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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.29487 Author: Waine, G. W; Oliver, Rev. W.
The Register of the Civil Marriages, 1653-1660 Belonging to Richmondshire, and, an Index to the Parish Register Transcripts Belonging to the Archdeaconry of Richmond from Their Commencement to 1848
Published 1936 The Yorkshire Parish Register Society. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
An ex-Society copy with stamps and labels. Wrappers a little creased where they overlap the pages. Pages untrimmed and some uncut, but in nice clean condition.
North Yorkshire Richmondshire Local History

Inventory No.31573 Author: Walker, Kenneth
Nothing Easy: My Young Life 1935-1977
Published 2011 Ken Walker Publications (Harrogate.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9780956983909 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £8
Lovely clean copy, looks like new
North Yorkshire Dales Masham West Yorkshire Ilkley

Inventory No.34380 Author: Wallace, Martin
In Good Company: a History of the Village of Barton-le-Street
Published 2009 Parochial Church Council of St. Michael and All Angels (Barton-le-Street, North Yorkshire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
80pp. Lovely bright copy
North Yorkshire Ryedale Local History Barton Le Street Malton Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.34912 Author: Walton, James
Homesteads of the Yorkshire Dales
Published 1947 The Dalesman Publishing Company (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £4.5
Nice clean copy, d/w chipped and torn with small piece missing on front (see image)
West Riding North Yorkshire Dales Architecture

Inventory No.26551 Author: Ward, John
Dales Blacksmith: Jack Ward of Skipton, His Craft and His Fellow Craftsmen
Published 1994 M.T.D.Rigg Publications (Guiseley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1899458042 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Small address label on ffep else nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Local History Skipton

Inventory No.32103 Author: Warren, Isabel
Parish Church School (Skipton); 200 Years of Education
Published 1999 Parish Church School (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951956515 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
116pp. A little dog-eared with name inside front cover, signed and inscribed to Fred by author on titlepage and with letter from author tipped in.
North Yorkshire Dales Skipton Local History Education Schools Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.31700 Author: Warren, Isabel
Parish Church School (Skipton); 200 Years of Education
Published 1999 Parish Church School (Skipton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951956515 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £20
116pp. HANDSOMELY REBOUND IN GREEN CLOTH, GILT. Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Skipton Local History Education Schools Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.35208 Author: Waters, Colin
Bygone Whitby: The Haven Under the Hill
Published 1988 Anderson Publications (Leicester) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907917100 Size:Square Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Coast Whitby Local History Photographs

Inventory No.34261 Author: Watkins, Peter
Bolton Priory and Its Church
Published 1989 Church of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert (Bolton Abbey) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951430203 Size:Square Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4
Faint crease on front cover else near fine
North Yorkshire Bolton Abbey Local History

Inventory No.34167 Author: Watson, J.
Huntington, 1877-1977
Published 1977 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £5
School published xerox booklet of 40 pages. Covers rubbed but a nice copy.
North Yorkshire York Huntington

Inventory No.20870 Author: Webb, Gerry
Fairfax of York: The Life and History of a Noble Family
Published 2001 Maxiprint (York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1871125529 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £14
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire York Local History Fairfax Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.34860 Author: Whinray, Richard; Illustrator: Yeadon, Sarah Kate
Tot Lord One of the Yorkshire Dales Greatest Characters
Published 2009 The Author (Ingleton) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Errata slip pasted to inside of front cover. Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Local History

Inventory No.27299 Author: Whitaker, Thomas Dunham; Edited By A. W. Morant
The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York. Third Edition with Many Additions and Corrections. With a Chapter on the Geology, Natural History and Pre-Historic Antiquities, By L. C. Miall Volume II Only
Published 1973 E. J. Morten (Didsbury) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0901598712 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £21
Volume II of II Nice clean copy, no d/w.
North Yorkshire West Riding Dales Craven Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.27298 Author: Whitaker, Thomas Dunham; Edited By A. W. Morant
The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York. Third Edition with Many Additions and Corrections. With a Chapter on the Geology, Natural History and Pre-Historic Antiquities, By L. C. Maill
Published 1973 E. J. Morten (Didsbury) Type:2 Volumes
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0901598712 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £60
A handsome looking set, sound and clean. With publisher's prospectus. Very heavy so extra postage may be required.
North Yorkshire West Riding Dales Craven Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.27074 Author: White, Robert
The Yorkshire Dales: a Landscape Through Time
Published 2002 Great Northern (Ilkley) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0953974030 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7
Very nice clean copy
North Yorkshire Dales Local History Topography

Inventory No.37132 Author: Whittaker, Meredith
The Book of Scarbrough Spaw
Published 1984 Barracuda Books (Buckingham.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0860232212 Size:8vo Binding:Leatherette
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £15
Subscribers list at back. pp. 196. Owner's address label on ffep else nice clean copy in price-clipped d/w, slightly faded on spine
North Yorkshire North Riding Scarborough Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.31598 Author: Wilford, Ken
Best Lads of Nidderdale
Published 2000 William Sessions Limited (York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1850722463 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £15
Lovely clean copy- looks new
North Yorkshire Dales Nidderdale Local History Levi Gill Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.34278 Author: Williams, Ann
Grewelthorpe Now and Then Village Life & Recipes
Published Lime Tree Books (Ripon.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Faint cup mark on front cover else very good
North Yorkshire Ripon Grewelthorpe Local History

Inventory No.33720 Author: Williams, D. S. F.
Farming Patterns in Craven
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
22pp. Reprinted from Field Studies vol. 1, no. 3
North Yorkshire Craven Dales Agriculture

Inventory No.31621 Author: Williams, T. Russell
Human Documents. Memories of the Craven Dales
Published Wadsworth & Co (Keighley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good Price: £18
Dust wrapper torn and chipped with some loss.
North Yorkshire North Riding West Yorkshire West Riding Yorkshire Craven Dales History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.34277 Author: Willis,fred
Grewelthorpe Reflections
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
56pp. nICE CLEAN COPY
North Yorkshire Dales Grewelthorpe Wensleydale Nidderdale Local History

Inventory No.26106 Author: Wilson, Terry
A Boy's Own Dale: a 1950's Childhood in the Yorkshire Dales
Published 2011 Ebury Press. Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9780091943059 Size:8vo Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £6
Bump at bottom of spine else lovely clean copy in like d/w
North Yorkshire Dales Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.35213 Author: Wilson, Van
It's How You Play the Game: Olympic Sports in York
Published 2012 York Archaeological Trust Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Splash mark on inside of front cover and titlepage else nice clean copy.
North Yorkshire York Sport Local History

Inventory No.27357 Author: Wilson, Van
Rations, Raids and Romance York in the Second World War
Published York Archaeological Trust Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781874454427 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
Nice clean copy
North Yorkshire York Second World War 2 II Local History Family History

Inventory No.15530 Author: Winstone, P. J.; Hall, J.
A History of the Church in Clapham
Published 2007 Type:
Edition:Revised Edition ISBN: 0906035686 Size:A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £8
64pp. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs.
North Yorkshire Dales Clapham Church Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.34268 Author: Wood, Alec
Sutton-in-Craven the Old Community
Published 1973 The Ridings Publishing Co (Driffield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £24
Boards nice and bright, d/w spotted and slightly browned, clean and unmarked internally
North Yorkshire Dales Skipton Sutton in Craven Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.34146 Author: Wood, Alec; Whitaker, Peter
When Colour Was Sepia: Old Photographs of South Craven
Published 2000 P. A. W. Publishing (Keighley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £9
Faint tobacco smell, covers sunned
North Yorkshire Dales Craven Skipton Local History Family History Photographs Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.31578 Author: Wood, Alec; Whitaker, Peter
When Colour Was Sepia: Old Photographs of South Craven
Published 2000 P. A. W. Publishing (Keighley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
Very nice clean copy, signed by Peter Whitaker on titlepage
North Yorkshire Dales Craven Skipton Local History Family History Photographs Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.31470 Author: Wood, Alec; Whitaker, Peter
South Craven in Old Picture Postcards Volume 2
Published 1993 European Library,The Netherlands (Zaltbommel, Netherlands.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9028857052 Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Pictorial Boards.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £15
Very nice clean copy, signed by Peter Whitaker on titlepage
North Yorkshire Dales Craven Skipton Local History Family History Photographs Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.37162 Author: Wood, E. S.
The Ancient Buildings of the Harrogate District with a Bibliography
Published 1946 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Stiff Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
Covers slightly sunned else nice clean copy
Harrogate Local History Buildings Architecture Bibliography North Yorkshire

Inventory No.31294 Author: Wright, Geoffrey N.
Roads and Trackways of the Yorkshire Dales
Published 1990 Moorland Publishing (Ashbourne, Derbyshire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0861904109 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7.5
Illustrated with photographs and sketch maps. pp. 213. Very slight edgewear to boards else very nice clean copy in nice bright d/w
North Yorkshire Dales Local History Topography

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