Tan calf binding with gilt title on the spine. Dimensions are for one volume.

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First Edition: Two volumes. xii, 780; 855, [1] p. p. 733-780 in Vol. I .  The original spines, Slight damage on one. Some wear on the corners but still a clean, sound set.

All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. ; 8vo 8″ – 9″ tall; 780 pages; Physical description: 1v.: xi, 780p. ; 18cm. Subjects: Directories – York – 1837 – Geography – England – Yorkshire – 19th century. Notes: Includes advertisements after the main text. Spine title: West Riding, volume 1. Full title: History, gazetteer and directory, of the West-Riding of Yorkshire : with the city of York and port of Hull; comprising, under a lucid arrangement of subjects, a general survey of the riding, and of the Sees of York and Ripon; with separate historical, statistical, and topographical descriptions of all the boroughs, towns, parishes, chapelries, townships, villages, hamlets, manors, liberties and wapentakes; showing their extent and population; the rise and progress of their trade and commerce; their agricultural and mineral productions; their markets and fairs; the lords of the manors and owners of the soil and tithes; their eminent men; their churches, chapels, charities, and public institutions; the names and addresses of their principal inhabitants; the seats of nobility and gentry; magistrates and public officers; and a variety of other commercial, agricultural, and statistical information.