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ANON The Legend of Saint Robert, - the Hermit of knaresborough.
ANON The Legend of Saint Robert, - the Hermit of knaresborough.

Knaresborough: Printed by J.D. Hannam, High Street (1877)
8pp. 1st ed., slightly soiled. Pamphlet.
Very scarce.		£24.00


FRYER Michael The Trial and Life of Eugene Aram; Several of His Letters and Poems; And His Plan and Specimens of an Anglo-Celtic Lexicon; With Copious Notes and Illustrations, And an Engraved Fac-simile of the Handwriting of this Very Ingenious but Ill-fated Scholar
FRYER Michael The Trial and Life of Eugene Aram; Several of His Letters and Poems; And His Plan and Specimens of an Anglo-Celtic Lexicon; With Copious Notes and Illustrations, And an Engraved Fac-simile of the Handwriting of this Very Ingenious but Ill-fated Scholar		FRYER Michael The Trial and Life of Eugene Aram; Several of His Letters and Poems; And His Plan and Specimens of an Anglo-Celtic Lexicon; With Copious Notes and Illustrations, And an Engraved Fac-simile of the Handwriting of this Very Ingenious but Ill-fated Scholar

Printed by and for M. Bell, Richmond (1832)
iv + 124pp + [1] + frontispiece. 1st ed., fine in original plain boards with original paper label.
Account of the famous murder which took place in Knaresborough.		£75.00


GENT T. The Antient and Modern history of the Loyal Town of Rippon.
GENT T. The Antient and Modern history of the Loyal Town of Rippon.GENT T. The Antient and Modern history of the Loyal Town of Rippon.		GENT T. The Antient and Modern history of the Loyal Town of Rippon.

York (1733)
xvi + [2] + 165pp + [1] + 73pp + [9]. 1st ed., lacking the 3 plates as called for Boyne and one page torn at top right with some loss otherwise clean in modern grey boards with paper label.
Many fine woodcut illustrations throughout. Chapters on Studley Park, Ripon minster, Tadcaster, Wakefield, Knaresborough including an account of St Robert's Chapel plus list of Carriers.		£125.00


HARGROVE E. The History of the Castle, Town and Forest of Knaresbrough; - and the Harrogate Visitors
HARGROVE E. The History of the Castle, Town and Forest of Knaresbrough; - and the Harrogate Visitors		HARGROVE E. The History of the Castle, Town and Forest of Knaresbrough; - and the Harrogate Visitors' Guide, in which the Medicinal Springs, the most remarkable places, the antiquities, the elegant buildings, the ornamented grounds, and other singular productions of nature and art in the adjacent country, are minutely and accurately described, as they stand at present.

William Langdale, Knaresbrough (1832)
318pp + ii + plates and folding map. 7th ed. A mostly clean copy in original worn half calf with marbled boards.
Completely re-written from the earlier editions now with details of all the villages and towns about.		£85.00


LUNN J.R. The Ecclesiology of the Royal Deanery of Knaresborough, - in the County of York and Diocese of Ripon: being descriptive notices of the several Parish Churches and Memoranda of interesting Parochial Matters. A paper drawn up for the Yorkshire Architectural Society
LUNN J.R. The Ecclesiology of the Royal Deanery of Knaresborough, - in the County of York and Diocese of Ripon: being descriptive notices of the several Parish Churches and Memoranda of interesting Parochial Matters. A paper drawn up for the Yorkshire Architectural Society

York (1870)
55pp + 6 litho plates. 1st ed., fine in paper covers.
Includes attractive line drawings of Farnham, Kirk Hamerton and Knaresborough churches.		£38.00


METCALFE J. The life of John Metcalfe, - commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With many entertaining anecdotes of his exploits in hunting, card-playing, etc. Some particulars relative to the expedition against the Rebels in 1745, in which he bore a personal share; and also a succinct account of his various contracts for making Roads, erecting Bridges, and other undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; which for a series of years, have brought him into public notice, as a most extraordinary character.
METCALFE J. The life of John Metcalfe, - commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With many entertaining anecdotes of his exploits in hunting, card-playing, etc. Some particulars relative to the expedition against the Rebels in 1745, in which he bore a personal share; and also a succinct account of his various contracts for making Roads, erecting Bridges, and other undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; which for a series of years, have brought him into public notice, as a most extraordinary character.

E. & R. Peck, York (1795)
vi + 153pp and engraved frontispiece. 1st ed., a very clean copy lacking only part of free front end paper in old grey paper covers with new spine and slipcase.
Much on life in Knaresborough, road making under the turnpike system and the 1745 rebellion.		£200.00


METCALFE J. The life of John Metcalfe, - commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With many entertaining anecdotes of his exploits in hunting, card-playing, etc. Some particulars relative to the expedition against the Rebels in 1745, in which he bore a personal share; and also a succinct account of his various contracts for making Roads, erecting Bridges, and other undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; which for a series of years, have brought him into public notice, as a most extraordinary character.
METCALFE J. The life of John Metcalfe, - commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With many entertaining anecdotes of his exploits in hunting, card-playing, etc. Some particulars relative to the expedition against the Rebels in 1745, in which he bore a personal share; and also a succinct account of his various contracts for making Roads, erecting Bridges, and other undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; which for a series of years, have brought him into public notice, as a most extraordinary character.

E. Baines, Leeds (1801)
140pp + engraved frontispiece. 2nd ed., damage to last page of text with loss only to margin otherwise mostly clean in original grey boards with later calf spine.
Much on life in Knaresborough, road making under the turnpike system and the 1745 rebellion.		£160.00


METCALFE J. The life of John Metcalfe, - commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With an account of his exploits in hunting, card-playing, &c. Some curious particulars relating to the Expedition against the Rebels in 1745, in which he bore a personal share: And, also, a succinct Account of his various Contracts for making Roads, errecting bridges, and other Undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; which for a series of Years, brought him into public notice, as a most extraordinary character
METCALFE J. The life of John Metcalfe, - commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With an account of his exploits in hunting, card-playing, &c. Some curious particulars relating to the Expedition against the Rebels in 1745, in which he bore a personal share: And, also, a succinct Account of his various Contracts for making Roads, errecting bridges, and other Undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; which for a series of Years, brought him into public notice, as a most extraordinary character

Manchester: Printed and Sold by J. Gleave and Son (1826)
60pp + frontispiece. A little worn and with some minor toning in modern card covers with original paper covers pasted down.
Much on life in Knaresborough, road making under the turnpike system and the 1745 rebellion.		£60.00


METCALFE J. The life of John Metcalfe, - commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough.
METCALFE J. The life of John Metcalfe, - commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough.

Knaresbrough (sic): Printed and Sold by J.D. Hannam, High Street (1862)
67pp + frontispiece. A 'New Edition.' Fine in original card covers.
Much on life in Knaresborough, road making under the turnpike system and the 1745 rebellion.		£65.00


PLOWRIGHT A. Blind Jack
PLOWRIGHT A. Blind Jack

Moorfield Press (2002)
446pp. 1st ed., clean in creased card covers.
Fictional account based on the life of Jack Metcalf.		£4.00


RADFORD G. Rambles by Yorkshire Rivers.
RADFORD G. Rambles by Yorkshire Rivers.

Richard Jackson, Leeds (1886)
222pp + 12 etchings by 'J.A.S.' 1st ltd. ed., no 509 of 510 copies. Initialed dedication by the artist on half title. Mostly clean apart from a few pencil notes in margins in worn original brown cloth.
Most attractive etchings of the rivers of Yorkshire with views of Knaresborough, Fewston, Selby and Whitby noted.		£38.00


RIPLEY Ripley Church: - Fragments old and new.
RIPLEY Ripley Church: - Fragments old and new.

J.D. Hannam, Knaresborough (1864)
28pp. 1st ed., clean in rather soiled original card covers.
A scarce early guide to the history of the church architecture.		£38.00


WHEATER W. Knaresburgh and its rulers.
WHEATER W. Knaresburgh and its rulers.		WHEATER W. Knaresburgh and its rulers.

Leeds (1907)
[x], 335pp, [2]pp subscriber's list, frontis with tissue guard, 14 plates. Orig. decorated red cloth gilt, teg. 1st ed. Ltd. no. 102 of 350 copies. Spine faded as usual.
History of Knaresborough.		£75.00


WHEATER W. Knaresburgh and its rulers.
WHEATER W. Knaresburgh and its rulers.

Leeds (1907)
[x], 335pp, [2]pp subscriber's list, frontis with tissue guard, 14 plates. Original decorated red cloth gilt, teg. 1st ed. Ltd. no. 57 of 350 copies. Binding shaken and spine faded as usual and partially split.
History of Knaresborough.		£45.00


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WARD Ronald and SEDGWICK W.A. The postal history of Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon. Yorkshire Postal History Society 1976 124 large pp + 17 plates. 1st ltd. ed., no. 5 of 250 copies, signed by both au. Fine in card covers.
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BRAMLEY Fort Montague, Knaresborough. Real photo postcard, circa 1910. Clean unused.
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