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Inventory No.10471 Author: Narramore, Colin; Turner, Patricia
Northallerton in Old Picture Postcards Volume 1 Including Romanby and Brompton
Published 1994 European Library (Zaltbommel, Netherlands.) Type:
Edition:Fourth Edition ISBN: 9028822909 Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Near fine except previous owners address label on inside of front cover. Introduction, with 88 b&w photographs.
North Yorkshire North Riding North Allerton Romanby Brompton Local History

Inventory No.10748 Author: Naruhito (photographer); Howard, Nicholas
Costume at Castle Howard
Published 1975 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950254525 Size:Square Quarto Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good + Price: £5
Some small marks on front board
Costume Castle Howard North Yorkshire Local History

Inventory No.12410 Author: National Association of Head Teachers
Leeds and Harrogate, Whitsuntide 1957
Published 1957 E. J. Arnold (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
Original decorated cloth. Decorated endpapers. Double page map. Illustrated. pp. 63. Souvenier of the Harrogate Conference.
West Yorkshire West Riding North Yorkshire North Riding Leeds Harrogate Local History

Inventory No.19592 Author: Neave, David
Feasts, Fellowship and Financial Aid South Holderness Friendly Societies
Published 1986 Hedon and District Local History Society (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0946289425 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Name inside front cover, clean otherwise
Yorkshire East Riding Holderness Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.19483 Author: Neave, David
East Riding Friendly Societies
Published 1988 East Yorkshire Local History Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0900349417 Size:8vo Binding:A5 Booklet.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4
ECONOMICS Yorkshire East Riding History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.19489 Author: Neave, David; Turnbull, Deborah
Landscaped Parks and Gardens of East Yorkshire, 1700-1830
Published 1992 Georgian Society for East Yorkshire. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951396617 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4.5
Yorkshire East Riding Local History Family History Parks Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.19134 Author: Neave, David; Turnbull, Deborah
Landscaped Parks and Gardens of East Yorkshire, 1700-1830
Published 1992 Georgian Society for East Yorkshire. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951396617 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Top corner of front cover creased. Previous owners address label in top corner of title page.
Yorkshire East Riding Local History Family History Parks Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.15567 Author: Neave, Susan
Medieval Parks of East Yorkshire
Published 1991 Hutton Press Ltd (Beverley, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 187216711x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Name on titlepage, nice clean copy
East Yorkshire East Riding Local History Family History Parks Landscape Medieval History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.20313 Author: Neesam, Malcolm
Harrogate in Old Picture Postcards
Published 1983 European Library (Zaltbommel, Netherlands.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9028823522 Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12.5
Cover a little rubbed and discoloured but contents very good
North Yorkshire North Riding Harrogate Genealogy

Inventory No.15924 Author: Neesam, Malcolm
Hotel Majestic
Published 2000 Paramount Hotels Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8
North Yorkshire Harrogate Local History

Inventory No.13921 Author: Neesam, Malcolm
100 Years a Short History of a Family Business Ogden 1893 - 1993
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
24pp. Together with centenary catalogue from Ogden.
North Yorkshire Harrogate Ogden Local History Business History

Inventory No.12178 Author: Neesam, Malcolm
Harrogate; the Archive Photographs Series
Published 1995 Chalford Publishing Co (Stroud, Gloucestershire) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0752401548 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Bottom corner of front cover bumped.
North Yorkshire North Riding Harrogate Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.20104 Author: Nelson, Barbara
The Woollen Industry of Leeds
Published 1980 D&j Thornton (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0907339018 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Covers rubbed with crease across back cover but contents very good
West Yorkshire Leeds Woollen Textiles Industry Local History

Inventory No.19018 Author: Nelson, David
Martons Both. The Second Millennium. A Potted History of Martons Both
Published 2001 The Author Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £25
Previous owners name at top of contents page. pp. 75. Numerous illustrations.
North Yorkshire Craven East Marton West Marton Local History

Inventory No.17907 Author: New Wortley Local History Group
An A. To Z. Through New Wortley
Published 1986 The Author (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
pp. 40. Illustrated.
West Yorkshire Leeds New Wortley Local History

Inventory No.19596 Author: Newbery, Maggie
Reminiscences of a Bradford Mill Girl
Published 1980 Bradford Libraries (Bradford, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907734375 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Covers slightly rubbed, contents clean with no inscriptions
Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Local Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.9410 Author: Newboult, F. J
Abe Clegg in War Time
Published Wm. Byles & Sons (Bradford, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £9
Covers a little rubbed. Corners bumped. Spine worn at head.
Yorkshire Novel Dialect

Inventory No.11078 Author: Newman, Leslie A.
Highways in the Byways. The Story of Pilgrimage in John Wesley's Steps
Published 1945 Epworth Press (London) Type:
Edition:Second Impression ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £6.5
Yorkshire Evangelism Nonconformity

Inventory No.10199 Author: Newman, P. R.
Moor Monkton and Its People 1600 to 1916. Aspects of the Social and Economic History of a Township in the Ainsty of York
Published 1982 Moor Monkton Village History Committee (York.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £15
pp. 140 plus 13 full page plates.
Yorkshire York Local History

Inventory No.19639 Author: Nicholson, Eugene; Illustrator: Ellison, Ken
On Tenterhooks. A Compendium of Textile Words, Terms and Expressions
Published 2009 Wool Press (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9780955599392 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:New Price: £12.5
This fascinating A-Z compendium attempts to show, possibly for the first time, how the world of textiles has influenced the English language.
Yorkshire Bradford Textile Language

Inventory No.4072 Author: Nicholson, John; Illustrator: Meek, Geo.
Beacons of East Yorkshire
Published 1887 Printed for the Author By T. Holderness, "Observer" Office, Driffield Type:
Edition:Limited Edition. ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £25
No. 38 of one hundred copies printed. Boards marked and spine faded and worn at top and bottom. Inscription on reverse of ffep. Front hinge a little weak. Small crayon marks on margin of one page of text. Good copy of scarce item.
East Yorkshire East Riding Local History Dimlington Holme Hunsley Patrington Rudston Speeton Halifax Beacons Family History Topography Genealogy

Inventory No.19110 Author: Noble, James
Around the Coast with Buffalo Bill: The Wild West in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Published 1999 Hutton Press Ltd (Beverley, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1902709039 Size:Square Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
Nice clean copy
ENTERTAINMENT BUFFALO BILL YORKSHIRE LINCOLNSHIRE

Inventory No.16496 Author: Nolloth, Henry Edward
Beverley and Its Minster
Published 1949 George Allen & Unwin Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £3.5
Spine split at bottom but good clean copy
East Riding Yorkshire Beverley Minster Local History

Inventory No.18131 Author: Nortcliffe, David
Buildings of Brighouse
Published 1990 Brighouse Civic Trust (Brighouse.) Type:
Edition:Second and Revised Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £7
Stapled pictorial card cover. Illustrated. pp. 64. Faint splash mark on back cover, one page creased at top, very good clean copy otherwise
West Yorkshire West Riding Brighouse Local History Architecture

Inventory No.16200 Author: Nortcliffe, David; Illustrator: Tomlinson, Sarah
Halifax Town Trail
Published Calderdale Amenities and Recreation Dept. Type:
Edition: ISBN: 090665100x Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
pp. 16.
West Yorkshire West Riding Halifax Local History

Inventory No.15824 Author: Nortcliffe, David
Buildings of Brighouse
Published 1978 Brighouse Civic Trust (Brighouse.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
Stapled pictorial card covers, a little rubbed. Name/date at top of title page. 2 annotations by text. Illustrated. pp. 60
West Yorkshire West Riding Brighouse Local History Architecture

Inventory No.18609 Author: North, Arthur
"Ye Scenes of Olde Bradforde." Strolls Through Some Old Highways and Streets Being an Itinerary Catalogue of Mr. Alfred Megson's Collection of One Hundred Views of By-gone Bradford
Published 1891 Charles Greening (Bradford) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Poor Price: £10
Wrappers rubbed and torn with some loss, contents very good after first page
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.19486 Author: Norway, Arthur H; Illustrator: Joseph Pennell and Hugh Thomson
Highways and Byways in Yorkshire
Published 1932 Macmillan & Co (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Pocket edition. Names on ffep, slightly bumped, decent copy
Yorkshire History Local History Topography

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