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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.22146 Author: not given.
Harrogate Spa for Health and Holiday The Spa in a Holiday Environment
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
n.d. (1940's?) covers a little rubbed but contents very nice and clean
North Yorkshire Harrogate Local History Guide

Inventory No.21911 Author: not given.
Pateley Rant the Story of the Nidderdale Show
Published 1995 Nidderdale Agricultural Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Nice clean copy
Pateley Bridge Nidderdale North Yorkshire Dales North Show Agricultural Local History Family Genealogy

Inventory No.21826 Author: not given.
Brimham Rocks: The Wonder of Nidderdale
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
No author, publisher or date. Original pictorial soft card covers, sewn. Illustrated with photographs, sketches, centre page map and local adverts. A very nice copy of this item.
North Yorkshire North Riding Nidderdale Local History

Inventory No.21679 Author: not given.
Historic Scarborough: An Illustrated Introduction to Some Buildings and Places of Architectural and Historic Interest
Published 1966 Scarborough Libraries and Museums Committee Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
32pp. Number (1532) stamped on back.
North Yorkshire Coast Scarborough Local History

Inventory No.21486 Author: not given.
Guide to the City of York
Published 1935 York City Council (York) Type:
Edition:Seventh Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Original decorated soft card covers. Some light spotting, pp. 107. Illustrated and with fold out plan.
North Yorkshire York Local History

Inventory No.21439 Author: not given.
Scar Village Remembered
Published 1991 Friends of Scar Village Association Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £30
pp. 119 plus 2 plans of works at rear.
North Yorkshire Nidderdale Scar Local History

Inventory No.21230 Author: not given.
Guide to Whitby and Neighbourhood. 1d.
Published 1906 Newton & Son (Whitby) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:24mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
Original green wrappers a little rubbed. pp. 36 plus railway timetable. A very nice clean copy of this hard to mfind item.
North Yorkshire Whitby Local History

Inventory No.21183 Author: not given.
Wensleydale Tournament of Song A History of a North Yorkshire Festival
Published 2010 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £40
Very nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Wensleydale

Inventory No.20550 Author: not given.
Aspects of Coxwoldshire a North Yorkshire Local History By Husthwaite Local History Society
Published 1992 Husthwaite Local History Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1850721106 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Coxwold North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.20493 Author: not given.
Taylor's Pictorial Guide to Scarborough
Published T. Taylor and Son (Scarborough) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
c.1904. Surprisingly nice copy
North Yorkshire Coast Scarborough Local History Guide

Inventory No.20270 Author: not given.
The Ryedale Historian. Number 9 Nine Spring 1978
Published 1978 The Helmsley and District Archaeological Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
56pp.
North Yorkshire Ryedale Local History Family History Topography Duncombe Rievaulx Terraces Battle Farndale Lastingham Querns Hambleton Egton Bridge Byland Abbey

Inventory No.20118 Author: not given.
History of Great Ayton School
Published 1891 Published for the Jubilee Committee Great Ayton School Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £40
Some wear to corners and spine but generally very good copy of hard to find item
North Yorkshire Great Ayton School Local History Education Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.20033 Author: not given.
Vasey's Bedale Almanac 1992 Celebrating 120 Years of Print
Published 1992 Vasey's (Colour) Printers Limited (Northallerton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
Contains extracts from Bedale Almanacs dated 1873-1912
North Yorkshire Bedale Yorkshire Dales Almanac Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.19647 Author: not given.
The Hearth Tax List for Barston Ash and Osgoldcross Wapentakes West Riding of Yorkshire Lady Day 1672
Published 1994 Ripon HS Type:
Edition: ISBN: 1872618235 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
A little highlighting in text, but a nice clean copy.
West Riding North Yorkshire Barston Ash Local History Osgoldcross Local History

Inventory No.19512 Author: not given.
Whitby Naturalists' Club. Reports 1955-1956
Published 1956 Whitby Naturalists' Club (Whitby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Original soft card wrappers faded and with stain mark to front cover.
North Yorkshire Whitby Local History

Inventory No.19511 Author: not given.
Whitby Naturalists' Club. Reports April to December 1956
Published 1956 Whitby Naturalists' Club (Whitby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
North Yorkshire Whitby Local History

Inventory No.19153 Author: not given.
Joseph Mallord William Turner Tours of Durham and Richmondshire
Published 2006 The Bowes Museum (Barnard Castle, Co. Durham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Square Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Small crease across bottom corner of ffep, nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Richmondshire Durham Turner

Inventory No.18110 Author: not given.
The Parish Register of Bolton Abbey, 1689 to 1812. Edited By A. P. Howes.
Published 1998 Privately Printed (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £20
Limited edition of 300 copies. Facsimile reprint of 1895 edition printed at the "Craven Herald", Skipton.
Bolton Abbey Parish Register North Yorkshire Dales Genealogy Local History Family History

Inventory No.18073 Author: not given.
A Guide to Ilkley and Its Vicinity; with Excursions to Denton, Otley, Farnley and Bolton Abbey
Published Abel Heywood & Son (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
No date or edition stated, cover price sixpence. Front cover creased across bottom corner, pages browning, very good otherwise
West Riding Bradford Ilkley North Yorkshire Dales Bolton Abbey Guide

Inventory No.16324 Author: not given.
Centenary of the Founding of the "Bar" Chapel and the Jubilee of the Opening of the (United) Methodist Church Cowling
Published 1932 Dixon & Stell Limited (Cross Hills, Keighley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
30pp. Wrappers slightly damp marked but generally very clean
West Riding North Yorkshire Dales Lancashire Keighley Cowling Local History Nonconformity Church

Inventory No.16133 Author: not given.
Railways in the Northern Dales : The Settle and Carlisle Line
Published 1990 Wyvern Publications (Skipton) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0907941338 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4
North Yorkshire Dales Railways Settle Carlisle

Inventory No.15981 Author: not given.
Skipton District - Yorks. The Offical Guide
Published The Home Publishing Co (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
N.D. circ 1960, page 33. Covers a little rubbed. pp. 124 plus folding map.
West Riding North Yorkshire Skipton Local History

Inventory No.13967 Author: not given.
2000 Years of york- the Archaeological Story
Published 1978 York Archaeological Trust Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0950629707 Size:A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
North Yorkshire York Archaeology Local History

Inventory No.13930 Author: not given.
Nidderdale from Source to Knaresborough a Visitor's Guide
Published 1967 The Dalesman Publishing Company (Clapham) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
31pp.
North Yorkshire Dales Nidderdale Knaresborough Local History Topography Guide

Inventory No.13902 Author: not given.
Marton Le Moor 2000 a Snapshot of Our Village at the Turn of the Century
Published 1999 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A4 Binding:Spiral Bound
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
North Yorkshire Ripon Marton Le Moor Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.13693 Author: not given.
Malhamdale. A New Guide for Visitors
Published 1975 Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd (Clapham) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
pp. 26.
North Yorkshire North Riding Malham Malhamdale

Inventory No.13681 Author: not given.
Malhamdale. A New Guide for Visitors
Published 1968 Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
pp. 31.
North Yorkshire North Riding Malham Malhamdale

Inventory No.13674 Author: not given.
Ingleton Official Guide
Published Ingleton Tradespeople's Association Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
64pp. No date, cover price 1/0d.
Ingleton North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13673 Author: not given.
Ingleton -Land of Waterfalls and Caverns- Official Guide
Published Ingleton Advertising Association Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
32pp. No date, cover price 9d.
Ingleton North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13658 Author: not given.
Ingleton -Land of Waterfalls and Caverns- Official Guide
Published Ingleton Advertising Association Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
32pp. No date, cover price 6d.
Ingleton North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13656 Author: not given.
Around Skipton the Rural District Official Guide
Published 1971 Dalesman Publishing Company (Clapham) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
56pp.
Skipton Craven North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13645 Author: not given.
Skipton Urban District Yorkshire Official Guide
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
88pp + 2 folding maps. No date but 1969 pencilled in
Skipton Craven North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.13641 Author: not given.
Skipton Urban District Official Guide & Handbook 1973-74
Published Yorkshire Dales Tourist Association (Burnsall) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
80pp
Skipton Craven North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.12881 Author: not given.
The Archaeology of Scarborough and District
Published 1956 Scarborough Libraries Committee Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
36pp. with photographic illustrations. Covers rubbed and marks from paperclip inside.
North Yorkshire Coast Scarborough Local History Archaeology

Inventory No.12866 Author: not given.
The Dalesman Guide to the Yorkshire Coast
Published 1983 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852067348 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £2
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Topography

Inventory No.9668 Author: not given.
Further Report of the Commissioners ( County of York.) For Inquiring Concerning Charities. North Riding. Birdforth Wapentake. Parish of Coxwold
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
Extracted from the report, pages 390 to 413. Bound in black cloth, gilt.
North Yorkshire North Riding Birdforth Coxwold History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.9606 Author: not given.
Parish Register of Heslington, 1639 - 1837. Parish Register Series Volume CXLIV.
Published 1982 Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Parish Register Section. Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
pp. xi, 105.
Yorkshire Parish Register Registers Archaeological Society Heslington York North Yorkshire North Riding

Inventory No.8488 Author: not given.
North Yorkshire County Record Office Journal 8
Published 1975 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035163 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £6
A4 publication with plastic strip as spine. Covers creased at edges.
North Yorkshire Social Political History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.8487 Author: not given.
North Yorkshire County Record Office Journal 5
Published 1975 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035015 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £6
A4 publication with plastic strip as spine. Covers creased at edges.
North Yorkshire Social Political History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.5949 Author: not given.
List of North Yorkshire & North Riding Enclosure Awards and Associated Documents in the North Yorkshire County Record Office. Guide No. 4; Publication No. 41.
Published 1987 North Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906035309 Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Small neat inscription on front cover, not offensive.
North Yorkshire North Riding History Enclosure Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.3441 Author: not given.
Collectanea Cliffordiana
Published 1980 Skipton Castle (Skipton.) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0950697508 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
Spine a little faded but nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Skipton Clifford Family

Inventory No.3331 Author: not given.
North Yorkshire County Record Office Journal 1
Published 1975 North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. (Northallerton.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950343021 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued. Price: £4
A4 publication with plastic strip as spine. Covers creased at edges.
North Yorkshire Social Political History Local Family Genealogy Topography

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