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THE BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR JULY 2, 1644
Written by John Henry Crockatt. Illustrated by Graham Humphreys.
Stock no. 1829268
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Marston Moor was the earlier of the two major battles of the English Civil War. "When and Why" Books. Written for the ten- to fourteen-year-olds. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 071882198X. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to top edge of text block. Minor pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly rubbed at edges, tiny closed tear to lower front edge, rear panel is browned and a little grubby.

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WHILE THE BELLS RING
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Janet Rawlins.
Stock no. 1328967
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings. A story about people and the Yorkshire Dales. 96 pages. ISBN: 024189932X. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is browned with damage at base of spine.

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MIDNIGHT IS A PLACE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328947
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A return to the 19th century and the Yorkshire setting of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 303 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224009680. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and worn, spine is sunned.

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YORKSHIRE: YORK AND THE EAST RIDING (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; David Neave.
Stock no. 1828838
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0300095937. Light shelf wear to top of spine else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine and lightly worn at top edge of spine, light scuffing.

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THE WHITBY, REDCAR AND MIDDLESBROUGH UNION RAILWAY
Written by Ken Hoole.
Stock no. 1828705
Published by Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1986. Very good condition.

The WRMU railway was a small company with a line only 16.5 miles long, promoted privately to give Whitby an outlet to the north along the coast. Large oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0860670651. Second impression. Covers a little creased and rubbed at corners. Very faint dampstain to top gutter edge corners of covers (only visible from inside). Staples starting to rust. Contents a little creased but clean.

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YORKSHIRE: YORK AND THE EAST RIDING (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; David Neave.
Stock no. 1828695
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0300095937. Rubbing to top rear edge of spine. Top of spine has a light vertical crease. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps, lightly scuffed, and lightly worn to top of spine and top corners.

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THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328456
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a hunt for treasure in the Yorkshire Dales. Green cloth, silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 216 pages. Spine slightly bumped with slight browning to base of spine. Endpapers browned and foxed, some foxing to textblock. Small patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper from removal of a small label. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly browned to spine and foxed on verso.

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SPRING COMES TO NETTLEFORD
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1328453
Published by The Children's Book Club. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The third of the Nettleford novels. Peach boards, black titles to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped with some browning to top of spine. Page edge browning throughout and some heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with slight loss to top of spne, rear panel is slightly browned.

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MEDIEVAL SCARBOROUGH: STUDIES IN TRADE AND CIVIC LIFE (OCCASIONAL PAPER No. 1)
Written by David Crouch; Trevor Pearson.
Stock no. 1828518
Published by Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Scarborough Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and sketches. viii and 123 pages including index. ISBN: 0902122967. Top front corner lightly creased. Uneven fading to covers and a few minor marks. One or two foxspots to margins else contents clean.

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL SCARBOROUGH: EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH 1987-2004
Written by Trevor Pearson.
Stock no. 1828517
Published by Scarborough Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Little remains of the large and important town which stood in the shadow of Scarborough's imposing castle in the Middle Ages. Nearly 20 years of excavation and research have reconstructed the main features of what was a vibrant centre of medieval urban life. This book describes that research and analyses it to build up a comprehensive picture of what the town looked like between 1150 and 1550. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w sketches and photos. viii and 152 pages including index. ISBN: 0902416081. A nice copy.

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SHEFFIELD TRANSPORT
Written by Chas C. Hall.
Stock no. 1828509
Published by The Transport Publishing Company. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the story from the earliest days of stage coaches through the horse and electric trams to the modern buses, and describes the development and expansion of the Corporation's Transport Department until the formation of the South Yorkshire PTE. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and some colour photos. ISBN: 0903839040. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Front free endpaper a little grubby. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial ustwerapper is lightly creased across top edge, lightly faded and a little scuffed.

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WORKERS' HOUSING IN WEST YORKSHIRE 1750-1920
Written by Lucy Caffyn.
Stock no. 1828414
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council. ISBN: 0113000022. Spine lightly faded, rear cover a little grubby. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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