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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.19478 Author: Palliser, James H.
Rawdon and It's History
Published 1985 M. T. D. Rigg (Guiseley, Leeds) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £24
Lovely clean copy
Rawdon Leeds West Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.20007 Author: Palmer, Simon; Illustrator: Palmer, Simon
Saltaire : A Guide
Published 1996 Salts Estates (Saltaire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951695053 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
Previous owners address label in top corner of title page, else looks unread.
West Yorkshire Saltaire Local History

Inventory No.18239 Author: Parsey, Reg
The Woolman Turns Writer
Published 1940 Lund Humphries. (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £10
Card covers a little sunned. Signed and dated by author on half title page.
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History

Inventory No.18501 Author: Patterson, Mary
The Ham Shank
Published The Author (Bradford) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 1851430903 Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local history

Inventory No.18661 Author: Payne, Brian and Dorothy
Old Leeds in Photographs Volume 2
Published Leeds Civic Trust (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0905671074 Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Two small splash marks on front, otherwise very nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local history

Inventory No.16611 Author: Payne, Brian; Payne, Dorothy
Leeds as it Was in Photographs Volume One
Published 1974 Hendon Publishing (Nelson, Lancashire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0902907522 Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local history

Inventory No.15220 Author: Pearce, Cyril; Edited By
Old West Riding. Vol. 6; No. 1 Summer 1986. A Collection of Original Articles.
Published 1986 Old West Riding Books (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Local History

Inventory No.14194 Author: Pearce, Cyril; Edited By
Old West Riding. New Series. Vol. 10. 1990. A Collection of Original Articles.
Published 1990 Old West Riding Books (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Light green card covers a little rubbed and small splash marks.
West Yorkshire West Riding Local History

Inventory No.14192 Author: Pearce, Cyril; Edited By
Old West Riding. Vol. 8; No. 1. Summer 1988. A Collection of Original Articles.
Published 1988 Old West Riding Books (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Light blue card covers a little faded on edges.
West Yorkshire West Riding Local History

Inventory No.14188 Author: Pearce, Cyril; Edited By
Old West Riding. Vol. 6; No. 2. Winter 1986. A Collection of Original Articles.
Published 1986 Old West Riding Books (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Light yellow card covers a little rubbed.
West Yorkshire West Riding Local History

Inventory No.12203 Author: Pepper, Barrie
A Goodly Heritage the History of St Aidan's Church, Leeds
Published 1994 Alewords (Leeds, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 095190471x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £15
West Yorkshire Leeds Saint Aidan's Church History Local History Genealogy West Riding Yorkshire

Inventory No.20365 Author: Perry, Ellen
Greetland Wesley Methodist Sunday School 1811-1961. A Short History
Published 1961 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
A very short history! all of 8 pages, 5 of which are the text.
West Yorkshire Greetland Local History

Inventory No.20461 Author: Petch, James A.; Buckley, Francis; Woodhead, T. W.
Early Man in the District of Huddersfield with an Appendix on the Nature and Making of Graving Tools
Published 1924 The Tolson Memorial Museum (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Limp Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
West Yorkshire West Riding Kirklees Huddersfield Climate Tolson Museum Local History Topography

Inventory No.8252 Author: Platt, George Moreton and Morkill, John William; Illustrator: J. A. Symington and J. W. Morkill
Records of the Parish of Whitkirk
Published 1990 MTD Rigg. (Guiseley, Leeds) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £26
Burgandy cloth with gilt titling and decoration. First published 1892 in an edition of 200 copies. This facsimile edition reprinted March 1990 in an edition of 300 copies. pp. 238.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Whitkirk Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.20536 Author: Pobjoy, H. N. and M.; Illustrator: Frank Brearley and Raymond Kable
The Story of the Ancient Parish of Hartshead Cum Clifton
Published 1972 The Author. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £60
Inscription on ffep, lovely clean copy otherwise
West Yorkshire West Riding Hartshead History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.20361 Author: Preedy, Robert E.
Leeds Cinemas 2
Published 1982 The Author (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History Cinemas

Inventory No.19229 Author: Preedy, Robert E.
Leeds Cinemas Remembered
Published 1980 The Author (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
56pp. Name on titlepage, clean copy otherwise
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History Cinemas

Inventory No.19762 Author: Preston, David
Menston Village Schools 1622-1995. To Commemorate the Centenary of the Present School
Published 1994 The Author (Ilkley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
pp. 72. Illustrated with photographs.
West Yorkshire West Riding Menston Local History

Inventory No.14392 Author: Preston, William E. [editor]
Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society Local Record Series. Vol. I. Wills Proved in the Court of the Manor of Crosley, Bingley, Cottingley and Pudsey, in Co. York, with Inventories and Abstracts of Bonds
Published 1929 The Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Half-Leather
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £60
Leather slightly rubbed at top and bottom of spine, bookplate and signature on fep, handsome copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Crosley Bingley Cottingley Pudsey Wills Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.15791 Author: Price, A. C.
The Story of Leeds
Published 1912 J. W. Bean & Son (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
Original cloth a little worn. Name on fep. pp. 73.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History

Inventory No.16677 Author: Price, Robert
Horsforth History Guides No. 4 Transport and Communication
Published 1985 Horsforth Village Publications (Horsforth) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0947904034 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Name inside front cover, clean copy otherwise
West Yorkshire West Riding Horsforth Leeds Family History Local History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.19447 Author: Pridmore, Elizabeth Jane
Fabric of the Hills. The Interwoven Story of Textiles and the Landscape of the South Pennines
Published 1989 South Pennine Authorities Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
South Pennines West Yorkshire Local History Industrial History

Inventory No.16669 Author: Pudsey Conservative Association
Grand Empire Fair to be Held at the Pudsey Conservative Club July 1927
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
Covers rubbed, contents very good, unusual item. 120pp.
West Yorkshire Leeds Pudsey Empire Fair Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.20392 Author: Pullan, Margaret; Fisher, Elizabeth
The Monuments of the Parish Church of St. Peter-At-Leeds
Published 2007 The Thoresby Society (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781905981526 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £18
Nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History Church History Architecture

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