Harrogate - New venue

21st Mar 2025, 22nd Mar 2025

TheOldSwanHarrogate_new venue 2025

Event Information

The PBFA welcomes you to the new look Harrogate Book Fair, now located in the Garden Room at The Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate. With parking available, a cafe on site and a central location that's only a short walk from the station, we look forward to this exciting new chapter for the fair. 
  
The hotel itself is no stranger to the literary world bearing in mind it is the location for the annual Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. It is also the chosen destination for the Queen of Crime herself.  When Agatha Christie's disappearance sparked a nationwide search, she was finally tracked down to this beautiful Harrogate hotel. 
  
PBFA book dealers will be travelling from all over the UK to display and sell their wide range of rare books, specialising in both fiction and non-fiction. There will be a wide range of subjects on display, offered by specialist dealers with knowledge and expertise.

Key Details

Time & Date 21st March 2025, 12:00 - 18:00 22nd March 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue The Old Swan Hotel, Swan Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2SR

Organisers Lottie Atkinson, John Atkinson Fine & Rare Books Tel: 07540 279897 Email: johnatkinsonbooks@yahoo.co.uk
Monica Polisca, Lucius Books Ltd Tel: 01904 640111 Email: info@luciusbooks.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Parking

There is parking on site, which is currently £10 for 24 hours. You must display a valid permit which can be purchased from the hotel reception.

Train

Less than 1 mile from Harrogate railway station.

Driving

J 47, A1(M)

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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.

Knights of the Cardboard Castle.

Elisabeth Beresford

Methuen

£40.00

Offered by James Frank

Greek Imperial Coins and their values; The Local C...

David R. Sear

Seaby

£30.00

Offered by James Frank

Greek Coins and their values, volume 1; Europe. C...

David R. Sear

Seaby

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

The West Indies & Caribbean Year Book 1976/77

Colin Rickards (ed.)

R.V. Birtwhistle

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

The Aye-Aye and I. A rescue expedition in Madagas...

Gerald Durrell. SIGNED

HarperCollins

£125.00

Offered by James Frank

Luba Religion and Magic in Custom and Belief

W.F.P. Burton

Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium

£30.00

Offered by James Frank

History of Chinese Paper Currency, volume 1; Illus...

King O. Mao

Chap Yau Printing Co., Hong Kong

£60.00

Offered by James Frank

Unusual World Coins

Colin R. Bruce II

Krause Publications

£30.00

Offered by James Frank

Medal Yearbook 2019. The Independent Price Guide...

John Mussel (ed.)

Token Publishing

£10.00

Offered by James Frank

The Mining and Related Tokens of West Cumberland.

Michael Finlay. SIGNED

Plains Books

£36.00

Offered by James Frank

The Caves of North-West Clare, Ireland.

E.K. Tratman (ed.)

David & Charles

£18.00

Offered by James Frank

The Secret of the Old Mill, a Hardy Boys mystery s...

Franklin W. Dixon

Harold Hill

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

Life in the Jungle.

Michael Heseltine, M.P. SIGNED

Hodder & Stoughton

£15.00

Offered by James Frank

Maxwell.

Joe Haines. SIGNED

Macdonald

£15.00

Offered by James Frank

The Last Trek - A New Beginning.

F.W. de Klerk, M.P. SIGNED

Macmillan

£30.00

Offered by James Frank

Aneurin Bevan 1897-1960

Michael Foot, M.P. SIGNED

Victor Gollancz

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

Speaking With Conviction. A Collection of Speeches...

William Hague M.P. SIGNED

Conservative Policy Forum.

£8.00

Offered by James Frank

St. Paul's (Wesleyan) Methodist Church Jubilee Sou...

Harry Hughes. SIGNED

Premier Printing Co., Brighouse

£35.00

Offered by James Frank

The Poets of the Spen Valley. Being Biographies an...

Charles F. Forshaw

Thornton and Pearson

£15.00

Offered by James Frank

The Annals of Yorkshire, from the Earliest Period...

John Mayhall

Joseph Johnson

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

Round About Bradford: A Series of Sketches (Descri...

William Cudworth

Thomas Brear

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

Illustrated History from Hipperholme to Tong

James Parker

Percy Lund, Humphries & Co

£25.00

Offered by James Frank

Rambles about Morley, with Descriptive and Histori...

William Smith, Jun.

John Russell Smith

£50.00

Offered by James Frank

The History of Bolton in Bradford-Dale, with notes...

Robert C. Allan (ed)

Feather Brothers, Keighley

£25.00

Offered by James Frank

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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Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

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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.

Roo Waterhouse Art
Celebrate your life in books with a bespoke 'Shelf Portrait'. Roo Waterhouse’s detailed oil paintings of treasured and iconic books build up a portrait to resonate with your stories and reflect your life and passions. Rather like Desert Island Discs... Which books would you choose?

Contact:

Telephone: 07905 889773
Address

Northlight Art Studios
Valley Road
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 6DG

Yardley Books
I will specialise in and will be exhibiting books/catalogues on artists, illustrators and all aspects of the Fine and Decorative Arts + quality Antiquarian books on various subjects.

Contact: Robert Yardley

Telephone: 07850 934524
Tartarus Press

Contact:

Telephone: 01969 640399
Address

Coverley House
Carlton
Leyburn
North Yorkshire
DL8 4AY

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