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Inventory No.10781 Author: Jackson, Ashley
My Brush with Fortune an Autobiography
Published 1982 Secker & Warburg (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0436220350 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good + Price: £4
Lacks titlepage

Inventory No.18992 Author: Jackson, Barry
Cawthorne 1790-1990. A South Yorkshire Village Remembers Its Past
Published 1991 Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum (Cawthorne) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951878603 Size:Square Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £18
South Yorkshire Cawthorne Local History

Inventory No.13860 Author: Jackson, George; Illustrator: Lawson, Fred
The Story of Bolton Castle
Published 1966 The Dalesman Publishing Company (Clapham) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £2
31pp. Cover price 2s. Nice clean copy

Inventory No.19340 Author: Jackson, Philip H.
A Guiseley Miscellany of Information Up to and Including That of 1837. a Genealogical Abstract and Index of the Non-Conformist Registers with Details of Many Other Families
Published 2001 The Author. (Bristol.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers/ring Binder
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Yorkshire West Riding Guiseley Leeds History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.19244 Author: Jackson, Richard. [publisher]
Jackson's New Illustrated Guide to Leeds and Environs.
Published 1990 Old Hall Press. (Burton Salmon.) Type:
Edition:Reprint. ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Embossed Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Fine/No Jacket Price: £9
First published in 1889. This is a facsimile reprint of that edition. Numerous illustrations. Deep red embossed cloth boards with gilt titling. An informative guide to the centre and surrounding district which made up the City of Leeds.
West Riding West Yorkshire Leeds Topography Genealogy Local Family History

Inventory No.14798 Author: Jackson, Richard. [publisher]
Jackson's Handbook for Tourists in Yorkshire and Complete History of the County
Published 1891 Richard Jackson (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Limp Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £18
Lacks most of the advertisements at back though text and index complete. Front hinge weak, nice and bright
Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.12362 Author: Jackson, Richard. [publisher]
Jackson's Handbook for Tourists in Yorkshire and Complete History of the County
Published 1891 Richard Jackson (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £20
Front hinge cracked, spine and boards worn and dulled, one page torn and creased at top as if it has been tipped back in, name on front endpapers, internally clean and sound.
Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.12107 Author: Jackson, Richard. [publisher]
Illustrated Guide to Leeds and Environs.
Published 1990 Old Hall Press. (Burton Salmon.) Type:
Edition:Reprint. ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Embossed Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Fine/No Jacket Price: £9
First published in 1889. This is a facsimile reprint of that edition. Numerous illustrations. Deep red embossed cloth boards with gilt titling. An informative guide to the centre and surrounding district which made up the City of Leeds.
West Yorkshire Leeds Topography Genealogy Local Family History

Inventory No.20485 Author: Jacob, E. F.
The Medieval Registers of Canterbury and York
Published 1953 St. Anthony's Press (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Name inside front cover
York Local History

Inventory No.18977 Author: James, David
Bradford: Town and City Histories, Historical Editor: Stephen Constantine. Illustrated from the Archives and with Contemporary Photographs By Ian Beesley, Andrew Caveney and Tim Smith
Published 1990 Ryburn Publishing. (Halifax.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310050 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Crease across front cover, nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Social History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.18869 Author: James, David
Class and Politics in a Northern Industrial Town: Keighley 1880-1914
Published 1995 Ryburn Publishing. (Keele.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310662 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £9.5
Very nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Keighley Social History Political History Industrial History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.17829 Author: James, David; Beesley, Ian; Illustrator: Beesley, Ian
Victorian Bradford the Living Past
Published 1987 Ryburn Publishing. (Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310034 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
BRADFORD WEST YORKSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS

Inventory No.18047 Author: James, John
The History and Topography of Bradford, (in the County of York,) with Topographical Notices of Its Parish
Published 1967 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £18
D/w slightly edgeworn but very good clean copy with no inscriptions
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.14527 Author: James, John
The History and Topography of Bradford, (in the County of York,) with Topographical Notices of Its Parish
Published 1967 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £15
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12444 Author: James, John
Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford, and Its Parish.
Published 1973 Morten (Didsbury) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0901598690 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £15
Top edge of boards faded. D/w a little rubbed and waterstained
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.19593 Author: James, John.
Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford, and Its Parish.
Published 1977 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:3 Volumes
Edition:New Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £12
Very nice clean set
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.12445 Author: James, John.
Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford, and Its Parish.
Published 1973 Morten (Didsbury) Type:Ex-Library
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0901598690 Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £10
Ex-library with d/w laminated to book. Labels inside and stamps, a bit scruffy but reasonable working copy
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.14043 Author: Javens, Betty
128 Turns in 10 Seconds : Albert Rayner - Skipping Champion
Published 1987 Yorkshire Art Circus (Castleford.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0947780238 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
45pp. Blackburn written inside front cover
West Yorkshire Wakefield Local History Family History Genealogy Albert Rayner Skipping

Inventory No.9665 Author: Jeayes, I. H
Catalogue of Ancient Documents Belonging to the Corporation of Scarborough
Published 1915 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £8
Front wrapper has previous owners name/date on top edge. No rear wrapper. Staples rusting but firm. Some minor anotations in text.
North Yorkshire Coast North Riding Scarborough History Local History

Inventory No.8131 Author: Jemison, Barbara; Illustrator: Phil Parkinson
The Spell of Yorkshire and Other Poems
Published 1992 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1872167438 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued. Price: £3
Yorkshire Poetry Poems

Inventory No.13740 Author: Jenkinson, David
Settle - Carlisle Railway Centenary 1876-1976
Published 1976 British Rail Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0700300341 Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
pp.16. Produce jointly by BR and National Railway Museum.
North Yorkshire Settle Railway Local History

Inventory No.18244 Author: Jennings, Bernard
A History of Nidderdale
Published 1967 The Advertiser Press. (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £18.5
Slightly untidy gift inscription on ffep, d/w and cream boards browned, very good otherwise
Yorkshire North Riding Nidderdale History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.17859 Author: Jennings, Bernard
Pennine Valley. A History of Upper Calderdale. Edited By Bernard Jennings.
Published 1992 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 187007193x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £20
Crease across top corner of back cover otherwise nice clean copy
Halifax Sowerby Warley Midgley Erringden Wadsworth Heptonstall Stansfield Langfield Todmorden Walsden Yorkshire Topography History Local Family Genealogy West Yorkshire West Riding

Inventory No.18183 Author: Johnson, Bernard; Tripp, Lionel
The Last of the Old Hanse Being Two Monographs Entitled The York Residence and "Church of England," Hamburg
Published 1949 Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
Yorkshire York Local History

Inventory No.15110 Author: Jones, A. E.
Roads and Rails of West Yorkshire, 1890-1950
Published 1984 Ian Allan (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0711013470 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £6
Spine of d/w faded, nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Local History Transport

Inventory No.19727 Author: Jones, Anne
Divi Day: The Story of Morley Co-op
Published 2000 The Author (Morley, Leeds.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
West Riding West Yorkshire Leeds Morley Local History Co-Operative Society

Inventory No.19696 Author: Jones, Brian
1811 Census of the Town and Lordship of Tong in the Parish of Birstall
Published 1994 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
12 pp.
West Yorkshire West Riding Census Family History Genealogy Tong Local History Birstall Local History

Inventory No.19490 Author: Jones, E. Alan
Yorkshire Gypsy Fairs, Customs and Caravans, 1885-1985
Published 1986 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907033431 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £9.5
Front cover scuffed, nice clean copy
Gypsies Gypsy Local History Yorkshire Social History Folk Lore

Inventory No.11149 Author: Jones, E. Alan with Foreword By Fiona Scott
Yorkshire Gypsy Fairs, Customs and Caravans from 1885 to the Present Day
Published 2002 The Appleby Fair Company (Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire) Type:
Edition:Revised and Enlarged Edition ISBN: 0907033431 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £20
Reprinted in larger format with new chapter and photographs
Gypsies Gypsy Local History Yorkshire Social History Folk Lore

Inventory No.12926 Author: Jones, E.Alan
Signs and Street Furniture in Yorkshire
Published 2001 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1902709128 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4
Nice clean copy
Signs Street Furniture Yorkshire Local History

Inventory No.11817 Author: Jones, Marjorie
Count Up to Ten an Account of a Bradford Childhood in the Twenties
Published 1987 Bradford Libraries and Information Service (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907734138 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £3.5
Blue sticker with class no on spine, WYAS stamp inside front cover, otherwise clean and tight
West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy West Yorkshire

Inventory No.13742 Author: Jowitt, George
A History, George Jowitt & Sons Ltd.
Published 1966 The Author (Sheffield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £8
Dust wrapper lightly chipped at top of spine and with one closed, 1cm, tear at rear.
South Yorkshire Sheffield Local History

Inventory No.19810 Author: Jowitt, J. A.
Mechanization and Misery. The Bradford woolcombers' Report of 1845
Published 1991 Ryburn Publishing. (Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853310123 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/None as Issued. Price: £12
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Textile Local History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.19152 Author: Joy, David
Great Yorkshire A Celebration of 150 Shows
Published 2008 Great Northern (Ilkley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781905080441 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8
Nice clean copy
Yorkshire Shows

Inventory No.11898 Author: Joy, David
Yorkshire's Farm Life
Published 1994 Dalesman (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1855680696 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £2.5
Farming Agriculture Yorkshire

Inventory No.11483 Author: Joy, David
Steam on the Settle and Carlisle
Published 1981 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852066481 Size:Oblong 12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
Corners rubbed but clean with no inscriptions
Yorkshire Dales Transport Railways Steam Trains Settle Carlisle

Inventory No.10622 Author: Joy, David
Yorkshire Legends
Published 1993 Dalesman (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 185568067x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4.5
Yorkshire Folk-lore Legends

Inventory No.9010 Author: Joy, David
Painters of the Dales
Published 1997 CPRE (Skipton, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 090689980x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Yorkshire Dales

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