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.

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

TREASURE ISLAND. With Forty-six original illustrat...

STEVENSON. ROBERT LOUIS. --- Paget. Wal, Illustrates.

Cassell and Company, Ltd. London.

£200.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Women Making News : Gender and Journalism in Moder...

Tusan, Michelle Elizabeth

University of Illinois Press

£26.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Romola

Eliot, George

Estes and Lauriat

£180.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The House the Moles Built

Burroughes, Dorothy

Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.

£40.00

Offered by C L Hawley

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE - DAME. --- Bound with: THE WAR...

HUGO. VICTOR. ---- Reid. Captain Mayne.

Thomas Hodgson. London. 1st work and; J. and C. Brown. London. 2nd work. - No date.

£875.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

ENGLISH LYRICS FROM SPENSER TO MILTON. Introductio...

BELL. ROBERT ANNING. Illustrates.

George Bell & Sons. London.

£850.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Urban District of Cleckheaton, Council Year Book,...

Abraham Fawcett &John H. Linfield

£30.00

Offered by James Frank

A Brief History of the Batley Co-Operative Society...

W.H. Childe

Co-operative Wholesale Society, Manchester

£12.00

Offered by James Frank

Methodist Free Church, Heckmondwike. A History of...

John J. Stead

Senior & Co., Heckmondwike

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

The History of Morley, in the West Riding of Yorks...

Norrison Scatcherd

S. Stead, Morley

£40.00

Offered by James Frank

The Registers of Topcliffe, and Morley, In the W....

William Smith

Longmans, Green and Co., London

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

The Rochdale Pioneers, Parts I and II

George Jacob Holyoake

Truebner & Co., London

£125.00

Offered by James Frank

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

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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Yardley Books | Bob Yardley Chesterfield

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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

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