Event Information

We are pleased to say that this is the second time we have held our book fair at this venue, Brockholes Nature Reserve at Samlesbury near Preston.

Around 35 PBFA members will be offering vintage, antiquarian and second-hand books, and other printed material for sale.

FREE parking and admission.  Please click here to see directions to the venue when coming by car.

Image credit Les Price.

Key Details

Time & Date 5th July 2024, 12:00 - 17:00 6th July 2024, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Meadow Lake Suite, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston New Road, Samlesbury, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 0AG

Organisers Neil Summersgill Tel: 01254 813559 Email: summersgillbooks@btinternet.com

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Travel Information

Driving

M6, J31

Parking

Free parking on site

Bus

Buses from Preston Bus Station and from Blackburn or Accrington. See www.lancashirebus.co.uk for details.

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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.

The Complete Herbal

Nicholas Culpeper

Thomas Kelley

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

An Essay On fevers

John Huxham

Printed for J. Hinton

£395.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Pharmacopoeia Officinalis and Extemporanea

John Quincy

Thomas Longman

£295.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Medical Works of Richard Mead

Richard Mead

Alexander Donaldson and J. Read

£1260.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Choice of Humorous Works of Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Chatto and Windus

£175.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Extreme Rock

Ken Wilson

Diadem

£467.00

Offered by Pete Fry

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

A Project of Empire

J. Shield Nicholson

Macmillan And Co., Limited

£175.00

Offered by Hewett's Books

Where Love Is There Is God Also

Tolstoi [Leo Tolstoy]

Walter Scott

£115.00

Offered by Hewett's Books

The Golden Bowl

Henry James

Methuen & Co

£115.00

Offered by Hewett's Books

1066 And All That

W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman

Methuen & Co, LTD

£400.00

Offered by Hewett's Books

IN A MAGNIFICENT BINDING - 1836 History Of The Cou...

Baines, Edward.

Fisher, Son, & Co

£750.00

Offered by Neil Summersgill

Ornithological Dictionary

George Montagu

J. White by T. Bensley

£475.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Correspondence Of Charles Darwin. - the first...

Burkhardt, Frederick et al (edit)

Cambridge, at the University Press

£135.00

Offered by Neil Summersgill

A Long Way From Home - signed

Carey, Peter

Faber and Faber

£30.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Signed, limited edition of The Children's Book in...

Byatt, A. S.

Chatto and Windus

£70.00

Offered by C L Hawley

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON MINE ENGINEERING.

G. C. Greenwell

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: M. & M. W. Lambert

£250.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF A MIDSUMMER - NIGHT'S DREA...

William Shakespeare

London, Constable & Co. Ltd.,

£1250.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

HISTORY OF PEEBLESSHIRE.

J. W. Buchan and Rev. H. Paton. (Edited by).

Glasgow, Jackson, Wylie and Co.,

£300.00

Offered by Graham York Rare 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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Literary Cat Books | Kees van Woerkom Machynlleth

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Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

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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.

Peter Doyle Bookbinding

Contact:

Telephone: 01772 623827
Address

Unit 5 Worden Craft Centre
Worden Park
Leyland
Lancashire
PR25 1DJ

Bob Brundish (Membership Applicant)

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