Important Information

The next book fairs are the EDINBURGH PREMIER on Fri 28th & Sat 29th March (click here for details).  NEW VENUE - InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel, 19-21 George Street, EH2 2PB, and also STAMFORD (click here) on Sat 29th March.
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Celebrating 50 years of book fairs 1974-2024

Harrogate - New venue

21st Mar 2025, 22nd Mar 2025

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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.

Please scroll down to the bottom to download the exhibitor list and floor plan. 

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 some parking (first come, first served) 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.

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

The Shipbuilding Industry. Its history, practice,...

David Pollock

Methuen

£10.00

Offered by James Frank

The Shipowners' and Engineers' Guide to the Marine...

William Allan. SIGNED

Thomas Reed & Co.

£30.00

Offered by James Frank

History of the church of Peterburgh ( Peterborough...

Simon Gunton

Richard Chilwell at the rose & crown in St. Paul’s Church-Yard.

£495.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Methuen

£975.00

Offered by Pete Fry

ADRIAN MOLE - The CAPPUCCINO YEARS

SUE TOWNSEND ( SIGNED)

Micheal Joseph - London

£85.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

THE BANK AUDIT

BRUCE MARSHLL

Constable

£65.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Five red herrings (early copy in dw)

Dorothy L. Sayers

Gollancz

£120.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

The DOWER HOUSE MYSTERY

PATRICIA WENTWORTH

Hodder

£85.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM....

Page, William. (Ed)

Constable

£250.00

Offered by Neil Summersgill

The Poems of William Shakespeare, According to the...

Shakespeare, William

Essex House Press

£500.00

Offered by Neil Summersgill

An English Version of The Eclogues of Virgil. By S...

Palmer, Samuel.

Seeley & Company

£1250.00

Offered by Neil Summersgill

The Crossbow

Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey

Longmans , Green and Co.

£775.00

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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Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

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David Maynard | David Maynard Grantham

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Manchester Rare Books | Josh Knight Manchester

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Paul Foster Books | Paul Foster London

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Paul Bostock Rare Books | Paul Bostock Winster

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Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

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Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

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Peak Dragon Books | Ian Barfield Matlock

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Portland Books | Lindsey Hewitt-Dutton

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Yardley Books | Bob Yardley Chesterfield

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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.

Tartarus Press

Contact:

Telephone: 01969 640399
Address

Coverley House
Carlton
Leyburn
North Yorkshire
DL8 4AY

Resources

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