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.

Forty Etchings from Nature of Old Buildings in the...

Green, William

unknown

£120.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Confessions of a Carp Fisher

'BB' Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Eyre and Spottiswoode

£85.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Hard Times (and Pictures from Italy) FIRST CHEAP E...

Dickens, Charles

Chapman Hall

£120.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Traders and Nabobs (SIGNED FIRST)

Yalland, Zoe

Michael Russell

£45.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

British Poultry Standards

Roberts, Victoria

Blackwell Science

£25.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Bill Badger and the Big Store Robbery. First Editi...

'BB'

Reindeer Books Hamish Hamilton

£48.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire and Dorset 1939

None

Kelly's Directories

£75.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Magic Top-Secret

Jasper Maskelyne

Stanley Paul

£50.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Memoirs of James Melvil of Halhill.

George Scott , Gent

D Wilson,at Plato's Head in the Strand

£30.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Manx Memories and Movements

Samuel Norris

The Norris Modern Press Ltd Douglas

£50.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Blessings in Disguise. First Edition Signed copy.

Alec Guinness

Hamish Hamilton

£60.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Book of Ashburton

Pete Webb and Stuart Hands

Halsgrove

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Farming Dartmoor

Damian Bird

Life Force

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Fairy Tales of Grimm & Andersen

The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen

Collins'.Clear-Type.Press

£50.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Modesty Blaise

Peter O'Donnell

Souvenir Press

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Gallant Little Campeador

Cecil Hunt

Methuen & Co

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Story of Fareham

George L Privett

The Wykeham Press .Winchester.

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Two For The River. First Edition.

L P Hartley

Hamish Hamilton

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

A King's Story. Signed Copy.

H R H The Duke of Windsor

The Reprint Society

£125.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway

G A Brown, J D C A Prideaux and H G Radcliffe

David and Charles

£7.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Twelve Days of Christmas.

Miles and John Hadfield

Cassell

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

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

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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