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Inventory No.12197 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:Good+ Price: £13
Splash marks on boards including large blob on front board, contents clean and sound
Rawdon Leeds West Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12196 Author: Palliser, James H.
Rawdon and It's History
Published 1914 Printed By J. H. Palliser (Rawdon) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £13
Cloth bubbled asthough from damp, one plate is sticking out with edges slightly torn (although still attached) Looks a bit scruffy but better than a reading copy
Rawdon Leeds West Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.5078 Author: Parker, James
Illustrated Rambles History from Hipperholme to Tong. Including the Opening of the Bradford Exhibition By Their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales: Opening of the Cartwright Hall By Lord Masham, and the Lister Family; Life Of Dr. Cartwright.
Published 1904 Percy Lumb, Humphries & Co. Ltd. (Bradford.and) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £50
Board s and spine worn and grubby, spine has been repaired. Binding is tight, contents clean and bright.
Bradford Halifax West Yorkshire West Riding Wibsey Bank Bankfoot Bank Foot Low Moor Royd's Hall Judy Brig Norwood Green Wike Wyke Oakenshaw Whitechapel Hipperholme Coley Shelf Lightcliffe Bailiffe Bridge Kirklees and Robin Hood East Bierley Hunsworth Birkenshaw Battle Adwalton Moor Drighlington Tong Dudley Hill Bolling Hall Neville Hall Rooley Hall Ripley's Dyeworks Burnett Field Bradford Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12500 Author: Parsons, Malcolm
General Infirmary at Leeds : A Pictorial History
Published 2003 William Sessions Limited (York.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1850723001 Size:Square Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £15
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History Family History

Inventory No.7457 Author: Pearson, Lynn F.
Building the West Riding. A Guide to Its Acrchitecture and History
Published 1994 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Architecture Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.6354 Author: Pearson, Lynn F.
Building the West Riding. A Guide to Its Acrchitecture and History
Published 1994 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1858250137 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £16
West Yorkshire West Riding Architecture Local History Family History Buildings Genealogy

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.12379 Author: Phillips, Alan.
Sixty Years of Leeds Bradford Airport.
Published 1994 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1872167640 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £10
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Bradford Yeadon Airport History Transport Air Airport Aircraft

Inventory No.4573 Author: Phillips, George Searle.
Walks Round Huddersfield.
Published Elaine Beardsell. (Holmfirth.) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0950978329 Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £4.5
Facsimile reprint of the 1848 edition published by Bond and Hardy; and all other booksellers.
West Yorkshire West Riding Huddersfield Local History Topography

Inventory No.12391 Author: Pickett, Dr. M.
The Finest School of All. A History of Thoresby High School
Published The Author Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £6
Covers rubbed and creased. First few pages rippled. Rear endpapers covered in untidy writing.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Thoresy Local History

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.12290 Author: Pobjoy, H. N.; Illustrator: Frank Brearley
A History of Mirfield: A West Riding Town
Published 1969 The Author. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £60
Neat inscription on ffep, d/w faded on spine
West Yorkshire West Riding Mirfield History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12038 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
Signed by Marion Pobjoy. D/w darkened on spine.
West Yorkshire West Riding Hartshead History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12567 Author: Pomeroy, Vivian T.; Illustrator: Marjory Hart
The Legends of Lumb Lane
Published Percy Lumb, Humphries & Co. Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £10
Quarter cloth with decorated paper covered boards. Title label laid on spine. Corners bumped and worn. Decorated endpapers. Coloured frontispiece and many b&w illustrations. pp. 91.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Lumb Lane Novel

Inventory No.10088 Author: Preedy, Robert e
Leeds Theatres Remembered
Published 1981 The Author (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/None as Issued. Price: £12.5
pp. 32
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History Family Genealogy

Inventory No.12557 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:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £50
Bound in maroon cloth, gilt by Hollingworth & Moss, Leeds. An excellent copy.
West Yorkshire West Riding Crosley Bingley Cottingley Pudsey Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.9611 Author: Procter, K. E
A Short History of the Leeds Girls' High School. Part 1. 1876-1906. Part.2 1906-1920
Published Arthur Wigley (Leeds) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Heavy Card
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
Original green cloth covered card with white titling and decoration. Spines faded and fading to boards. School presentation plate to fep on both volumes. Illustrated with photographs. pp. 48: 52.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Education History Local Family Genealogy

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