Maybe a Wikipedian in York could approach these people, with a view to obtaining access to make scans or photographs of items which are out of copyright?
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UNIQUE AND RARE BOOKS YOU DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED
The UK Rarity Shop, based in York, specializes in unique or genuinely
rare books, albums, historical documents and related items from the
early 1800s through to the mid-1900s.
Many of these items appear for sale so infrequently that you could
never see another. These are one-off opportunities which are unlikely
to come your way again.
Overall there's an emphasis on British industrial, trade, social,
regional and local history. The website also has selections of unusual
and rare WW2 military books, maps and documents including both German
and Allied Forces intelligence material.
For example, shortly arriving on the UK Rarity Shop website are
An 1839 Dallowgill School, Ripon, pupil's manuscript copybook;
An 1932 Lewis's department store, Leeds, opening ceremony
photograph album; and
The two large scale 1940 ww2 German bombing/invasion town plans
of Preston, Lancashire, and other English towns
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As you're registered with UKBookWorld, you can be one of the first
to learn of these and other new opportunities from The UK Rarity Shop
as they come along by subscribing to their special once a week Monday
afternoon email alert service at
http://general.uniqueorrare.com/ukrarityshop-subscribe.htm
>From there you can also see all the unique or rare items currently
on their website.
Best wishes,
Michael Cole
UKBookWorld