Event Information

The Topsham Book Fair is located in the pleasant historic seaport of Topsham and is now the only PBFA book fair in Devon. It is held three times a year - in April, August and November this year - and regularly attracts a good number of traders who fill the hall.  

A full range of second-hand, rare and antiquarian books, ephemera, maps and prints are on sale from the more modest to the highly collectable and expensive.

Lunches, snacks, tea, coffee and soft drinks are available. 

Key Details

Time & Date 13th April 2025, 10:30 - 16:00

Venue Matthews Hall, Fore Street, Topsham, Exeter, Devon, EX3 0HF

Organisers Graham York Tel: 01404 41727 Email: books@gyork.co.uk

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Parking

Next to Hall (paying), Holman Way next to railway (paying), off street parking free on Sundays.

Train

Nearest station Topsham, 5 mins walk from venue. Regular service from Exeter St David's & Exeter St Thomas.

Bus

On bus routes from Exeter and Exeter/Sidmouth.

Driving

M5, J30 - follow signs for Topsham from Exeter City Centre B3179.

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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.

THE SMALLER ISLANDS IN THE BRITISH OCEAN.

Robert Morden.

sold by Abel Swale Awnsham and John Churchill,

£200.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

Journal of Trip to Italy in 1924 (80 page)

Sumner, Bevis

None

£65.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Redstart (FIRST)

Buxton, John

Collins New Naturalist Monograph

£45.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Ashley Book of Knots

Ashley, Clifford W

Faber and Faber

£45.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Drawing the R.A.F. A Book of Portraits (FIRST)

Kennington, Eric

OUP

£20.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Three Dorset Captains at Trafalgar ( Hardy, Bu...

Broadley, AM and RG Bartelot

John Murray

£45.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Specialised Puppetry (FIRST)

Whanslaw, HW and Victor Hotchkiss

Wells Gardner, Darton

£70.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

A VIEW OF EXMOUTH , DEVON, TAKEN FROM COCK WOOD.

T. Sutherland after I. Fidlor

J. Wallis, Sidmouth

£150.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

Bluenose : The Tale of a Ship (DELUXE INSCRIBED)

Backman, Brian and Phil

McClelland and Stewart

£40.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

COLLECTIONS TOWARDS A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY OF...

Sir John-William de la Pole, Bart. of Shute, &c. in Devonshire.

London, Printed by J. Nichols

£450.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

Antarctica Unveiled

Yelverton, David

University Press of Colorado

£50.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Home of the Blizzard: being the story of the A...

Mawson, Douglas

Heinemann

£625.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

A Thousand days in the Arctic

Jackson, F G

Harper

£325.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Adventures of Borbee

Upton, Florence

Longmans Green

£195.00

Offered by Kingsbridge 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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Chris Crook | Chris Crook Weston-super-Mare

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Helen Deighton | Helen Deighton Sturminster Newton

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James Hine | James Hine Ilminster

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Kingsbridge Books | Paul Davies Kingsbridge

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Kingswood Books | Anne Rockall Sherborne

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Love Rare Books | Deborah Davis St Leonards On Sea

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Stour Bookshop | Tony Butler Sturminster Newton

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Resources

Please find some helpful links below. If you need anything else, do not hesitate to get in touch.

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