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Inventory No.10885 Author: A. Lodge [A. L.]
Forty Years Ago; a Sketch of Yorkshire Life: And Poems
Published 1869 Jos. Woodhead (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
Original green blind-stamped cloth, gilt titling and decoration. Inscrided and signed by author on f.f.e.p. Hinges cracked. pp. 122.
Yorkshire Lore Poems Poetry

Inventory No.7948 Author: Abbay, Richard
The Castle of Knaresburgh a Tale in Verse of the Civil War in Yorkshire, 1644 and The White Mare of Whitestonecliff a Yorkshire Legend of the Fifteenth Century
Published 1887 Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £50
Spine darkened and creased. Bookplate on f.e.p. pp. xiv, folding map, 337, 41 pages of adverts.
North Yorkshire North Riding

Inventory No.11464 Author: Abbott, Stan
To Kill a Railway : The Run-Down of the Settle-Carlisle Line: The Endeavours of 22,265 People and a Dog to Prevent Its Closure and the Relevance of It All to Transport Policy in Britain
Published 1986 Leading Edge (Hawes) Type:
Edition:First Impression ISBN: 0948135018 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
The run-down of the Settle-Carlisle line; the endevours of 22,265 people and a dog to prevent its closure and the relevance of it all to transport policy in Britain.
Yorkshire North Yorkshire Cumbria Settle Carlisle Railway Local History

Inventory No.3931 Author: Ackerley, Frederick George.
A History of the Parish of Mitton in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Published 1947 The University Press. (Aberdeen.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £8
Bookplate on fep. Small neat inscription on ffep.
Mitton West Yorkshire Genealogy History

Inventory No.7816 Author: Ackrill, R.
Old Harrogate: Photographs Published in the "Harrogate Herald," 1934-35, to Mark the Jubilee of the Incorporation of the Borough, and Now Reprinted in Permanent Form
Published R. Ackrill Ltd. (Harrogate.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £75
Originally published in decorated wrapper the whole volume has been bound in red cloth, gilt. Front cover of original wrapper shows Betty Lupton, Queen of the Wells. The binding has kept this copy in a very good bright, clean and tight condition.
North Yorkshire North Riding Harrogate History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.3278 Author: Addy, John and Others
The industrial Revolution: a Guide to Yorkshire Sources and Their Uses
Published 1977 University of Leeds School of Education (Leeds.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £5
University of Leeds School of Education Paper no. 15 Card covers with ring binder.
Yorkshire History Industrial Revolution

Inventory No.6497 Author: Albaya, Winifred
A Sheffield Childhood
Published The Author. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6.5
Yorkshire South Sheffield History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.9486 Author: Alderson, Thomas
A Pennine Saga; Part One, The Atkinson Diaries; Life in the High Pennines from 1720 to Present Day
Published 1963 The Advertiser Press. (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £9
Dust wrapper a little chipped.
Yorkshire Dialect Novel

Inventory No.5132 Author: Almond, A [compiled by]
Biography of James Ickringill Esquire, Balcony House, Keighley, and Sunset House, Heysham, Morcambe
Published 1919 Ogden and Shuttleworth (Keighley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Poor Price: £15
Boards and spine worn and rubbed, hinges cracked and weak, f.f.e.p. detached, pencil and crayon scribbling on some pages. Presentation, from James Ickringill, label to celebrate his seventy-seventh birthday, November 9th, 1919. on f.e.p.
Yorkshire Keighley Lancashire Morcambe History Local Family Genealogy Biography Ickringill

Inventory No.11143 Author: Alred, David
Washburn Valley Yesterday a Pictorial Record of Life in a Dales Valley Volumes I and II
Published 1997 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1858250900 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £25
Name inside front cover of first volume
Yorkshire Dales Local Family History Genealogy Washburn Valley Otley Harrogate

Inventory No.11284 Author: Andrews, William
Bygone Yorkshire
Published 1970 S. R. Publishers Ltd (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0854096337 Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Good/Good Price: £3.5
An ex-library copy, contents very clean.
Yorkshire Local History

Inventory No.9944 Author: Andrews, William
Bygone Yorkshire
Published 1892 A. Brown and Sons. (Hull and York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £7.5
Blue cloth, a little worn at top and bottom of spine. Endpapers shaded. Nice bright copy
Yorkshire

Inventory No.3474 Author: Andrews, William
Modern Yorkshire Poets
Published 1885 A. Brown and Sons. (Hull) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Blue Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £8
Original blue decorated in black and gilt on bevelled boards. Boards a little rubbed on edges.Owners name/address on half-title page. Newspaper cutting (of poem) pinned to reverse of ffep. pp. 251.
Yorkshire Poetry

Inventory No.3383 Author: Andrews, William
Historic Yorkshire
Published 1883 Reeves and Turner; Fred R. Spark (London; Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £12
red/brown cloth, gil, a little rubbed. . Foxed, part of ffep has been cut out and there is faint inscription on the remainder.
Yorkshire

Inventory No.6704 Author: Anning, S. T.
The General Infirmary at Leeds. Volume I, The First Hundred Years 1767-1869: Volume II, The Second Hundred Years 1869-1965
Published E. & S. Livingstone (Edinburgh.) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £65
Published 1963 and 1966. Dust wrappers a little rubbed, volume II slightly spotted. A very good bright, tight and clean set.
Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Infirmary History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.10987 Author: Appleby, Jim [compiled by]
Bygone Bradford
Published 1995 Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd (Derby, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1859830323 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £15
Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy topography

Inventory No.10297 Author: Appleby, Jim and Jim Greenhalf
Telegraph & Argus Stories of the Century
Published 1992 Breedon Books. (Derby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1873626053 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £16
inscription on reverse of ffep, otherwise very nice and clean
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Family History Local History Genealogy News

Inventory No.6615 Author: Arksey, Doreen
Newport, Saint Stephen's Church. The Early Years 1899 to 1920
Published 1999 Privately Printed Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £2
Yorkshire East Riding Newport History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.3745 Author: Armitage, Harold; Illustrator: Ashmore, Charles
Chantrey Land Being an Account of the North Derbyshire Village of Norton with a Frontispiece and Eighty-Three Drawings By Charles Ashmore and Other Illustrations
Published 1981 Sheffield City Libraries (Sheffield.) Type:
Edition:Limited/Numbered Edition ISBN: 0900660635 Size:8vo Binding:Leatherette Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £10
Number 995 of 1000 copies d/w a little worn at extremities but book in lovely condition.
Chantrey, Sir Francis Norton Derbyshire Sheffield Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.11447 Author: Armitstead, Richard
Milestones Autobiography of a Dalesman
Published 1987 S. J. C. Print (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good+ Price: £12
D/W IS CRUMPLED AND HAS LARGE CLOSED TEAR ACROSS FRONT WHICH HAS BEEN MENDED WITH TAPE ON THE BACK, BOOK VERY NICE AND CLEAN.
North Yorkshire Dales Autobiography Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11105 Author: Armstrong, Alison C. And Pacey, Arnold
High Bradley: Architecture and History
Published 2001 The Authors (Addingham and Bradley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued Price: £18
Based on fieldwork by the authors. Numerous sketch illustrations. pp. 160.
North Yorkshire Airdale High Bradley Local History Architecture

Inventory No.11201 Author: Armstrong, Colin
Behind the Forbidden Corner
Published 2001 Forbidden Corner (Middleham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0954104706 Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £10
Includes invitation to celebrate the publication of his book.
North Yorkshire Tupgill Armstrong Family Local history

Inventory No.3322 Author: Armstrong, Peter.
Excavations in Sewer Lane, Hull 1974.
Published 1977 The East Riding Archaeological Society. (Hull.) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £5
East Riding Archaeologist Vol. 3 1977. Hull Old Town Report Series No. 1.
Hull East Riding Yorkshire Archaeology

Inventory No.3329 Author: Ashcroft, M. Y.
Bedale 1772-1841.
Published 1975 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 095034303 Size:4to Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued. Price: £10
This publication has been bound in blue cloth boards which has kept it in excellent condition.
North Yorkshire Bedale History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.8515 Author: Ashcroft, M. Y. [edited by] and Raistrick, Arthur
Documents Relating to the Swaledale Estates of Lord Wharton in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Including Documents to Illustrate the Study of the Wharton Mines in Swaledale in the Seventeeth Century By Arthur Raistrick
Published 1984 North Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035333 Size:4to Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £25
North Yorkshire North Riding History Swaledale Lead Mining Wharton Local Family Genealogy Arthur Raistrick

Inventory No.1503 Author: Atkinson, D. H.
Ralph Thoresby, the Topographer; His Town and Times. 2 Volumes
Published 1885 Walker and Laycock (Leeds) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Quarter Vellum
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £85
Quarter vellum over green cloth. Leather spine labels, both worn. Wear and discolouration to spines, spine on Vol. 1 chipped and torn at top and bottom. Foxing to endpapers. t.e.g. pages unc ut. Pp. 443 + iv, additional notes, + vi, index, + iv, list of subscribers. 443 + iv, index. No. 20 of 500 copies.
Leeds West Yorkshire West Riding Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11540 Author: Atkinson, Frank.
Pictures from the Past: Northern Life
Published 1995 Select Editions Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 185648128x Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
pp.96.
Yorkshire Lancashire Cumbria County Durham Northumberland

Inventory No.10302 Author: Atkinson, Rev. J. C.
History of Cleveland Ancient and Modern Vol. II. (Part Two)
Published 1993 M. T. D. Rigg (Guiseley, Leeds) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Decorated Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £40
Durham Cleveland North Yorkshire Coast Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10273 Author: Atkinson, Rev. J. C.
Forty Years in a Moorland Parish Reminiscences and Researches in Danby in Cleveland
Published 1908 Macmillan (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £18
A little worn and rubbed but good sound copy
Danby Cleveland Whitby North Yorkshire North Riding Coast Moors Local History

Inventory No.11273 Author: Atthill, Rev. William
Documents Relating to the Foundation and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of Middleham, in the County of York; with an Historical Introduction, and Incidental Notices of the Castle, Town, and Neighbourhood
Published 1968 AMS Press (New York) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7.5
Booksellers label on f.e.p.
North Yorkshire Middleham Local History

Inventory No.8913 Author: Ayers, Brian
Excavations at Chapel Lane Staith 1978. East Riding Archaeologist Vol. 5. 1979. Hull Old Town Report Series No. 3
Published 1979 The East Riding Archaeological Society. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Yorkshire East Riding Archaeology History

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