Chamber of Trade ORIGINAL GUIDE to the CITY of YORK
Undated but about 1950 113 pages of text (illustrated) 45 pages of adverts – map missing
Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
Castles – An Introduction to the castles of England and wales – HMSO
1954 with 28 plans and 12 photographs dj vg book vg
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I will apply a discount for simultaneous purchases, If I remember.
3 National Trust Guides – The price is for all three
Erddig vg+ 1978
The Carlisle Collection of Miniature Rooms vg+ 1981
The Rievaulx Terrace vg+ 1979
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I will apply a discount for simultaneous purchases, If I remember.
£4.50
Rievaulx Abbey Yorkshire – Official Guide
1938 with fold out plan.
Posted to UK Address
£4.00
HMSO Beaumaris Castle
Through the post £4.00
£4.00
HMSO Dirleton Castle
Through the post to UK address
£4.00
Stock
Auther
Title
Publisher
Price
Condition
Date
Edition
Phillips Alan
Beaumaris Castle
HMSO
£2.50
vg
1961
1st
Richardson J S
Dirleton Castle
HMSO
£2.50
vg+
1973
7th
Maxwell Herbert
Holyroodhouse
HMSO
£2.50
vg
1923
Peers Charles
Rievaulx Abbey
HMSO
£2.50
vg+
1938
Childe Gordon
Skara Brae
HMSO
£2.50
vg+
1977
11th
Richardson J S
Stirling Castle
HMSO
£2.50
vg+
1978
3rd
HMSO Skara Brae
Through the post to UK address
£4.00
HMSO Stirling Castle
Through the post to any UK location
£4.00
HMSO Holyroodhouse 1923
Through the post to UK address
£4.00
Montacute House – The National Trust – Mark Girouard ?
32 pages illustrated photographs and plans, undated but a mention of 1961 additions. In fine condition.
Don’t buy you guides from the National Trust, they don’t need your money, I do, and I’m cheaper.
Posted to your UK home
The History of Batley 1800-1974 by Malcolm H. Haigh
The History of Batley 1800 -1974 by Malcolm H Haigh in 1978 reprinted twice but still hard to find. The fact the Malcolm was a journalist must have contributed to the fact that this is a fantastically readable book. I am a great fan of local history books but some are badly written, as not everybody however they love local history are good authors which is why I have not tried to write one myself. I have a copy without d.j. £25.00
The History of Batley 1800-1974 by Malcolm H. Haigh
The History of Batley 1800 -1974 by Malcolm H Haigh in 1978 reprinted twice but still hard to find. The fact the Malcolm was a journalist must have contributed to the fact that this is a fantastically readable book. I am a great fan of local history books but some are badly written, as not everybody however they love local history are good authors which is why I have not tried to write one myself. No dj
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£30.00
Oakwell Hall Geoffrey Woledge
First published by Kirklees Cultural Services in 1978 this is the 1992 revised edition. 24 pages, illustrated soft cover vg+
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£5.00
Oakwell Hall by Geoffrey Woledge
32 page 1978 booklet published by Museums Service
Through post
£5.00
History and Description of Oakwell Hall and Manor by J Sprittles
A 1946 booklet 52 pages illustrated.
Price includes postage to all locations in the United Kingdom
£10.00
Times Past in Batley & Birstall
16 pages of local history through the post to any UK address
£2.50
Borough of Batley – Civic Week – 1948 – Official Handbook
34 page 9X6 booklet, no illustrations.
Through the post
£4.00
Published by Max Parrish in 1957. 188 pages with index. Theodore Cooke Taylor was more than a Woollen Manufacturer. A Liberal MP who fought the Chinese Opium Trade. He was a pioneer, and probably the most successful exponent of profit sharing in industry. Still at his desk at the age of 102.
Batley Parish Church School 1861 – 1961The Batley Variety Club Review Vol 1 No. 1Taylor of Batley – The Story of 102 Years by George A Greenwood
Published by Max Parrish in 1957. 188 pages with index. Theodore Cooke Taylor was more than a Woollen Manufacturer. A Liberal MP who fought the Chinese Opium Trade. He was a pioneer, and probably the most successful exponent of profit sharing in industry. Still at his desk at the age of 102.
Taylor of Batley – The Story of 102 years – George A Greenwood
Published by Max Parrish in 1957. 188 pages with index. Theodore Cooke Taylor was more than a Woollen Manufacturer. A Liberal MP who fought the Chinese Opium Trade. He was a pioneer, and probably the most successful exponent of profit sharing in industry. Still at his desk at the age of 102.
This is a fine book in a near fine dj (clipped).
The price below includes UK P&P
£35.00
Batley Official Guide SOLD
Batley Working Men’s Club & Institute 1872 – 1972 SOLDBatley & District Hospital Bazaar Souvenir Handbook 1926
Pretty tatty copy, but where else would you find one. 104 pages with a bit of history and of a few people and buildings, the old, present and proposed hospitals. But to me the greatest interest is in the local advertisements (there are a number of national adverts). The best illustration to me though was the Batley Co-op. SOLD
Published in 1987 by Kirklees Council an account of her growing up in the Spen Valley between the Wars. Well written illustrated by Barbara Ellis.
The Gate Hangs High – Mildred Coldwell
Published in 1987 by Kirklees Council an account of her growing up in the Spen Valley between the Wars. Well written illustrated by Barbara Ellis. A Fine Copy.
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£10.00
Liversedge Parish Church and its Heritage by Catherine Handley
12 page booklet 1995 no illustrations.
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£2.50
Railway Magazine (Railways of the Spen Valley Part Two – Peter E Baugham)
Railway Magazine April 1964
Includes “Railways of the Spen Valley Part Two” by Peter E. Baughan. Not as many interesting illustrations as Part 1 but completes the story.
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£7.50
Spen Valley a landscape of hamlets
SPEN VALLEY a landscape of hamlets by Christopher Scargill and J Richard Lee
Published in 1986 by Yorkshire Post Newspapers. Much more than the usual “photo” collection (to be honest the photo reproduction is not the best) but Christopher and Richard have made up for that by a well written description of the Spen Valley.
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£10.00
St John’s Cleckheaton
A Short History of St. John’s Parish Church Cleckheaton by Rev. M G Inman 1832 – 1982
about 9″ X 6″ 20 page booklet
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£3.50
Hartshead cum Clifton – Pobjoy
The Story of the Ancient Parish of Hartshead cum Clifton – HN & M Pobjoy
Published in 1972 by Marion Pobjoy 164 pages illustrated by Frank Brierley and Raymond Kable, I always thought this as written by Marion but she shares the credits with her husband. I thought it better written than “Mirfield”. This is first edition with dj.
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£30.00
Spen Valley Past and Present – Frank Peel
Spen Valley: Past and Present by Frank Peel
This book must be the cornerstone to any collection of Spen Valley History Books. First published in 1893 This is number 506 of 750 printed by Kirklees Libraries in 1987 Fine Book in Fine dj
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£45.00
The Poets of the Spen Valley – Edited by Chas. F. Forshaw 1892
Published by Thornton and Pearson a good reading copy, crease on front board.
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£10.00
Fifty Years Journalistic Experiences and Chronicles of a Typical Industrial Area – George H Cooper
Published by John Siddall, Cleckheaton undated but around 1940 99 pages with illustrations in text. Mainly but not totally in the Spen Valley. Some illustration but mostly portraits of local dignitaries. A good reading copy.
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£10.00
BIG Ears in the Kingdom of Kirklees
“A jaundiced look at our Lords and Masters – Yorkshire Politicians and Bureaucrats through the eyes of Big Ears” 94 page illustrated book soft bound.
Through the post to UK addresses or sometimes by bicycle if in the Spen Valley
£9.00
Churches and Chapels of Kirklees – A Ronald Bielby
Published in 1978 by Kirklees Libraries and Museum Service this 116 page book is well illustrated. This is a clean tight copy with no inscriptions.
Through the post to UK destinations.
£7.50
Cleckheaton Rugby Union Football Club
20 glossy pages of photographs and facts A4 size.
Through the post to UK address, or delivered by hand in the Spen Valley. £8.00
£8.00
Rail Centres: Leeds/Bradford by Stephen Batty
The Usual Ian Allen Quality 160 pages well illustrated well written and well indexed. Quality paper and quality reproduction of photographs. A fine hard back and a fine (clipped) dj
Through the post to any UK destination £9.00
£9.00
I have collected books and ephemera of Spen Valley, and Yorkshire for many years. A number of these publications are difficult to find. Some I am more than reluctant to part with so I have decided to compile a reading list and to mention when I have copies for sale.
Times Past In The Spen Valley
A4 size 16 pages of snippets of Spen Valley History
Posted to UK address £2.50
£2.50
The Brightest Star – A Century Tribute to Leslie Heward – born in Littletown 1897
A Century Tribute to LESLIE HEWARD b1897 d 1943 born in Littletown, Liversedge West Yorkshire 1897 – 1997 by Margaret Mitchell.
A 32 page booklet published Christ Church Liversedge 1997
Price includes UK P&P
£4.00
Heckmondwike Urban District Official Handbook 1967
46 pages of adverts, photographs, history and facts and stuff
£10.00
Heckmondwike Urban District – Official Handbook 1973
42 pages handbook. Adverts, photographs and official information
£10.00
Heckmondwike in Times Past – Margaret M Wood
Heckmondwike in Times Past – Margaret M Wood. Undated Countryside Publication 48 pages of very interesting but poor quality illustrations. £5.00
The Price below includes UK Postage
£7.00
Images of England SPEN VALLEY compiled by Norman Ellis
First printed in 2001 by Tempus 23cm X 16cm a 128 page soft cover book with two illustrations per page and accompanying text. Obviously as the images of the title are photographs the history it covers are mainly from 20th century. Though it is crammed full of photographs, many of which I have not seen in any other publications, there are copious notes that add much to the illustrations. A well put together addition to any Spen Valley collection.
The Price below includes UK P&P In the shop £10.00
£12.50
A Short History of Hartshead Church by Mabel Ferrett
A 16-page booklet undated but well-illustrated with line drawings. A good very brief, but comprehensive local history start. I have a copy available for £2.50 through post to UK address £4.00
£4.00
A History of Hartshead by Mabel Ferrett
Printed in 1967 by Huddersfield Examiner this small (but perfectly formed) little booklet, has photographs and line drawings. Only 14 pages but covers Robin Hood, Hammond Roberson, Patrick Bronte, Luddites, Chartists and World Wars.
This can be delivered by our privatised Post Office (National asset sold off for private profit) for the modest sum of £4.00 (That is the total cost not just £4.00 delivery cost)
£4.00
History of the SPEN VALLEY 1780 – 1980 – Douglas Hird
An essential book for any Spen Valley collection. Published in 1985 written by Douglas Hird who spent 25 years as a reporter in the Spen Valley. Up until being nine year old he attended Brighton Street Junior and Infants School, but moved out when his family emigrated (to Dewsbury).
The book is well illustrated and has an index. Overlaps a bit with Peel but brings us well into 20th century. Unlike Thompson, this is a very entertaining read (written by a journalist and not a Librarian, not that I have anything against librarians that is). It does have many interesting facts that you will not find elsewhere. Not as detailed as some of the SV personal memoirs, but in some way more entertaining for that.
History of the Spen Valley 1780 – 1980 – Douglas Hird
An essential book for any Spen Valley collection. Published in 1985 written by Douglas Hird who spent 25 years as a reporter in the Spen Valley. Up until being nine year old he attended Brighton Street Junior and Infants School, but moved out when his family emigrated (to Dewsbury).
The book is well illustrated and has an index. Overlaps a bit with Peel but brings us well into 20th century. Unlike Thompson, this is a very entertaining read (written by a journalist and not a Librarian, not that I have anything against librarians that is). It does have many interesting facts that you will not find elsewhere. Not as detailed as some of the SV personal memoirs, but in some way more entertaining for that.
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£25.00
SPEN VALLEY – Reading list
The SPEN VALLEY a local History by Thomas William Thompson
Published in 1925 it originally appeared in the Heckmondwike Herald in column format, the deal done was to not take payment for in cash, but the type should be used to publish a limited edition in book form. That is why the book has very wide margins. Thompson was the Librarian in Heckmondwike Library I don’t think he had any formal training as an Historian. The book is 355 pages long and usefully has an index but no illustrations. Overfull of lists of men, in some cases with questionable merit as to the reason for inclusion. The book for the most part looks to the History of the Spen Valley through the lens of the History of England with not a great deal of real “local” content, unless you count the lists of men. I must admit I didn’t get off to a good start when he seemed to imply that prior to the Roman Conquest the Valley was inhabited by tribes of Hunter Gatherers, he seems to have missed the Bronze and Iron age altogether. I must excuse a lot of his opinions as writing in the 20’s the “Dark Ages” were still dark. He is very skimpy on two themes that are very much of Spen Valley History, the Luddites and Chartists. Whatever my views, if you are seriously into Local History you need to read this book. If you are building a Spen Valley Book collection you need to own one. I currently have a copy for sale for £45
SPEN VALLEY in old picture postcards by Gillian Cookson
Published by European Library, Netherlands written Gillian Cookson in 1988 this a 8”X6” hard back is much more than it says on the tin. Yes, it is based on 76 postcards, but each is backed up by research from a highly skilled professional historian who adds commentary to each card that is readable informative and interesting.
The Brontes in the Spen Valley – Mabel Ferrett
Originally published as Shirley Country in 1973 revised in 1997 102 pages Illustrated by Stanley Chapman with an index. My irrational antipathy to the cult of the Brontes has prevented me from reading this but having read other works by Mabel I have no doubts about readability.
The Brontes in the Spen Valley – Mabel Ferret
Originally published as Shirley Country in 1973 revised in 1997 102 pages Illustrated by Stanley Chapman with an index. My irrational antipathy to the cult of the Brontes has prevented me from reading this, but having read other works by Mabel I have no doubts about readability.
This copy would be fine but for the annotations (just highlighting paragraphs really) by a previous owner, because of that I am offering it at a reduced price.
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£6.50
Spenborough Official Handbook 1947/48
96 pages, water damage to the bottom of all the pages, does not obscure text or photographs just distracts from the booklet.
Price includes P&P for UK destinations
£6.50
Borough of Spenborough
Borough of Spenborough – Souvenir of the Charter of Incorporation 1955
Hard Cover 40 pages printed on quality paper with descriptions of Spenborough, illustrated with photographs and line drawings of places and people. I have never seen another copy.
£25.00
BBA Digest October 1955
48 page 10X8 on quality paper with photographs of the factory, people, process, history and products including motorsport.
Price includes postage or delivery within the UK
£7.50
BBA Digest October 1953
48 page 10X8 on quality paper with photographs of the factory, people, process, history and products including motorsport.
Price includes postage or delivery within the UK
£7.50
Garnett – opening cleaning and carding machinery
36 page 11X8 booklet with illustrations and descriptions of machines produced in Cleckheaton by P & C Garnett Ltd. Undated but does say the firm is over 100 years old and the phone number is 3306.
Mailed (or delivered) to UK locations £5.00
£5.00
Pennine Journey by William B Stocks
Being the History of the Railways, Tramways and Canals in Huddersfield and District.
Printed and Published by THE ADVERTISER PRESS LTD> Huddersfield 1958. Card covers 98 pages tight clean copy no inscriptions.
Posted to UK address
£7.50
Call Back Yesterday by Mavis Roberts
This book is a collection of memories of growing up in the Spen Valley (Cornmill Lane) in the 1930’s. I started reading it and read it in one sitting, not because it is short (158 pages) but because it is well written and fascinating.
Delivered, or posted to any UK address
£10.00
Executioner The Chronicles of James Berry – Victorian Hangmen by Stuart P Evans
Published by Sutton Publishing in 2004, 356 pages indexed and illustrated I can despatch (no pun intended) a hardback copy to a UK address for
£12.50
The Father of the Brontë’s – His Life and Works at Dewsbury and Hartshead by W W Yates
The book is as good as new but for a few passages highlighted by a previous owner.
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Published in the late 60’s it is a real challenge to search out the 50 or so pubs in each book, and have a pint in every one.
NOTE that the West Yorkshire pubs are not “Interesting” but have Character.
In Stock North Wales and Anglesey – Cheshire – Shropshire – Staffordshire – South Wales – North Wales and Warwickshire.
Inns of Interest – single copy – please specify
Published in the late 60’s it is a real challenge to search out the 50 or so pubs in each book, and have a pint in every one.
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Not in Heckmondwike Book Shop does not seek out Local History items that are not in Yorkshire, but can understand that there may be others, not fortunate enough to be born or live in Yorkshire, that may have an interest in where they are born or live.
A Short History of Birmingham by Conrad Gill & Charles Grant Robinson
Published in 1938 by Birmingham Corporation a hard back book (no dj) 96 pages some illustrations. This would be a fine copy but for neat name and date on title page.
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£6.00
Tramways of the Monklands by Ian L Cormack
76 page booklet published in 1964 by The Scottish Tramway Museum Society vg+
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£5.00
CHESTER The 21st edition published by Tiling not dated but I think it was published in 1953. A 90 page guide well illustrated with some great ads.
TOR BAY & TORQUAY Nice little guides published as “The Countryside Series by Bovey Tracey, Devon. Undated and the Torquay guide has the title page missing. A previous owner dated the book “August 1950” so they must be earlier than that. They were sold for 2/6.
J Arthur Dixon’s ROSS and CROMARTY. A Handbook for Tourists, undated but I would guess at mid 50’s 15 full page colour pictures.
Just as above for THE ISLE OF SKYE
City of LONDONDERRY Official Guide, undated but from the illustrations I would guess early 50’s What do you think? A 72 page illustrated guide, the ads are not as good as the Chester ads though.
Tramways of the MONKLANDS What more could you want from a title? 76 pages well illustrated.
In Search of a Past by Ronald Fraser – The Manor House, Amnersfield 1933-1945 190 pages.
The Old Houses of STRATFORD UPON AVON 1st edition hardback published in 1925. It appears this book is much more common than I would have thought. 180 pages.
The Heart of a Village – The intimate history of Aldbourne by Ida Gandy. This 160 page unillustrated book has been reprinted many times so it must be good, or at least loads of people think it is good and buy it.
RUTLAND a guide and Gazetteer 64 pages a 1985 2nd edition.
ALL ABOVE are available in my shop for £2.50. All can be dispatched post free to addresses in the UK apart from the Stratford Hard Back that is heavier than the others.
I got the date from the Grand Variety programme. A very well illustrated, plenty of the pupils, 40 page booklet in vg+ condition.
The price includes postage to any UK address usually by Royal Mail.
£5.00
The Story of Huddersfield
The Story of Huddersfield – Roy Brook
published by MacGibbon & Kee 1968 1st edition Fine book in Fine dj no stamps or inscriptions. 394 pages with index photographs, in text illustration, fold out sections.
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£10.00
The Huddersfield Choral Society 1836-1986 – R A Edwards
And the Glory – The Huddersfield Choral Society 1836 – 1986 – R A Edwards
A very clean HB with fine dj – ffep missing and a blanked out stamp so probably ex-library
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£6.00
The Almondburian
Two Issues of “The Almondburian” King James Grammar School
Tw booklets No. 39 and No. 41 April and December 1927about 36 pages with local adverts.
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£5.00
At Your Service One Hundred Years of The Huddersfield Corporation
A 72 page booklet (not illustrated) published late 60’s. I worked for Kirklees in the 70’s and recognise many of the departments described, but I am sure that one of my colleagues when I was a councillor, Peter McBride, will remember the whole of this history. There are copies of this available on the net, but not as cheap as the £5.00 I am asking.
At Your Service One Hundred Years of The Huddersfield Corporation
A 72 page booklet (not illustrated) published late 60’s. I worked for Kirklees in the 70’s and recognise many of the departments described, but I am sure that one of my colleagues when I was a councillor, Peter McBride, will remember the whole of this history.
Posted to any UK address (including Huddersfield)
£7.50
BIG Ears in the Kingdom of Kirklees
“A jaundiced look at our Lords and Masters – Yorkshire Politicians and Bureaucrats through the eyes of Big Ears” 94 page illustrated book soft bound.
Through the post to UK addresses or sometimes by bicycle if in the Spen Valley
£9.00
Churches and Chapels of Kirklees – A Ronald Bielby
Published in 1978 by Kirklees Libraries and Museum Service this 116 page book is well illustrated. This is a clean tight copy with no inscriptions.
Through the post to UK destinations.
£7.50
Huddersfield Official Handbook (1960)
HUDDERSFIELD OFFICIAL HANDBOOK (1960)
Now there are Handbooks and Town Guides, but this is something on a different level, published by Pyramid Press Limited (London) in 1960 (undated but the mayor who signed off this book served a959-1960).
272 glossy pages with advertisements from most of the prominent businesses of the time. A 30 page history well illustrated and fold out maps of the town. 10X7, this copy has tape (neatly) to the spine and page edges of the cover, does not detract from the quality.
Through the post to UK destinations
£15.00
Pennine Journey by William B Stocks
Being the History of the Railways, Tramways and Canals in Huddersfield and District.
Printed and Published by THE ADVERTISER PRESS LTD> Huddersfield 1958. Card covers 98 pages tight clean copy no inscriptions.
Posted to UK address
£7.50
The Charter Our Right! Huddersfield Chartism Re-Considered (2018) edited by John A. Hargreaves
A Pictorial History of the Huddersfield & District Police Force
A Pictorial History of the Huddersfield & District Police Force – By Steve Holberry
Print City. Soft Cover, 200x210mm. Huddersfield Police Force from the earliest records to the present day. 82pp plus covers. Illustrated in black and white. Very Good.
Price below includes UK P&P
£15.00
Huddersfield Norman Culley, 1939. Blue cloth with printed title to front cover. Not dated, but the drawings are dated 1938 and 1939. With 25 pencil drawings. The collage distorts the illustrations as most are landscape format. A nice tidy copy for £10.00
The Second Book of Huddersfield – A Sketch Book
Huddersfield Norman Culley, 1939. Blue cloth with printed title to front cover. Not dated, but the drawings are dated 1938 and 1939. With 25 pencil drawings. The collage distorts the illustrations as most are landscape format.
Price below includes UK P&P
£12.50
Guide to the Calder and Hebble Navigation and the Huddersfield Broad Canal
The book is not dated and credits no author but credits members of Inland Waterways Association. Later additions credit David Taylor and this addition has a dedication to Alan and Jean Taylor so I suspect he had a part in writing this. Though undated as this copy is pre-decimal it is earlier than copies I have seen for sale.
28 pages with maps drawings and photographs.
I can supply through the postal system for the combined price of £7.50 to UK locations.
£7.50
Colne Valley Labour Party – Souvenir Centenary History
Colne Valley Constituency Labour Party, 1991. Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 84pp with illustrations.
Colne Valley Division Labour Union was formed in 1891 – the second oldest independent labour party organisation after Bradford; a founder of the ILP in 1893.Tom Mann was its first parliamentary candidate and Victor Grayson its first MP.
Delivered to any UK address for £20.00
£20.00
Slavery in Yorkshire
This new collection of essays based upon a conference at the University of Huddersfield, generously supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, explores the links between Richard Oastlers extraordinarily influential campaign against child labour in Yorkshire after 1830 and the remarkably successful campaign to abolish the transatlantic slave trade led by Yorkshire MP William Wilberforce before 1807. With contributions from D. Colin Dews, Dr John Halstead, Dr John A. Hargreaves, Dr Janette Martin, Professor Edward Royle and Professor James Walvin, it evaluates the distinctively Yorkshire context of both movements and offers a re-assessment of Oastlers contribution to their success. It reveals how Oastlers associations with both evangelical Anglicanism and Nonconformity, especially Methodism, stimulated and sustained his involvement in the ten-hour factory movement and examines the role of the regional press, local grass-roots organisation and Oastlers powerful oratory in helping to secure a successful outcome to the campaign. In a foreword, the Revd Dr Inderjit Bhogal, a leading figure in both the regional and national commemoration of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in 2007, commends this wide-ranging historical study with its broad perspective as an important contribution to making us all more informed on the whole theme of slavery today.
Delivered to UK Address £15.00
£15.00
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary – CARNIVAL AND GALA WEEK -1928
Official Souvenir Handbook 48 pages mainly adverts with a few hospital related photographs.
Posted to any UK address £5.00
£5.00
Local Transport 1870 – 1940 Kirklees Camera
62 pages of local transport photographs good quality.
Posted to UK addresses
£7.50
History of the Huddersfield Woollen Industry by W B Crump
1935 132 pages with illustrations. County Borough of Huddersfield The Tolson Memorial Museum Publications.
To any UK address
£9.00
ANGELS, DANES and NORSE in the District of HUDDERSFIELD by WG Collingwood
Published in 1921 soft cover 64 pages with illustrations
Posted to any UK address
History of the Bradford Property Trust Limited 1928 – 1978 by John Brennan
Watmoughs BRADFORD 1978 – a 56 page copy in fine condition.
The price includes postage to any UK address usually by Royal Mail.
£6.00
Rambles Round Horton by William Cudworth
First printed in 1886, this undated reprint by Mountain Press has 246 pages it is a fine copy in a fine dj
Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£12.50
Rail Centres: Leeds/Bradford by Stephen Batty
The Usual Ian Allen Quality 160 pages well illustrated well written and well indexed. Quality paper and quality reproduction of photographs. A fine hard back and a fine (clipped) dj
Through the post to any UK destination £9.00
£9.00
A Century of Public Transport in Bradford 1882-1982 by DJ Croft
24 page Occasional Local Publication No. 4 Bradford MC
8X6 illustrated
Posted to any UK Address
£5.00
Thornton in Times Past by Alan Whitworth
Thornton in Times Past by Alan Whitworth
48 pages mainly illustrations with explanatory text published 1987. The quality of the reproduction of the photographs is much better than illustrations in other books in the same series. A couple of places a previous owner has underlined text.
The price includes UK P&P
£6.50
WIKE “Where they’re all alike” Memories of Wyke Village
WIKE – “Where they’re all alike”
60 pages well illustrated undated
Price below includes UK P&P
£12.50
Written by Geoff J Mellor in 1983 , printed in Huddersfield, this is 64 soft covered publication that attempts to list, in most cases with photos the sixty or so cinemas the city (including Shipley) has possessed. Not all at the same time.
A good solid reference work.
The Chartist Rising in Bradford
The Chartist Risings in Bradford
D.G. Wright. Bradford Libraries and Information Service, 1987. £3.00
Since the publication of AJ Peacock’s Bradford Chartism 1838-40, in 1969, there has been a great need of a continuation of the story, particularly to include the events in the tumultuous year of 1848, when Bradford played a crucial part in ‘the greatest mass movement of working class political and social protest in British history’. This opinion was emphasised but never elaborated upon some twenty years ago by FC Mather in his Historical Association pamphlet on Chartism, in which he stated that ‘the Bradford District of the West Riding was perhaps the most outstanding centre of physical force Chartism in England in the spring of 1848’. Until now it has only been possible to follow the story in newspapers of the period or in doctoral theses and so the appearance of David Wright’s booklet is to be greatly welcomed.
Few historians are better qualified to write upon this subject than Dr Wright, who for over twenty years has made a special study of the social and political history of nineteenth century Bradford, and the booklet does not disappoint. In particular he treads a judicious path between the importance of local details and the wider implications of regional and national events. Most important of all he gives full consideration to the effect Anglo-Irish relationships had upon Bradford’s volatile population during a period of great industrial unrest.
Almost thirty years ago Asa Briggs in Chartist Studies urged historians to recognise that the all-embracing concept of the six points of the Charter motivated different social groups in different times and places with differing degrees of intensity. Dr Wright has produced a model essay on the Briggs pattern in which he analyses Chartism in Bradford, from its roots in the Great Strike of 1825 to the Anti-Poor Law agitation in the late 1830s and on to the first rising in January 1840. But it is in the later events that the author breaks new ground, looking in detail at the Plug-drawing riots of 1842 and the more menacing threats to law and order in 1848. Of particular interest is the changing composition of both the Chartist leadership and its supporters during the whole period. At first the movement was dominated by men with English names, often hand-weavers from the outer townships, especially Horton, but after 1840 it took on an Irish tinge, being increasingly dominated by the bete-noir of the Bradford middle classes, the hard drinking, wife-beating George White, and his fellow-Irishman, John Smyth.
In retrospect Chartism seems to have been a dismal failure, but that point of view fails to do justice to important and enduring aspects of the movement that were without violent intent, notably the Temperance Chartists and those bodies concerned with Adult Education, Co-operation and Social Christianity. It also forgets the powerful radical political heritage which Chartism bestowed on the West Riding, for the radical tradition was nourished by memories of the stirring events of the 1840s. It is no coincidence that towards the end of the century the West Riding became the most important centre of Independent Labour Party activity, with Bradford always to the fore.
J.A.J.
The Chartist Risings in Bradford – D G Wright
74 page booklet Pub 1987′
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Roger of Manningham or The Wild Boar of Undercliffe
1900 (or there about, not the 2020 reprint) Princess Theatre, Bradford, Book of Words 32 page programme with adverts. Complete but tape on the spine.
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£5.00
Textile Voices = Mill Life This Century – Olive Howarth – Bradford Heritage Unit
84 pages well illustrated
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£7.50
Bradford by Joseph Fieldhouse
2nd revision paperback published in 1981 (first published in 1972) 216 pages with illustrations and index. A fine paperback copy.
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St John’s Church Leeds 1634 to 1934 By John Ellis Stocks
Whitehead and Miller (1934) 52 pages, illustrated vg+ brown cloth
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£5.00
The Famous CITY VARIETIES – SOUVENIR BROCHURE
The Famous CITY VARIETIES – SOUVENIR BROCHURE
24 page well illustrated with two pages loose otherwise vg.
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The Churches of Leeds – R V Taylor
Published by Simkin, Marshall LONDON – Richard Jackson LEEDS in MDCCCLXXV (1875) Brown cloth vg
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£17.50
History of Kirkstall Abbey (pub. 1847)
History of Kirkstall Abbey Yorkshire – Antquarian and Picturesque
Re-Published by Henry Wasbourne New Bridge Street Blackfriars LONDON 1847. 228 pages illustrated with engravings. Blind Blocked Blue cloth 8″ X 5″ Gold lettering to spine, private book plate and printed photos tipped onto endpapers. Boards and book vg
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£35.00
Leeds Industrial Co-Operative Society Jubilee 1897
Leeds Industrial Co-Operative Society – Jubilee Celebration 1897 – George Jacob Holyoake
Printed in 1897 260 pages with many illustrations and a comprehensive history of the co-op to that date. A complete copy showing signs of it’s age.
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£15.00
Links With Bygone Leeds – by Joseph Sprittles
Thoresby Society 1969 124 pages well illustrated vg
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Rail Centres: Leeds/Bradford by Stephen Batty
The Usual Ian Allen Quality 160 pages well illustrated well written and well indexed. Quality paper and quality reproduction of photographs. A fine hard back and a fine (clipped) dj
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Old Inns and Pubs of Leeds by Barrie Pepper
Published by Alewords in 1997 66 pages well illustrated a fine copy, in the post in the UK for a total of £5.00
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LEEDS – Ivan Broadhead
Published in 1990 146 pages well illustrated in Black & White and Colour, photographs and drawings. I must admit I have looked at the pictures but have not read it but it seems a good Balance of illustrations and text and helpfully has an index.
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LEEDS the back to front inside out upside down city – Patrick Nuttgens
Leeds the back to front inside out upside down city – Patrick Nuttgens
A 70 page well illustrated paperback published in 1979
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Leeds Cinemas Remembered – Robert E Preedy
56 pages of Photos and Facts in a 8″X6″ paperback published privately(?) in 1980 this fine copy is available in my shop for £10
LEEDS CINEMAS REMEMBERED
56 pages of Photos and Facts in a 8″X6″ paperback published privately(?) in 1980
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£12.00
History of Adel, Yorkshire by Val Crompton
92 pages, b&w and colour illustrations published in 2009
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Basinful of Fun – about 1952 –
Published by F Youngman in Leeds in the early 50’s Cartoons stories illustrations and jokes.
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Leeds United The Revie Years – by Con Egan
God tight copy
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Holbeck & New Wortley – Old Ordnance Survey Map
Yorkshire Sheet 218.05 The Godfrey Edition
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Whitethorn Press 1979 1st fine
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£4.00
Colne Valley – Official Guide and Industrial Handbook 1973. 36 page illustrated with fold out map £5.00
FLYING EGGS AND THINGS More Pennine Tales – Henry Livings 126 page hardback with dj £2.50
Through Highways and By-Ways with Bonaventure – Country walks around Huddersfield by Arnold Brook. Published in 1949 by The Huddersfield Examiner, 80 pages with illustrations and maps, small enough to slip in your pocket. £2.50
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MY LIFE AND YOUR CHILDREN@S LAUGHTER by Marjorie Belle Stevenson
MY LIFE AND YOUR CHILDREN@S LAUGHTER by Marjorie Belle Stevenson
Nidderdale. Self published signed first edition soft cover in fine condition. Autobiography of a Yorkshire woman, her upbringing on a farm, experiences in the depression and Second World War, and her life running a cafe at a popular beauty spot, How Stean Gorge. 70pp illustrated with black and white photographs
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A Walk Around Kettlewell
A Walk around Kettlewell (A walk back in time with pictures history and tales of the village. by Colin Hare
Seems to have been published privately first in 2002 and then reprinted in 2003. The author hales from Buckinghamshire, but we can’t hold that against him, in his favour he was at one time a motorcyclist. However he has compiled an interesting book on Kettlewell History, well illustrated. This is a fine copy of the reprint. Much more than the short title implies. Well worth a read.
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KINGSDALE The Valley of the Vikings by Frederic Riley
KINGSDALE The Valley of the Vikings by Frederic Riley
Gleanings From a Yorkshire Valley
Published in Skipton by The Craven Herald Ltd. Undated but has an inter war feel, I have found mention of this publication but none for sale. 34 page booklet, the cover is dusty contents very bright No stamps labels or inscriptions.
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£25.00
Appleby-In-Westmorland and WARCOP by Michael Ffinch
Appleby-In-Westmorland and WARCOP by Michael Ffinch
Published by Titus Wilson & Sons, Kendal in 1984 1st edition. must have been a short run as I can’t find another for sale. This is a fine copy. No stamps labels or inscriptions.
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