
Published 1929 R. Gordon Preston (Bingley.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £15
Original soft card covers worn and grubby. Staples rusting. Endpapers a little spotted. Contents including frontispiece Very Good. pp. 49. Foreword by S. Walbank, Esq., Bingley. Scarce
West Yorkshire West Riding Bingley Local History

Inventory No.19458 Author: Greenhalf, Jim
It's a Mean Old Scene: a History of Modern Bradford from 1974
Published 2003 Redbeck Press (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 1904338119 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.19105 Author: Greenhalf, Jim
Salt and Silver: A Story of Hope
Published 1997 Bradford Libraries (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0907734529 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
nice clean copy
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Shipley Saltaire Sir Titus Salt Jonathan Silver History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.18735 Author: Grillo, Rob
Staying the Distance the Story of Distance Running in Keighley & District
Published 1999 The Author (Keighley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £12
Sport Athletics Running Keighley Bradford West Yorkshire West Riding Local History

Inventory No.12533 Author: Grillo, Rob
Glory Denied : The Story of Association Football in Keighley Volume Two
Published 1999 Empire Publications (Manchester) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1901746054 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6.5
Front cover creased
Sport Football Keighley Bradford West Yorkshire West Riding Local History

Inventory No.12532 Author: Grillo, Rob
Chasing Glory : Story of Association Football in Keighley
Published 1998 Empire Publications (Manchester) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1901746011 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3.5
Sport Football Keighley Bradford West Yorkshire West Riding Local History

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