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BULMER’S HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY, AND DIRECTORY OF EAST YORKSHIRE (WITH HULL), Comprising its ancient and modern history; a general view of its physical features; its agricultural, mining & manufacturing industries; family history and genealogical descent; myths, legends, biographical sketches,

[BULMER] · 1985

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

Howden: Pye Books, 1985. Fascimile reprint (first published 1892), 8vo., pp.1233,xxx (publisher’s adverts), red cloth, gilt; very slight bump right lower corner of front board, very good indeed, in a good unclipped dust-jacket, light wear to extremities, light chipping...

CITY OF OUR DREAMS: J.B. Morrell and the Shaping of Modern York. Borthwick Texts and Studies 44.

WEBB, Katherine A. [Signed by the author] · 2019

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

York: Borthwick Publications, University of York, 2019. 8vo., pp.xvii,187, pictorial hardcover, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; author’s presentation inscription to title page, a fresh and near-fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.

A DICTIONARY OF IRISH PLACE-NAMES

ROOM, Adrian. · 1986

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Belfast: Appletree Press, 1986. 8vo., pp.136, green hardcover, gilt; near-fine copy in a vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.

THE SCOTTISH LAND TOURIST'S POCKET GUIDE TO THE PICTURESQUE SCENERY; Embracing the Sublime of Perthshire, the Splendid of Inverness-Shire, the Beautiful of Dumbartonshire, the Falls of Clyde, and Many Other such Romantic Scenes. New Edition, Enlarged by the Introduction of the Principal Railways in Scotland and All the Important Roads.

1850

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Glasgow: M’Phun; Arthur Hall & Co., London; and Oliver & Boyd, Glasgow, 1850. Pocket 12mo., pp.180,(iv),(xxxii) unpaginated adverts, uncut, a couple of leaves to rear of volume still unopened, bound by John Neilson, Glasgow, in decoratively blindstamped cloth w...

BEYOND THE POSTERN GATE: A History of Fishergate and Fulford Road.

WILSON, Van. With additional photography by, HILL, Simon I. · 1996

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

York, Archaeological Resource Centre, 1996. 8vo.,pp. 172, paperback, b/w illustrations; light creasing to spine and extremities, otherwise a very good copy.

WESSEX FROM THE AIR.

CRAWFORD, O.G.S; KEILLER, Alexander. With contributions by, CLAY, R.C.C; GARDNER, Eric. · 1928

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1928. First edition, 4to., pp. xii,263, dark green cloth, gilt, b/w plates, maps and figures; lightly toned with occasional light foxing and thumb marks to margins, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

BETWEEN PULPIT AND PEW. Folk Religion In A North Yorkshire Fishing Village.

CLARK, David. · 1982

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. 8vo., pp.xii,186, hardcover, gilt, illustrated with photographs and maps; a very good copy in lightly shelfworn unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed and chipped to headband.

LA CORTE: Letters from Spain, 1863 to 1866.

Anonymous. [Possibly B.P. Pratten] · 1868

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London: Saunders, Otley and Co. 1868. First edition. 8vo., pp.vi,321,32 (publisher’s adverts), uncut, pictorial green bevelled cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and pictorial title, 22 further b/w illustrations; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper (dated 1872)...

THE HUNT FOR THE BURU.

IZZARD, Ralph. · 1951

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1951. First edition. 8vo., pp.176, lime green hardcover, green lettering, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; slight yellowing to pages, foxing to fore-edge of text block only very occasionally affecting margins, small mark to front board, else...

NUNAMIUT. Among Alaska’s Inland Eskimos.

INGSTAD, Helge. [Translated by:LYON, F.H.]. · 1954

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London: George Allen & Unwin LTD., 1954. First edition, 8vo.,pp.254, light blue hardcover, silver lettering, colour photo frontispiece, b/w illustrations, many b/w photos; head shaded, light spotting to text block, very light spotting to endpapers, pages very lightly ton...

DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE LAKES IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. Fourth Edition, (Now First Published Separately) With Additions, and Illustrative Remarks Upon the Scenery of the Alps.

WORDSWORTH, William. · 1823

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. 12mo., pp.iv,144, printed paper wrappers, b/w folding map as frontispiece; light foxing to folding map and to title, two short tears (without loss) to the map, front wrapper has surface loss (rubbed) for apx. 7.5 x cms at ...

PATERSON’S TWENTY-FOUR MILES ROUND LONDON, WITH REFERENCE TO SEATS OF NOBILITY AND GENTRY.

[PATERSON, Daniel]. · 1800

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London: Bowles and Carver, (c.1800). c.1797 Hand-coloured copper engraved map in twenty sections, 665 x 665mm, linen-backed, in original marbled slipcase with printed title label to front and advertisement to rear; light soiling to reverse, else very good, slipcase worn to e...

THE YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, VOLUME XXV.

1920

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Printed for the Society by John Whitehead and Son Ltd., 1920. 8vo., pp.viii,479, cloth-backed card wrappers, printed paper label to spine, b/w plates and one plate in colour; armorial bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, small ink inscription to rear free endpaper recto, ...

THE YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, VOLUME XXXII.

1936

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Printed for the Society by John Whitehead and Son Ltd., Leeds, 1936. 8vo., pp.ix,516, cloth-backed card wrappers, printed paper label to spine, b/w plates; occasionally pencil-marking to margins, o/w very good.

THE YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, VOLUME XXXVI.

1944

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Printed for the Society, (1944). 8vo., pp.v,508, cloth-backed card wrappers, printed paper label to spine, b/w plates; lacks title page, light foxing to endpages, label worn, light wear to head and tailbands, light creasing to wrappers, o/w very good.

A PASSAGE TO CHINA. Colin Campbell’s Diary of the First Swedish East India Company Expedition to Canton, 1732-33. (Acta Regiae Societatis Scientarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis - Humaniora 37).

Edited by: HALLBERG, Paul; KONINCKX, Christian. · 1996

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Goteborg: Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, 1996. 8vo., pp.liv,260, pale grey hardcover lettered in black and brown, 20 colour and b/w illustrations and maps; a fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

AN ACCURATE MAP OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. (Folded linen-backed map in marbled slipcase). Divided into its Hundreds, and laid down from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approved Modern Maps, with various Improvements. Illustrated with Historical Extracts relative to its Natural Produce, Trade, Manufactures, and present state of its Principal Towns.

BOWEN, Emanuel. · 1767

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Robert Sayer, c.1767. Folding map in 16 sections, hand-coloured in outline, linen-backed, housed in a marbled slipcase, with small printed label to front panel; toning and light foxing to map, slipcase worn, else very good.

REPORT ON THE PREVALENCE OF TYPHOID FEVER IN YORK, DURING THE YEAR 1884.

NORTH, S.W. · 1885

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

York: Ben Johnson and Company, 1885. 4to., pp.48, printed wrappers, large folding map; wrappers are delicate, with wear to the extremities and partial loss to the spine, a little foxing to prelims, internally clean and otherwise very good.

SPRINGTIME IN THE BASQUE MOUNTAINS.

LASENBY LIBERTY, Arthur. With illustrations by, LIBERTY, Emma, and others. · 1901

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Grant Richards, 1901. 8vo.,pp.xx,297, blue cloth, green lettering, b/w plates, figures and maps; author’s presentation copy with signature to title page, lightly rubbed to extremities and lightly toned to spine, foxing to endpapers and frequently foxed to margi...

THE ELDORADO OF THE ANCIENTS.

PETERS, Dr. Carl. · 1902

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1902. First edition, 8vo., pp. x, 447, b/w illustrations throughout, 2 colour folding maps, terracotta cloth, gilt embossed decoration, gilt top edge, uncut; slight foxing and darkening to endpapers, small tear to front endpaper, soiling to ex...