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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.33505 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:Very Good/Good Price: £9
D/w rubbed, chipped and torn with 1" missing from spine, book clean and bright but with Christmas greeting (1947) on ffep
Mitton Yorkshire Genealogy Family History Local History Lancashire

Inventory No.23136 Author: Adair, Hunter
Four Seasons in the North
Published 1997 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1872167918 Size:Square Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4.5
Clean crisp copy

Inventory No.25116 Author: Addy, J. Editior.
A History of the Denby Dale Urban District
Published 1974 Denby Dale Urban District Council Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
pp. 80 plus Trade and Industry section adverts. Neat signature on titlepage else very nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Kirklees Denby Dale Local History Social History

Inventory No.36154 Author: Addyman, Ronald
The Leeds Rifles. A Regimental History. Part 1
Published 2003 Privately Published Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £40
In excellent condition in like dust wrapper. With ribbon bookmark
Leeds Volunteer Rifle Corps Military History West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History

Inventory No.34196 Author: Aitken, Rev. Leslie R.; Illustrator: Edward Watson, Photographs
On the Hill. The Story of Burley Parish Church, Leeds. 1854-1954
Published 1954 Graham Cumming Ltd. (Ramsgate) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
Buff card covers a little rubbed, and with small mark to rear cover. 12 pages. Text and photographs in very nice clean condition.
West Yorkshire Leeds Burley

Inventory No.28727 Author: Akers, Timothy
Wrecks and Salvage Around the North & East Riding of Yorkshire 1796 to 1896 AD
Published 2003 Timothy Akers (Wetherby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Signed on front cover. pp. 20 plus 4 pages of illustrations.
North Yorkshire East Riding Shipping

Inventory No.33028 Author: Akroyd, Jean Mallinson
Further Reflections from the Ryburn to the Calder
Published 2001 The Author Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Very good clean copy
West Riding West Yorkshire Calderdale Ryburn Valley Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.34628 Author: Aldborough and Boroughbridge Prservation Society
Old Boroughbridge and District
Published 1980 The Author Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape 32mo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £10
Very nice clean bright copy. 35 full page photographs.
North Yorkshire

Inventory No.28583 Author: Alderson, W. E
Salt & Saltaire
Published 1988 The Author (Shipley, W.Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £12.5
Limited edition of 500 copies. Many photograpic illustrations. Small address label on ffep else nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Saltaire Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.27575 Author: Alexander, Ann. Transcribed and Edited
The Notebooks of Robert Pounder. Publications of the Thoresby Society, Second Series, Volume 25 for 2014
Published 2015 Thoresby Society (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £5
Yorkshire Leeds Local History

Inventory No.34993 Author: Alred, David
Washburn Valley Yesterday Volume II 2 a Second Pictorial Record of Life in a Dales Valley
Published 2001 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1858251605 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £20
Very nice clean copy.
Yorkshire Dales Local Family History Genealogy Washburn Valley Otley Harrogate

Inventory No.34232 Author: Alred, David
Washburn Valley Yesterday Volume II 2 a Second Pictorial Record of Life in a Dales Valley
Published 2001 Smith Settle. (Otley.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1858251605 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Faint crease to bottom of front cover else nice clean copy
Yorkshire Dales Local Family History Genealogy Washburn Valley Otley Harrogate

Inventory No.32098 Author: Amey, Geoffrey
The Collapse of the Dale Dyke Dam, 1864
Published 1974 Cassell (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0304293628 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good But Price Clipped. Price: £6
Very good clean copy
Derbyshire South Yorkshire sheffield Local History

Inventory No.32345 Author: Anderson, Matthew
The Book and Programme of the Wakefield and West Riding Pageant Wakefield 17th to 24th June 1933
Published 1933 Executive Committee of the Wakefield and West Riding Pageant (Wakefield) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £6
Covers worn, and torn. Spine cocked. All 92 pages in good condition.
West Yorkshire Wakefield West Riding Pageant

Inventory No.34743 Author: Anderson, V. R.; Fox, G. K.
Stations & Structures of the Settle & Carlisle Railway
Published 2000 Oxford Publishing Company (Shepperton.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0860933601 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £9
Slight abrasions on fep where flap of d/w may have stuck to it else nice clean copy
Settle Carlisle Railway

Inventory No.21661 Author: Andrews, D. D.; Milne, G.; Hurst, J. G.
Wharram a Study of Settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds Volume I Domestic Settlement, 1: Areas 10 and 6 Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series No. 8
Published 1979 Society for Medieval Archaeology (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £4
A bit scruffy on the outside but contents very good

Inventory No.36913 Author: Anning, S. T.; Walls, W. K. J.
The General Infirmary at Leeds. Volume I, The First Hundred Years 1767-1869
Published E. & S. Livingstone (Edinburgh.) Type:Ex-Library
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Library Binding
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £8
Library stamps inside so not a thing of beauty but good solid copy for reference use
Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Infirmary History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.22216 Author: Anning, S. T.; Walls, W. K. J.
A History of the Leeds School of Medicine : One and a Half Centuries, 1831-1981
Published 1982 Leeds University Press (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0853161313 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Bookplate on ffep, very good clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History

Inventory No.14684 Author: Anon.
Bradford and District Trades' Directory, Accompanied with a Gazetter of England. 1927-28
Published 1928 Town and County Directories, Ltd (Manchester) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £50
Original green cloth, gilt a little worn and marked. Front hinge weak. Name on inside of front board. Contents very clean and bright.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History

Inventory No.35809 Author: Appleby, Jim
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: £7.5
Name on ffep, d/w faded else nice clean copy
Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy topography

Inventory No.36307 Author: Appleby, Jim; Greenhalf, Jim; Priestley, Mike
Telegraph & Argus Stories of the Century
Published 1999 Breedon Books. (Derby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1859831850 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Excellent copy, inscribed to Frank & Jean
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Family History Local History Genealogy News

Inventory No.35135 Author: Appleton, Avril E. Webster
Looking Back at Goodramgate & King's Square York
Published 2006 Reeder Publications (York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0954346319 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £9
North Yorkshire Local History York Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.19205 Author: Appleyard, Gerald
Walton in Ainsty
Published The Author Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Self published item of 69 pages.
North Yorkshire Walton Local History

Inventory No.31537 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/Very Good Price: £9
Clean copp in slightly chipped d/w
North Yorkshire Dales Autobiography Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.34106 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 + Price: £15
314pp. New copy, slight shelfwear.
North Yorkshire North Riding History Swaledale Lead Mining Wharton Local Family Genealogy Arthur Raistrick

Inventory No.33784 Author: Ashcroft, M. Y.; Hill, Audrey M.
Bilsdale Surveys, 1637-1851 (North Yorkshire County Record Office publications)
Published 1980 North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035112 Size: Binding:Card Covers/ Plastic Spine
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £25
One A4 volume plus Landscape A3 volume of maps. Slight shelwear but unused copy
Northyorkshire Local History Bilsdale Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.36681 Author: Askwith, Eveline
Parlourmaid to Housekeeper Halifax and Scarborough 1913-1954
Published 2003 C. R. Eastwood (Bridgwater) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
52pp. Excellent copy
Yorkshire Local History Halifax Scarborough Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.35637 Author: Atkinson, C. J. R.
Recollections from a Yorkshire Dale
Published 1934 Heath Cranton Ltd (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Fair Price: £6
Gift inscription on ffep else nice and clean, d/w torn with loss (see image)
Yorkshire Dales Wharfedale History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.36813 Author: Atkinson, Frank.
Some Aspects of the Eighteenth 18th Century Woollen & Worsted Trade in Halifax
Published 1956 Halifax Museums Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
Covers sunned, owner's Ex Libris sticker inside else very good clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Calderdale Halifax Woollen Trade Worsted Local History Textiles

Inventory No.25023 Author: Atkinson, Rev. J. C.
A Handbook for Ancient Whitby & Its Abbey
Published 1882 Kent & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Spine and board edges discoloured, shading on endpapers but nice clean copy
Danby Cleveland Whitby North Yorkshire North Riding Coast Moors Local History

Inventory No.32348 Author: Aveyard, K
West Riding Automobile Co. Ltd,. Fleet History, July 1981
Published 1981 West Riding Automobile Co. Ltd. Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
16 page booklet, illustrated. Nice clean condition.
West Yorkshire Transport

Inventory No.34862 Author: Ayers, John
Architecture in Bradford
Published Watmoughs (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £5
Nice clean copy, d/w torn on back
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Architecture Buildings

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