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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.12753 Author: Waddington-Feather, John.
Leeds: The Heart of Yorkshire.
Published 1967 Basil Jackson Publications (Leeds.) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £6
Reading creases to spine. Newspaper cuttings stuck in front of book. Contents very good and complete with 2 fold out plans and 1 map. A history and guide to the city and its surroundings.
Leeds West Yorkshire Local History Family History Topography Genealogy West Riding

Inventory No.12183 Author: Waddington-Feather, John.
Leeds: The Heart of Yorkshire.
Published 1967 Basil Jackson Publications (Leeds.) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good+ Price: £12
Very nice bright copy in chipped and torn d/w. Complete with 2 fold out plans and 1 map. A history and guide to the city and its surroundings.
Leeds West Yorkshire Local Family History Topography Genealogy West Riding

Inventory No.12578 Author: Wadsworth, Kenneth W.
Yorkshire United Independent College
Published 1954 Independent Press Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Corners bumped, spine faded, inscription on ffep. Decent copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Heckmondwike Bradford Idle Rotheram Airedale College Local History Nonconformity William Vint

Inventory No.9032 Author: Wakefield Historical Society
Wakefield Historical Society Journal. Volume 6 - 1979
Published 1979 The Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers/plastic Spine
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
West Yorkshire West Riding Wakefield Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.19125 Author: Walker, Michael; Horsforth Village Historical Society
Horsforth Remembered Volume II a Photographic Tour
Published 1987 Horsforth Village Publications Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0947904069 Size:Landscape Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
West Yorkshire Leeds Horsforth Local History Photographs

Inventory No.10629 Author: Walls, Charles
A Tyke by Adoption
Published 1991 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1870071999 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £5
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.12976 Author: Walton, James
Local Woodcrafts 5th October, 1940 Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
WYAS stamp on first page otherwise near fine
West Yorkshire Crafts Woodcrafts

Inventory No.20391 Author: Ward, A. J.; Ashton, T.; Dainton, Lord
Cookridge Hospital 1867-1972
Published 1997 Cookridge Hospital (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
88pp. Inscription inside front cover but nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Leeds Cookridge Hospital Local History

Inventory No.19617 Author: Ward, Norrie
There's No Place Like Morley
Published 1973 The Ridings Publishing Co Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £20
West Yorkshire Leeds Morley History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.20326 Author: Warren, Denise
Those First Affections
Published 1987 A.s.a.p. (Shipley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Top inch of ffep cut off, very good clean copy otherwise
West Yorkshire Bradford Shipley Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.19990 Author: Warwick, Margaret; Warwick, Dennis
Our Schools A History of Schools in Burley-in-Wharfedale
Published 1998 Burley-in-Wharfedale Local History Group Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 095242911x Size:A5 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
West Yorkshire Burley Wharfedale Ilkley Local History Education Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.17759 Author: Warwick, Margaret; Warwick, Dennis
Eminent Victorians The Forsters of Burley-in-Wharfedale
Published 1994 Burley-in-Wharfedale Local History Group Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952429101 Size:A5 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
76pp. Name on titlepage but good clean copy
West Yorkshire Burley Wharfedale Ilkley Local History Forster Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.19103 Author: Watson, Nigel
The Story of the Howarth Timber Group 1840-1990
Published 1990 Howarth (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7
Inscription on ffep, clean copy
West Yorkshire Leeds Howarth Timber Business History Local History

Inventory No.18600 Author: Watson, Nigel
Bronte House the First Sixty Years 1934-1994
Published 1994 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Leeds Apperley Bridge Apperley Grove School Local History Education Family History Genealogyi

Inventory No.19702 Author: Watson, Wright
Idlethorp
Published 2009 Bank House Books (New Romney) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:New Price: £27
New large format paperback reprint of book first published in 1950 which is still the definitive history of Idle. This new edition includes index by local historian Philip Rushworth This book is in stock and will be sent out as soon as we receive your order. Please contact us for other material about the Idle area.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Idle Local History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.15860 Author: Watson, Wright
Idlethorp
Published 1950 The Author. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Leather
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £175
Limited edition bound in blue leather, gilt. Marbeled endpapers. Excellent copy of scarce title, which is still the definitive history of Idle. Please contact us for other material about the area.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Idle Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.14698 Author: Watson, Wright
Idlethorp
Published 1950 The Author. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £105
Excellent copy of scarce title, which is still the definitive history of Idle. Please contact us for other material about the area.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Idle Local History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12137 Author: Watson, Wright; Turner, J. Horsfall
Idle Thorpe Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 1810-1910. A Centenary Memorial of the First Wesleyan Chapel Erected in Idle in 1810
Published 1910 The Fanciers' Newspaper and General Printing and Publishing Company (Idle, Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £120
Original red cloth, gilt. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. pp. 200. With introductory chapter on early Methodist history by J. Horsfall Turner. Light splash marks on boards, neat inscription on fep.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Idle Local History Family History Genealogy Nonconrormity Nonconformist

Inventory No.11450 Author: Webster, Clifford D. [transcribed and Edited by]
The Parish Register of Ledsham. Volume 2, 1754-1837 (with Additional material). The Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Parish Register Series, Volume CLXXI
Published 2006 Privately Printed for the Parish Register Section Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1903564603 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £25
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Ledsham Fairburn Ledston Newton Wallis Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.12409 Author: Webster, Donald
Parish Past and Present. 275 Years of Leeds Parish Church Music
Published 1988 Leeds Parish Church Old Choirboys' Association (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
Spine lightly faded.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History

Inventory No.18933 Author: Webster, Eric
19th Nineteenth Century Halifax Travel and Transport By Road, Canal and Railway in Calderdale
Published 1982 H. Greenwood & Sons (Halifax) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £10
58pp. Pictorial cover rubbed. Rear cover damp stained.
West Riding West Yorkshire Calderdale Halifax Transport Local History

Inventory No.14042 Author: West Yorkshire Archive Service
Diocesan Treasures an Exhibition to Celebrate the Centenary of the Diocese of Wakefield 30 April - 25 May 1988
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Label with class no. on front cover,WYAS stamp inside, clean copy, 21pp.
West Yorkshire Wakefield Diocese Church of England

Inventory No.13788 Author: Wharfedale Naturalists Society
All Seasons Nature Trail Middleton Woods, Ilkley
Published 1971 The Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Square Binding:Stapled Paper
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £3
Spotting on covers, staples rusted.
west Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Ilkley Natural History Wharfedale

Inventory No.14129 Author: Wharton, Ronnie
Boxing in Leeds and Bradford
Published 2001 Wharncliffe Books. (Barnsley) Type:Ex-Library
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1903425107 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Two library discard stamps but no signs of use.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Bradford Boxing Sport

Inventory No.15185 Author: Wheeler, Hazel.
Huddersfield in Old Photographs a Third Selection
Published 1994 Alan Sutton. (Stroud.) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 075090707x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £6
Lovely clean copy
Huddersfield West Yorkshire West Riding Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10143 Author: Wheeler, Hazel.
Half a Pound of Tuppenny Rice: Life in a Yorkshire Village Shop
Published 1993 Sutton Publishing. (Stroud.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0750904747 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £6
pp.156
West Yorkshire West Riding Kirklees Huddersfield Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.19599 Author: White, Eileen. [Compiled by]
Idle Folk
Published 1995 Idle and Thackley Heritage Group Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued. Price: £10
West Yorkshire Bradford Idle Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.18659 Author: White, Eileen. [Compiled by]
Idle Stones
Published 1997 Idle and Thackley Heritage Group Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Fine/Non as Issued. Price: £10
West Yorkshire Bradford Idle Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.8916 Author: White, H. M
Old Ingleborough: Talks By the Lonsdale Hermit. Old Ingleborough Pamphlets. 1.
Published 1904 John Brookes (Ingleton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Embossed Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £36
Original brown embossed boards, gilt. Rubbing to edges. Small scrape mark on rear cover. Illustrated with photographic plates and sketches. A nice clean copy.
West Yorkshire West Riding Craven History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12398 Author: White, William
White's 1853 Leeds and the Clothing Districts of Yorkshire : A Reprint of the 1853 Issue of Directory and Gazetteer of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield and the Whole of the Clothing Districts of Yorkshire'
Published 1969 David & Charles (Newton Abbott) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0715346571 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good But Price Clipped Price: £30
Faint white mark on front board. Very heavy- extra postage will be requested
Leeds West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Halifax Huddersfield Wakefield Textiles Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.18241 Author: White, William Newton
A History of Voluntary Schools in the Wharfedale and Shipley Divisional Executive Areas of the West Riding of Yorkshire Before 1902
Published 1956 The Author Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £45
A Thesis. Single sided typed pages, 190 pages.
West Riding West Yorkshire Wharfedale Shipley Bradford Local History

Inventory No.12558 Author: Whiting, Tony
Work Makes Wealth. A History of Bradford & Bingley Building Society 1851-1989
Published 1989 Bradford & Bingley Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 095154800x Size:Square Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £14
Original green cloth with emblem laid on front. Numerous colour and b&w photographs. pp. 189
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Bingley Local History

Inventory No.17537 Author: Whitwam, Stephen David
The History and Events of Golcar Baptist Church and Its People, 1835-1985, 150th Anniversary Souvenir
Published 1985 The Church (Golcar) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Pictorial card covers. 85 page stapled booklet.
West Riding West Yorkshire Golcar Local History Kirklees

Inventory No.19269 Author: Wilkinson, John F.
For Grammar and Other Good Learning Glimpses Into the History of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
Published 1991 The School (Wakefield) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
West Yorkshire West Riding Wakefield Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Local History Education Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.20348 Author: Wilkinson, Ralph
Unto the Hills. The Story of Methodism in Lumbutts 1837-1987
Published 1987 Lumbutts Methodist Church (Todmorden.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Faint sign of label removal on front cover. 56 pages. Illustrated.
West Yorkshire Lumbutts Local History Todmordon Local History Calderdale Methodism Nonconformist

Inventory No.9374 Author: Williams, T. Russell
Human Documents. Memories of the Craven Dales
Published Wadsworth & Co (Keighley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good Price: £10
Card covers a little stained by dye from red d/w. Previous owners name on f.f.e.p. Dust wrapper worn, chipped with some loss.
North Yorkshire North Riding West Yorkshire West Riding Yorkshire Craven Dales History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.19360 Author: Wilson, Joseph
Joseph Wilson His Life and Work
Published Lund, Humphries & Company (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £30
Presentation copy. Some wear to spine and edges but very good
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Horton Grange Textile Mill Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.16653 Author: Wolstenholme, Les
Yeadon St. John's Memorial Inscriptions
Published Wharfedale Family History Group (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
24pp.
West Yorkshire West Riding Memorial Inscriptions Family History Genealogy Leeds Guiseley Yeadon

Inventory No.20384 Author: Wood, Alec. [Edited By.]
Cowling a Moorland Parish.
Published 1980 Cowling Local History Society. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Inscription on ffep, very good otherwise
West Riding West Yorkshire Cowling History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.18502 Author: Wood, G. L.
From the Red Lion...the History of Guiseley A. F. C.
Published 1994 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Small mark to bottom edge of front cover. Small, 1cm, tear on top edge of front cover.
West Yorkshire Leeds Guiseley A. F. C. Local History Sport Football Soccer

Inventory No.16621 Author: Wood, Paul
Otley & the Wharfedale Printing MacHine
Published 1985 Otley Museum Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0951035207 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
16pp. Crease across bottom corner.
West Yorkshire Leeds Otley Printing Local History

Inventory No.14396 Author: Wood, Paul
A Guide to the Landscape of Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Otley
Published 1984 Otley Museum (Otley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £6
Ex-library in library binding. Stamps and labels. 14page booklet.
West Yorkshire West Riding Otley

Inventory No.19206 Author: Woodall, R. D.; Illustrator: Littlejohn, C.
Horbury Heritage
Published The Author (Horbury, Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £30
Self published item of 135 single sided pages with an addition 13 pages for the index.
West Yorkshire West Riding Horbury Local History

Inventory No.14066 Author: Woodhead, T. W.
Climate, Vegetation and Man in the Huddersfield District the Tolson Memorial Museum Publications Handbook VIII
Published 1931 The Tolson Memorial Museum (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Limp Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Kirklees Huddersfield Climate Tolson Museum Local History Topography

Inventory No.17691 Author: Woods, Clive
Saltaire History and Regeneration Official Guide
Published 2000 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3.5
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Saltaire Local History Guide

Inventory No.15555 Author: Wright, Rev. Thomas; Turner, J. Horsfall
The Antiquities of Halifax: By the Rev. Thomas Wright, of Halifax. 1728
Published 1884 T. Harrison (Bingley.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Stiff Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Original blue cloth covered stiff boards. Reprinted for J. Horsfall Turner, Idel, Bradford. Splash mark on front cover, corners rubbed, very good clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Halifax Local History

Inventory No.14084 Author: Wyles, David
The Buildings of Huddersfield Five Architectural Walks
Published 2006 Huddersfield Civic Society Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0954889932 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £5
West Riding West Yorkshire Kirklees Huddersfield Architecture Local History Walks

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