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Inventory No.24962 Author: Mack, Robert F.
Leeds City Tramways: a Pictorial Souvenir
Published 1972 Turntable Publications (Sheffield) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0902844105 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
Covers a little rubbed, contents very good
West Yorkshire Leeds Buses Transport Trams

Inventory No.24961 Author: Mack, Robert F.
Leeds City Tramways: a Pictorial Souvenir
Published 1968 Turntable Publications (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
Covers a little rubbed, some spotting inside but decent copy
West Yorkshire Leeds Buses Transport Trams

Inventory No.33164 Author: Malcolmson, Patricia; Malcolmson, robert
Voices from Wartime Leeds, 1939-1940. Three Mass Obrevation Diarists. Second Series Volume 26
Published 2017 Thoresby Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £15
Looks unread..
West Yorkshire Leeds Local History

Inventory No.35419 Author: Manning, Rev. Wm.
The History of Congregationalism in Eccleshill, from the Opening of the Chapel in Chapel Street in 1823 to the Centenary Services Held in the Chapel in Victoria Road in 1923
Published 1923 Watmoughs (Idle, Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £25
Original red cloth, gilt. Spine faded. Previous owners name to front endpaper. Illustrated with photographs. Subscribers edition. pp. 175.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Eccleshill Local History Congregationalism Nonconformist

Inventory No.23872 Author: Manning, Rev. Wm.
The History of Congregationalism in Eccleshill, from the Opening of the Chapel in Chapel Street in 1823 to the Centenary Services Held in the Chapel in Victoria Road in 1923
Published 1923 Watmoughs (Idle, Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Leather Covered Card Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £20
Original red leather, gilt. Boards and spine worn. Endpapers a little spotted. Presentation bookplate to ffep to "Thomas Whitehead, Esq. as a Souvenir on the occasion of his presiding at the opening of the CENTENARY BAZAAR, March 1st. 1923. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Errata slip tipped in at rear. pp. 175.
West Yorkshire Bradford Eccleshill Local History Congregationalism Nonconformist Congregational Church History

Inventory No.31694 Author: Marchbank, W. Reid
100 Years of Progress. An Account of the Expansion of Congregationalism in Keighley
Published Devonshire Street Congregational Church (Keighley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £20
68 pages. Handsomely rebound in blue cloth, gilt
West Yorkshire Keighley Local History Nonconformist

Inventory No.36364 Author: Markham, David
The Legends of Bradford City
Published 2007 Breedon Books (Derby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781859835727 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £15
Very nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Football Bradford Sport

Inventory No.25701 Author: Markham, Len
The Wharncliffe Companion to Wakefield & District an A to Z of Local History
Published 2005 Wharncliffe Books. (Barnsley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1903425891 Size: Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £5
Lovely clean copy
West Yorkshire Local History Wakefield Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.33160 Author: Marland, Hilary
Medicine and Society in Wakefield and Huddersfield 1780-1870
Published 1987 Cambridge University Press Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0521325757 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £25
Very nice clean copy in slightly edge rubbed dust jacket. bookplate to ffep. Illustrated with 4 maps. pp. xxiii, 503
West Yorkshire Huddersfield Wakefield Local History Medical History

Inventory No.31527 Author: Marshall, James W. D.
'Floreat Per saecula' ('From Age to Age Excel') a History of the Leeds Grammar School Covering the Headmastership of Dr. Barry and the Woodhouse Moor Years (1854-1997)
Published 1997 The Author (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Clean tight copy
West Yorkshire Leeds Grammar School Local History Education Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.35997 Author: Marshall, Peter
Honley Remembers: Village Life in the Geat War
Published 2019 Honley Civic Society (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781999766337 Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £20
64pp. Numerous photographs. As new copy
West Yorkshire Kirklees Huddersfield Local History Honley Family History Genealogy Great War First World War Photographs

Inventory No.34213 Author: Mason, Kate M.
Addingham from Brigantes to Bypass A History
Published 1996 Addingham Civic Society (Addingham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8.5
Very nice clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Ilkley Addingham Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.29317 Author: Mason, Kate M.
Woolcombers, Worsteds and Watermills Addingham's Industrial Revolution
Published 1989 Addingham Civic Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Bradford Ilkley Addingham Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.31353 Author: Mason, Kate; Armstrong, Alison C.; Birdsall, Malcolm; Pacey, Arnold
Addingham: a View from the Moorside
Published 2008 Addingham Civic Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9870955523618 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £15
Very nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Bradford Ilkley Addingham Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.33857 Author: Mason, Roy
Pennine Village
Published 1971 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Inscribed "To Old John Stanley Bell", name and address inside cover, covers a little rubbed, but very good copy of surprisingly scarce pamphlet
West Yorkshire Bradford Keighley Silsden Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.31902 Author: Mason, Roy
Pennine Boyhood
Published The Author (Keighley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Nice clean copy, with newspaper cutting about death of author following the Bradford City fire in 1985
West Yorkshire Bradford Keighley Silsden Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.34503 Author: Mawson, Harry; Cole, Don
Just an Ordinary Life Memories of Adel and Cookridge 1889-1936
Published 1984 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Small green address label on titlepage else nice clean copy.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Adel Cookridge Arthington Eccup Local History

Inventory No.36847 Author: Mayhall, John.
The Annals and History of Leeds and Other Places in the County of York, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
Published 1860 Joseph Johnson. (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £40
pp. iv, 768. All plates present. Has been repaired with new endpapers, boards and spine rubbed and worn, contents sound
West Riding West Yorkshire Leeds Local History

Inventory No.36015 Author: McCroben, Blanche
Wakefield Cathedral
Published 1912 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Pictorial covers worn. 3 punched holes for cord binding, no cord. Date stamp inside front cover 25 December 1912. 9 sketches tipped on card. Sermon from Christmas 1911. Nice copy of an unusual item.
West Yorkshire Wakefield

Inventory No.30408 Author: McDermott, Michael
West of Bradford
Published 1991 The Author (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £8
Marks from damp on back cover, contents very good
West Yorkshire Bradford Thornton Clayton Queensbury Denholme Oxenhope Cullingworth Haworth Bingley Cottingley Harden Wilsden Allerton Local History

Inventory No.29449 Author: McDermott, Michael
Allerton in Bygone Days
Published 1989 The Author (Bradford) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Square Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Covers slightly rubbed but very good clean copy
West Yorkshire Bradford Local History Allerton Photographs Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.31780 Author: McKniff, Dennis
A History of St. Austin's Church Wakefield 1828-1931
Published 2002 Type:
Edition:Third Edition ISBN: Size:A4 Binding:Spiral Bound
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £25
Nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Wakefield Local History Churches Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.36117 Author: Mee, Arthur
Yorkshire West Riding (King's England)
Published 1969 Hodder and Stoughton. (London.) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0340001119 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7
Bright clean copy
west Yorkshire west Riding Local History Topography

Inventory No.25835 Author: Meredith, Peter
The Thursby Manuscripts, Being an Account of a Journey By a Leeds Man to Lisbon and Oporto in 1755-56. a Collection of Letters from T. D. Whitaker to Lucy Thursby of Meadow Lane, Leeds 1779-90, and Other Related Thursby Family Material
Published 2011 The Thoresby Society (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9780900741708 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Crease across bottom corner of front cover else VG+. Thoresby Society Second Series Volume 21.
West Yorkshire Leeds Local History

Inventory No.12606 Author: Michael, Rev. T.
A Brief Historical Account of the First Baptist Church, Halifax, Prepared By the Rev. T. Michael, for the Centenary Services Held at Pellon Lane Chapel, August 23rd, and 25th, 1863; and Continued to the Year 1884.
Published 1890 S. N. Whitaker (Halifax) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £20
Original dark maroon cloth with black decoration and gilt titling. All edges red. Small neat name written on f.e.p. An excellent copy of this scarce item.
West Yorkshire West Riding Halifax Local History

Inventory No.37127 Author: Minter, Gordon; Minter, Enid; Illustrator: Beswick, J. R.
Discovering Old Huddersfield Part One
Published 1996 H. Barden & Company Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: 095247470 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
118pp. Owner's address label inside front cover else nice clean copy
West Riding West Yorkshire Kirklees Huddersfield Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.28528 Author: Mitchell, R.
Brighouse: Birth and Death of a Borough
Published 1976 The Ridings Publishing Co. (Driffield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £30
Nice clean copy, d/w price-clipped and slightly faded on spine with two small tape reinforcements on reverse
West Yorkshire West Riding Brighouse Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.25647 Author: Mombert, Otto
The Second Book of Wool Rhymes
Published Percy Lumb, Humphries & Co. Ltd. (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £5
Original black cloth with paper label to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. A very nice clean, bright copy.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Wool Rhymes Poetry

Inventory No.31903 Author: Moorhouse, Lillian
A Tapestry of Windhill
Published North-East Windhill Community Association (Windhill, Shipley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
40pp.Small address label and name inside else very good
West Yorkshire West Riding Windhill Shipley Bradford Local History

Inventory No.25178 Author: Morgan, John; Joy, David
A Celebration of Leeds: People, Places, Pictures and Memories to Mark the 800th Anniversary of Leeds City Charter
Published 2006 Great Northern (Ilkley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1905080212 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8
Nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Leeds Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.30040 Author: Morrish, P.S.; Morgan, J.
Publications of the Thoresby Society - Second Series: v. 13: Miscellany
Published 2003 Thoresby Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0900741619 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Sign of label removal on ffep, but a very nice clean copy. Contains: The Journals of Sarah Mayo Parkes, 1815 and 1818. P.Litton William Potts of Leeds, Clockmaker. M.S.Potts Percy Alfred Scholes (1877 – 1958): music critic, educator and encyclopaedist. P.S.Morrish The Leeds Elections of 1834 and 1835: a psephological analysis. J.Morgan
West Yorkshire Leeds Local History

Inventory No.35118 Author: Morrison, John
A Portrait of Bradford
Published 2005 Halsgrove (Tiverton, Devon) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1841144703 Size:Square Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8
Very nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Bradford Photographs

Inventory No.24981 Author: Mortimer, Jean and Russell
Leeds Friends' Minute Book 1692 to 1712. The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Volume CXXXIX for the Years 1977 and 1978
Published 1980 Yorkshire Archaeological and topographical Association Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £10
Name on fep. Dust jacket faded to spine.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History Family History Genealogy Quaker Quakerism Nonconformist

Inventory No.24142 Author: Mosey, Don; Ramsden, Harry
Harry Ramsden : The Uncrowned King of Fish-And-Chips
Published 1989 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852069871 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Leeds Guiseley Harry Ramsden Local History

Inventory No.27276 Author: Mott, Rev. Peter
A Brief History of the Parish of Keighley and Its Church to 2000
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Cover slightly creased else nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Bradford Keighley Local History Church

Inventory No.34208 Author: Muggleston, Jnr. John. Editor
The History of Eldwick Methodist Church, 1888-1988
Published 1988 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
An ex-WYAS copy with their labels and stamps, but a very nice clean copy of 32 pages.
West Yorkshire Bingley Eldwick

Inventory No.6725 Author: Mulroy, J. J.
Upon This Rock the Story of the Church in Halifax
Published 1952 The Author. (Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Impression. ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £4.5
Dust wrapper chipped, torn and a little grubby.
West Yorkshire West Riding Halifax Religion History Local Family Genealogy

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