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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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THE STORY OF THE SETTLE-CARLISLE LINE
Written by Frederick W. Houghton; W. Hubert Foster.
Stock no. 1828488
Published by Norman Arch Publications. 1st 1948. Very good condition.

An Account of the Conception, Construction and Operation of a Main Line Railway Over the Pennine Hills. B/w photos. 113 pages. 2 large folding maps to rear. Green cloth spine, beige boards. Boards a little grubby and rubbed at edges. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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RAILWAY MEMORIES No. 11 HALIFAX & THE CALDER VALLEY
Written by Jack Wild; Stephen Chapman.
Stock no. 1328237
Published by Bellcode Books. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871233100. Minimal rubbing to cover edges.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE CITY OF YORK VOLUME IV OUTSIDE THE CITY WALLS EAST OF THE OUSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828439
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. This is the fourth of several volumes to be devoted to the City of York. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. Plans and b/w photos. Map & large plans showing the position of the Monuments and Burials in pocket at the end of the book. ISBN: 0117007196. Price-cut green dustwrapper has HMSO price-label to front flap, is lightly rubbed at corners with a tiny closed tear to top of front edge of spine. Overall a nice copy.

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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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RURAL HOUSES OF WEST YORKSHIRE 1400-1830
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828410
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

West Yorkshire Metroplitan County Council Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Supplementary Series: 8. Pictorial cardwraps. Social and architectural history. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0117011940. Text block slightly grubby. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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