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Inventory No.10461 Author: Garland, Vera. [Edited By.]
Echoes and Reflections: Methley Life 1900 - 2000.
Published 2000 The Author. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Landscape: Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £10
Corners rubbed but good copy with no inscriptions
West Yorkshire West Riding Methley History Topography Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.11026 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:Near Fine Price: £5
West Yorkshire Halifax Local History

Inventory No.10295 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.9602 Author: Gee, Stephen.
Round and About Old Halifax.
Published 1991 M. T. D. Rigg (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £10
Nice clean copy
Halifax West Riding West Yorkshire History Topography Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.8623 Author: Geldard, Albert and Rowlands, John K
The Life and Times of a Professional Footballer Albert Geldard Bradford Park Avenue, Everton, Bolton Wanderers and England
Published Countryside Books (Garstang) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0861572963 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/None as Issued. Price: £9.5
Covers a little rubbed at edges.
West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Football Sport

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.12483 Author: Gill, Lucy I
Baildon Memories.
Published 1986 M. T. D. Rigg (Guiseley, Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950919195 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £12
Limited edition of 1000 copies. 1-45 are bound in leather: 46-200 are bound in cloth: 201-1000 are paperback. This copy signed and numbered 489. Spine slightly faded but very nice copy
West Riding West Yorkshire Baildon Bradford History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.5508 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 and numbered 109.
West Riding West Yorkshire Baildon Bradford History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12383 Author: Gilleghan, John
Halton : The Story of an East Leeds Village
Published 2004 The Kingsway Press (Leeds) Type:
Edition:Print on Demand ISBN: 1412029457 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Front cover scuffed.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Halton Local History Family History Genealogy

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: £7.5
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.12375 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: £9
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: £6.5
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.9324 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:Good+/Non as Issued. Price: £5
Front cover damaged at bottom, internally clean and sound- good working copy
Leeds West Yorkshire West Riding Local History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.12208 Author: Godward, Brian
The Changing Face of Leeds
Published 2004 Sutton Publishing (Stroud, Gloucestershire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0750934131 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Leeds West Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy Old Photographs

Inventory No.9367 Author: Goodchild, John.
Attorney at Large the Concerns of John Lee of Wakefield 1759-1836
Published 1986 Wakefield Historical Publications. (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:New/Non as Issued. Price: £7
West Yorkshire West Riding Wakefield History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.9366 Author: Goodchild, John.
Before the National Coal Mining Museum a New History of Caphouse Colliery and Denby Grange Collieries
Published 2000 Wakefield Historical Publications. (Wakefield, W.Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0901869406 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £3.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Caphouse Denby Grange Colliery Mines Mining Miners History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.9362 Author: Goodchild, John.
Wakefield's First Railway and Its Collieries 1798 to 1880
Published 2002 Wakefield Historical Publications. (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0901869449 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £6
West Yorkshire West Riding Wakefield Transport Railway Mining Mines Collieries History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.8921 Author: Goodchild, John.
Coals from Sharlston: Origins of a West Riding Colliery
Published 1988 Wakefield Historical Publications. (Wakefield, W.Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0901869287 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £4.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Sharleston Colliery Mining Mines Miners Local History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.10493 Author: Grady, Kevin and Stringer, John
Edwardian Leeds in Postcards
Published 2004 Leeds Civic Trust (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0905671244 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Bottom of spine bumped. pp. 75.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History

Inventory No.12577 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:Ex-Library
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Library Binding
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
pp. xix, 188, 32 pages of adverts. Pleasantly rebound in green cloth. Labels on endpapers. Contents nice and clean.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12121 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:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £20
Red cloth with gilt titling and decoration.Boards worn and rubbed on corners. Spine worn at head and foot and worn through on hinge. Front hinge cracked. Internal contents very good. pp. xix, 188, 32 pages of adverts.
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: £45
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.5910 Author: Green, W. A.
Historical Antiquities of Ackworth from Manor Records and Other Sources with Lists of Tenents and Residents from the Earliest Times, of Lords of the Manor, Incumbents, and Chantrey Priests.
Published 1910 Printed at the Chiswick Press (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £125
Original light brown cloth faded to spine and board edges. Small and neat inscription (previous owner' name and address) on f.f e.p. Limited edition of 100 copies. pp. xi, 170, 6 plates, pedigrees and folding map at rear.
West Yorkshire West Riding Ackworth Local History Genealogy Topography

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: £75
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.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bingley Local History

Inventory No.5489 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: £7
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.5128 Author: Greenhalf, Jim
Salt and Silver: A Story of Hope
Published 1998 Bradford Libraries (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: 0907734529 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Shipley Saltaire Sir Titus Salt Jonathan Silver History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.10154 Author: Greenwood, John Beswicke
The Early Ecclesiastical History of Dewsbury, in the West Riding of the County of York
Published 1859 John Russell Smith (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £44
Original brown blind stamped boards with gilt decoration and titling. Boards rubbed on edges. Spine lightly faded and worn at head and tail. f.f.e.p. has been removed. Contents are very clean and bright. pp.xiii, 253. Frontispiece.
West Yorkshire West Riding Dewsbury Local History Savile Lupset Thornhill Howley Genealogy

Inventory No.4749 Author: Greenwood, Ursula.
A Talk Through Time. "How We Were, What We Said and What We did". Memories of Life in Boston Spa and District During the Early Years of the 20th Century.
Published The Author. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £10
Page bottoms slightly affected by damp but otherwise clean.
West Riding West Yorkshire Boston Spa History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12534 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: £8.5
Back cover creased
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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