Event Information

The Bath Book Fair is back, in conjunction with the ABA, at a new venue, Bath Pavilion.

Around 85 PBFA and ABA members will be offering antiquarian, vintage and secondhand books, prints, maps, and other printed materials for sale.

Please scroll down to the bottom to download the floor plan and exhibitor list.

You may also be interested in a free exhibition “Remarkable Books – Heritage Treasures of Bath Record Office” being held at The Guildhall, Bath, on Friday 27th & Saturday 28th June, 10am – 4pm.

Key Details

Time & Date 27th June 2025, 12:00 - 18:00 28th June 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Bath Pavilion, North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4EU

Organisers Daniel Ahern Tel: 07880 551441 Email: info@danielahernbooks.co.uk

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Driving

M4, junction 18, then A46 to Bath/Stroud,

Parking

Good parking facilities at the venue.

Train

Bath Spa railway station is a 10 minute walk away.

Bus

Bath bus station is a 10 minute walk away. The closest bus stop is called North Parade and serves buses; 19, A4, D1X and X39.

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Highlights

If you are thinking of attending this fair, why not have a look at some of the books recommended by some of the Members who will be there.

Rare Calcutta imprint - The Persian Moonshee

Francis Gladwin

Calcutta - The Mirror Press 1799

£5000.00

Offered by De Bry Rare Books

Irreconcilable Truths

Sir Don McCullin

Privately

£850.00

Offered by Peter Foster Books

Constant Reader.

PARKER, Dorothy; [BEST, Marshall A.].

New York: The Viking Press

£60.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Diverting History of John Gilpin.

COWPER, William; BROCK, Chas. E. (illustrator); RHYS, Ernest (introductory essay); GUILD OF WOMEN-BINDERS (publisher); [LADY ABERDEEN, Ishbel]; [VISCOUNT RIDLEY, Matthew White].

London: Printed for the Guild of Women-Binders

£375.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Adelphi Edition of the Works of Jane Austen. C...

AUSTEN, Jane; SWINNERTON, Frank (Introduction); [JONES, David]; [SHEWRING, Walter]

London: Martin Secker

£550.00

Offered by Quair Books

AN IMPROVED MAP OF THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET...

Emanuel Bowen

Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church-Yard & Robert Sayer in Fleet-Street

£100.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

THE NEW GUIDE TO BRISTOL AND CLIFTON, AND THE BRIS...

James Baker (Ed.)

J. Baker and Son, Clifton

£20.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

LAVARS'S MAP OF BRISTOL & SUBURBS.

[Lavars].

Lavars & Co. Ltd.

£75.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

Life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew commo...

Bath printed

Printed and sold by J. Browne, Bath

£110.00

Offered by Stephen Rench

Charity exemplified

Prior Park Press, Bath

Prior Park

£135.00

Offered by Stephen Rench

A Guide to the districts of Kyoto, Nara and Yamada

THOMSON, Bernard

Kobe: H. Kodama

£275.00

Offered by Picture This

Keeling’s Guide to Japan

FARSARI, A.

Yokohama: A. Farsari / Kelly & Walsh, Limited

£275.00

Offered by Picture This

Tokyo Manufacturers’ and Exporters’ Co-operative C...

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Tokyo: Tokyo Commercial & Industrial Museum

£450.00

Offered by Picture This

The Religion of the Samurai. A Study of Zen Philos...

NUKARIYA, Kaiten

London: Luzac & Co.

£300.00

Offered by Picture This

Japanese Shipping Ancient and Modern

OGAWA Kazumasa (1860-1929)

Tokyo: Mercantile Marine Bureau, Department of Communications, March 1909

£3250.00

Offered by Picture This

Costumes and Customs in Japan. Two volumes

OGAWA Kazumasa (1860-1929)

Tokyo: K. Ogawa, 1895 [Meiji 28]

£900.00

Offered by Picture This

The Life or Legend of Gaudama, the Budha of the Bu...

BIGANDET, Right Rev. Paul Ambrose

Rangoon: Pegu Press / Thos. Stowe Ranney

Reserved

Offered by Picture This

Burma under British Rule and Before

NISBET, John

London: Archibald Constable & Co.

£550.00

Offered by Picture This

Our Trip to Burmah, with notes on that Country

GORDON, Charles Alexander

London: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, [1877]

Reserved

Offered by Picture This

A Personal Narrative of Two Years’ Imprisonment in...

Henry Gouger

London: John Murray

£425.00

Offered by Picture This

Country Walks: First, Second & Third Series (3 vol...

White, Charles for London Transport (illustrations by Eric Ravilious)

London Transport, Westminster, London

£75.00

Offered by Gerald Baker

Bristol Channel District Guide. Official Handbook...

Levy Langfield, A & Warne, Fredk. G (for P & A Cambell, Ltd)

F G Warne, Bristol

£25.00

Offered by Gerald Baker

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Fitzgerald, Edward (translator) & Dulac, Edmund (illustrator)

Hodder & Stoughton, London

£225.00

Offered by Gerald Baker

Turnpikes & Toll-Bars (2 volume set)

Searle, Mark

Hutchinson & Co London

£475.00

Offered by Gerald Baker

Fair Exhibitors

If you would like to see which Members will be at this fair, you can browse through them all below. Just select the letter their name starts with and click their name to see their specific page.

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Chris Crook | Chris Crook Weston-super-Mare

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Karen Jakobsen Art and Design Books | Karen Jakobsen Sturminster Newton

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Yesterday's Books | David Weir Bournemouth

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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Guest Exhibitors

We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.

Hugh Ashley Rayner
Fine books, maps & antique photographs of India & the Orient.

Contact:

Address

4 Malvern Buildings
Fairfield Park
Bath
BA1 6JX

Chris Connolly

Contact:

Telephone: 07891 596024
Address

Bath
BA2 2AX

Resources

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