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The Master of Liversedge by Alice Chetwynd Ley

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I know I should, but I have not read this book, so I can pass no judgement on its historical or “local” content. £2.50 (a third of the Amazon price)

A classic, best-selling Regency romance! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen.

Man turns against master under the threat of revolution…

1812, West Riding, Yorkshire

Mary Lister, a young governess, accepts a position at Liversedge Mill. But she arrives in the middle of a violent uproar.

The Luddites – bands of desperate men put out of work by new machines and reduced to starvation – have conspired to smash up the Mill and terrorise its master, the proud and unyielding William Arkwright.

During the stormy weeks that follow her arrival, Mary is torn between her sympathy for the poor and downtrodden of the rebellion, with whom her gentle cousin John Booth has sided, and her unwilling admiration for the indomitable Master of Liversedge.

With whom will she eventually side? Her head or her heart?

THE MASTER OF LIVERSEDGE is a historical saga by Alice Chetwynd Ley: a traditional British, Regency romance novel with the backdrop of social revolution, set in 19th Century England.

LEEDS UNITED THE REVIE YEARS by Con Egan

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Frustrating book because it looks mucky with a grotty signature on the front, but that is the book, they are all the same. Though this copy looks scruffy it is unread and as good as you will get, I think. No illustrations and the pages are unnumbered, no one else has bothered to count them, and I haven’t either. Published in 2014, this is what it says about itself;

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..and this is the guilty cover

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Leeds United The Revie Years – by Con Egan

God tight copy Through the post to any UK address

£9.00

Working Class

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Just a couple more to add to my shelves. Both at £2.50.


Rule John The Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England 1750 -1850 … Longman 0 4th 1991 vg+ £2.50
Lancaster Bill Radicalism Cooperation & Socialism Leicester working-class politics 1860 – 1906 Leicester  University Press  1st 1987 HB/dj vg+ £2.50

 

The SCOTS Magazine

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I have never had these before, obviously haven’t made their way south, but was attracted by the early covers. A pity they didn’t keep it up, probably because they ran out of mountains to stand on.

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The Scots Magazine 1977 04 055-COLLAGE

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These are all pic from the covers, mainly 1977 but a few newer ones as well. Not a patch on the old covers.

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BOLTON – History

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Bolton Pubs 1800 – 2000 by Gordon Readyhough 72 pages £4.00

The Bolton Mill Village The Eagley Story by Denis O’Connor 80 pages £4.00

Bolton, Daubhill and Dean ( A sentimental journey) – Norman Kenyon 48 Pages £4.00

Bolton Memories by Norman Kenyon 52 pages £4.00

A History of the Motor Trade in Bolton by Denis O’Conner 80 pages £4.00

Fleetwood a Town is Born – Bill Curtis

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Obviously not local to “Not in Heckmondwike Book Shop” but “Local History” just the same.

This 128 page illustrated book, though very well illustrated is more than just a collection of photographs as so many “Local History books” are these days. Well written and indexed, a proper book, though I was mystified when trying to find out more about the author as “Bill Curtis” appears to be Mrs Curtis, or is she. The “About the Author” on the dust jacket is confusing;

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See what I mean, google didn’t help, Bill produces some American and Elinor (found on a search) concentrates on an actress. The book is credited to Bill yet the blurb constantly refers to “She”.

Whatever, or whoever wrote it, it is a good read and I am only asking £7.50 for this excellent book.

4 Transport Photos & a postcard

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Three photos have the location and vehicle details on back and two are stamped Leeds City Transport. The postcard is the bus at an improbable angle. All five for £2.50. That’s an incredibly cheap price of 50p each.

I haven’t a clue where I got them from, the bus photos are all postcard size the train is a lot bigger.

Touring Wales by Pub

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How about this for a challenge, have a pint in all the pubs, the ones that still exist that is (the book is in the shop but I think there are about 80 listed though that was 1968 just a year after breathalysers were introduced and folks still went to pubs).

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I do have many more titles in this series, but I’ll be damned if I know where I have put them. This is unusual in that it is a hard back. Each pub included has a photo and description.

If you are having difficulty finding your way about and have a bicycle I have just the map for you.

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I can do a bargain package of book and map for £5.00 but you will have to provide your own bicycle and pay for your own pints.

SORRY Just noticed the map will not help as the book covers Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh and Flint.

Movie Makers & Picture Palaces (in Yorkshire)

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Bradford Libraries first edition, 1996. An interesting and definitive history of the film industry in West Yorkshire, regarded as ‘The Cradle of the Industry’ by many in the profession. Includes history of film making and film making pioneers, film equipment used, important films made, and the development of cinema in the region. Soft covers, p.324, illustrated with b&w photographs. Very good condition

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Movie Makers and Picture Palaces – GJ Mellor

An interesting and definitive history of the film industry in Yorkshire, regarded as ‘The Cradle of the Industry’ by many in the profession. Includes history of film making and film making pioneers, film equipment used, important films made, and the development of cinema in the region. Soft covers, p.324, illustrated with b&w photographs. Very good condition. Posted to any UK location

£12.00