Event Information

The fair has moved to a new venue this year, the InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel where members of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) will be offering antiquarian and second-hand books, maps and other printed material for sale.

The fair is to be opened by the internationally famous author Ian Rankin.

Details of the ABA exhibitors are available by following this link to Rare Books Edinburgh where the entire list of 43 PBFA & ABA exhibitors can be accessed by clicking on 'Book Fair' at the top right corner of the page.

There will be a Valuations Table so members of the public can bring items to be valued.

Free admission.  Everybody welcome.

The image is of The Royal Mile which is the historic heart of Edinburgh and also the stretch of road connecting Edinburgh Castle with Holyrood Palace, the royal residence in Scotland.

Key Details

Time & Date 28th March 2025, 12:00 - 19:00 29th March 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel, 19-21 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PB

Organisers David Jarvis Tel: 01968 678175 Email: davidjarvisbooks@gmail.com

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Travel Information

Train

10 minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley train station.

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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.

Primeval Gods [One of 25 copies with a set of eigh...

SANDFORD, Christopher/ Blair HUGHES-STANTON.

Np (London): Boar’s Head Press.

£650.00

Offered by William Cowan

Original offset lithographic poster-poem titled 'S...

LOGUE, Christopher.

Np (London): Vandal Publications for Gear Boutique, Carnaby Street, London.

£200.00

Offered by William Cowan

Stanley Buxton, or The Schoolfellows.

GALT, John.

London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley

£350.00

Offered by William Cowan

THE STORY OF 'THE HEARTS': 1874-1924. [ONE OF THE...

REID, William.

Edinburgh: Hearts of Midlothian F.C., Ltd

£175.00

Offered by William Cowan

The Italian Confectioner

Jarrin, G. A. (William Alexis)

John Ebers & Co., London

£150.00

Offered by Ian Reilly Books

The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish'd Gentlewom...

Smith, Eliza

Printed for J. Pemberton, London

£450.00

Offered by Ian Reilly Books

English Housewifery, Exemplified in above four hun...

Moxon, Elizabeth

Printed by Griffith Wright, for George Copperthwaite and others, Leeds

£300.00

Offered by Ian Reilly Books

Cookery and Pastry

Maciver, Susanna

Printed for C. Elliott, Edinburgh

£300.00

Offered by Ian Reilly Books

Designs by Mr R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr T. G...

Gray, Thomas

R. Dodsley

£350.00

Offered by Ian Reilly Books

The City Chambers, Glasgow

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Bedford Lemere & Co. (photographers), Glasgow Corporation?

£300.00

Offered by Ian Reilly Books

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Methuen

£975.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Crossbow

Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey

Longmans , Green and Co.

£775.00

Offered by Pete Fry

A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor

G. W. Featherstonhaugh

Richard Bentley

£595.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Paradise Lost

John Milton

F. Witherby

£175.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Early Iron Industry Of Furness and District

Alfred Fell

Kitchin and Co.

£550.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Russia For Beginners

Alex Atkinson and Ronald Searle

Perpetua Books

£975.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Russian Bruiser

Isaac Cruikshank

S. W. Fores

£575.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Blowing Up The Fire

William Heath

Thos. McLean

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Shepherds

Eric Gill

Eric Gill

£1175.00

Offered by Pete Fry

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Dent and Sons

£395.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Philosophy of Witchcraft

Ian Ferguson

Harrap

£375.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The South Polar Times

Robert Falcon Scott

Orskey, Bonham , Niner

£975.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Berries and heaths of Rannoch

A. Snowdrop

George Bell

£87.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The English Physician

Nicholas Culpeper

Printed for the Booksellers

£475.00

Offered by Pete Fry

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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