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Inventory No.12107 Author: Jackson, Richard. [publisher]
Illustrated Guide to Leeds and Environs.
Published 1990 Old Hall Press. (Burton Salmon.) Type:
Edition:Reprint. ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Embossed Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Fine/No Jacket Price: £9
First published in 1889. This is a facsimile reprint of that edition. Numerous illustrations. Deep red embossed cloth boards with gilt titling. An informative guide to the centre and surrounding district which made up the City of Leeds.
West Yorkshire Leeds Topography Genealogy Local Family History

Inventory No.10067 Author: Jackson, Richard. [publisher]
Jackson's New Illustrated Guide to Leeds and Environs.
Published 1990 Old Hall Press. (Burton Salmon.) Type:
Edition:Reprint. ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Embossed Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Fine/No Jacket Price: £9
First published in 1889. This is a facsimile reprint of that edition. Numerous illustrations. Deep red embossed cloth boards with gilt titling. An informative guide to the centre and surrounding district which made up the City of Leeds.
West Riding West Yorkshire Leeds Topography Genealogy Local Family History

Inventory No.11220 Author: James, David
Class and Politics in a Northern Industrial Town: Keighley 1880-1914
Published 1995 Ryburn Publishing. (Keele.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310662 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £9
Foreword by Asa Briggs.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Keighley Social History Political History Industrial History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.8628 Author: James, David; Illustrator: Beesley, Ian
Victorian Bradford the Living Past
Published 1987 Ryburn Publishing. (Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310034 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Photographs Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.8825 Author: James, David and Ian Breesley
Victorian Bradford the Living Past
Published 1987 Ryburn Publishing. (Halifax.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310034 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £4
Front cover yellowed by sunlight, otherwise at least Very Good+
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography Photography

Inventory No.5160 Author: James, David and Ian Breesley
Victorian Bradford the Living Past
Published 1987 Ryburn Publishing. (Halifax.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310034 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £7.5
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography Photography

Inventory No.5159 Author: James, David and Ian Breesley
Victorian Bradford the Living Past
Published 1987 Ryburn Publishing. (Halifax.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310034 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £7.5
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography Photography

Inventory No.12443 Author: James, John
The History and Topography of Bradford, (in the County of York,) with Topographical Notices of Its parish. Centenary Edition 1967. Two Volumes
Published 1967 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £20
Two paperback volumes bound as one in dark blue cloth. Nice and clean.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12441 Author: James, John
The History and Topography of Bradford, (in the County of York,) with Topographical Notices of Its Parish
Published 1841 Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Blind Stamped Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £65
This is a really lovely copy of the first edition of this classic book.Some spotting inside but very clean, pages uncut.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12440 Author: James, John
The History and Topography of Bradford, (in the County of York,) with Topographical Notices of Its parish. Centenary Edition 1967. Two Volumes
Published 1967 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £15
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11818 Author: James, John
The History and Topography of Bradford, (in the County of York,) with Topographical Notices of Its Parish
Published 1967 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £25
Spine of d/w slightly faded but very good clean copy with no inscriptions
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12445 Author: James, John.
Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford, and Its Parish.
Published 1973 Morten (Didsbury) Type:Ex-Library
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0901598690 Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £10
Ex-library with d/w laminated to book. Labels inside and stamps, a bit scruffy but reasonable working copy
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12444 Author: James, John.
Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford, and Its Parish.
Published 1973 Morten (Didsbury) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0901598690 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £18
D/w a little rubbed and waterstained
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12442 Author: James, John.
Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford, and Its Parish.
Published 1977 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:3 Volumes
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £14
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12455 Author: Jennings, Paul.
The Public House in Bradford, 1770-1970.
Published 1995 Keele University Press. (Keele.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £16
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Public Houses Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10525 Author: Jones, A. E.
Roads and Rails of West Yorkshire, 1890-1950
Published 1984 Ian Allan (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0711013470 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7
Dust wrapper creased, and repaired internally with tape, at top of spine.
West Yorkshire West Riding Local History Transport

Inventory No.11817 Author: Jones, Marjorie
Count Up to Ten an Account of a Bradford Childhood in the Twenties
Published 1987 Bradford Libraries and Information Service (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907734138 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £3.5
Blue sticker with class no on spine, WYAS stamp inside front cover, otherwise clean and tight
West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy West Yorkshire

Inventory No.9199 Author: Jowitt, J. A.
Mechanization and Misery. The Bradford woolcombers' Report of 1845
Published 1991 Ryburn Publishing. (Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310123 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/None as Issued. Price: £15
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Textile Local History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12430 Author: Jubilee Album of Old Bradford Views. Showing Bradford as it Was During the Early Stages of the Corporation. From the Cudworth Collection, Augmented from Private Sources
Published 1897 W. Cudworth (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Landscape: Binding:Original Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £50
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Photographs Family History Genealogy

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