Hessay Books

Royal Pageantry Customs and Festivals of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Where and When to See Them

Purnell · 1967

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Purnell 128pp, including the Index. Laminated colour illustrated soft covers with a light crease. 18 full colour photographs and ten pages of b + w photographs. Previous owner's name to the title pge, otherwie internally clean and tight. The numerous old traditional festivals ...

The Studio Year Book of Decoratrive Art 1919 with Special Articles on Cottage Design Decoration Equipment

Holme, Geoffrey (ed) and Jones, Sydney and Foxton, W and Thorpe, Hall et al · 1919

£18.50 (€22.17 | $24.44 | ¥3,902)

The Studio Large format. 136pp. Green cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to the corners. Colour and b + w illustrations. Internally clean. Contents include a long article by Sydney R Jones on designing cottages, On Old English Cottages and Reconstruction by Alfred H Powel...

The Place Book of Woodland Walks in North and West Yorkshire.

Atherden, Margaret · 2020

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Place, 2020. First Edition. Soft Cover, Large format. 206pp. Colour illustrated soft covers. Many colour illustrations and maps. A very clean, tight copy. 16 woodland walks in North and West Yorkshire, each with at least one theme such as plants, archaeology or geology... As New.

Basic Book of Cloche and Frame Gardening.

Shewell - Cooper W E · 1979

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Mayflower Granada, 1979. Soft Cover, 192pp, the paper browning a little with age. Illustrated softback covers. B + w illustrations. A few spots of foxing to the top edge, otherwise internally very clean and tight. A classic book on growing vegetables and flowers with frames an...

The Voice of the Past Oral History New Edition.

Thompson, Paul · 1988

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Oxford, 1988. Hard Cover, Second edition, fully revised. 314pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. A very clean copy. The history and development of oral history, and practical advice... Fine /Fine.

Local History in England.

Hoskins, W G · 1959

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Longmans, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 196pp. Illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed to the corners. Plans and and b + w illustrations. Light spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise internally clean. The classic guide to students of local history and topo...

The Secret People English Village Life After 1750.

Martin, E W · 0

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Phoenix House, First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.:. First edition. 319pp.Introduction by J W Robertson Scott. Illustrated dustjacket with a little wear to the ends of the spine. 17 pages of b + w illustrations. Previous owner's namre to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Th...

The English Countrywoman Her Life in Farmhouse and Field from Tudor Times to the Victorian Age.

Fussell, G E and K R · 1985

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Bloomsbury, 1985. Hard Cover, 221pp. Priceclipped illustrated dustjacket is otherwise complete. B + w illustrations. Gift inscription to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. A history of five centuries of women's work, in the field, dairy, still room and kitchen, from...

Parkland.

Goldsworthy, Andy · 2007

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2007. Soft Cover, A reprint of the first edition of 1988 to celebrate a new exhibition in 2007. Large, square format. Illustrated card covers, a little curved to the front edge. Unpaginated. Colour illustrations on each page, including a fold out to t...

A Murmuration of Starlings The Collective Nouns of Animals and Birds.

Palin, Steve · 2017

£3.75 (€4.49 | $4.95 | ¥791)

Merlin Unwin, 2017. Hard Cover, Ill.: Steve Palin. 102pp. Priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete and clean. Each facing page has a colour illustration by the author. A very clean copy. Details of the background to the collective nouns of about 50 birds and animals - an ...

Our Village.

Mitford, Mary Russell · 1997

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Folio Society, 1997. Hard Cover, Ill.: Joan Hassall. With an Introduction by Ronald Blythe. 423pp. Marbled paper covered boards with blue cloth spine. Woodcut illustrations by Joan Hassall. No slipcase. Blue dyed top edge a little patchily faded, otherwise a very clean copy. T...

The Architecture of Canals.

Pratt, Derek · 2005

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Shire, 2005. First Edition. Soft Cover, First edition. 56pp. Illustrated card covers with no creases. Many colour illustrations A very clean, tight copy. A professional photographer visits the bridges, aqueducts, locks, tunnels and buildings of the canal system... Fine.

Middleland Dispatches from the Borders.

Stewart, Rory · 2025

£14.50 (€17.38 | $19.16 | ¥3,058)

Jonathan Cape, 2025. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition, first printing. 319 pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A very clean copy. The author was MP for Penrith and the Borders, and the book is based on pieces originally written ...

Yorkshire's Curiosities.

Mitchell, W R · 1994

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Dalesman, 1994. First Edition. Soft Cover, 86pp. Illustrated soft card covers with a picture of the Ripon Hornblower. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. The natural and man made curiosities of Yorkshire - the buildings, stories, follies, food and mysteries... Fine.

The Farmer's Book of Field Sports.

Willock, Colin (ed) · 1961

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Vista Books, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 272pp. Complete dustjacket, with one closed tear to the back a rub mark to the front and faded to the edges, B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. Different authors give adive on hunting, shooting and fishing -...

Buildings in the Yorkshire Dales Who Built Them When and How?.

Raistrick, Arthur · 1981

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Dalesman, 1981. Soft Cover, 88pp. Colour illustrated card covers. B + w illustrations. A clean, tight copy. The history of the distinctive buidings of the Yorkshire Dales, and the people who built them... Fine.

The Spirit of Yorkshire.

Fairfax-Blakeborough, J and R · 1954

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,214)

Batsford, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 192pp. Blue cloth covered boards. Illustrated dustjacket with a couple of short closed tears to the back top edge. 51 b + w illustrations. Internally very clean. The history, the places, and the dialect and folklore of ...

An Encyclopedia of Agriculture Volume I Volume II Volume III.

Hurst, J W (ed) · 1918

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

Nelson, 1111. Hard Cover, Previous owner's name and date 1918. Complete in 3 pocket sized books of 383pp, 384pp and 410pp, Red cloth covered boards with gilt title. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf of each volume, and he has written part of his name to...

The Island.

Lockley, Ronald · 1969

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Andre Deutsch, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: C F Tunnicliffe. First edition. 192pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a little worn to the top of the spine. B + w illustrations by C F Tunnicliffe. Endpaper map of the island. A very clean copy. An account of living on t...

The Land of the Hills and the Glens Wild Life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides.

Gordon, Seton · 1920

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,214)

Cassell, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. A heavy book of 223pp. Green cloth covered boards with gilt title and impressed vignette. 57 photographs by the author Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, and small, very light spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise...