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 History of the Suburbs of Exeter.

Charles Worthy

W F Westcott Plymouth.

£30.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Kelly's Directory of Devonshire 1930

None credited

Kelly's Directories

£65.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Fiji and the Fijians: The Islands and their Inhabi...

WILLIAMS, Thomas

Alexander Heylin, London

£85.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

The Sea Above Us

KENNEDY, Joan

Robert Hale Limited

£25.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

In Magnolia Court

KENNEDY, Joan

Robert Hale

£18.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Strategic Atolls: Tuvalu and the Second World War

McQUARRIE, Peter

University of Canterbury

£30.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Maori Place Names - and their Meanings

REED, A H & REED, A W

Wright and Carman Ltd, Wellington

£20.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

US Aircraft In The Soviet Union And Russia

GORDON, Yefim

Midland

£22.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Bibliotheca Australiana #44: Voyage from New South...

GILBERT, Thomas

N Israel, Amsterdam

£35.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands

GRIMSHAW, Beatrice

Eveleigh Nash

£45.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

The Coral Lands of the Pacific: Their People and t...

STONEHEWER COOPER, H

Richard Bentley and Son, London

£65.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Kenzan's Edo Donsho

LEACH, Bernard

1964

£750.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East a...

CRAMP, Stanley (ed)

Oxford University Press for RSPB

£150.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of D...

BEAGLEHOLE, J C

Hakluyt Society

£75.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean...

WILSON, James

Frederick A Praeger, New York

£30.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Stewart's Handbook of the Pacific Islands: Burn Ph...

ALLEN, Percy S

McCarron Stewart & Co Ltd, Sydney

£50.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Among Those Present: The Official Story of the Pac...

Central Office of Information

His Majesty's Stationery Office

£12.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Astride the Equator: An Account of the Filbert Isl...

SABATIER, Ernest

Oxford University Press, Melbourne

£25.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Bristow and the Hastings Rarities Affair

HARRISON, James M

A H Butler Limited

£25.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

South Pacific Focus: A Record in Words and Photogr...

BUCKLEY, Ken & KLUGMAN, Kris

Allen & Unwin

£22.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

How to Learn Maori: A Short Treatise on the Struct...

SHORTLAND, Edward

Upton & Co, Aukland

£130.00

Offered by Yatton Books & Prints

Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels (LIMITED AND...

McQueen, Andrew

Gowans and Grey

£55.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Alice Toklas Cook Book

Toklas, Alice B

Penguin

£20.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Cairo to Cape: Four Afoot Through Africa (SIGNED)

George, Edwin S

Knickerbocker Press

£45.00

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

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