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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.19244 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.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.18977 Author: James, David
Bradford: Town and City Histories, Historical Editor: Stephen Constantine. Illustrated from the Archives and with Contemporary Photographs By Ian Beesley, Andrew Caveney and Tim Smith
Published 1990 Ryburn Publishing. (Halifax.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310050 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Crease across front cover, nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Social History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.18869 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:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £9.5
Very nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Keighley Social History Political History Industrial History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.17829 Author: James, David; Beesley, Ian; 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: £5
BRADFORD WEST YORKSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS

Inventory No.18047 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: £18
D/w slightly edgeworn but very good clean copy with no inscriptions
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.14527 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/No Dust Wrapper Price: £15
West Yorkshire West Riding 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: £15
Top edge of boards faded. D/w a little rubbed and waterstained
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.19593 Author: James, John.
Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford, and Its Parish.
Published 1977 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:3 Volumes
Edition:New Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £12
Very nice clean set
West Riding West Yorkshire 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.14043 Author: Javens, Betty
128 Turns in 10 Seconds : Albert Rayner - Skipping Champion
Published 1987 Yorkshire Art Circus (Castleford.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0947780238 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
45pp. Blackburn written inside front cover
West Yorkshire Wakefield Local History Family History Genealogy Albert Rayner Skipping

Inventory No.17859 Author: Jennings, Bernard
Pennine Valley. A History of Upper Calderdale. Edited By Bernard Jennings.
Published 1992 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 187007193x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £20
Crease across top corner of back cover otherwise nice clean copy
Halifax Sowerby Warley Midgley Erringden Wadsworth Heptonstall Stansfield Langfield Todmorden Walsden Yorkshire Topography History Local Family Genealogy West Yorkshire West Riding

Inventory No.15110 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: £6
Spine of d/w faded, nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Local History Transport

Inventory No.19727 Author: Jones, Anne
Divi Day: The Story of Morley Co-op
Published 2000 The Author (Morley, Leeds.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
West Riding West Yorkshire Leeds Morley Local History Co-Operative Society

Inventory No.19696 Author: Jones, Brian
1811 Census of the Town and Lordship of Tong in the Parish of Birstall
Published 1994 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
12 pp.
West Yorkshire West Riding Census Family History Genealogy Tong Local History Birstall Local History

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.19810 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:Very Good +/None as Issued. Price: £12
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Textile Local History Local Family Genealogy Topography

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