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Inventory No.11555 Author: Baines, Harold William
Have Handcart, Will Travel
Published 1994 The Author (Ripon.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952419505 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4
pp.97.
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History

Inventory No.10263 Author: Baker, John Gilbert
North Yorkshire: Studies of Its Botany, Geology, Climate, and Physical Geography
Published 1906 A. Brown and Sons. (London) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £85
Original green cloth, gilt. Yorkshire Naturalists Union emblem in gilt on front board. Light wear to edges. Inscription (neat) on rear of f.f.e.p. Some pencil annotation. 3 coloured maps. pp. 671. Very bright and clean copy.
North Yorkshire North Riding Topography

Inventory No.14788 Author: Banks, W. S.
Walks in Yorkshire: I. In the North West: II. In the North East
Published 1866 W. R. Hall (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £14
Original green beveled boards, blind stamped with gilt titling. Rubbed on edges. Hinges weak. Lacks ffep 2 folding maps though one is torn but complete. pp. 371
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Topography

Inventory No.13149 Author: Banks, W. S.
Walks in Yorkshire: The North East, Comprising Redcar, Saltburn, Whitby, Scarborough and Filey, with Intervening Places; and the Moors and Dales Between the Tees, the Derwent, the Vale of York, and the Sea
Published 1866 W. R. Hall (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:Fifth Edition ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £10
Original blue paper wrappers. Front wrapper worn, torn and nearly detached. Lacks rear wrapper. Pages thumbed and creased. Includes fold out map and adverts at rear.
North Yorkshire North Riding Redcar Saltburn Whitby Scarborough Filey Local History North East

Inventory No.10209 Author: Banks, W. S.
Walks in Yorkshire: I. In the North West: II. In the North East
Published 1866 W. R. Hall (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £12
Original green beveled boards, blind stamped with gilt titling. Rubbed on edges. Hinges weak. 2 folding maps though one is torn but complete. pp. 371
North Yorkshire North Riding Local History Topography

Inventory No.17868 Author: Barker, Malcolm
Essence of the Yorkshire Coast
Published 2006 Great Northern (Ilkley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1905080397 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8
Abrasion to rear endpaper otherwise very nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Coast Whitby Scarborough Filey Kingston Upon Hull Bridlington Goole East Riding Local History Family History Genealogy Seaside

Inventory No.17867 Author: Barker, Malcolm
Essence of Whitby
Published 2006 Great Northern (Ilkley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1905080115 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Very Good + Price: £12
Lovely clean copy, crease to back flap of d/w
North Yorkshire Coast Whitby Local History Family History Genealogy Seaside

Inventory No.13944 Author: Barnham, M.; Foggitt, G. T.
Butterflies in the Harrogate District
Published 1987 The Authors Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
55pp.
North Yorkshire Harrogate Natural History Butterflies

Inventory No.10024 Author: Barrett, Wilfred
Links with the Past. The Story of Harrogate Golf Club
Published 1991 Harrogate Golf Club Ltd (Harrogate.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £12
Dust wrapper has small 1cm closed tear on flap, light stain to top edge
Harrogate North Yorkshire North Riding Golf History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.10458 Author: Battersby, Philip
Discovering Heather : A History of Heather Motor Services, Robin Hood's Bay
Published 2005 United Enthusiasts Club (Middlesbrough.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0954965906 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
North Yorkshire North Riding Robin Hood's Bay Local History Transport Heather Motor Services

Inventory No.13992 Author: Beaumont, Heather M.
Sir William Milner 8th Baronet of Nun Appleton (1893-1960)
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4
40pp.
William Milner Nun Appleton North Yorkshire Parcevall Hall

Inventory No.17904 Author: Bebb, Prudence
Life in Regency Scarborough
Published 1997 William Sessions Limited (York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1850721947 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
pp. 65. Illustrated with sketches and photographs.
North Yorkshire Scarborough Local History MEDICINE_BIOGRAPHY

Inventory No.15242 Author: Beckett, Lucy; Hornak, Angelo
York Minster
Published 1981 Summerfield Press (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0856670898 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Laminate to card covers coming loose at edges.
North Yorkshire North Riding York Local History Architecture

Inventory No.17913 Author: Beer, Gordon
Villagers of Starbeck
Published The Author (Harrogate.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0951407414 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
80pp. Faint cup ring mark to front cover.
North Yorkshire Harrogate Starbeck Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.17558 Author: Beer, Gordon
Villagers of Starbeck
Published The Author (Harrogate.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0951407414 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
80pp. Cover a little rubbed, contents nice and clean with no inscriptions
North Yorkshire Harrogate Starbeck Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.15977 Author: Berryman, Bryan
Scarborough As It Was
Published 1990 Hendon Publishing (Nelson, Lancashire) Type:
Edition:Seventh Impression ISBN: 0902907077 Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Light crease on front bottom corner.
North Yorkshire North Riding Scarborough Local History

Inventory No.12850 Author: Berryman, Bryan
Vintage Scarborough
Published 1976 Hendon Publishing (Nelson, Lancashire) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 090290793x Size:Landscape: Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Scarborough North Yorkshire Coast Local History Photographs Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.17844 Author: Beswick, Diana
A History of Gristhorpe
Published 1996 The Author (Gristhorpe) Type:
Edition:Second and Revised Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £30
Pictorial card covers with black cloth spine. Numerous illustrations. 262 pages. 2 short related newspaper cuttings included.
North Yorkshire North Riding Gristhorpe Local History

Inventory No.17843 Author: Beswick, Diana
A History of Gristhorpe
Published 1980 The Author (Gristhorpe) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:A4 Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Clear plastic front with red card spine and rear cover. Inscribed and signed (Diana) at top of first page. 143 pages. Includes newspaper review dated 1/3/80.
North Yorkshire North Riding Gristhorpe Local History

Inventory No.13847 Author: Bharier, Julian; Thompson, Marianne V.
West Burton
Published 1996 W. E. I. C. Ltd. (West Burton North Yorkshire) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0952590514 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6.5
Revised and illustrated edition of 'West Burton- an Historical Guide' first published in 1987. 57pp.
North Yorkshire Dales Wensleydale Leyburn West Burton Local History

Inventory No.16134 Author: Binns, David
The Yorkshire Dales Railway : The Grassington Branch
Published 1990 Northern Heritage (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907941354 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
North Yorkshire Dales Railways Grassington

Inventory No.16135 Author: Binns, Donald
Steam in Airedale
Published 1984 Wyvern Publications (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907941117 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £3.5
North Yorkshire Dales Railways West Yorkshire Leeds Bradford Shipley Keighley Skipton

Inventory No.16132 Author: Binns, Donald
Rails to the Dales
Published 1996 Trackside Publications (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1900095041 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £6
North Yorkshire Dales Railways Skipton Embsay Ilkley Grassington Steam

Inventory No.4050 Author: Binns, Jack
'A Place of Great Importance' Scarborough in the Civil Wars, 1640-1660
Published 1996 Carnegie Publishing (Preston.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 185936181 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £12.5
Scarborough History Local North Yorkshire Civil War English

Inventory No.9652 Author: Blacker, J. G
The Stone Industry of Nidderdale. Part 2: Stone Uses. British Mining No. 57
Published 1996 Northern Mine Research Society (Keighley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
Covers a little rubbed.
North Yorkshire North Riding Nidderdale Mining History Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.13844 Author: Blythe, John
Pennine Days a 20th Century Story of Hawes
Published 1983 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
51pp. clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Wensleydale Hawes Local History

Inventory No.14460 Author: Bogg, Edmund.
Regal Richmond, and the Land of the Swale
Published 1909 Elliot Stock (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £12
Rather rubbed, spine repaired with tape, good reading copy
North Yorkshire Dales Richmond Swaledale Richmondshire Local History Topography

Inventory No.13820 Author: Bogg, Edmund.
By the Banks of the Wharfe Through Cravenland, Ilkley, to Kettlewelldale
Published 1921 James Miles (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
11 pages adverts, 112 plus 2 foldout maps, 8 pages adverts. Covers a little creased but very good overall
North Yorkshire Craven Ilkley Kettlewell Local History Topography

Inventory No.11364 Author: Bogg, Edmund.
By the Banks of the Wharfe Through Cravenland, Ilkley, to Kettlewelldale
Published 1921 James Miles (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Rebound in green cloth with gilt titling to spine. 11 pages adverts, 112 plus 2 foldout maps, 8 pages adverts.
North Yorkshire Craven Ilkley Kettlewell Local History Topography

Inventory No.10245 Author: Bogg, Edmund.
The Golden Vale of Mowbray
Published 1909 Elliot Stock (London) Type:
Edition:Cheap Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £12
Original blue decorated cloth. decoration and title in black. All edges worn and small splash mark on rear board. Gift inscription on half title. Internally Very Good with 96 illustrations and 3 maps. pp. 7 (adverts), 272, 1 (errata, 6 (adverts).
North Yorkshire North Riding Mowbray Local History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.8496 Author: Bogg, Edmund.
Richmondshire and the Vale of Mowbray. In Two Volumes. This Being Vol. 1. The Vale of Mowbray.
Published 1982 G. H. Smith (Easingwold) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Previous owners name in top corner of title page.
North Yorkshire Dales Richmondshire Richmond Swaledale North Riding Mowbray Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.3991 Author: Booth, William.
A History of Ashville and the Ashvillian Society.
Published 1990 Harrogate Stationery Ltd. For The Ashville Society. (Harrogate.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1872939007 Size:4to Binding:A4 Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Non as Issued. Price: £8
Published to mark the centenary of the Old Ashvillians Society 1890-1990.
Genealogy Ashville Harrogatenorth Yorkshire Local History Family History

Inventory No.13913 Author: Bottomley, Frank
St. Robert of Knaresborough
Published 1993 Type:
Edition: ISBN: 095211920x Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
WYAS stamps inside front cover and on last page, nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Knaresborough Saint Robert

Inventory No.13986 Author: Boyes, Malcolm
Exploring York's Countryside
Published 1987 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852068824 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
North Yorkshire York Guide

Inventory No.13001 Author: Brigg, John J.
The King's Highway in Craven
Published 1968 S. R. Publishers Ltd (Wakefield) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0854095284 Size:8vo Binding:Paper Covered Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8.5
A facsimile reprint of the 1927 second edition which has a set of maps included in text. Grey paper covered stiff card boards with cloth spine.
North Yorkshire Craven Dales Local History Keighley Kendal Turnpike Road

Inventory No.13895 Author: Brock, Kenneth John
A History of Christ Church, High Harrogate
Published 1981 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12.5
Stapled, lacks plastic sleeve, very good clean copy
North Yorkshire Harrogate Local History Church History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.17592 Author: Bromley, Judith; Illustrator: Bromley, Judith; Nicholls, Robert
Come down to the Wood : A Year in the Life of a Dales Woodland
Published 2003 Great Northern (Ilkley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0954400240 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Botany Trees

Inventory No.15120 Author: Bromley, Judith
Come down to the Wood : A Year in the Life of a Dales Woodland
Published 2003 Great Northern (Ilkley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0954400240 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Botany Trees

Inventory No.18222 Author: Brown, A. J.
Tramping in Yorkshire (North and East)
Published 1932 Country Life Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Fair Price: £4
Original orange cloth. Pictorial dustwrapper worn and torn with top 3cm missing on spine.
North Yorkshire North Riding East Riding Local History Topography

Inventory No.16056 Author: Brown, A. J.
Farewell "High Fell"
Published 1952 Williams and Norgate Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £3.5
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Farrdale Local History

Inventory No.11489 Author: Brown, George H.
On Foot Round Settle: Also a Chapter on the Plants of the District By R. F. T. And F. P. L.
Published 1896 J. W. Lambert (Settle) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Decorated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £40
Original decorated blue cloth, gilt. Rubbing to edges. Name on reverse of f.f.e.p. Some light spotting. pp.246 plus folding map and 9 illustrations.
North Yorkshire West Riding Settle Local History Topography Craven

Inventory No.11432 Author: Brunskill, Elizabeth
The Parish Register of Bishopthorpe, 1631-1837
Published 1986 Privately Printed for the Parish Register Section Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £12.5
North Yorkshire Ainsty York Bishopthorpe Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.9945 Author: Buckrose, J. E
Rambles in the North Yorkshire Dales
Published 1913 Mills & Boon (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
A clean, bright and tight copy. Original green cloth with illustration laid on front board, illustration worn. Illustrated in colour and black and white.
North Yorkshire North Riding Dales History Topography Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.9292 Author: Buckrose, J. E
Rambles in the North Yorkshire Dales
Published 1913 Mills & Boon. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £24
Original green cloth with illustration laid on front board. Bookplate of J. B. Kitson on f.e.p. Small holes on f.f.e.p. Illustrated in colour and black and white.
North Yorkshire North Riding Dales History Topography Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.4046 Author: Bullamore, Colin P.
History of Whitby's Post
Published 1975 The Author. Type: Numbered Edition
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 095041090x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Very Good + Price: £7.5
D/w slightly spotted, book very nice and bright
Whitby Postal History North Yorkshire Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.10211 Author: Bulmer, T.
Bulmer's North Yorkshire. Thirsk and Malton, and Whitby Division. History, Topography and Directory of North Yorkshire. Part II.
Published 1890 T. Bulmer & Co. (Preston, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Half Leather
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £100
Half black leather, cloth. Boards and spine rubbed on edges. Spine torn at top. Gilt title to spine. Inscription on f.f.e.p. This is Part II. with page run from 638 to 1176 plus viii adverts. Mention of map on title page but non present.
North Yorkshire North Riding Thirsk Malton Whitby Local History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.16985 Author: Burns, Tom Scott
Round About the North Yorkshire Moors: A Glimpse of the Past
Published 1991 M. T. D. Rigg (Guiseley, Leeds) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Very Good + Price: £7
Spine of d/w slightly faded. pp. x, 161.
North Yorkshire North Riding Moors Local History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.5820 Author: Burns, Tom Scott
A North Yorkshire Moors Selection
Published 1994 M. T. D. Rigg (Leeds.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1899458026 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Fine/Fine Price: £15
North Yorkshire North Riding Moors Local History Topography Genealogy

Inventory No.8249 Author: Burnt Yates Women's Institute
Township of Clint Cum Hamlets
Published 1975 Burnt Yates Women's Institute Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £24
North Yorkshire North Riding Clint Burnt Yates Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.13836 Author: Butterworth, Knighton; Butterworth, Anne
'Once in Preston-under-Scar'- the Story of a Wensleydale Village
Published 1993 The Authors (Leyburn, North Yorkshire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0952192608 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
74pp. Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Wensleydale Preston Under Scar Local History Family History Genealogy

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