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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.10421 Author: Sands, P. C. And Haworth, C. M.
A History of Pocklington School, East Yorkshire, 1514-1950
Published A. Brown and Sons. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Dust Wrapper Price: £15
Original light blue cloth rudded and faded. Gilt titling and decoration. New endpapers fitted. Illustrated. Nice clean copy. pp. x, 214.
East Yorkshire East Riding Pocklington Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.7979 Author: Sheahan, James Joseph
History of the Town and Port of Kingston-upon-Hull
Published John Green (Beverley) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Quarter Leather,Marbled Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £100
Handsomely rebound in quarter red leather with raised bands on spine and marbled boards. New endpapers. Fold out pedigree is a facsimile all other illustrations present though both fold out plans have been repaired with tape. Signature of Historian/Author J. R. Heathcote on f.e.p. pp 795.
Yorkshire East Riding Hull History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.7978 Author: Sheahan, James Joseph
History of the Town and Port of Kingston-upon-Hull
Published John Green (Beverley) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Poor Price: £35
Boards almost detached, spine is. Top of pages stained but not affecting text. pp 795 complete with plates and fold outs. Good working copy.
East Yorkshire East Riding Hull Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.9170 Author: Shepherd, Rev. W. R.
The History of Kirby Underdale: Appendix to the Supplement
Published 1932 J. S. Newsome (Batley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paper Covered Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £10
This volume forms part of a four part work which has been issued in various combinations of volumes published between 1928 and 1939: the original History +Supplement + 2 appendiices. THIS IS THE THIRD OF FOUR PARTS. The spine is very worn with slight loss at the top and is almost detached from rear board but otherwise good clean copy.
East Yorkshire East Riding Kirby Underdale Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.9168 Author: Shepherd, Rev. W. R.
The History of Kirby Underdale with Supplement and First and Second Appendices
Published J. S. Newsome (Batley) Type:3 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £75
These three volumes, published between 1928 and 1939, include all four parts of this work: the original History +Supplement + two further appendices. Also includes 2 autograph letters from the author. The first volume is slightly worn on spine and corners but very good clean copy. The second volume has new spine laid over the paper covered boards and new endpapers, corners rubbed. The third volume is worn at top of spine which is faded. Very good clean set.
East Yorkshire East Riding Kirby Underdale Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.7902 Author: Sheppard, T
Handbook to Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Preprared for the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science on the Occasion of Their Visit to Hull in September, 1922
Published 1922 A. Brown and Sons. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £8
Front hinge weak, boards have been covered in adhesive film. Good working copy. pp. 532.
East Yorkshire East Riding Hull Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.3555 Author: Sherwood, David.
The Lost Streets of Beverley.
Published 1997 Local History Unit. (Hull) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1898398240 Size:4to Binding:Cloth Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £8
This publications has been bound in green cloth boards which has kept it in excellent condition. Stain on rear board.
East Yorkshire East Riding Beverley Local History

Inventory No.8600 Author: Sibree, James
Fifty Years' Recollections of Hull; or Half-a-Century of Public Life and Ministry
Published 1884 A. Brown and Sons. (Hull) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £20
Front and rear boards are badly damp stained. Damp stain has caught the edges of first few pages. Blue pencil scrawl on f.f.e.p., but on the whole the contents are clean and bright.
East Yorkshire East Riding Hull Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11837 Author: Smith, Duncan; Smith, Trevor
North and East Yorkshire Curiosities. A Guide to Follies and Strange Buildings, Curious Tales, and Unusual People
Published 1993 The Dovecote Press (Wimborne) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1874336091 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £7.5
North Yorkshire East Riding Follies Architecture Local History

Inventory No.11050 Author: Smith, John E.
Hull in the 1950s. A Pictorial Diary of Life in Kingston Upon Hull
Published 1994 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1872167594 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £20
Spine and part of front cover unevenly faded, otherwise clean, tight and bright
East Yorkshire East Riding Hull Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.10375 Author: Smith, John E.
The Shop for the People : Two Centuries of Co-Operative Enterprise in Hull and East Yorkshire
Published 1998 Hutton Press (Beverley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1902709004 Size:Square Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Nice clean copy with no inscriptions
East Riding East Yorkshire Hull Local History Co-Operative Society Shops Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.11494 Author: Speight
Tramps and Drives in the Craven Highlands. Arranged for the Use of Visitors, Being a New and Complete Guide to That Romantic District
Published 1895 Elliot Stock (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £30
Boards and spine worn and rubbed. 1st Map repaired with tape. Title page strenthened with tape. Numerous illustrations and maps including 2 fold out maps. pp. 214 plus adverts.
East Yorkshire East riding North Yorkshire West Yorkshire Airedale Topography Genealogy Local Family History Speight

Inventory No.8433 Author: Staveley, Norman
Two Centuries of Music in Hull
Published 1999 Hutton Press Ltd (Beverley, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1902709055 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7
Reading creases to spine. Signature of historian and author J. R Heathcote on inside of front cover.
Yorkshire East Riding Hull Local History Family History Genealogy Music

Inventory No.1515 Author: Storey, Arthur
Hull Trinity House History of Pilotage and Navigational Aids of the River Humber (1512 - 1908)
Published 1971 Hull Trinity House (Hull) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £8.5
Hull East Yorkshire East Riding Navigation River Humber Pilotage Local History

Inventory No.10752 Author: Sumner, Ian; Sumner, Margaret
Holderness (Britain in Old Photographs)
Published 1995 Alan Sutton Publishing Limited (Stroud, Gloucestershire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0750907630 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4.5
Name written neatly on contents page
East Riding Yorkshire Holderness Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.4683 Author: Surtees, Rev. Scott F.
Waifs and Strays of North-Humber History.
Published 1864 John Russell Smith. (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Fair/No Jacket Price: £24
Original green cloth, gilt. Boards and spine worn. Front hinge weak. aeg. Contents clean, tight and bright.
East Yorkshire East Riding Humber Local History Family History Topography genealogy

Inventory No.11031 Author: Suthers, Terence
Hull Old and New
Published 1975 EP Publishing (Wakefiel) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0715810812 Size:12mo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
East Riding East Yorkshire Hull Local History

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