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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.1519 Author: Wacher, J. S.
Excavations at Brough-On-Humber 1958-1961
Published 1969 The Society of Antiquaries (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £11
Worn and faded. Ex-library with stamps. Otherwise a good clean tight copy. Extra postage will be requested as book weighs nearly 2kg
Brough Humber Hull East Riding Yorkshire Local History Archaeology Topography

Inventory No.10797 Author: Waddington-Feather, John.
Yorkshire Dialect
Published 1970 Dalesman Publishing Company (Clapham) Type:Ex-Library
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £3
Titlepage price-clipped and has library stamp. Clean copy otherwise in pleasant green cloth binding
Yorkshire Dialect

Inventory No.9706 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: £6.5
Reading creases to spine. 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 Family History Topography Genealogy West Riding

Inventory No.10896 Author: Wade, B.
Yorkshire's Ruined Abbeys
Published Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. (London.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Nice clean copy
Yorkshire Abbeys Churches Buildings Architecture Family History Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.5516 Author: Wade, Stephen
Unsolved Yorkshire Murders. From the Leeds, Bradford and Hull Areas.
Published 2004 Wharncliffe Books. (Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1903425603 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
True Crime Yorkshire Leeds Bradford Hull

Inventory No.10442 Author: Waite, Alison
Exploring the Yorkshire Ouse
Published 1987 Countryside Publications. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0861572696 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £2.5
North Yorkshire North Riding East Yorkshire East Riding Ouse

Inventory No.3717 Author: Waite, Colin
Reflections of Killinghall Its Past and Its People
Published 2000 Killinghall Parish Council (Killinghall, North Yorkshire) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £16
Slightly affected by damp.
North Yorkshire North Riding Harrogate Killinghall Local History Genealogy Ripon Topography

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.10266 Author: Walker, Dora M
They Labour Mightily a Tale of Inshore Fishing in War and Peace
Published 1947 A. Brown and Sons. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Rebound in blue cloth with gilt titling to spine.
Fishing Whitby North Yorkshire North Riding Cleveland Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10419 Author: Walker, J. E. S.
Hull and East Riding Clocks and Watches and Their London Origins Including a Directory of Their Makers Before 1900
Published 1982 Hornsea Museum. (Hornsea, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950795615 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7.5
East Yorkshire East Riding Hull Local History

Inventory No.11069 Author: Walker, J. W.
The Blackers of Blacker Near Worsborough and Crigglestone in the West Riding of the County of York, 1250-1650
Published 1941 Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Type:
Edition:Extract from ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Leatherette Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
An extract from the Y.A.J. Pages 235 to 260. including pedigree. Bound in black leatherette with gilt titling.
West Riding South Yorkshire Blacker Worsborough Criggleston Blacker's Local History Family History Genealogy

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.10787 Author: Walmsley, Leo
Sally Lunn
Published 1938 Collins (London) Type:
Edition:Third Impression ISBN: 185825003x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/None as Issued. Price: £10
Corners and spine rubbed, small damp stain at bottom of spine, d/w chipped with a couple of small closed tears but attractive
Yorkshire Fiction

Inventory No.10170 Author: Walmsley, Leo
The Golden Waterwheel : An Autobiographical Novel
Published 1973 Cedric Chivers Ltd (Portway, Bath) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0855948248 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £9
Dust wrapper faded on spine.
North Yorkshire North Riding Local history

Inventory No.3435 Author: Walters, J. Cuming; Illustrator: Greenwood, Frank
The Spell of Yorkshire
Published 1931 Methuen & Co. Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £4.5
Spine slightly worn at top and bottom, some spotting inside but generally good copy .
Yorkshire

Inventory No.6517 Author: Walton, Mary
A History of the Parish of Sharrow Sheffield
Published 1968 The Author. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Yorkshire South Sheffield History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.11433 Author: Walton, Mary and Owen W. S. [edited by] Drury, Charles; Porter, W. S.; Walton, Mary ; Owen W. S. [transcribed by]
The Parish Register of Sheffield Volume 7, Burials 1703-1719; Baptisms 1736-1752
Published 1989 Privately Printed for the Parish Register Section Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £15
West Yorkshire West Riding South Yorkshire Sheffield Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10460 Author: Ward, Margaret
The Leybournes. A Family History Spanning Ten Centuries
Published 2001 The Author (Nether Poppleton, York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £8
pp.132. plus pedigrees.
East Riding East Yorkshire Nafferton Driffield Local History Laybourne Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11496 Author: Ward, Rev. John
Skipton Castle: Including Sketches of Its Noble Owners, and Its Historical Associations
Published 1866 James Tasker (Skipton) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
In light brown cloth library binding with number on spine and stamp number on rear endpaper. Bookplate of Arthur M. Cockerill on f.e.p. Frontispiece of skipton castle engraved by W. Banks, Edinburgh.
North Yorkshire Skipton Castle Local History

Inventory No.3539 Author: Ward, Richard
In Memory of Sheffield's Cinemas
Published 1988 Sheffield City Libraries (Sheffield.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0863210929 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £25
Scarce
Sheffield Cinema History Films

Inventory No.10857 Author: Ward, Ronald
The Postal History of Upper Wharfedale, Ilkley and Otley
Published 1972 Yorkshire P. H. S. (Sheffield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued Price: £10
Ex-archive. Covers a little rubbed. One stamp inside front cover. Bottom corner of f.f.e.p. cut off.
North Yorkshire Wharfedale Ilkley Otley Local History

Inventory No.9961 Author: Wardell, John Wilford.
A History of Yarm an Ancient North Riding Town.
Published 1989 The Author (Yarm.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good+ Price: £30
D/w rubbed and chipped with small triangular piece missing at top of back.Book nice and clean with no inscriptions.
Yarm North Riding North Yorkshire Topography History Genealogy

Inventory No.3904 Author: Wardell, John Wilford.
A History of Yarm an Ancient North Riding Town.
Published 1989 Conyers School. (Yarm.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £25
Yarm North Riding North Yorkshire Topography History Genealogy

Inventory No.11011 Author: Warkup, Abe
Bob Stubbs Original Comic Awmynack for 1928
Published 1928 Watmoughs (Idle, Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £15
Original pictorial paper wrappers. Edgewear and chipped, and spine sunned. pp. 96. Contents very good.
Yorkshire Dialect

Inventory No.11010 Author: Warkup, Abe
Bob Stubbs Original Comic Awmynack for 1927
Published 1927 Watmoughs (Idle, Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £15
Original pictorial paper wrappers. Edgewear and chipped, and spine sunned. pp. 96. Contents very good.
Yorkshire Dialect

Inventory No.11009 Author: Warkup, Abe
Bob Stubbs Original Comic Awmynack for 1926
Published 1926 Watmoughs (Idle, Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £15
Original pictorial paper wrappers. Edgewear and chipped, and spine sunned and worn. pp. 96. Contents very good.
Yorkshire Dialect

Inventory No.11008 Author: Warkup, Abe
Bob Stubbs Original Comic Awmynack for 1925
Published 1925 Watmoughs (Idle, Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £15
Original pictorial paper wrappers. Edgewear and chipped, and spine sunned. pp. 96. Contents very good.
Yorkshire Dialect

Inventory No.11007 Author: Warkup, Abe
Bob Stubbs Original Comic Awmynack for 1924
Published 1924 Watmoughs (Idle, Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £15
Original pictorial paper wrappers. Edgewear and chipped, and spine sunned. pp. 96. Contents very good.
Yorkshire Dialect

Inventory No.11521 Author: Waterhouse, Keith.
City Lights : A Street Life
Published 1994 Hodder & Stoughton (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0340570644 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £4
Small closed tear on front top edge of d/w. Nice clean copy with no inscriptions
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History

Inventory No.3323 Author: Waters, Colin.
The History of Dunsley Village. Including Lists of Residents.
Published 1990 Whitby Pictorial Archives Trust. (Whitby.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued. Price: £5
Whitby Archives Local History Series No. 11. Collected notes for local historians. This interesting issue , 8pp, has been bound in yellow cloth boards and is in a very nice condition.
Whitby Dunsley North Yorkshire Coast Topography Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11268 Author: Watkins, Peter
Bolton Priory and Its Church
Published 1989 Church of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert (Bolton Abbey) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0951430203 Size:Square Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £2
North Yorkshire Bolton Abbey Local History

Inventory No.6721 Author: Watson, John Rev.
The History and Antiquities Of the Parish of Halifax in Yorkshire
Published 1775 T. Lowndes (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Half-Leather, Marbled Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £160
Boards and spine worn, corner rubbed, spine repaired. All plates present and internally sound.
Yorkshire West Riding Halifax History Local Family Genealogy Topography

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.10566 Author: Watts, Lin
Yorkshire Encounters
Published 2003 Mainstream Publishing. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1840187107 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £4
Yorkshire Local History Topography

Inventory No.9831 Author: Watts, Lin
Yorkshire Encounters
Published 2003 Mainstream Publishing. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1840187107 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £5
Yorkshire Local History Topography

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.6621 Author: Weddall, G. E [edited by]
The Registers of the Parish of Howden, Co. York. Part II. Vol. II, 1543 - 1702. Yorkshire Parish Register Society. Volume XXIV
Published 1905 Yorkshire Parish Register Society. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
Wrapper chipped and torn round edges. Most pages uncut, therefore untidy around the edges. Contents very clean, bright and tight.
Yorkshire Parish Register Registers Archaeological Society Howden East Riding History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.6620 Author: Weddall, G. E [edited by]
The Registers of the Parish of Howden, Co. York. Part I. Vol. I, 1543 - 1659. Yorkshire Parish Register Society. Volume XXI
Published 1904 Yorkshire Parish Register Society. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
Wrappers chipped and torn round edges. Most pages uncut, therefore untidy around the edges. Contents very clean, bright and tight.
Yorkshire Parish Register Registers Archaeological Society Howden East Riding History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.3330 Author: Wenham, L. P. [edited by]
Richmond Municipal Reform Association Minute Books 1841-1859
Published 1978 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035082 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £10
This publication has been bound in blue cloth which has kept it in excellent condition.
North Yorkshire Richmond Social History Political History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11272 Author: Wenham, Leslie P.
The History of Richmond School, Yorkshire
Published 1958 The Herald Press (Arbroath) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £20
Pale cream d/w rubbed.
North Yorkshire Richmond Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11455 Author: Wenham, Leslie P. [edited by]
Richmond, Yorkshire in the 1830s Being the Reminiscences of William Wise "An Old Richmond lad".
Published 1977 The Author (Richmond) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Front cover creased.
North Yorkshire Richmond Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10166 Author: Wenham, Peter; Illustrator: Douglas Phillips
York
Published 1971 Longman (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 058215071x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/Very Good Price: £2.5
Ex-library with stamps and labels. d/w has no library markings.
Yorkshire York Local History

Inventory No.8368 Author: West Yorkshire Archives
Calderdale Archives 1964-1989. An Illustrated Guide To Calderdale District Archives
Published 1990 West Yorkshire Archive and Archaeology Joint Committee Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1870453115 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
Ex-archive library with a few stamps. A very good clean, bright and tight copy. Included is the supplement for 1990-1992 which again has a few stamps, and label to front cover.
Yorkshire West Riding Kirklees History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.10281 Author: Weston, Capt. W. J.
The North Riding of Yorkshire: Cambridge County Geographics
Published 1919 Cambridge University Press. (Cambridge) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £5
Cloth boards covered in green adhesive plastic. pp. viii, 161. With maps, diagrams and illustrations.
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Topography

Inventory No.7818 Author: Whaley
The History and Antiquities of Thorne, with Some Account of the Drainage of Hatfield Chase. Second Edition, Considerably Enlarged and Improved
Published 1869 J. Mason (Thorne) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £120
Original blue textured cloth rubbed and worn on edges with title label, red leather, gilt laid on spine. All edges red. Endpapers blue. Signature of previous owner "C Scott, 1869" on blank endpaper. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Light foxing to endpapers. On the f.e.p. is the original label of Mason, Binder, Thorne. This copy came from the library of Marie Hartley.
Yorkshire South Thorne History Local Family Genealogy Topography Marie Hartley

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.10195 Author: Whellan, T.
History and Topography of the City of York; and the North Riding of Yorkshire; Embracing a General Review of the Early History of Great Britain, and a General History and Description of the County of York. Volume I, II with the Wapentake of Claro
Published T. Whellan & Co (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £75
Volume I, Green cloth, gilt titling to spine. Previous owners labels to front and rear endpapers. Volume II, Green cloth, gilt titling to spine. Previous owners labels to front and rear endpapers. Spine creased. Hinges cracked and weak. The three volumes in two. Vol I, 1857, Vol II1859. Contents of both volumes very clean and bright.
North Yorkshire North Riding York History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11453 Author: Whitaker, Thomas Dunham; Edited By A. W. Morant
The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York. Third Edition with Many Additions and Corrections. With a Chapter on the Geology, Natural History and Pre-Historic Antiquities, By L. C. Miall Volume II Only
Published 1973 E. J. Morten (Didsbury) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0901598712 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £40
Volume II of II
North Yorkshire West Riding Dales Craven Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11372 Author: Whitaker, Thomas Dunham; Edited By A. W. Morant
The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York. Third Edition with Many Additions and Corrections. With a Chapter on the Geology, Natural History and Pre-Historic Antiquities, By L. C. Maill
Published 1973 E. J. Morten (Didsbury) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0901598712 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £130
Some light spotting on endpapers and inside of d/w. A handsome looking set.
North Yorkshire West Riding Dales Craven Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.10349 Author: Whitbread, Helena [edited by]
No Priest But Love. The Journals of Anne Lister from 1824-1826
Published 1992 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Yorkshire

Inventory No.8922 Author: White, Geoffrey; Illustrator: The Author, A. P. Waterhouse and Geoffrey Green
Walks in Lower Wharfedale (including the Washburn valley). A Dalesman Mini-Book
Published 1980 Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852065868 Size:12mo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
Included is a typed speech, author unknown, given to a group of walkers which included Geoffrey White before they set off on what was a disputed rights of way which included Round Hill, Catholic gate, High Badger Gate and Foldshaw Bridge.
Yorkshire West North Riding Wharfedale Washburn Walking Rambling

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.101 Author: White, W. Bertram.
The Miracle of Haworth. A Bronte Study.
Published 1937 University of London Press. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £4.5
Original blue cloth rubbed and stained. Minor foxing to endpapers. Illustrated. 374pp.
West Yorkshire Bronte

Inventory No.5081 Author: Whitehead, Frank
Trouble at Mill...and Other Places
Published 1993 Broadwater House (Harrogate.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952100908 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £16
Autobiography of a Yorkshireman who, over three quarters of a century, has experienced the ups and downs of the textile trade, the army, and the special Constabulary. Interesting history of the textile trade. On rear endpaper a playing card showing a picture titled "The Finish of the Day" The Royal Swans on the dam at Fearnleys Spring Dye Works, Shipley.
Yorkshire Textiles Industrial Greenfield Bailiffe Bridge Brighouse Shipley Wilsden Dukinfield Cheshire Local Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.6316 Author: Whiteley, Derek [edited by]
Natural History of the Sheffield Area and Peak District
Published 1985 Sorby Natural History Society (Sheffield, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950039675 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £3.5
Covers rubbed with small 2cm tear on front hinge.
Yorkshire Derbyshire Natural History Topography

Inventory No.10445 Author: Whittaker, F. Garth
Edward Marsden: The Story of a Company
Published 1978 EP Publishing (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0715812599 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Dust Wrapper Price: £12
green cloth with gilt titling to front and spine. Presentation copy "Percy, with best wishes Garth" on f.f.e.p. Illustrated with photographs. pp. 67.
East Yorkshire East Riding Hull Local History

Inventory No.10257 Author: Whittaker, Meredith
The Book of Scarbrough Spaw
Published 1984 Barracuda Books (Buckingham.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0860232212 Size:8vo Binding:Leatherette
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £15
Original blue marbelled leatherette, gilt titling to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Limited edition this being number 81 and signed by the author. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Subscribers list at back. pp. 196. Included is original flyer, errata slip and letter from Meredith to Athol J. Wallis.
North Yorkshire North Riding Scarborough Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.10267 Author: Whitworth, Alan
Aspects of the Yorkshire Coast : Discovering Local History 2
Published 2000 Wharncliffe Books. (Barnsley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1871647797 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
Bridlington Whitby Scarborough East Yorkshire North Yorkshire Cleveland Yorkshire Coast East Coast Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.8503 Author: Whone, Herbert
The Essential West Riding Its Character in Words and Pictures Foreword By J. B. Priestley
Published 1987 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 1870071069 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £14
Nice clean copy with no inscriptions.
West Riding Yorkshire

Inventory No.7547 Author: Wickham-Boynton, Marcus
A Catalogue of Modern Paintings at Burton Agnes Hall
Published 1959 (Driffield.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
Yorkshire Art

Inventory No.10962 Author: Wild, Jonathan
Hearts, Tarts & Rascals the Story of Bettys
Published 2005 Bettys and Taylors Group (Harrogate.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0955091403 Size:Small Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7
Yorkshire Bettys

Inventory No.11493 Author: Wild, Rev. H.
Holiday Walks in the North-Countree
Published John Heywood Ltd. (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
n.d. Presumed first edition.151pp. Corners and spine rubbed, boards slightly marked, neat inscription on fep.

Inventory No.7977 Author: Wildridge, T. Tindall
The Hull Letters Printed from a Collection of Original Documents Found Among the Borough Archives in the Town Hall, Hull, 1884, During the Progress of the Work Indexing. Period: The Reign of Charles I. Until His Imprisonment 1625-1646
Published 1886 Wildridge and Company (Hull) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £35
Original maroon boards with gilt decoration and titling to spine. Boards worn on edges and corners. Spine rubbed and front hinge split half the length. Front hinge cracked. Signature and date of Historian/Author J. R. Heathcote on reverse of f.f.e.p. Autograph of author mounted on title page. Internally very clean and bright.
East Yorkshire East Riding Hull Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10764 Author: Wilkinson, A. M.
Ripon College 1862-1962 The First Hundred years
Published 1963 The College (Ripon.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Covers rubbed and creased. Illustrated. pp. 102
North Yorkshire North Riding Ripon Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10376 Author: Wilkinson, Alan
From Corner Shop to Corner Shop in Five Generations : A History of William Jackson and Son Plc
Published 1994 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1872167659 Size:Square Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
East Riding East Yorkshire Hull Shops William Jackson Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.10917 Author: Wilkinson, John
Exploring the Upper Dearne Valley the Life and Industry of a Yorkshire People
Published 2002 Bridge Publications (Penistone, Sheffield) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0947934332 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Non as Issued Price: £5
South Yorkshire Dearne Local History

Inventory No.10876 Author: Wilkinson, John F.
Farmstead of the Britons the Story of a West Riding Village
Published 1989 Bridge Publications (Penistone, Sheffield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0947934251 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £4.5
West Bretton Wakefield Barnsley Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.3433 Author: Wilkinson, T. J. ("Falcon")
Scrapologia: Being a Collection of Facts, Sentiments, and Anecdotes. Second Series. Reprinted from the Yorkshire Chronicle for Private Circulation.
Published 1881 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £25
Spine appears to have been replaced.ffep almost detached but good copy of unusual item.
Yorkshire

Inventory No.10617 Author: Wilkinson, Tate
The Wandering Patentee; or a History of the Yorkshire Theatres, from 1770 to the Present Time: Interspersed with Anecdotes Respecting Most of the Performers in the Three Kingdoms, from 1765 to 1795 in Four Volumes
Published 1973 Scolar Press (London) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0859671232 Size: Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £60
Four volumes in two, quarter cloth with marbled boards, plus paperback copy of An Index to The Wandering Patentee compiled by C. Beecher Hogan published by The Society for Theatre Research, 1973. Three vols in all.
Yorkshire Theatre History Drama Local History Stage

Inventory No.9099 Author: Willan, T. S
The Early History of the Don Navigation
Published 1968 Augustus M. Kelley (New York) Type:
Edition:First American Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £14
South Yorkshire South River Don History Local Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.10248 Author: Willan, T. S.
The Parliamentary Surveys for the North Riding of Yorkshire
Published The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Leatherette
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
Extract from The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal [1933]. Bound in dark green leatherette with new endpapers. Page run 224 to 319.
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History

Inventory No.10226 Author: Williams, Mary
Witches in Old North Yorkshire
Published 1992 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0907033547 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued Price: £10
Illustrated with photographs, drawings and map. pp. 66.
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Folk Lore Witch Craft

Inventory No.9395 Author: Williams, Paul
The Knights of Selsby
Published 1937 Methuen (London) Type:
Edition:Fourth Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £5
Boards and spine rubbed and a little grubby. New endpapers fitted.
Yorkshire Novel

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.3430 Author: Williamson, W. C.
Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist. a Facsimile Edition Edited By Joan Watson and B. A. Thomas
Published 1985 The Editors (Manchester.) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0951091204 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £11.5
First published in 1896.
Yorkshire Natural History

Inventory No.9381 Author: Willis, Jerome
The Last Adventurers. The Story of the Lives of Trawlermen from Hull and Grimsby Who Sail Their Small Craft Far Into Northern Latitudes in the Eternal Quest for Fish
Published 1937 Hurst and Blackett (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £25
Cloth rubbed and bumped on corners. Spine a little faded. Illustrated with b&w photographs.
Yorkshire Hull Grimsby East Riding Trawlermen History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.7662 Author: Willis, Ronald; Illustrator: Hards, Graham
The Illustrated Portrait of York
Published 1988 Hale (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0709034687 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £2.99
Water mark on inside of d/w at bottom of front, but not visible from outside.
York

Inventory No.11275 Author: Wilson, Andrew
Hellifield and Its Railways
Published 2001 Tempus Publishing Ltd (Stroud, Gloucestershire) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0752423576 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
North Yorkshire Hellifield Local History Railways Railway History

Inventory No.7969 Author: Wilson, B.
The Sedbergh School Register 1546 to 1895
Published 1895 Richard Jackson (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £35
Original green cloth with gilt title and decoration to front board, gilt titling on spine. Spine rubbed and worn with 2cm split at top of rear hinge. pp 446 and folding plan and charter. A very nice bright copy.
Yorkshire Cumbria Cumberland Lake District Sedbergh History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.7399 Author: Wilson, Benjamin
Our Village: A Sketch of the History and Progress of Bramley During Seven Centuries
Published 1860 J. Dawson (Bramley, Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Blind Stamped Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £85
Boards lightly rubbed and marked. Name printed (neatly) on f.f.e.p. A very nice copy of a scarce item.
Yorkshire West Riding Bramley Leeds History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.6487 Author: Wilson, David
A Century of the Sheffield Colligate Cricket Club. A Short History, 1881-1981
Published 1981 The Author. (Sheffield, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Light stain on front cover.
Yorkshire South Sheffield History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11158 Author: Wilson, Kenneth.
The History of Lothersdale.
Published 1972 The Parish Council of Lothersdale. (Lothersdale) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good./Very Good Price: £38
Dust wrapper slightly chipped and creased
Lothersdale. Yorkshire Local Family History Genealogy.

Inventory No.10064 Author: Wilson, Vernon
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. British Regional Geology
Published 1958 HMSO (London) Type:
Edition:Sixth Impression ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £3
Covers a little grubby. Pages thumbed. All illustrations present.
East Yorkshire East Riding Geology

Inventory No.11374 Author: Withers, Colin Blanshard
Yorkshire Parish Registers. Volume 1, Church of England
Published 1998 Yorkshire Wolds Publication (Bainton, East Yorkshire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0953202909 Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine. Price: £20
Yorkshire Parish Registers Register 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.11461 Author: Wood, Donald Edited By Val Rowell
Bolton Abbey the Time of My Life
Published 1996 The Author (Bolton Abbey) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952923106 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £4.5
Bolton Abbey Yorkshire Dales

Inventory No.3728 Author: Wood, E. S.
The Ancient Buildings of the Harrogate District with a Bibliography
Published 1946 Type:Ex-Library
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo