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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.9856 Author: W. E. A.
The Saddleworth Story
Published 1973 Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Soft Card Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
West Yorkshire West Riding Colne Valley Saddleworth History Local Family Genealogy Topography

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.12184 Author: Waddington-Feather, John.
Leeds: The Heart of Yorkshire.
Published 1984 The Amethyst Press. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:New and Revised Edition ISBN: 0904293203 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £7.5
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 Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.1388 Author: Walker. J. W. And Gray, Rev. F. S.
A History of Wakefield Cathedral with a Description of the Eastern Extention and an Account of Its Consecration and Octave.
Published 1905 W. H. Miles. (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paper Covered Boards.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £13
Original paper board covers. Boards slightly worn and grubby at edges. Slight foxing. Pages uncut. Illustrated. Very good.
West Yorkshire West Riding Wakefield Local History cathedral

Inventory No.11243 Author: Wallis, Isaac Henry
Frederick Andrews of Ackworth
Published 1924 Longmans, Green & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Bright copy. Illustrated. pp. 325
West Yorkshire Ackworth Local History Family History Genealogy Quaker Nonconformist

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.12482 Author: Watmough, J. E.
Watmoughs 1888-1965
Published 1989 Watmoughs. (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951550500 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £9
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Idle Printing Printers Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.12552 Author: Watmough, W.
I Look Back Again
Published 1966 Watmoughs (Idle, Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £10
Original green cloth, gilt. Signed on title-page.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Idle Local History Watmoughs

Inventory No.12063 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, a little scuffed on f.f.e.p. This is the presentation copy to Ernest Kell, dated April, 1951, and signed by the author, who worked on the Esholt sewage works estate for 50 years and retired as the estate manager. Included is an article with photograph of his retirement in the local press, unfortunately it is a little ragged. 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 Kell

Inventory No.11239 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: £18
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.12408 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: £5
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History

Inventory No.12225 Author: Wetherby and District Historical Society
Wetherby (The Archive Photographs series)
Published 1995 Chalford (Stroud, Gloucestershire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0752403281 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5.5
Nice clean copy
Horsforth Leeds West Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy Photographs

Inventory No.10511 Author: Wharton, Ronnie and Clarke, Arthur
The Tommy Talker Bands of the West Riding. The History and Development of Working-Class Entertainment
Published 1979 The Author (Bradford, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £24
WYAS stamp on endpapers, appears unread. Dust wapper worn and slightly split at top of spine. A very good copy of a scarce item.
West Yorkshire West Riding History Local Family Genealogy Tommy Talker Comic Band

Inventory No.10146 Author: Wheeler, Hazel.
Huddersfield in Old Photographs a Second Selection
Published 1990 Alan Sutton. (Stroud.) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0862998484 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £6.5
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.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.12401 Author: White, William
White's Clothing Directory, Leeds 1894
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers/plastic Spine
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £30
This is a photocopy, bound in three volumes with stiff card covers and comb binding, of the Leeds section (pages 579 to 1800) of the 15th edition of White's Clothing Directory, 1894. Each volume is in stiff red paper covered boards with title label to front board and label on spine. Volume 1 To Cherry Row. Volume 2 Cherry Street to Millshaw. Volume 3 Millwright Street to York Street.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.12399 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: £38
Spine a little worn, d/w faded on spine Very heavy- extra postage will be requested
Leeds West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Halifax Huddersfield Wakefield Textiles Local History Family History Genealogy

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: £48
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.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.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.12531 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
Library bookplate on fep with newspaper cutting. Reuben Gaunt and sons stamp on ffep, library stamp on reverse of titlepage. Good clean copy.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Horton Grange Textile Mill Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10009 Author: Wood, Alec. [Edited By.]
Cowling a Moorland Parish.
Published 1980 Cowling Local History Society. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £40
Very small closed tear on back of d/w
West Riding West Yorkshire Cowling History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.7369 Author: Woodhead, T. W.
History of the Huddersfield Water Supplies: The Tolson Memorial Museum . Handbook X
Published 1939 The Tolson Memorial Museum (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Limp Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £9.5
Covers and front endpapers creased and rubbed. Illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs.
West Yorkshire West Riding Huddersfield Local History

Inventory No.12157 Author: Woodhouse Local History Group; Robinson, Elsie
Woodhouse Remembered
Published 1991 Woodhouse Local History Group (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Square Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £9
Numerous photographs. pp. 48.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Woodhouse Local History

Inventory No.12559 Author: Worrall, T. James
Congregational Church and Sunday Schools, Allerton. A Brief Historical Sketch, 1814-1914. Centenary Souvenir
Published 1914 William Byles (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £30
Ex-library with stamps and labels. Original green cloth, gilt. Spine faded and worn at top and bottom. Numerous photographs. pp. 105.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Allerton Local History Family History Genealogy nonconformist

Inventory No.8829 Author: Wright, D. G and J. A. Jowitt [Editors]
Victorian Bradford. Essays in Honour of Jack Reynolds
Published 1982 City of Bradford Metropolitan Council (Bradford.and London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907734014 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £7.5
Bottom corner of front cover creased
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.5792 Author: Wright, Elizabeth Mary
The Life of Joseph Wright
Published 1932 Oxford University Press (London) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £65
Name and date written on ffep of Vol.1. Slight signs of wear to top and bottom of spine and corners but very good set. Very heavy- please email us before ordering to sort out postage costs
English Dialect Society Dictionary Biography Joseph Wright West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Idle Thackley

Inventory No.12603 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:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
Original blue cloth covered stiff boards. A very nice copy. Reprinted for J. Horsfall Turner, Idel, Bradford.
West Yorkshire West Riding Halifax Local History

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