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.

Fifty Years of Co-Operation in Bingley. A Jubilee...

W. Hartley

Co-operative Wholesale Society

£16.00

Offered by James Frank

The Huddersfield Industrial Society Limited. Hist...

Owen Balmforth

Co-operative Wholesale Society, Manchester

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

The History of the Halifax Industrial Society Limi...

Montague Blatchford

Author

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

Proceedings at York Special Commission, January 18...

Mr Gurney, et al.

Luke Hansard & Sons, London

£275.00

Offered by James Frank

The Risings of the Luddites, Chartists & Plug-Draw...

Frank Peel

Senior & Co., Heckmondwike

£45.00

Offered by James Frank

The Upper Holme Valley

S.J. Streek

The Ridings Publishing Company, Driffield

£18.00

Offered by James Frank

Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese **SIGNED...

Patrick Leigh Fermor

John Murray Publishers Ltd & The Book Society

£550.00

Offered by Books Written By

The Once and Future King

T H White

Collins

£595.00

Offered by Books Written By

Rocky's Road

James Frank

Author

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

A CHRONICLE OF ENGLAND. B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485. The d...

DOYLE. JAMES. E.

Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green. London.

£950.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire By W. Chambers Lefr...

W. Chambers Lefroy

Seeley Jackson & Halliday

£325.00

Offered by Neil Summersgill

*SIGNED* Yennoworrameanlike, Get Yer Wack, Scouse...

J B Jacques, Brian Jacques

Raven Books, Anvil Press,

£280.00

Offered by Books Written By

SIXTEEN SCENES TAKEN FROM THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LI...

ANON. -- BERESFORD. JAMES. -- Atkinson. J(ohn) A(ugustus), illustrates.

Wm. Miller. Albemarle Street. London.

£650.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

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

Baines, Edward.

Fisher, Son, & Co

£750.00

Offered by Neil Summersgill

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

Burkhardt, Frederick et al (edit)

Cambridge, at the University Press

£125.00

Offered by Neil Summersgill

PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO.

VIRGIL. --- Miniature book.

Impensis Gul Pickering. Londini. (London).

£750.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

PUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER.

TERENCE. --- Miniature book.

Impensis Gul Pickering. Londini. (London).

£750.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE OLD BALLAD OF THE BOY AND THE MANTLE. ; CARADO...

BISHOP PERCY.

H. D. & H. G. Webb. Caradoc Press, Bedford Park, Chiswick, London. 1900.

£350.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

TEN YEARS IN AN OPEN NECKED SHIRT. And Other Poems...

CLARKE. JOHN COOPER.

Arena. Published by Arrow books. London.,1983

£2850.00

Offered by Paul Foster 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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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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