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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL SCARBOROUGH: EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH 1987-2004
Written by Trevor Pearson.
Stock no. 1828517
Published by Scarborough Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Little remains of the large and important town which stood in the shadow of Scarborough's imposing castle in the Middle Ages. Nearly 20 years of excavation and research have reconstructed the main features of what was a vibrant centre of medieval urban life. This book describes that research and analyses it to build up a comprehensive picture of what the town looked like between 1150 and 1550. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w sketches and photos. viii and 152 pages including index. ISBN: 0902416081. A nice copy.

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SHEFFIELD TRANSPORT
Written by Chas C. Hall.
Stock no. 1828509
Published by The Transport Publishing Company. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the story from the earliest days of stage coaches through the horse and electric trams to the modern buses, and describes the development and expansion of the Corporation's Transport Department until the formation of the South Yorkshire PTE. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and some colour photos. ISBN: 0903839040. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Front free endpaper a little grubby. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial ustwerapper is lightly creased across top edge, lightly faded and a little scuffed.

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RURAL HOUSES OF WEST YORKSHIRE 1400-1830
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828410
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

West Yorkshire Metroplitan County Council Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Supplementary Series: 8. Pictorial cardwraps. Social and architectural history. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0117011940. Text block slightly grubby. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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ROTHERHAM & DISTRICT TRANSPORT VOLUME ONE
Written by Charles C. Hall.
Stock no. 1828387
Published by Rotherwood Press. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

From the Stage Coach period to 1914. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Text in burgundy with two-tone photos also in burgundy. ISBN: 0903666898. Lower rear corner creased, covers faded at vertical edges. Covers a little scuffed, text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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MYSTERY MINE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1328110
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Story. Green boards, gilt titles and Lone Pine vignette to front. Endpapers are b/w maps of moors. 247 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Some pencil erasure marks to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and has a small patch of surface paper damage to front panel from removal of a label.

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'THE FAIREST ARCH IN ENGLAND' OLD OUSE BRIDGE, YORK, AND ITS BUILDINGS: THE PICTORIAL EVIDENCE
Written by Barbara Wilson; Frances Mee.
Stock no. 1828359
Published by York Archaeological Trust. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Archaeology of York Supplementary Series, dealing with the pictorial evidence for the medieval buildings of York. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations, folding maps. ISBN: 1874454264. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to title page else a lovely clean copy.

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CORPUS OF ANGLO-SAXON STONE SCULPTURE VOLUME VIII WESTERN YORKSHIRE
Written by Elizabeth Coatsworth.
Stock no. 1828101
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume in the acclaimed Corpus series completes the cataloguing of the stone sculptures of Yorkshire and boosts our understanding of the artistic development of southern Northumbria in the pre-Viking and Anglo-Scandinavian periods. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780197264256. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper has a 1" closed tear to lower edge of front panel (no loss) and is a little scuffed.`

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SWALEDALE: VALLEY OF THE WILD RIVER
Written by Andrew Fleming.
Stock no. 1828024
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Swaledale, part of the North Yorkshire Pennines, and how the perspectives of archaeology, history and ecology can be linked to transform our understanding of the landscape. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1853311979. Name & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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THE NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY VOLUME 2
Written by John Hunt.
Stock no. 1327543
Published by Past and Present Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. 128 pages. A Past and present Companion. Over 80 locations including Whitby, Grosmont, Goathland, Newtondale, Levisham, Pickering & Malton. ISBN: 1858952360. Slight rubbing to corners.

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THE NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY
Written by John Hunt.
Stock no. 1327539
Published by Past and Present Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. 128 pages. A Past and present Companion. Over 80 locations including Whitby, Grosmont, Goathland, Newtondale, Levisham, pickering & Malton. ISBN: 1858951879. Minimal rubbing to corners, knock to top of spine.

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YORK THROUGH THE EYES OF THE RAILWAYS
Written by Beverley Cole. Illustrated by Lynn Patrick.
Stock no. 1327497
Published by National Railway Museum. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Illustrating how the Railway Companies used the history and beauty of York in their railway posters to promote travel by train. White cardwraps. 42 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 1872826059. Some very slight grubbiness to covers.

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RAIL CENTRES: DONCASTER
Written by Stephen R. Batty.
Stock no. 1327448
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0711020043. Cover edges slightly rubbed, spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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