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.

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.

Crusader Castles

T. E. Lawrence

Golden Cockeral Press

£1725.00

Offered by Pete Fry

TENNYSON’S BROOK WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS TAKEN AT...

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron 1809-1892

S.Leach, Printer, Cleveland Terrace, Middlesbro’-on-Tees

£375.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

Cranford

Mrs Gaskell

Seeley, Service and Co

£320.00

Offered by Books Written By

Foul Play Suspected

John Beynon [John Wyndham]

Newnes

£575.00

Offered by Books Written By

Signed letters with rare caricature

John Betjeman

John Betjeman

£1250.00

Offered by Pete Fry

CONTRIBUTION A L’ÉTUDE DU BLASON EN ORIENT

Pacha, Yacoub Artin

Bernard Quaritch, Piccadilly London

£495.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

Scrapbook

Scrapbook

£178.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Four Gospels (Golden Cockerel Press)

Eric Gill

The Folio Society

£375.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Oxford Almanack

Manuscript

£1275.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Cary's Traveller's Companion

John Cary

John Cary

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

A History of British Birds

Thomas Bewick

Longman and Rees

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN VO...

Pratt, Anne

Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge

£375.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

A Manual of Astrology

Raphael

Thomas Tegg

£595.00

Offered by Pete Fry

A Display of Heraldry

John Guillim

T.R. for Jacob Blome

£895.00

Offered by Pete Fry

THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN OF ORNAMENTAL GREENHOUSE...

Loudon, Mrs [Jane, Wells Webb]

William Smith

£1400.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

Allison’s Picturesque Pocket Companion, Comprising...

[ALLISON (Joseph)]

Whitby: Printed by J. Allison,

£175.00

Offered by Forest Books

Anthony Caro Book of Eden

Anthony Caro

£2950.00

Offered by David Maynard

Damien Hirst Opium Design Beer Bottles

Damien Hirst

1995

£220.00

Offered by David Maynard

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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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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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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