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Book sizes: Folio over 12"x15", 8vo - over 7¾"x9¾", 4to - over 9¾"x12",
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Inventory No.17751 Author: Macdonald, A. S.
Tong Hall Tong Bradford A History and Description of the Manor and Hall at Tong in Its Tercentenary Year 2002
Published 2002 Privately Printed (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
pp. 45.
West Yorkshire West Riding Tong Bradford Local History

Inventory No.16657 Author: Mack, Robert F.
An Album of Leeds Corporation Buses
Published 1980 Turntable Publications (Sheffield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0902844547 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
Nice clean copy
West Yorkshire Leeds Buses Transport

Inventory No.14011 Author: Mack, Robert F.
An Album of West Yorkshire P.T.E. Buses
Published 1980 Turntable Publications (Sheffield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0902844563 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £3.5
West Yorkshire Transport Buses

Inventory No.12120 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: £80
Original red cloth, gilt. Spine faded. Illustrated with photographs. Subscribers edition. pp. 175.
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Eccleshill Local History Congregationalism Nonconformist

Inventory No.14386 Author: Margerison, Samuel
The Registers of the Parish Church of Calverley, in the West Riding of the County of York; with a Description of the Church, and a Sketch of Its History Prior to 1650 Volumes I, II and III
Published G. E. Sewell (Bradford) Type:3 Volumes
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Original Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £130
Published 1880-1887. All three volumes in very nice clean condition, spines slightly faded but corners only slightly bumped and bindings tight.
West Riding West Yorkshire Bradford Leeds Calverley Parish Church Registers Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.17511 Author: Markham, Leonard; Illustrator: Osmond, Don
Tales from West Yorkshire
Published 2001 Countryside Books (Newbury, Berks.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 1853061905 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/None as Issued. Price: £3
West Yorkshire

Inventory No.10523 Author: Markham, Leonard; Illustrator: Don Osmund
Tales from West Yorkshire
Published 2001 Countryside Books (Newbury, Berks.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 1853061905 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £3
West Yorkshire West Riding Tales Folk Lore

Inventory No.14006 Author: Mason, G. B.
Royal Navy Warships Associated with West Yorkshire
Published 1995 The Author (Bristol.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
32 A4 pages in plastic sleeve. WYAS stamp on first page but very good clean condition
West Yorkshire Royal Navy Warships

Inventory No.18078 Author: Mason, Kate
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: £12
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Ilkley Addingham Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.17705 Author: Mason, Roy
Pennine Village
Published 1971 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Ink smudges on back cover but very good copy
West Yorkshire Bradford Keighley Silsden Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.17704 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
West Yorkshire Bradford Keighley Silsden Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.17573 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: £3
A nice clean copy.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Adel Cookridge Arthington Eccup Local History

Inventory No.17702 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:Very Good Price: £7
West Yorkshire Bradford Thornton Clayton Queensbury Denholme Oxenhope Cullingworth Haworth Bingley Cottingley Harden Wilsden Allerton Local History

Inventory No.17304 Author: McKinlay, Robert A.
The University of Bradford : The Early Years
Published 1997 The University of Bradford (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1851431640 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12.5
Spine faded, very good otherwise
West Riding West Yorkshire University Bradford Local History Education

Inventory No.12543 Author: McKinlay, Robert A.
The University of Bradford : Origins and Development
Published 1991 The University of Bradford (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1851430482 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £12.5
West Riding West Yorkshire University Bradford Local History Education

Inventory No.10362 Author: Mellor, Sam [edited by]
Biographies, Sketches, and Rhymes By the Calder Valley Poets
Published 1916 Edward Mortimer (Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
West Yorkshire West Riding Calderdale

Inventory No.9618 Author: Merrall, Tom
A History of Hellifield
Published 1949 J. W. Lambert & Sons (Settle) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £100
Original yellow cloth with black titling. Cloth a little worn and with a mark on front board. Some spotting to page edges.
West Yorkshire West Riding Craven Dales History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.9617 Author: Merrall, Tom
A History of Hellifield
Published 1949 J. W. Lambert & Sons (Settle) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £150
Original yellow cloth with black titling. Very bright with no marks or inscriptions. Dust wrapper is the original heavy yellow paper with armorial plate to front and titling to spine. Dust wrapper is a little grubby and chipped but this is one of the nicest copies we have come across.
West Yorkshire West Riding Craven Dales History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.17830 Author: Metcalfe, Cyril
Shelf Chapters on the History of a West Yorkshire Township 1086-1988
Published 1990 The Author (Shelf, Halifax) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951614509 Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Stapled card covers. 56 pages. Inscribed and signed on inside of front cover. Photograph of Standage Farm, Shelf included.
West Yorkshire West Riding Halifax Shelf Local History

Inventory No.17891 Author: Metcalfe, D. Stuart
Around Farsley and Calverley in Times Past
Published 1983 Countryside Publications (Chorley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0861570480 Size:Square Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/None as Issued. Price: £7.5
pp. 48 Covers rubbed, owner's sticker inside front cover, contents very good
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Leeds Pudsey Farsley Calverley Local History Family History GenealogyTopography

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: £50
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.12538 Author: Mills, Helen; Baldwin Heather
Bingley Images of England
Published 1995 Chalford (Stroud, Gloucestershire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0752403117 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Bingley Local History Family History Photographs Genealogy

Inventory No.14057 Author: Moiser, C.H.
Dewsbury Boy : Growing up in the West Riding 1925-1946
Published 1994 Basset Publications (Plymouth.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0946873135 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
West Riding West Yorkshire Kirklees Dewsbury Memories Local History Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.12580 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: £7.5
West Yorkshire West Riding Bradford Wool Rhymes

Inventory No.11020 Author: Monck, Nugent.; Illustrator: Haydn Jensen.
Kirkstall Abbey Miracle Play " Robert, King of Sicily " July 4th to 16th 1927. Produced By Nugent Monck, Presented By the Leeds Civic Playhouse.
Published 1927 Henry Jenkinson Ltd. (Leeds.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:Small Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Original soft card with illustration laid on. Edges chipped as cover is larger than pages. Loosely inserted is supplement to the offical programme.
Yorkshire West Yorkshire Leeds Kirkstall Abbey

Inventory No.14696 Author: Moore, Major R. W.
A History of the Parish Church of Leeds, from the Earliest Known Period Down to the Present Time. Also, an Account of the Old Pillar or Cross, Found in the Walls of the Late Ediface
Published 1877 Richard Jackson (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £8
Original blue cloth bevelled boards with blind stamp decoration and black decoration and titling. Paper label stuck on spine, spine worn, corners rubbed,bookplate on fep, hinges weak. Reading copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Parish Church Local History

Inventory No.12393 Author: Moore, Major R. W.
A History of the Parish Church of Leeds, from the Earliest Known Period Down to the Present Time. Also, an Account of the Old Pillar or Cross, Found in the Walls of the Late Ediface
Published 1877 Richard Jackson (Leeds) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £15
Original red cloth bevelled boards with blind stamp decoration and black decoration and titling. All edges rubbed. Inscriptions on f.f.e.p. Illustrated.
West Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Local History

Inventory No.17727 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.
West Yorkshire West Riding Windhill Shipley Bradford Local History

Inventory No.14363 Author: Morehouse, Henry James.
The History and Topography of the Parish of Kirkburton and of the Graveship of Holme, Including Holmfirth, in the County of York
Published 1861 Printed for the Author (Huddersfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £250
Original green blind stamped cloth with gilt titles to spine. Original yellow endpapers, engraved frontispiece, map and plate. Faintly written on fep "Presented by the Author 2 March 1870" Small ownership label at top of fep, small neat signature on ffep. Slight wear to spine and corners but a very good copy
West Riding West Yorkshire Kirklees Huddersfield Kirkburton Holme Valley Holmfirth Local History Family History Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.14673 Author: Morrison, John
Moods of the Bronte Moors : The Mills of the South Pennines
Published 2004 Halsgrove Publishing (Tiverton, Devon, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1841143510 Size:Square Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £7
Lancashire West Yorkshire Pennines Bronte Moors Haworth Bradford Photographs

Inventory No.16128 Author: Morrison, John; Speakman, Lydia
Pennine Rails and Trails Exploring Calderdale and Rochdale By Train and Foot
Published 1990 Leading Edge (Hawes) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0948135212 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Lancashire Rochdale Greater Manchester West Yorkshire Calderdale Walks

Inventory No.17693 Author: Muff, Clarence
Unbelievable, But True!
Published 1984 Bradford Libraries and Information Service (Bradford.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907734065 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
West Yorkshire Bradford Yorkshire Local Family History Genealogy

Inventory No.18174 Author: Mulroy, J. J.
Story of the Town That Bred Us The Centenary Book of Halifax
Published 1948 The Author (Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:Second Impression ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Covers dulled but very good clean copy
West Yorkshire West Riding Calderdale Halifax Local History Family History Genealogy

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