Joseph Halfpenny NO RESERVE Yorkshire.- Halfpenny (Joseph) Fragmenta Vetusta or the Remains of Ancient Buildings in York, etched title and 34 etched plates, subscriber's list at end, spotting, modern half-calf, 1807 § Wardell (James) The Antiquities of the Borough of Leeds, half-title, 16 lithographs, original upper cover bound-in, ex-library with bookplate and occasional ink-stamps, later morocco-backed boards, blind-stamp to upper cover, shelf label to spine foot, a little rubbed, 1853 § Jackson (Rowland) The History of the Town and Township of Barnsley, 8 folding genealogies, bookplate, ex-library with bookplates and occasional ink-stamps, later morocco-backed boards, blind-stamp to upper cover, abrasion mark to spine foot, 1858; and another, Yorkshire, folio & 8vo (4)

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