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Inventory No.19239 Author: Kaye, W. J. Transcribed, Edited and Indexed
The Parish Register of Carlto Juxta Snaith 1598-1812. Vol. XCVI
Published 1934 Privately Printed for the Yorkshire Parish Register Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £40
Original wrappers rubbed and chipped on edges, pages untrimmed.
North Yorkshire West Riding Carton Juxta Snaith Local History

Inventory No.20037 Author: Kaye, W. J. [transcribed by]; Oliver, Rev. W. [edited by]
The Parish Register of Wensley in the County of York Vol. I. 1538-1700
Published 1939 Privately Printed for the Yorkshire Parish Register Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paper Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Edges slightly ragged but very good clean copy.
North Yorkshire Dales North Riding Wensleydale Wensley Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10506 Author: Kearsey, E. Maslin [edited by]
The West Riding of Yorkshire. The Official County Handbook
Published Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Re-bound in red cloth library binding.Library plate on f.e.p. and stamp on original cover. A very clean and bright copy. pp. 240. No date but library ref. gives 1952-53.
West Riding West Yorkshire

Inventory No.8847 Author: Kearsey, E. Maslin [edited by]
The West Riding of Yorkshire; the Official [County] Handbook
Published Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Covers a little rubbed. No date but refers to 1951 census on page 199 (c1955)
West Yorkshire West Riding History Industrial Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.19560 Author: Keighley News
Images of Keighley
Published 1996 Breedon Books. (Derby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1859830463 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Keighley Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.17223 Author: Keighley, Mark
Wool City; A History of the Bradford Textile Industry in the 20th Century
Published 2007 G. Whitaker & Co Ltd (Ilkley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0955599316 Size:Small Binding:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:New/New Price: £40
Red cloth, gilt lettering and bands to spine. Front board has gilt titling and Bradford Coat of Arms in gilt.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Textile Industrial History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.9505 Author: Keighley, Mark
Wool City; A History of the Bradford Textile Industry in the 20th Century
Published 2007 G. Whitaker & Co Ltd (Ilkley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0955599309 Size:Small Binding:Quarter Leather/red Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:New/Slip Case Price: £100
Quarter red leather over red cloth, gilt lettering and raised bands to spine. Front board has gilt titling and Bradford Coat of Arms in gilt, all edges gilt. Limited edition, signed and dated on day of launch by author.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Textile Industrial History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.20450 Author: Kellett, Arnold
Yorkshire Dialect Classics. An Anthology of the Best Yorkshire Poems, Stories and Sayings
Published 2005 Dalesman (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1855682265 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £4
Yorkshire Dialect

Inventory No.12182 Author: Kellett, Arnold
Knaresborough (The Archive Photographs series)
Published 1995 Chalford (Stroud, Gloucestershire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0752401319 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
North Yorkshire Knaresborough Local History Family History Genealogy Topography Photographs

Inventory No.10901 Author: Kellett, Arnold; Dewhirst, Ian
A Century of Yorkshire Dialect : Selections from the Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society
Published 1997 Smith Settle (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1858250870 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £15
Very nice clean copy
Yorkshire Dialect Poetry Poems Verse

Inventory No.19726 Author: Kelly, Terry; Gilroy, Dominic
Wakefield's Sporting Catholics
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Nice clean copy
West Riding West Yorkshire Wakefield Sport Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.15204 Author: Kemp, Wylbert
Holmfirth By Lamplight Legends, Rhymes & Characters of Old Holmfirth
Published 1987 Toll House Reprints (Holmfirth.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0950978345 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
West Riding West Yorkshire Kirklees Huddersfield Holmfirth Local History

Inventory No.13719 Author: Kennedy, Paul
The Struggle of a Minority a Short History of Catholicism in Craven and St. Stephen's Church, Skipton
Published 1996 St. Sephen's Church (Skipton.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £6
Front cover creased across bottom corner, very good clean copy otherwise
Skipton Church History Roman Catholic Craven North Yorkshire Dales

Inventory No.11358 Author: Kenyon, Edith C.; Illustrator: J. A. Symington
The Squire of Lonsdale
Published 1897 Frederick Warne & Co (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Olive/brown bevelled boards with stamped decoration and gilt titling to front board and spine. A little rubbed on corner and spine. pp. 352 plus 32 pages of adverts.
West Yorkshire Lonsdale Novel

Inventory No.18702 Author: Kenzie, Kenneth
Gaythorne Row in Victorian Times Parts 1, 2 and 3
Published 1991 The Author (Bradford) Type:3 Volumes
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklets Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £6
0951988522 0951988514 0951988506 West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.6695 Author: Kershaw, Ian [edited by]
Bolton Priory Rentals and Ministers' Accounts, 1473-1539. The Yorkshire Archaeological Society: Record Series Vol. CXXXII for the Year 1969
Published 1970 Yorkshire Archaeological Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £13
Ex-library with plate on f.e.p. and stamp on page edges. Class number on spine.
Yorkshire Wharfedale Bolton Priory History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.15405 Author: Kessler, Leo and Taylor, Eric
Yorkshire at War: The Story of Fighting Yorkshire at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945
Published 1980 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852065604 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
A little worn and rubbedj
Yorkshire Second World War II WWII

Inventory No.12284 Author: Kidson, Joseph R.; Kidson, Frank
Historical Notices of the Leeds Old Pottery
Published 1970 S. R. Publishers Ltd (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0854096310 Size:Small Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £15
Bookplate to inside of front board. Dustwrapper chipped and rubbed.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History Industrial History Pottery

Inventory No.16468 Author: Killick, Alan
The Hull Countryway and Other Walks
Published 1981 Lockington Publishing Co. (North Ferriby) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0905490185 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Spiral Bound
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
East Riding Yorkshire Hull Walks

Inventory No.19241 Author: King, J. S
Bradford Corporation Tramways
Published 1999 Venture Publications (Glossop, Derbyshire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1898432805 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Transport Trams

Inventory No.18146 Author: King, J. S
Bradford Corporation Motorbuses
Published 1995 Venture Publications (Glossop, Derbyshire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1898432511 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £10
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Transport Trams

Inventory No.12469 Author: King, J. S
Keighley Corporation Transport
Published 1964 The Advertiser Press. (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
With map. WYAS stamps on fep and titlepage
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Keighley Transport Local History Family History Genealogy History

Inventory No.12468 Author: King, J. S
Keighley Corporation Transport
Published 1964 The Advertiser Press. (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
With map
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Keighley Transport Local History Family History Genealogy History

Inventory No.19779 Author: King, John Stanley
Heaton: the Best Place of All. A History of Heaton in Bradford Dale
Published 2001 Bradford Arts, Museums and Libraries (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907734596 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £25
Beautiful copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Heaton Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.13890 Author: King, Sheila; Shires, David; Illustrator: Leathley, Geoff
The Halifax Cavaliers and the Heptonstall Roundheads
Published 1993 Puritan Press (Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952152800 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
West Yorkshire West Riding Halifax Calderdale Local History Family History Genealogy Civil War

Inventory No.17576 Author: Kirby, Joyce
A History of Hampsthwaite Book 1 villagers' Reminiscences
Published 1999 Hampsthwaite Village Society (Harrogate.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0953372308 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
North Yorkshire Harrogate Hampsthwaite Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.16404 Author: Kirby, Stephen
Those Well Beloved Hills
Published 1986 Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0948929022 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4
Top corner of ffep cut off, very good clean copy otherwise
North Yorkshire Local History Memories

Inventory No.16646 Author: Kirk, George E.
The Church in Chapel Allerton, Leeds
Published 1949 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
93pp. including 20 plates
West Yorkshire Leeds Chapel Allerton Church Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.14806 Author: Kirk, Helen
"Ye Dear Object of My affections" The Diary of William Lockwood of Easingwold 1778-1836 from 1st January 1796 to 30th September 1797
Published 1996 Forest of Galtres Society (Easingwold) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952770202 Size:A5 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £6.5
North Yorkshire Local History Easingwold Family History Genealogy Diaries

Inventory No.9409 Author: Kirkup, E
Just a Slice
Published 1986 Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd. (Ilfracombe, Devon.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £5
Yorkshire Wensleydale Poet Poetry

Inventory No.15792 Author: Kirton, Peter.
Yorkshire Humour on the Rails
Published 2003 Write Books (Pontefract.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0954611802 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £8
Pictorial card covers worn and creased. Inscribed and signed on ffep. pp. 223.
Yorkshire

Inventory No.18052 Author: Kitchen, A.; Swann, A.; Whitworth, A.
A Thousand Years in Tong
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3.5
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Leeds Tong Local History

Inventory No.16525 Author: Knight, Emily
Skyscape Sketches from a North East Village and Other Poems
Published The Author (Hull) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £3
Green card, stapled. 6pp.

Inventory No.17732 Author: Kuhne, Alison
Three Hundred Years of History 1695-1995 Bingley United Reformed Church (formerly Congregational)
Published Bradford and Bingley Building Society Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0951548026 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
52pp.
West Yorkshire Bradford Bingley Church History Local History Family History Nonconformity Genealogy

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