Brighton
26th Oct 2024
Event Information
The main hall up at the Racecourse will be packed with lovely old books, maps, prints, posters, postcards, ephemera and more. You’ll find everything from ancient handwritten documents to kitschy paperbacks. There’s something to suit all tastes and all pockets.
Brighton Racecourse is the perfect venue. It is on the edge of town so driving is easy and there is free parking all day long. There is also a great café and snack bar so you can make a day of it. Please get in touch with the organiser, Jeremy Carson of The Antiquarian Book Company, for more details or see our facebook page at brightonbookfair.
Key Details
Time & Date 26th October 2024, 10:00 - 16:00
Venue Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 9XZ
Organisers
Jeremy Carson, The Antiquarian Book Company
Tel: 07769 318895
Email: jeremy@antiquarianbookcompany.com
Ticket Information
Admission £ 1.00
Travel Information
Parking
Free parking for over 900 vehicles
Driving
Brighton Racecourse is easy to reach from the A27 Brighton bypass. If you are approaching Brighton on the A23 you need to go east on the A27. Head for signs directing you to Sussex University and take the B2123 to Woodingdean, turn right at the traffic lights and the Racecourse is approximately one mile on your left-hand side. If you're coming from the seafront head for the Brighton Palace Pier before driving eastbound along Marine Parade. Turn left at the first set of lights into Lower Rock Gardens. Turn right at the second set of lights into Edward Street, then first left into Freshfield Road. The Racecourse is at the top of the hill.
Train
Brighton is less than an hour from London by train and there are services from Victoria, London Bridge and Kings Cross. There are also frequent coastway services operating from Eastbourne, Lewes, Hastings, Worthing and Portsmouth.
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.
Black Bess -story of Dick Turpin’s ride to York
A.C. Marshall
Newnes. London
£45.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
Guido and the Girls . Numbered limited edition.
Waldo Sabine
Quests Press. Harrogate . Yorkshire. England
£85.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
ORIGINAL POSTER, MANET PORTRAYING LIFE AT THE RA.
Edouard Manet.
Royal Academy of Arts
£50.00
Offered by Graham York Rare Books
ORIGINAL FILM POSTER, STARRING BETTE DAVIS AND GLE...
Frank Capra.
printed by Stafford & Co., Limited, Nottingham, for United Artists
£75.00
Offered by Graham York Rare Books
ORIGINAL POSTER. HOWARD HODGKIN. 40-5 PAINTINGS 19...
Howard Hodgkin.
Gordon House/G & B Arts Limited for The Arts Council of Great Britain.
£100.00
Offered by Graham York Rare Books
MEMOIRES OF CAPT. GEORGE CARLETON, AN ENGLISH OFFI...
[Daniel Defoe].
Archibald Constable and Co.,
£115.00
Offered by Graham York Rare Books
THE LIFE OF HENRY PRINCE OF WALES, ELDEST SON OF K...
Thomas Birch.
printed for A. Millar
£95.00
Offered by Graham York Rare Books
DESCRIPTIVE TRAVELS IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PA...
Sir John Carr.
printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones,
£950.00
Offered by Graham York Rare Books
DICTIONARIUM ANGLIAE TOPGRAPHICUM & HISTORICUM. AN...
William Lambarde.
printed for Fletcher Gyles,
£650.00
Offered by Graham York Rare Books
PABLO PICASSO LITHOGRAPH. Fleurs et Mains; Bouquet...
Pablo Picasso
£350.00
Offered by Graham York Rare Books
The Works of Shakespear in Six Volumes
William Shakespeare, Edited by William George Clark & William Aldis Wirght
Printed for J. And P. Knapton
£900.00
Offered by Hewett's Books
Through The Dark Continent
Henry M. Stanley
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
£250.00
Offered by Hewett's Books
Where Love Is There Is God Also
Tolstoi [Leo Tolstoy]
Walter Scott
£115.00
Offered by Hewett's Books
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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Guest Exhibitors
We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.
Otter Bookbinding Ltd
Contact: Marysa De Veer
Cissbury
Ashfield Road
Midhurst
West Sussex
GU29 9JS
Robert Jeeves, Step Back in Time
Contact:
36 Queens Road
Brighton
BN1 3XB
Simon Hunter Antique Maps
Contact:
21 St John's Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 2FB
Claire Singleton-Nicholls
Contact:
Gallery
Some of our Members have taken some lovely photographs of past fairs, have a look at them below.
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Resources
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