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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
12mo - over 6¾"x7¾", 16mo - over 5¾"x6¾", 24mo - over 5"x5¾", 48mo - over 3"x4".

Inventory No.34136 Author: Jack, Rev. James
Happy Thoughts. Bingley Baptist Church Bazaar, 1912
Published 1912 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Original card covvers a little rubbed. 27 pages of quotations supplied maily by local residents. A nice clean copy.
West Yorkshire Bingley

Inventory No.33747 Author: Jackson, Ashley
My Brush with Fortune an Autobiography
Published 1982 Secker & Warburg (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0436220350 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good But Price Clipped Price: £8

Inventory No.35678 Author: Jackson, John C
Thorpe School, Idle, Bradford 1884-1984
Published 1984 (Bradford, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12.5
Clean bright copy
Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Idle Thorpe History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.26011 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: £10
Society bookplate inside front cover, annotations to pages 23-24, else clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Guiseley Leeds History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.36845 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
Rebound in blue cloth, class no. on spine, library stamp inside and owner's sticker on ffep. Despite all this, a decent readable copy, if not suitable for a collector
Yorkshire Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.30691 Author: Jackson, Richard. [publisher]
Jackson's New Illustrated Guide to Leeds and Environs.
Published 1990 Old Hall Press. (Burton Salmon.) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Decorated Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £6
First published in 1889.
West Riding West Yorkshire Leeds Topography Genealogy Local Family History

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.34107 Author: Jagger, Mrs. Mary A.
Some Account of the Parish Church of St. Mary's Honley
Published 2015 Honley Civic Society (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £9
40pp.
West Riding West Yorkshire Kirklees Huddersfield Honley Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.18977 Author: James, David ;Ian Breesley
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: £6
Nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Social History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.31136 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: £3.8
Clean shiny copy
BRADFORD WEST YORKSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS

Inventory No.36708 Author: James, John
The History and Topography of Bradford, (in the County of York,) with Topographical Notices of Its parish. Centenary Edition 1967. Volume I and II
Published 1967 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Card covers rubbed and a little faded. Nice clean copies.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.20920 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: £20
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.30284 Author: James, John.
Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford, and Its Parish Volumes 1, 2 and 3
Published 1977 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:3 Volumes
Edition:New Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Very nice clean 3 part set.
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.25658 Author: James, John.
Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford, and Its Parish. Volume 3
Published 1977 Mountain Press (Queensbury, Bradford.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £5
Volume 3 only. Covers rubbed on edges and sign of label removal from front.
Yorkshire Bradford History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.25552 Author: James, John.
Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford, and Its Parish.
Published 1973 Morten (Didsbury) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0901598690 Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £7
Clean unmarked copy, tape on spine of d/w
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.34907 Author: Jarratt, Jim
Ivory Towers and Dressed Stones: Vol. 2: Yorkshire : Exploring the Follies, Prospect Towers and Other Curiosities of Northern England
Published 1994 Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1852841478 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Nice clean copy
Yorkshire Follies Architecture

Inventory No.36057 Author: Jefferys, Thomas
The County of York. Survey'd in MDCCLXVII, VIII, IX, and MDCCLXX
Published 1973 Harry Margary (Lympne Castle, Kent) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:Atlas Binding:Soft Card Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £250
1973 facsimile reprint in stapled pictorial green soft card covers with green cloth spine. Large size 25 inches-64mm high, 28 inches-71mm wide. Printed on single side. Consisting of Title page, 2 page introduction by J. B. Harley and J. C. Harvey, followed by 15 maps, followed by 1 View of Middleham Castle, followed by 4 further maps. All in black and white. The staples are far enough back not to affect text or maps. A very nice clean and bright copy. Note this item will be supplied rolled up in original cardboard tube, and as it is a bulky item additional postage will be asked for for customers outside the UK.
Maps Cartography Yorkshire

Inventory No.37129 Author: Jeffrey, Percy Shaw; Illustrator: Elmsley, Walter; Matthison, W.
Whitby Lore and Legend
Published 1923 Horne & Son Ltd (Whitby) Type:
Edition:Third Edition (Revised) ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £12
Excellent copy, clean and bright with crisp corners
Whitby North Yorkshire North Riding Cleveland Yorkshire Coast Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.36858 Author: Jenkins, E. W.
'A Magnificent Pile' A Centenary History of the Leeds Central High School
Published 1985 The City of Leeds School Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951003313 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/Good+ Price: £20
Ex-library with ffep removed and some stamps inside, readable copy nonetheless
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds City Central High School Local History Education Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.35106 Author: Jenkinson, Keith A.
Ledgard Way The History of Samuel Ledgard
Published 1981 Autobus Review (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907834000 Size:Small Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Crease on back cover else very good clean copy
West Riding West Yorkshire Leeds Bradford Local History Transport Buses

Inventory No.36164 Author: Jennings, Bernard
A History of Harrogate and Knaresborough
Published 1970 The Advertiser Press. (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £10
Gift inscription as well as author's signature on ffep, book is clean and bright, d/w creased and covered in plastic film
North Yorkshire Harrogate Knaresborough History Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.30331 Author: Johnstone, Christine
Wakefield In old Photographs
Published 1998 Universal Books (Rochester, Kent) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 1840131918 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Samll address label inside else very good

Inventory No.29533 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: £5
Inscribed by author "To Peter and Beryl With many thanks for all your help. Love Anne Jones"
West Riding West Yorkshire Leeds Morley Local History Co-Operative Society

Inventory No.26754 Author: Jones, N. V. Editor
A Dynamic Estuary. Man, Nature and the Humber
Published 1988 Hull University Press (Hull) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0859584690 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Card covers creased on front and with colour peeling off. Stamp to each endpaper, else a nice clean copy.
East Riding East Yorkshire Humber

Inventory No.34571 Author: Jones, Richard M.
The Great Gale
Published 2009 Atland Publishing (Bridlington) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Nice clean copy
East Riding Yorkshire Local History Bridlington Shipwrecks

Inventory No.23197 Author: Jones, Roy
The Life and Adventures of a Trinity Boy
Published 2007 Croft Publications (Boroughbridge) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9780955512612 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Covers slightly scuffed but nice clean copy
East Riding Yorkshire Hull Trinity House Navy

Inventory No.37133 Author: Joy, David (Edited by)
Uphill to Paradise. The Story of Hole Bottom Hamlet and Jerry and Ben's
Published 1991 Jerry & Ben's (Skipton) Type:
Edition:Private Limited Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Clean bright copy
North Yorkshire Wharfedale Hole Bottom Hebden Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.36335 Author: Joy, David (Edited by)
The Dalesman: A Celebration of Fifty Years
Published 1989 Pelham Books. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0720718651 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Greetings on ffep else nice clean copy, signed on titlepage
Yorkshire Dales

Inventory No.31101 Author: Joy, David (Edited by)
The Dalesman: A Celebration of Fifty Years
Published 1990 Pelham Books. (London) Type:
Edition:First Paperback ISBN: 0720719690 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Excellent clean copy
Yorkshire Dales

Inventory No.26923 Author: Joy, David. Editor
The Dalesman. 50th Anniversary 1939-1989. Vol. 50, No. 12. March 1989
Published 1989 The Dalesman Publishing Company (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Cover a little rubbed but a nice clean and bright copy.

Inventory No.35607 Author: Joy, David; Speakman, Colin
The Yorkshire Dales : A View from the Millennium
Published 1999 Great Northern (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0953503534 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + But Price Clipped. Price: £10
Very good clean copy. Heavy so extra postage may be required for overseas order
Yorkshire Dales

Inventory No.32813 Author: Joyce, Tom
Thro' the Years. An Autobiography
Published Advertiser Press (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £7
Original blue cloth, black titling to spine. Frontispiece, signed photograph of author. 10 other illustrations, all present. Nice clean bright copy.
West Yorkshire West Riding Huddersfield

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