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(BEDELL, E.W.) AN ACCOUNT OF HORNSEA, in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire. £ 65.00

Hull. William Stephenson. 1847. pp. (iv), 126, errata leaf. 8vo. Contemporary style half calf, marbled boards with original wrapper bound in. 1st edition published without illustrations.

Reference: 14897

 
(BRACE, Mrs E.C) COTTINGHAM PAST AND PRESENT. £ 6.00

Cottingham Local History Society. 1972. pp. 20 unnumbered. Illustrated. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. Cottingham Local History Series No. 2. A good copy.

Reference: 31865

 
(CARVER, R.B, J.M. Fenwick, J.W. Graystone, F.G. Page & C.W. Thirsk. Compilers). A HISTORY OF THE 10TH (SERVICE) BATTALION THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS) 1914 - 1919. £ 60.00

London & Hull. A. Brown & Sons Ltd. 1937. pp. xix, 204. Frontis, 39 illustrations, 5 maps. 8vo. Blue cloth. Previous owner's bookplate. A very good copy.

Reference: 29389

 
(CHRISTIE, Graham). ALL SAINTS' CHURCH ROOS IN HOLDERNESS. Historical and Descriptive Notes with a short History of the Barony de Ros. £ 6.00

Roos Parochial Church Council. 1968. pp. 18. Illustrated. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. Revised edition. A very good copy.

Reference: 11766

 
(COLBY, Major Thomas). ORDINANCE SURVEY MAP. Old Series Sheet 85. Mouth of the Humber. £ 50.00

Only west half present, eastern half is all sea. West margin completely missing, south margin trimmed with some loss of information. State 6 or 7. Pre 1854. 1inch to the mile. Linen backed.

Reference: 30552

 
(Hamilton, John Arthur). THE MS. IN A RED BOX. £ 30.00

London. George Newnes Ltd. (1904). pp. 152. Frontis, 7 plates illustrated by H.M. Brock. 8vo. Preserved in marbled boards with a cloth spine. Text block browned. Newnes' sixpenny novels.

Reference: 197616d

 
(SAVILE, Christopher). THE TRIAL OF CHRISTOPHER ATKINSON, ESQ; Member of Parliament for Heydon in Yorkshire, and late Cornfactor to His Majesty's Victualling-Board, for Perjury. Tried in the Court of King's Bench, before the Right Honourable William Earl of Mansfield, and a Special Jur, On th Nineteenth Day of July, 1783. Taken in short hand by W. Williamson. £ 75.00

London. Sold by J. Debret. 1783. pp. 91. 8vo. Disbound. Last leaf with hole not affecting text. Lacking half-title. ESTC T087868

Reference: 7184

 
(STEAD, Richard). HOLDERNESS AND THE HOLDERNESSIANS. A Few Notes on the History, Topography, Dialect, Manners and Customs of the District by a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. £ 60.00

London. Trubner & Co; Hull. William Hunt. 1878. pp. 121, vi. Small 8vo. Later cloth and endpapers.

Reference: 40718

 
(THOMPSON, Thomas). A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH AND PRIORY OF SWINE IN HOLDERNESS. £ 150.00

Hull. Thomas Topping. 1824. pp. (iv), 268. Engraved title, 9 plates. 8vo. Full modern calf. Additional illustration tipped on verso of title page, there is faint staining on a corner of every plate as if a mark has been removed which makes me wonder if this has been a library book at some point. Tear to pp 9/10 repaired with archival tape. Some foxing. Boyne p 170.

Reference: 3470

 
(THOMPSON, Thomas). OCELLUM PROMONTORIUM; or Short Observations on the Ancient State of Holderness. £ 275.00

Bound with A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH AND PRIORY OF SWINE IN HOLDERNESS. Hull. Thomas Topping. 1821/1824. pp. 286, (ii), 268. Frontis to the first work, engraved titles to both works, 14 plates. 8vo. Half calf, hinges rubbed. Off setting from the plates. With the bookplates of T. Frederick Champney and Dr K.R. Green. A good copy Boyne p 169 & 170.

Reference: 77410

 
(WATERS, G.C) Compiler. WITHERNSEA AND ITS SCHOOLS 1878 - 1978. A Collection of writings about Withernsea and disctrict and the education provided over one hundred years. £ 6.00

Withernsea Schools Centenary Committee. (1978). pp. 106. Illustrated. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued, corners slightly bent. Previous owners name on first advert leaf. A good copy, slightly tired.

Reference: 15070

 
ALDABELLA, Pat & Robert Barnard. HULL AND EAST RIDING BREWERIES. From the Eighteenth Century to the Present. £ 6.00

East Yorkshire Local History Society. 1997. pp. 86. Illustrated with photographs and plans. Oblong 4to. Paperback, spine faded. East Yorkshire Local History Series No. 50. Previous owners name on titlepage. ISBN 900349506. A good copy.

Reference: 31552

 
ALLIBONE, Jill. THE WALLPAINTINGS AT GARTON-ON-THE-WOLDS. £ 10.00

London. Pevsner Memorial Trust. 1991. pp. 24. Well illustrated, mainly in colour. Oblong 4to. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. ISBN 0951843001. Previous owners bookplate. A very good, bright copy.

Reference: 91490

 
ALLISON, K.J. (Editor). A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF YORK EAST RIDING. VOLUME II. £ 65.00

For The Institute of Historical research by Oxford University Press. 1974. pp. xvi, 365. Frontis, 42 illustrations, 3 further in text, 12 maps & plans. Royal 8vo. D/W. Covers Bridlington, Flamborough & Filey areas - Dickering Wapentake. A very good copy. ISBN 0197227384

Reference: 35322

 
ALLISON, K.J. (Editor). A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF YORK. EAST RIDING VOLUME III. £ 30.00

Oxford. For The Institute of Historical Research by Oxford University Press. 1976. pp. xvi, 220. Frontis, 37 illustrations, 15 maps & plans. Royal 8vo. D/W, torn. The Victoria History of the Counties of England edited by R.B. Pugh.

Reference: 5338

 
ALLISON, K.J. (Editor). A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF YORK. EAST RIDING VOLUME IV. £ 45.00

Oxford. For The Institute of Historical Research by Oxford University Press. 1979. pp. xvi, 187. Frontis, 35 illustrations, 18 maps. Royal 8vo. D/W. The Victoria History of the Counties of England edited by C.R. Elrington. A very good copy.

Reference: 5346

 
ALLISON, K.J. (Editor). A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF YORK. EAST RIDING VOLUME V. Holderness: Southern Part. £ 45.00

Oxford. For The Institute of Historical Research by Oxford University Press. 1984. pp. xvi, 223. Frontis, 37 illustrations, 25 maps. Royal 8vo. D/W, slightly foxed.. The Victoria History of the Counties of England edited by C.R. Elrington. A very good copy. ISBN 0197227600

Reference: 5347

 
ANDERSON, J. Redwood. THE CURLEW CRIES. £ 5.00

Oxford University Press. 1940. pp. viii, 109. Small 8vo. D/W, slightly frayed. Some underlining of text in pencil. The heading of sections are The Moors; Humberside; Old Tithe-Barn: Easington; April in Holderness; Spurn Light; The Towers.

Reference: 22122

 
ANON. AN ACT FOR MAKING A TURNPIKE ROAD BETWEEN STONE CREEK AND SUNK ISLAND CHURCH in the County of York, and between Sunk Island Church and Patrington Haven, and for consolidating with such Roads the present Turnpike Road from Sunk Island Church to Ottringham, and for constructing Quays and Wharfs at Stone Creek. £ 5.00

London. Eyre and Pottiswoode. 1852. pp. 401 - 410. Small folio. Disbound.

Reference: 16822

 
ANON. AN ACT FOR MAKING A TURNPIKE ROAD BETWEEN STONE CREEK AND SUNK ISLAND CHURCH in the County of York, and between Sunk Island Church and Patrington Haven, and for consolidating with such Roads the present Turnpike Road from Sunk Island Church to Ottringham, and for constructing Quays and Wharfs at Stone Creek. £ 5.00

London. Eyre and Pottiswoode. 1852. pp. 401 - 410. Small folio. Disbound.

Reference: 16822

 
ANON. AN ACT FOR REPAIRING THE ROAD LEADING FROM A GATE COMMONLY CALLED SACRED GATE, on the South East Side of the Town of Hedon, in the East Riding of the County of York, through the said Town to Hull North Bridge. £ 24.00

London. Thomas Baskett. 1744. pp. (ii), 219 - 247. Royal 8vo. Disbound

Reference: 7546

 
ANON. THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY FOR EAST YORKSHIRE. Transaction 1948 - 49. Vol II, Part IV. £ 6.00

Kingston upon Hull. For the Society by M. Harland & Son Ltd. 1950. pp. 71. Frontis, 22 illustrations. 8vo. Card covers. A good copy.

Reference: 2541

 
ANON. THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY FOR EAST YORKSHIRE. Transaction 1955 - 56. Vol IV, Part II. £ 4.00

Kingston upon Hull. For the Society by M. Harland & Son Ltd. 1957. pp. 74. Frontis, 19 illustrations. 8vo. Card covers.

Reference: 2543

 
ANON. THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY FOR EAST YORKSHIRE. Transaction 1958 - 61. Vol V, Part I. £ 6.00

Kingston upon Hull. For the Society by M. Harland & Son Ltd. 1961. pp. 81. Frontis, 26 illustrations. 8vo. Card covers.

Reference: 2544

 
ANON. THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY FOR EAST YORKSHIRE. Transaction 1961 - 63. Vol V, Part II. £ 6.00

Kingston upon Hull. For the Society by M. Harland & Son Ltd. 1963. pp. 60. Frontis, 27 illustrations. 8vo. Card covers, spine frayed, slightly shabby.

Reference: 2545

 
ANON. THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY FOR EAST YORKSHIRE. Transactions 1947 -48. Vol II, Part III £ 6.00

Kingston upon Hull. M. Harland & Son Ltd. 1949. pp. 63. Frontis, 9 plates. 8vo. Card covers.

Reference: 8305

 
ANON. THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY FOR EAST YORKSHIRE. Transactions 1953 - 1955. Vol IV, Part I £ 6.00

Kingston upon Hull. M. Harland & Son, Ltd. 1955. pp. 83. Frontis, 19 illustrations. 8vo. Card covers.

Reference: 3449

 
ANON. THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY FOR EAST YORKSHIRE. Transactions. £ 100.00

Hull. For the Society by M. Harland & Son Ltd. 1938 - 1963. 5 vols in 6. Vol 1, Parts 1, 2, & 3; Vol 2, Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4 in 2 volumes; Vol 3, Parts 1, 2, & 3; Vol 4, Parts 1, 2, & 3; & Vol 5, Parts 1 & 2. Complete, all published. Illustrated throughout. 8vo. Vols 1, 2 uniformally bound in brown cloth, Vols 3, 4 & 5 bound quarter calf, with red spine labels. Previous owners name on front free endpaper of each volume. A good set.

Reference: 8033

 
ANON. THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY FOR EAST YORKSHIRE. Transactions. 1946 - 47. Vol II, Part II. £ 6.00

Kingston upon Hull. For the Society by M. Harland & Son Ltd. 1948. pp. 59. 12 illustrations. 8vo. Card covers. A good copy.

Reference: 71060

 
ANON. THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY FOR EAST YORKSHIRE. VOLUME III, PARTS I, II, & III. £ 18.00

Kingston upon Hull. For the Society by M. Harland & Son, Ltd. 1951- 1954. pp. 63, 78, 101. 48 plates, 1 plan folded. 8vo. Blue buckram. 3 issues bound together.

Reference: 9015

 
ANON. THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY FOR EAST YORKSHIRE. Volume IV, Parts I, II, & III. £ 18.00

Kingston upon Hull. For the Society by M. Harland & Son, Ltd. 1955 - 1959. pp. 83, 71, 60. 49 plates, 2 plans, folded. 8vo. Blue buckram. 3 parts bound together.

Reference: 34242

 
ANON. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY for the year ending 24th September, 1894. Volume II. £ 20.00

Hull. For the Society by William Andrews & Co. 1894. pp. xxiii, 123, 40. Double frontis with 4 colour illustrations, further illustrations in the text. 8vo. Original printed wrapper, very slightly frayed. A good copy.

Reference: 13984

 
ANON. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY for the year ending October 1905. Volune XIII (Part 1). £ 12.00

Hull. For the Society by A. Brown & Sons, Ltd. 1906. pp. xxxi, 139, (ii), 27, 59. 80 plates including a folded pedigree. 8vo. Red cloth. spine faded and slightly frayed at top. Top edge gilt. With the bookplate of William George Woods. East Riding Portraits at Kirkham Abbey and at 2 Carlton Terrace, Pall Mall.

Reference: 20373

 
ANON. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY for the year ending October 1905. Volune XIII (Part 1). £ 8.00

Hull. For the Society by A. Brown & Sons, Ltd. 1906. pp. xxxi, 139, (ii), 27, 59. 80 plates including a folded pedigree. 8vo. Original printed wrapper, browned and slightly frayed along the front, bottom edge. East Riding Portraits at Kirkham Abbey and at 2 Carlton Terrace, Pall Mall.

Reference: 20373PB

 
ANON. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. For the Year ending 23rd September 1893. Volume I. £ 20.00

Hull. For the Society by William Andrews & Co. The Hull Press. 1893. pp. xx, 81. Frontis, map, folded, illustrations in the text. 8vo. Printed wrapper, slightly marked, otherwise very good, clean copy.

Reference: 10469

 
ANON. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. For the Year ending October 1903. Volume XI. £ 12.00

Hull. For The Society by A. Brown & Sons Ltd. 1904. pp. xxiii, 150, 51, 6. Frontis, illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth, spine badly faded and frayed. Top edge gilt.

Reference: 3477

 
ANON. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. For the year ending October, 1904. Volume XII. £ 12.00

Bound at rear - Index of Archaeological Papers published in 1902. (Being the twelfth issue of the series and completing the index for the period 1891 - 1902). Compiled by George Laurence Gomme. Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. 1903. Hull. For The Society by A. Brown & Sons Ltd. 1905. pp. xxxiii, 77; 46. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth, Top edge gilt. A very good copy.

Reference: 4505

 
ANON. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. For the Year ending September 1897. Volume V. £ 12.00

Hull. For The Society by William Andrews & Co. 1897. pp. xxix, 129, 46, 18. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth, spine slightly faded. Top edge gilt. Slight foxing.

Reference: 3478

 
ANON. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Volume XXVIII. Part III. £ 6.00

Hull. For the Society by A. Brown & Sons Ltd. 1939. pp. ix - xvi, 173 - 234, 46. Illustrated. 8vo. original wrapper, browned, a little minor foxing, but otherwsie a very good copy.

Reference: 9397

 
ANON. TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. For the year 1913. Vol. XX. £ 12.00

Hull. For the Society by A. Brown & Sons. Ltd. 1914. pp. x, 70. Illustrated. 8vo. red cloth, top edge gilt. Front board marked, spine slightly faded.

Reference: 30779

 
ANON. TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Vol. XXV. £ 12.00

Edited by T. Sheppard. Hull. For the Society by A. Brown & Sons. Ltd. 1926. pp. xi, 221. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth, top edge gilt. Spine slightly faded. Corners sligthly rubbed.

Reference: 55862

 
ANON. TRANSACTIONS OF THE EAST RIDING ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Vol. XXV. £ 6.00

Edited by T. Sheppard. Hull. For the Society by A. Brown & Sons. Ltd. 1926. pp. xi, 221. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed wrapper, browned, slightly marked and creased.

Reference: 55862PB

 
BAIRSTOW, Martin. RAILWAYS IN EAST YORKSHIRE. £ 30.00

Halifax / Leeds. Martin Bairstow. 1990 - 2007. 3 vols. pp. 80; 88; 96. Well illustrated in monochrome. 4to. Paperbacks. A very good bright, clean copies.

Reference: 78974

 
BANKS, John. EAST YORKSHIRE. The Prestige Series. Number Three. £ 8.00

Photography by G. H. F. Atkins. Glosop. Venture Publications. 1999. pp. 64. Very well illustrated in black and white. 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 1898432414. A very good copy of this book about the East Yorkshire Motor Services bus company fleet.

Reference: 8197

 
BARLEY, M.W. (Editor). PAROCHIAL DOCUMENTS OF THE ARCHDEACONRY OF THE EAST RIDING. An Inventory. £ 10.00

Beverley. Wright & Hoggard for the Yorkshire Archeaological Society. 1939. pp.xxii, 168. 8vo. Brown cloth. Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol. XCIX for the Year 1939. A good clean copy.

Reference: 11098

 
BENFELL, Roy. SPURN LIFEBOAT STATION - The First Hundred Years. The History of Spurn Lifeboat Station from 1810 to May 1911. £ 12.00

Hull. Roy Benfell. 1994. pp. 208. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback.

Reference: 81284

 
BEST, Henry. THE FARMING AND MEMORANDUM BOOKS OF HENRY BEST OF ELMSWELL, 1642. £ 45.00

Edited by Donald Woodward. Wih a Glossary and Linguistic Commentary by Peter McClure. London. For the British Academy by Oxford University Press. 1984. pp. lxxiv, 347. Frontis, 4 plates, 5 maps. 8vo. D/W, spine slightly faded and frayed. Records of Social and Economic History New Series VIII.

Reference: 10242

 
BEST, S.E.J. EAST YORKSHIRE. A Study in Agricultural Geography. £ 35.00

With a Foreword by C.B. Fawcett. London. Longmans. Green & Co. 1930. pp. xv, 189. Frontis, 10 illustrations, maps & diagrams. 8vo. Brown cloth.

Reference: 3404

 
BEVERLEY. BEVERLEY VE-DAY 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. A Collection of Local memories. £ 5.00

Beverley Town Council. (2005). pp. 40. Illustrated. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued.

Reference: 8851

 
BLASHILL, Thomas. SUTTON - IN - HOLDERNESS. The Manor, The Berewic, and The Village Community. £ 45.00

Hull. William Andrews & Co & A. Brown & Sons Ltd. 1896. pp. iv, iv, 302, xv, vi. Frontis, 27 illustrations in the text. 8vo. Half calf, cloth boards. All edges gilt. With the bookplate of Dr Kenneth Green. A lovely copy.

Reference: 2993L

 
BLASHILL, Thomas. SUTTON IN HOLDERNESS, and the Monks of Meaux. £ 10.00

London. British Archaeological Association. 1892. pp. 12. 1 sketch map. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued, badly foxed. Internally clean except for title and last leaf. Inscribed on front cover 'With Th. Blashill's Comps".

Reference: 35106

 
BOOTH, Edward C. MISS PARKWORTH and Three Short Stories. £ 10.00

T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1924. pp. 272, (vii) of adverts. 8vo. Blue cloth, spine sunned. Endpapers foxed and with previous owners name. 1st edition.

Reference: 13679

 
BORLAND, Margaret & John Dunning (Compilers). BISHOP BURTON AND ITS PEOPLE. A Village History. £ 6.00

Beverley. Highgate Publications Ltd. 1992. pp. x, 134. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Previous owner's inscription in pencil on title page. ISBN 0948929642. A very good copy.

Reference: 99140

 
BOYLE, J.R. THE DANES IN THE EAST RIDING. A Paper read to the Members of the Hull Literary Club, November 11th 1895. £ 5.00

Hull. Malet Lambert Local History Reprints. 1980. pp. 24. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. Malet Lambert Local History Reprints No. 4. A good copy.

Reference: 17912

 
BOYLE, J.R. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TOWN AND PORT OF HEDON, in the East Riding of the County of York. £ 75.00

Hull & York. A. Brown & Sons; London. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd. 1895. pp. xvii, errata, 227, ccl. Frontis, 12 plates. 8vo. Rebound in quarter blue calf, cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Small paper copy. A nice copy. Barnard p26

Reference: 100200

 
BROADLEY, Henry. THE DIARY OF AN HONOURABLE MEMBER. The Journal of Henry Broadley MP 1st January 1840 to 17 March 1842. the everyday working life of an East Riding MP. £ 5.00

Edited and with an introductory essay by John Markham. Humberside Leisure Services. 1987. pp. viii, 187. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback, spine faded, corners bumped.

Reference: 12654

 
BULLOCK, Grahame D. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE POLICE SERVICE, with particular reference to Hull and Humberside. £ 12.00

A dissertation submitted or the Special Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economic and Social History. 1991. pp. 66. 1 illustration. A$. Paperback.

Reference: 21240

 
BURTON, Thomas. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIE OF THE PARISH OF HEMINGBROUGH in the County of York. £ 30.00

Edited and enlarged by James Raine. York. Sampson Brothers. 1888. pp. xii, errata, 406. Frontis, 11 plates. 8vo. Contemporary blue cloth. Barnard p27.

Reference: 8352

 
CANNON, Richard. HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE FIFTEENTH, or The Yorkshire East Riding, Regiment of Foot, containing An Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent Services to 1848. £ 12.00

London. Parker, Furnival, & Parker. 1848. pp. xxxi, 96. 2 colour plates. 8vo. Original blind stamped red cloth. Half of the top inch of spine missing. Some foxing, last leaf badly browned.

Reference: 68009

 
CAPPER PASS & SON LTD. CAPPER PASS & SON LTD, Melton, East Yorkshire. Photograph Album. £ 180.00

May 1936 - May 1937. 12 photographs - 22.5 x 17 cm. Oblong 8vo. Modern brown cloth. The photographs show the construction of the Capper Pass tin smelting works at Melton during 1936 and '37, starting with trenches in an empty field through to an aeriel shot of the finished site. The site was acquired by the company in 1928 but the Depression delayed the project. The civil engineers were Sir Alexander Gibb & Partner, they built the plant, including housing for workers, for £170,000. The plant was acquired by Rio Tinto in 1967, the 200 foot chimney, as shown in these photographs was replaced by a 600foot chimney in 1971. The plant was closed in 1991 and decommissioned. With LITTLE, Bryan. CAPPER PASS. The First Hundred and Fifty Years. London. Newman Neame Ltd. 1963. pp. (vi), 33. Frontis, 13 illustrations. 8vo. Blue cloth.

Reference: 65730

 
COLLIER, Linda, John Holmes & Shirley Dalby. A NEW HISTORY OF SWANLAND. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. £ 6.00

Swanland Village History Group. 2002. pp. x, 108, (xiv) of appendices and index. Illustrated with photographs, facsimiles and a map, folded. 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 0954344006. A very good, bright, clean copy.

Reference: 14039

 
COLLIER, Rev. C.V. DOCUMENTS AT BURTON AGNES. £ 25.00

(Hull. For the Society by A. Brown & Sons, Ltd.) (1911/12). pp. 97. Frontis. 8vo. Black card covers with letrset title. Inscribed on front free endpaper 'Author's Proof Copy'. There are markings in the margins and a MS letter from Collier to a Mr Brown bound in.

Reference: 119350

 
COOKSON, David. ROBBIE. The Story of Frank Robinson of Patrington, East Yorkshire. £ 6.00

Beverley. Highgate Publications Ltd. 1989. pp. (iv), 94. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback.

Reference: 42811

 
CRAVEN, Martin (Editor). MEDICINE THROUGH THE AGES. A booklet written to accompany the Exhibition at the Hedon Museum October 1998 - May 1999. £ 5.00

Hedon Museum Society. 1998. pp. 48. Illustreated. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. A very good, clean copy.

Reference: 108580

 
CRAVEN, Martin T. A NEW AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF HEDON. £ 25.00

Driffield. The Ridings Publishing Co. 1972. pp. v, 266. 16 illustrations, 3 plans. Crown 4to. D/W, torn and frayed. Marks of label removed from front endpaper. A goo, clean copy.

Reference: 30068

 
CRAVEN, Martin T. Expanded and updated by Paul L. Scudamore. SKETCHES OF HEDON. £ 6.00

Original Drawings by Peter Kitchen. Hedon Museum. 1996. pp. 18. 18 illustrations. Oblong 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued.

Reference: 11238

 
CROWTHER, Jan. ENCLOSURE COMMISSIONERS AND SURVEYORS OF THE EAST RIDING. £ 1.00

East Yorkshire Local History Society. 1986. pp. 55. 2 illustrations. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. ISBN 9003494010. East Yorkshire Local History Series No. 40. A very good, bright, clean copy.

Reference: 856704

 
DE SAWTRY, Geoffrey. (Psuedonym) THE CHURCHES OF HOLDERNESS not destroyed, but anatomized, to demonstrate the unhealthy state of the antiquated constitution. By Geoffrey e Sawtry, Abbot, Honorary member of the State Church Reform Society. Parts I and II. £ 275.00

Hull. Weston Howe; Mary Montgomery. 1837 - 1838. 2 parts. pp. 31; (ii), 40. Frontis in Part I. 8vo. Modern blue cloth with original wrappers bound in. In Part II pp.16 - 21 are misbound. A very, very good copy of a rare pamphlet published by unlicensed printers. Chilton p.xix & p.190. Barnard p.11. COPAC lists copies at Glasgow University, Sheffiled University & University College London. Hull Central Library also has a copy.

Reference: 573754

 
DICKENS, A.G. KNOW YOUR PARISH CHURCH. St. Mary's Church, Cottingham. £ 5.00

Malet Lambert Local History Reprint. (1961). pp. 16 unnumbered. Illustrated. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. A good copy.

Reference: 76090

 
EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. DESCENT OF LANDS ON THE WOLDS (Cover title). £ 175.00

Kingston upon Hull. James Paxton. (1860). pp. 64. Large post 8vo. Red morocco with gilt decoration, corners rubbed, new spine. Within the work are 4 seperate title pages - Descent of Lands in Sledmere; Garton; Fimber; Weaverthorpe. COPAC records a part copy of Sledmere only at the Bodleian and one complete copy at Leeds University.

Reference: 108883

 
ELSOM, Hilary. MEMORY LANE. The Hessle Collection. £ 10.00

Hull. The Avenues Press. (1991)? pp. 80. 76 photographs of Hessle. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 0951683845. A very good, clean copy.

Reference: 7825

 
EVANS, D.H. AN EAST RIDING MISCELLANY. East Riding Archaeologist Vol 9. 1997. £ 10.00

Hull. East Riding Archaeological Society and the Humber Archaeology Partnership. 1997. pp. vi, 171. Illustrated in monochrome. Royal 8vo. Paperback. A very good bright, clean copy.

Reference: 54515

 
FLIT AND KO. A REEL OF NO. 8 and SUDDABY FEWSTER. Two Holderness Tales. £ 30.00

London. A. Brown & Sons Ltd. (1896). pp. (vii), 263. Frontis to each tale, further illustrations in the text. 8vo. Original red cloth,spine faded. Top edge gilt.

Reference: 36887

 
GARVEY, Peter A. SILVER HERITAGE. A History of Hedon's Civic Plate. £ 10.00

Hedon. (1979). pp. 24. Illustrated with photographs. Oblong 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. A very good copy.

Reference: 333205

 
GARVEY, Peter A. THE HEDON SILVER. An Illustrated History of the Civic Plate of the Borough. £ 14.00

Driffield. Halstead Print & Publications. (1972?) pp. 20. Illustrated. Small 4to. Blue cloth. Paper wrapper bound in. Previous owners's bookplate.

Reference: 14854

 
GELSTHORPE, Joe. THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE AT HORNSEA MERE AND KILLINGHOLME 1914 - 1919. Photographs, documents, notes and reminiscences of 28348 G T W Gelsthorpe Air Mechanic First Class RNAS. £ 6.00

Bridlington. Lodge Books. 2014. pp. 114. Well illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 9781291985139. A very good, bright, clean copy.

Reference: 11989

 
GOOLE PARISH CHURCH. SOUVENIR COOKERY BOOK. £ 24.00

Goole Times. (printer). 1922. pp. 80. 8vo. Printed wrapper, corners lsightly chipped. Some slight foxing. A good copy.

Reference: 11179

 
GRIMSTON, Rose Hobart & Armatrude de THE WITCH’S EGG £ 12.00

Privately Printed. (1945?). pp. 60. 8vo. Printed wrapper, spine dulled. Published to raise money for the restoration of Georgian houses in York.

Reference: 13643

 
HALL, Ivan & Elisabeth. D HISTORIC BEVERLEY. £ 5.00

ocumentary Research by G.B. Drummond and B.A. English. York. William Sessions Ltd. 1973. pp.108. Frontis, well illustrated. Royal 8vo. D/W, slightly frayed. A good copy.

Reference: 3445

 
HAWKESBURY, The Rt. Hon. the Lord. SOME EAST RIDING FAMILIES. £ 25.00

Hull. William Andrews & Co. 1899. pp. (vi), 36. 8vo. Green cloth. Slightly shaken. Previous owners stamp on endpapers. 100 copies printed from the Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society Vol VII, 1899. A good copy.

Reference: 9949

 
HEALD, J.D. A HISTORY OF METHODISM IN SUTTON ON HULL. A review of over two hundred years of Village Methodism. £ 4.00

Hull. J.D. Heald. 1993. pp. 80. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 0952197308. A very good, bright, clean copy.

Reference: 87452

 
HICKS, J.D. THE YORKSHIRE CATHOLIC REFORMATORY MARKET WEIGHTON. £ 5.00

East Yorkshire Local History Society. 1996. pp. 61. Illustarted. 8vo. Paperback. Local History Society Series No 49. ISBN 900349492. A very goo, bright, clean copy.

Reference: 9627

 
HOLDERNESS, Rural District Council. STANDING ORDERS. £ 12.00

Beverley. Wright & Hoggard. 1946. pp. 34. 12mo. Original cloth. Ink amendments in the text.

Reference: 66876

 
HOLDERNESS, Thomas. SOME PLACE-NAMES OF THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. A Paper read before the Hull Literary Club, March 28th 1881. £ 18.00

Driffield. The Office of the Driffield Observer. 1881. pp. 30. 8vo. Printed wrapper, stitiched as issued, slightly marked.

Reference: 191730

 
HOOD, Captain John. SHIPS ON THE HUMBER. £ 5.00

Altringham. At Heart Ltd. 2008. pp. 142, (ii) of adverts. Well illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 9781845472146. A good, clean copy.

Reference: 7514

 
HOPWOOD, Francis J.S. HARBOUR, ETC. BILLS. Report of the Board of Trade. Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Bill. £ 8.00

With Appendix by G.C. Frederick. London. For His Majesty’s Stationary Office by Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1904. 4pp. Small folio. Disbound. Slightly grubby. With the stamp of the Law Society Library. The Bill proposed to authorise the construction of two entrance jetties etc in the River Humber in connection with a dock above high-water mark near Immingham Haven.

Reference: 10004

 
HOWORTH, Peter. EAST YORKSHIRE CRICKET 1778 - 1914. £ 5.00

Driffield. Lowndes Publications. 1995. pp. 183. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 0951763024. A very good, clean copy.

Reference: 43423

 
HUMBER CONSERVANCY BOARD. LOG OF S.L. 'SPURN' 5th April 1922 - 25th October 1923. £ 35.00

147 leaves. Large post 4to. Quarter calf, cloth boards. The Log is divided into the following sections:- Date; Wind, Direction & Force; Weather; Temp. of Water; Barometer; Thermometer; Under steam at; Finished by; Work engaged on; Persons Aboard; Watchman; Remarks. It was filled in on a daily basis. Sometimes there is little information and other times a detailed description of the days work and events is given.

Reference: 69061

 
HUMBERSIDE COUNTY COUNCIL. HUMBERSIDE COUNTY HANDBOOK. The Official Guide to the County. £ 10.00

Gloucester. The British Publishing Co. Ltd. ND. Circa late 1970s. pp 224. Illustrated, some in colour. 4to. Green cloth. Original wrapper bound in. Endpapers slightly foxed,

Reference: 25409

 
HUNTSBY, Thomas; William Wilson; George Hunton; Thomas Wright. FOUR INDENTURES re Ottringham Marsh. £ 120.00

1. Dated 16th April 1756. Folded Parchment sheet. Between Thomas Huntsby, labourer, of Ottringham Marsh, his wife Elizabeth and her son William Wilson, barber on the one hand & Nicholas Snaith, yeoman, of Tunstall. 2. Dated 3rd May 1786. Folded parchment sheet Between William Wilson of Limehouse in Middlesex, Perukemaker (eldest son & heir of Christopher Wilson late of Burton Pudsea in Holderness in Yorks, yeoman deceased) and George Hunton of Ottringham Marsh in Holderness. 3. Dated 4th May 1786. Folded parchment sheet. Between William Wilson of Limehouse in Middlesex, Perukemaker (eldest son & heir of Christopher Wilson late of Burton Pudsea in Holderness in Yorks, yeoman deceased) and his wife Sarah on the one hand and George Hunton of Ottringham Marsh in Holderness. 4. Dated 6th April 1829. Folded parchment sheet. Between Thomas Wright of Welwick, yeoman, on the one hand & Robert Hunton of Welwick, school master. This document includes the history of previous indentures relating to this estate. Between George Hunton, yeoman and Elizabeth Smither of Hedon, spinster. Upon Elizabeth's death this mortage was appointed to Grace Bell of Kingston upon Hull. Upon Grace's death it was appointed to Ann Stephenson, wife of William Stephenson of Kingston upon Hull. George died intestate and his estate passed to his brother Robert

Reference: 13576

 
INGRAM, M.. Edward. THE MANOR OF BRIDLINGTON & its Lords Feoffees. £ 5.00

With Line Drawings by Francis F. Johnson. Bridlington. The Lords Feoffees. 1977. pp. vii, 166. 6 plates, line drawings in the text. 8vo. Paperback, spine darkened.

Reference: 14341

 
JARRATT, George A. MEMORIES OF SPURN IN THE 1880's. £ 10.00

(Spurn Lifeboat Crew). (1988). pp. 18. Illustrated 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued.

Reference: 189826

 
KNOWLES, S.M. & W.I. Webster, W.I. Webster & E.M. Tickle. ( Honorary Editors). HUMBER YAWL CLUB YEAR BOOKS 1971 - 1979. £ 20.00

Hull. Humber Yawl Club. 1971 - 1979. 9 issues. Illustrated. Printed wrappers, stitched as issued.

Reference: 64590

 
KNOX, Robert. DESCRIPTIONS GEOGRAPHICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND ANTIQUARIAN OF EASTERN YORKSHIRE, between the rivers Humber and Tees; £ 150.00

with a trigonometrically surveyed map, extending twenty five miles from Scarborough; accompanied by a map of all Yorkshire, two of England, and eighteen more descriptive plates of diagrams etc. All in illustration of the above subjects. With occasional remarks, growing out of these topics. London. For the Author. 1855. pp. xiv, 209. Map of Scarborough and vicinity, 21 plates, all as called for. 8vo. Original blind stamped green cloth. Front hinge tender and the first gathering (Preface) is slightly loose, pulled by the weight of the Scarborough map, which has a few tears mended with archival tape. A good copy.

Reference: 19385

 
LAMBERT, Geoffrey F. A HISTORY OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE HEDON HAVEN. 1774 - 1974. £ 5.00

Hedon and District Local History Society. 1974. pp. (16). 5 illustrations. 8vo. Printed wrapped stapled as issued. Hedon Local History Series No. 2. Previous owner's name on title page. A good copy.

Reference: 30004

 
LAMPLOUGH, Edward. MEDIAEVAL YORKSHIRE. Memorable Invasions, Battles, Revolts, Conspiraces, and Military Achievements, recorded in The Annals of Yorkshire. £ 12.00

London. Hamilton, Adams & Co; Hull. Henry Bolton. 1884. pp. viii, 188. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt and black decotaion. A very good copy.

Reference: 38662

 
LONCASTER, Wendy & Malcolm Shields. WALTER GOODIN. Above all, the sky. £ 20.00

Hull Museums. 2008. pp. 90. Well illustrated in colour. Royal 8vo. Paperback. Exhibition catalogue. ISBN 090449036X. A very good, clean, bright copy.

Reference: 10036

 
MACHELL, Richard Beverley. (Copier). REGISTER FOR THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, ROOS, Holderness, East Riding of York. Vol 1. £ 35.00

Hull. A. Brown & Sons. 1888. pp. 139. 8vo. Dark blue cloth. Some pencil notrations. Limited edition of 100 copies. No further volumes published. Previous owners bookplate

Reference: 57852

 
MADDOCK, Rev Henry Edward. (Editor). THE REGISTERS OF PATRINGTON, Co. York. 1570 - 1731. £ 20.00

Privately Printed for The Yorkshire Parish Register Society. 1900. pp. viii, 229. 8vo. Later black cloth. The Publications of the Yorkshire Parish Register Society. Vol. VI.

Reference: 5268

 
MADDOCK, Rev. H.E. PARISH REGISTERS OF SOUTH HOLDERNESS. £ 10.00

Hull. William Andrews & Co. Circa 1897). pp. (ii), 34. 8vo. Dark grey cloth. Reprinted from the Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society, Vol V. 1897.

Reference: 172090

 
MALKIN, Larry. WAVELENGTH WANDERINGS ALONG THE HUMBER ESTUARY. £ 6.00

Hull. Simart Print Co. for the Author. 1992. pp. 90. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Inscribed by the author inside the front cover. ISBN 0952033305. A very good, clean copy.

Reference: 23533

 
MANN, Faith. EARLY MEDIEVAL CHURCH SCULPTURE. A Study in 12th Century Fragments in East Yorkshire. £ 6.00

Beverley. Hutton Press. 1985. pp. 51. Illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Paperback. A good copy. ISBN 0907033229

Reference: 225471

 
MARKHAM, John. HEDON AND HOLDERNESS. £ 6.00

Illustrations by Myrtle J. Barter. Beverley. Highgate Press Ltd. 1994. pp. 90. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. 4to. Paperback., spine faded. Signed by author and illustrater. ISBN 1899498001. A very good copy.

Reference: 85391

 
MARKHAM, John. THE BEVERLEY ARMS. The Story of a Hotel. £ 10.00

Beverley. Highgaye Publications Ltd. 2000. pp. 32. Illustrated in monochrome. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as isued. A very good, clean copy. ISBN 1902645170

Reference: 76360

 
MARSH, Mike. GOOLE AT WAR. £ 25.00

Goole. Chronicle Publications Ltd. 2001 - 2005. 3 vols. pp. 104; 142; 195. Illustrated in monochrome. 4to. Paperback. Vol 1 1939 - 1941; Vol 2 1942 - 1943; Vol 3 1944 - 1945. A very good copy.

Reference: 77370

 
MILES, Geo. T.J. & William Richardson. A HISTORY OF WITHERNSEA with Notices of other Parishes in South Holderness in the East Riding of the County of York. £ 60.00

Hull. A. Brown & Sons Ltd. 1911. pp. x, 286. Frontis, 14 plates, 16 illustrations in the text. 8vo. Red cloth, top edge gilt, spine slightly faded. Front hinge slightly tender. A good copy.

Reference: 4045

 
MORTIMER, J.R. FORTY YEARS' RESEARCHES IN BRITISH AND SAXON BURIAL MOUNDS OF EAST YORKSHIRE. Including Romano-British discoveries, and a Description of the Ancient Entrenchments on a section of the Yorkshire Wolds. £ 275.00

London. A. Brown & Sons Ltd. (1905). pp. lxxxvi, (ii), 452,(iv) of adverts. Coloured frontis with tissue guard, 1 folded plan, 1 folded chart, 125 plates and further numerous illustrations in the text by Agnes Mortimer. Quarter morocco, cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Text block has been glued into the binding. A bright, clean , solid copy. ADDITIONAL SHIPPING REQUIRED

Reference: 4511

 
MORTIMER, J.R. Editor J.D. Hicks. A VICTORIAN BOYHOOD ON THE WOLDS. The Recollections of J. R. Mortimer. £ 3.00

East Yorkshire Local History Society. 1987. pp. 34. 2 illustrations, 1 family tree. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. East Yorkshire Local History Series No. 34. ISBN 900349340. A very good, bright, clean copy.

Reference: 96480

 
NEAVE, David & Deborah Turnbull. LANDSCAPED PARKS AND GARDENS OF EAST YORKSHIRE 1700 - 1830. £ 5.00

Bridlington. Georgian Society for East Yorkshire. 1992. pp. 82. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. Previous owner's name inside front cover otherwise a very clean, good copy. ISBN 0951396617

Reference: 3418

 
NEAVE, David & Susan. A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF YORK: EAST RIDING. Volume VIII East Buckrose: Sledmere and Northern Wolds. £ 75.00

Woodbridge. For the Institute of Historical Research by Boydell & Brewer. 2008. pp. xvi, 284, (i). Frontis, 94 illustrations, 30 tables. Royal 8vo. Red cloth, front board label. Victoria County Histories. As new. ISBN 9781904356134

Reference: 8601

 
NEAVE, David. FEASTS, FELLOWSHIP AND FINANCIAL AID. South Holderness Friendly Societies. £ 5.00

Hedon & District Local History Society. 1986. pp. 28. Illustrated. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. Hedon Local History Series No. 7. ISBN 0950169765. A good, clean copy.

Reference: 75198

 
NEAVE, Susan and David. (Editors). THE DIARY OF A YORKSHIRE GENTLEMAN. John Courtney of Beverley, 1759 - 1768. £ 8.00

Otley. Smith Settle Ltd. 2001. pp. x, 175. Illustrated. 8vo. D/W. ISBN 1858251710. Signed by the authors on the title page. A very good, bright copy.

Reference: 74915pb

 
NEAVE, Susan. MEDIEVAL PARKS OF EAST YORKSHIRE. £ 5.00

Universoty of Hull & Hutton Press Ltd. 1991. pp. 59. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 187216711X. A good copy.

Reference: 19086

 
NELSON, T.H., with the co-operation of W. Eagle Clarke and F. Boyes. THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. Being a Historical Account of the Avi-Fauna of the County. £ 90.00

London, Hull & York. A Brown & Sons Ltd. 1907. 2 vols. pp. xlvi, 374; xii, 375 - 843. Coloured frontis's and pictorial titles. 158 monochrome plates as listed. 8vo. Green cloth, top edge gilt . Minimal occasional minor foxing. A very good set.

Reference: 67391

 
NICHOLSON, John. BEACONS OF EAST YORKSHIRE. £ 35.00

Illustrated by Geo. Meek. Hull. A. Brown & Sons; London. Simpin, Marshall & Co; Driffield. T. Holderness, Observer Office. 1887. pp. viii, 72. 7 illustrations. Small 8vo. Original printed wrapper covered in clear plastic stuck down, base of spine slightly worn. Hand drawn map on brown paper showing the location of the beacons, also covered in clear plastic. Small paper copy. A little frail

Reference: 3457s

 
NICHOLSON, John. FOLK SPEECH OF EAST YORKSHIRE. £ 30.00

London. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co; Hull. A. Brown & Sons; Driffield. T. Holderness. 1889. pp. xii, 110, (ii) of adverts. Frontis. Royal 8vo. Maroon cloth, top edge gilt. Large paper copy, no. 84 of a limited edition of 100 copies.

Reference: 7087

 
NORFOLK, R.W.S. MILITIA, YEOMANRY AND VOLUNTEER FORCES OF THE EAST RIDING 1689 - 1908. £ 6.00

East Yorkshire Local History Society. 1965. pp. 58. 1 map. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. E.Y. Local History Series: No. 19. A very good copy.

Reference: 36790

 
OLIVER, George. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE TOWN AND MINSTER OF BEVERLEY, in the County of York, from the most early period; with Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Abbeys of Watton and meaux, The Convent of Haltemprise, the villages of Cottingham, leckonfield, Bishop and Cherry Burton, Walkington, Risby, Scorborough, and the Hamlets comprised withi the liberties of beverley. Compiled from Public and Private Records, and Manuscripts of indoubted authority; and illustrated by Numerous Engravings on Copper, Wood, and Stone; and other valuable Embellishments. £ 175.00

Beverley. M. Turner. 1829. pp. xxiii, 575, (i) of adverts. Frontis, 6 plates. Royal 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards. Plates slightly foxed. Boyne p166.

Reference: 163227

 
OLIVER, George. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE TOWN AND MINSTER OF BEVERLEY, in the County of York, from the most early period; with Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Abbeys of Watton and meaux, The Convent of Haltemprise, the villages of Cottingham, leckonfield, Bishop and Cherry Burton, Walkington, Risby, Scorborough, and the Hamlets comprised withi the liberties of beverley. Compiled from Public and Private Records, and Manuscripts of indoubted authority; and illustrated by Numerous Engravings on Copper, Wood, and Stone; and other valuable Embellishments. £ 175.00

Beverley. M. Turner. 1829. pp. xxiii, 575, (i) of adverts. Frontis, 6 plates. Super Royal 4to. Half calf, marbled boards, very slightly rubbed. Newspaper articles tipped in on endpapers. Large paper copy. Boyne p166.

Reference: 1632270

 
OVERTON, Rev Charles. THE HISTORY OF COTTINGHAM. £ 60.00

Hull. J.W. Leng. 1861. pp. 112 and many further blank pages. Frontis & 1 plate as called for. 8vo. Full vellum, respined with leather label. A very good copy. Boyne 164.

Reference: 12672

 
PAGE, W.G.B. HISTORIC HULL HOUSES. £ 10.00

Hull. Eastern Morning and Hull News Co. Ltd. 1907. pp. 28. Illustrated. Printed wrapper, stapled as issued. Slightly frail.

Reference: 9884

 
PARK, Godfrey Richard. THE CHURCH BELLS OF HOLDERNESS. £ 125.00

London. William Andrews. 1898. pp. iv, 83, 12 of adverts. 8vo. Blue cloth. Top edge gilt. A very good, bright, clean copy. Barnard p31

Reference: 4299

 
PARK, Godfrey Richard. THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT BOROUGH OF HEDON in the Seigniory of Holderness, and East Riding of the County of York. £ 60.00

Howden. Mr Pye Books 1994. pp. x, 315. Frontis, 20 plates, 3 further illustrations in the text. 8vo. Blue cloth. Facsimile reprint limited to 100 copies - No. 32. A very good, bright, clean copy. Barnard p 27.

Reference: 6709a

 
PERCY, Thomas. Bishop of Dromore. (Editor). THE REGULATIONS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF HENRY ALGERNON PERCY, THE FIFITH EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND, at His Castles of Wressle and Leckonfield, in Yorkshire. Begun Anno Domini MDXII. £ 50.00

A New Edition, Edited, with Additional Notes. London. A. Brown & Sons Ltd. 1905. pp. xxxvi, 452, (viii) of adverts. 8vo. Quarter cloth, boards, spine slightly darkened. Top edge gilt. 3rd edition.

Reference: 9968

 
POULSON, George. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE SEIGNIORY OF HOLDERNESS, in the East-Riding of the County of York, including The Abbies of Meaux and Swine, with the Priories of Nunkeeling and Burstall; compiled from authentic Charters, Redords, and the unpublished Manuscripts of the Rev. William Dade, remaining in the Library of Burton Constable: With numerous Embellishments: £ 165.00

Hull. Robert Brown. 1840/41. 2 vols. pp. xx, 489; 552. 2 frontis's, 39 plates as called for. Illustrations in text. 4to. Original cloth, spines relaid. New endpapers. Some minor foxing. Map at p183 of Vol 1 torn, not affecting image. Boyne p 152.

Reference: 2548

 
POULSON, George. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE SEIGNIORY OF HOLDERNESS, in the East-Riding of the County of York, including The Abbies of Meaux and Swine, with the Priories of Nunkeeling and Burstall; compiled from authentic Charters, Redords, and the unpublished Manuscripts of the Rev. William Dade, remaining in the Library of Burton Constable: With numerous Embellishments: £ 150.00

Hull. Robert Brown. 1840/41. 2 vols. pp. xx, 489; 552. 2 frontis's, 39 plates as called for. Illustrations in text. Royal 4to. Half calf, marbled boards. In Vol 1. the plate at p.163 has residue of selotape marks down the outer edge; in Vol 2. pp. 9 - 12 are misbound and the plate at p. 1 has old selotape down the edge. (Both these plates are folded maps). A very good copy. Boyne p 152.

Reference: 25481

 
QUINLAN, Rev. David. A DICTIONARY OF THE YORKSHIRE MARTYRS. £ 5.00

Hinkley. Samuel Walker (Printer). (1939). pp. 52. Small 8vo. Printed wrapper, stapled as issued, one very small tear. 2nd edition. A very good copy.

Reference: 81210

 
REYNARD, Captain Frank H. HUNTING NOTES FROM HOLDERNESS. Squire Draper, Tom Hodgson, James Hall and Others. 1726 - 1914. £ 50.00

London. Jas. Truscott & Son Ltd. for the Author. (1920?) pp. xiv, 250, errata slip tipped in on verso of title page. 9 plates. 8vo. Red cloth, spine faded, boards slightly marked, front hinges beginning to split in two places but firm. Top edge gilt. Previous owners name (Bryan Burstall) on front free endpaper. A reasonable copy.

Reference: 12933

 
RHODES, merrill. SUTTON, BRANSHOLME AND WAWNE. Church and People - A Celebration. £ 8.00

Beverley. Hghgate Publications Ltd. 1999. pp. x, 205. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Signed by the author on title page, previous owners name on inside front cover. A very good copy. ISBN 090264511

Reference: 40991

 
RICHTERING, Rob . With additional material by Jeremy Lonsdale. CRICKET IN HORNSEA 1859 - 2006. £ 10.00

Hornsea Cricket Club. 2006. pp. (iv), 80. Illustrated. Oblong 4to. Paperback. A very good copy.

Reference: 103600

 
ROSS, Frederick, Richard Stead and Thomas Holderness. A GLOSSARY OF WORDS USED IN HOLDERNESS in the East Riding of Yorkshire. £ 35.00

London. For The English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co. 1877. pp. iv, errata leaf,162. Map. 8vo. Modern black cloth. English Dialect Society. Series C. Original Glossaries, and Glossaries with Fresh Additions. VII. Original, rubbed, front wrapper bound in.

Reference: 2305

 
ROYSTON, Rev. P. RUDSTON: A SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES. Being an Account of the linchets in the Parish and Neighbourhood; The Church; The Monolith in the Church Yard; The origin of the Name of the Parish; The Cists etc etc. £ 45.00

Bridlington-Quay. George Furby 1873. pp. 84, errata leaf. Frontis. Small 8vo. Original green cloth, new endpapers. The book has been recased. MS note in pencil on the verso of the errata leaf. A very good copy. Barnard p48.

Reference: 14765

 
SHAWE, John. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF MASTER JOHN SHAWE, Sometime Vicar of Rotherham, afterwards Minister of St. Mary's Church, Lecturer at the Holy Trinity Church, and Master of God's House Hospital, at kingston - upon - Hull. Written by Himself. £ 80.00

With Notes Explanatory and Biographical by John Broadley. Hull. J. Ferraby. 1824. pp. (vii), 121, errata leaf. 8vo in 4's. Original boards, corners bumped, nasty later paper spine. Boyne p 243, Barnard p13.

Reference: 9255

 
SHEPPARD, Thomas. THE LOST TOWNS OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST and other Chapters bearing upon the Geography of the District. £ 25.00

London. A. Brown & Sons Ltd. 1912. pp. xviii, 329, (xviii) of adverts. Frontis, many illustrations in the text. 8vo. Original green cloth with gilt decoration, head and tail of spine slightly frayed, rear hinge with very small split. Previous owner's book plate. A good, clean, small paper copy.

Reference: 3989

 
SIMMONS, Geoff & Barry Abraham. STRONG FOUNDATIONS. Driffield's Aerodrome from 1917 to 2000. £ 8.00

Beverley. Hutton Press Ltd. 2001. pp. 192. Illustrated in monochrome. Royal 8vo. Paperback. A bright, clean copy. ISBN 1902709136

Reference: 77016

 
SKEGGS, G.S. THORNGUMBALD. That Village Yon Side of Hedon. £ 10.00

Beverley. Highate Publications Ltd. 1990. pp. 60. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 0948929359. Rear cover creased, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

Reference: 70681

 
SMITH, M. H. (Editor). HORNSEA A CENTURY AGO. The Town and its People in the 1890s. £ 8.00

Beverley. Highgate Publications Ltd & Hornsea Local History Class. 1993. pp. 84. Illustrated. Oblong 4to. Paperback. ISBN 0948929820. A very good copy.

Reference: 63981

 
SMITH, M.H. POVERTY IN HOLDERNESS 1700 - 1850. £ 18.00

No Publisher. No date (circa 1968). pp. 82. Royal 8vo. Boards, ring bound spine. Typescript printed on one side of page only with Contents written in hand, occasional ink corrections in the text. Academic thesis.

Reference: 290410

 
SOUTH HOLDERNESS CRICKET CLUB. SOUTH HOLDERNESS CRICKET CLUB 1882 - 1982. £ 10.00

South Holderness Cricket Club. (1982). pp. 67. 8vo. Wrapper, stapled as issued. Previous owner's name inside from cover. A good, clean copy.

Reference: 10445

 
STAMP, A.H. (Editor). FURTHER MEMORIES OF COTTINGHAM. £ 12.00

Cottingham Local History Society. 1991. pp. viii, 124. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth. Previous owners bookplate covered over with plain white paper. A very good, clean copy.

Reference: 353839

 
SUMNER, Ian and Roy Wilson. YEOMANRY OF THE EAST RIDING. £ 5.00

Beverely. Hutton Press. 1993. pp. 126. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. A very good copy. ISBN 9781872167473

Reference: 6748

 
SYKES, Christopher Simon. THE VISITORS' BOOK. £ 5.00

London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1978. pp. 224. Well illustrated. Royal 8vo. Cloth. Gift inscription to previous owners on half title. Thin strip of endpaper on front board removed. ISBN 0297774956. A good copy. .

Reference: 3178

 
TAYLOR, Mike. SHIPPING ON THE HUMBER. The North Bank. £ 6.00

Stroud. Tempus Publishing Ltd. 2003. pp. 128. Well illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 0752431161. A very good, bright, clean copy.

Reference: 6912

 
TAYLOR, Mike. TUGS AND TOWING BARGES ON THE HUMBER WATERWAYS. £ 10.00

Stroud. Tempus Publishing. 2006. pp. 128. Very well illustrated. Royal 8vo. Large format paperback. ISBN 0752438042. As new.

Reference: 19613

 
TEW, Rev. E.L.H. OLD TIMES AND FRIENDS. £ 20.00

London. Simpkin & Co. Ltd; Winchester. Warren & Son. 1908. pp. (viii), 192. 8vo. Blue clooth, spine faded. Tew was Rector of Upham, in the Diocese of Winchester; and sometime Vicar of Hornsea and Rector of Long Riston in the Diocese of York, so parts of the book relate to East Yorkshire. A good copy.

Reference: 8207

 
ULYATT, Michael E. & Edward W. Paget-Tomlinson. HUMBER SHIPPING. A Pictorial History. £ 6.00

Clapham. Dalesman Publishing Co. Ltd. 1979. pp, 80. Well illustrated in monochrome. Oblong 8vo. Paperback. ISBN 0852064888. Some sections of text block beginning to brown, otherwise a very good clean copy.

Reference: 114156

 
WARD, J.M.G. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF GOLF ON WESTWOOD. £ 6.00

Beverley. Coxton Publications Ltd. 1990. pp. xii, 96. 44 illustrations. 8vo. D/W. Beverley and East Riding Golf Club 1889 - 1989.

Reference: 1085918

 
WATTS, Anthony V. THE HUMBER. Geography, History, Local Craft. £ 10.00

With a Foreword by The Rev. W.B. Andrews, Port Chaplain, Mission to Seamen, Hull. North Ferriby. Lockington Publishing Co. Ltd. (1980). pp. 58. Illustrated. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. Signed by the author. ISBN 0905490118. A very good copy.

Reference: 85801

 
WHITE, Col. W. Lambert. (Compiler);Lock, Major F.H. (Editor) RECORDS OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE VOLUNTEER FORCE (1914 - 1919). £ 70.00

Hull. Eastern Morning and Hull News Co. Ltd. 1920. pp. 82. Frontis, 68 photographs. 8vo. Original red cloth.

Reference: 140677

 
WHITEHOUSE, John. THE BENEFICE OF COTTINGHAM: Its Parsons, Patrons and Property. £ 6.00

Cottingham Local History Society. 1973. pp. 37. Illustrated. 8vo. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. Cottingham Local History Series No. 3. A very good copy.

Reference: 69130

 
WILBRAHAM, G.W. OUR HOLDERNESS. A Historical Survey from earliest times. £ 12.00

(Withernsea. Holderness Gazette.) ND. Circa 1940s. pp. 24. 4to. Printed wrapper stapled as issued.

Reference: 155010

 
WILDRIDGE, T. Tindall. THE MISERERES OF BEVERLEY MINSTER: A Complete Series of Drawings of the Seat Carvings in the Choir of St John’s, Beverley, Yorkshire; With Notes on the Plates and Subject. £ 36.00

Hull. J. Plaxton. 1879. pp. (vi), 53. 1 plan tipped onto front free endpaper, 74 plates. 8vo. Contemporary style full calf with spine label and gilt decoration. Spine faded. New endpapers. With the bookplate of Dr Kenneth Green. Barnard p20.

Reference: 12457

 
WILLIAMS, Edward Stanley. Edited by Trevor Williams. IN THE PINK. A teenager's year at the Front in the Great War. £ 8.00

East Yorkshire Local History Society. 2010. pp. 94. Illustrated. A4. Printed wrapper stapled as issued. East Yorkshire Local History Series No. 58. A very good, bright, clean copy. ISBN 100900349581 & 139780900349584.

Reference: 106620

 
WILSON, John. WILL OF MR JOHN WILSON. £ 10.00

9th May 1855. Single sheet - 16" x 12.5" folded. The will of John Wilson of Short Street, Kingston upon Hull, Labourer. The beneficiaries are his daughters Jane Wilson, Catherine - married to Frank Jarrett Kittle; Ann - married to John Hargreaves; Harriet - married to John Fisher, and his son John Wilson. The execuror of the will is George Cockerill of Osborne Street, Kingston upon Hull.

Reference: 27702

 
WRAY, J. Jackson. THE SECRET OF THE MERE; or, Under the Surface. £ 20.00

London. James Nisbet. 1885. pp. iv, 259, (i), 24 of adverts. 8vo. Green cloth with black decoration and title in gilt. Internally hinges slightly cracked but still firm. Inscription to previous owner on inside of front board. Novel set in East Yorkshire.

Reference: 8482

 
WRIGGLESWORTH, Edmund. BEVERLEY’S ROLL OF HONOUR, being Sketches of the Worthies of Beverley. £ 45.00

Beverley. Green & Son; London. W. Kent & Co. (1882). pp. (viii), 130, (vi) of adverts. Small 8vo. Half red calf, cloth boards, spine sunned and rubbed, all edges gilt.

Reference: 44590

 
YOUNG, Rev. George. John Bird (Artist). A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST: Describing the Strata and Fossils occuring between the Humber and the Tees, from the German Ocean to the Plain of York: Illustrated with numerous Engravings. £ 775.00

Whitby. George Clark. 1822. pp. iv, 335, (i) of adverts. Frontis - foxed, 1 map, folded plan of the Strata, 17 colour plates. 4to. Half contemporary cloth, boards. Later rear endpaper. 1st edition. Apart from the frontis it is internally clean. A very good copy.

Reference: 64991

 
 
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