York National Book Fair

10th Sep 2021, 11th Sep 2021

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Event Information

From modest beginnings with just 20 exhibitors at the White Swan Inn in York in 1974, the York National Book Fair has grown into the largest, and many say friendliest, rare, antiquarian & out-of-print book fair in the UK and Europe.

At the York September Book Fair, you will find books over 500 years old, be able to review copies of recently published works, and everything in between. The book fair will take place at York Racecourse. This venue is very easy to reach, there is unlimited free parking, and also a free shuttle bus from the Railway Station to the Fair every 20 minutes. 

Important - Social distancing measures will be in place and all visitors are strongly urged to wear a face covering.

The fair is sponsored by Biblio.com, an international online market place for rare and collectable books.

Who Will Enjoy The Fair?
Anyone interested in books and reading. This is not just a Fair for dealers, but is open to everyone young and old, and a great place to start collecting. With over 100,000 books for sale, where else can you look at, touch, enjoy, and even purchase so many rarities under one roof. If you are already a collector then attending the York National Book Fair is a great opportunity to meet new dealers in your area.

"One of the most enjoyable book fairs I have visited for a long time. The figures speak for themselves."
Rare Book Review

"As someone who travels 6000 miles to the York Fair it is my main buying event of the year."
Mark Weber, Bookseller, Tucson, Arizona.

"I save and bring my very best books to the York National Book Fair."
Exhibitor at the York Fair

"Start Collecting Books Now" - aimed at reaching a public who haven’t started to collect books yet, but who might want to, “Start Collecting Books Now”, is a recent PBFA initiative.  Pick up a booklet at the fair, or email info@pbfa.org to receive one in the post.

Books, Prints, Maps & Ephemera
Held over two days, over 150 of this country's leading booksellers offer for sale a breathtaking diversity of books, as well as posters, ephemera, manuscripts, maps & prints, ranging in price from just a few pounds up to tens of thousands of pounds. This year we also welcome a number of dealers from overseas.

Refreshments: Light refreshments in Cafe

Disability: Full facilities for the disabled

Key Details

Time & Date 10th September 2021, 12:00 - 19:00 11th September 2021, 10:00 - 17:00

Venue The Knavesmire Suite, York Racecourse, York, Yorkshire, YO23 1EX

Website http://www.yorkbookfair.com

Organisers Tony Fothergill, Ken Spelman Books Ltd Tel: 07960 350909 Email: kenspelmanbooks@gmail.com

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Ticket Information

General Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Parking

Free on site

Train

York, just over a mile away

Bus

Free shuttle bus from York railway station

Driving

A1(M), J1

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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.

1910

An Affair of the Heart (with authorial inscription...

POWELL, Dilys; [STEWART, Mary]

London: Hodder & Stoughton

£75.00

Offered by Quair Books

Magic Shadows: The Story of the Origin of Motion P...

[PATERSON, Neil]; QUIGLEY JR., Martin

New York: Quigley Publishing Company

£35.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Palm-Wine Drinkard: And his dead Palm-Wine Tap...

TUTUOLA, Amos; [NEWLYN, Walter & Doreen].

London: Faber and Faber Ltd

£75.00

Offered by Quair Books

Berlin Mosaic: A family chronicle (signed)

TUCKER, Eva

London: Starhaven

£25.00

Offered by Quair Books

Mrs. Kimber: With eight drawings by Mary Kessell (...

KESSELL, Mary (illustrator); SITWELL, Osbert.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd

£150.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Phantom Rickshaw & Other Eerie Tales

Kipling, Rudyard

Wheeler/Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington

£400.00

Offered by TIMKC Books

1955

Airman [WITH SIGNED XMAS CARD]

SANDS-ROUX [TATHAM, Sally]; BROWNE, Anita (editor & format design)

New York: The Poets Press

£45.00

Offered by Quair Books

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

LE CARRÉ, John

London: Victor Gollancz

£1400.00

Offered by Picture This

ORIGINAL FASHION DESIGNS, DRESSES BY MISS HATSELL.

Miss Hatsell

not published

£500.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

The Works of Ben Jonson with a memoir by Barry Cor...

Jonson, Ben

Edward Moxon

£175.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Frank Brangwyn 1867-1956 [Catalogue to accompany e...

Horner, Libby & Naylor, gillian

Leeds Museums and Galleries

£60.00

Offered by Missing Books

Nero and Modern Time (scarce Brangwyn work)

Brangwyn, F & Walcot, W.

J. Whitehead & sons

£125.00

Offered by Missing Books

CONTRIBUTION A L’ÉTUDE DU BLASON EN ORIENT

Pacha, Yacoub Artin

Bernard Quaritch, Piccadilly London

£495.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family...

Thackeray, William Makepeace

Smith, Elder and Co.,

£75.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Louder and Funnier

Wodehouse, P.G.

Faber

£1750.00

Offered by TIMKC Books

A Tramp Abroad

Twain, Mark

American Publishing Company/Chatto & Windus

£500.00

Offered by TIMKC Books

London – South Of The River : Illustrated by Rache...

Myers, Sam Price

Paul Elek, London

£550.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

A Welsh Victory at the National Sporting Club

William Howard Robinson

W. Howard Robinson

£595.00

Offered by David Maynard

Enoch Arden

Tennyson, Alfred

Edward Moxon & Co

£160.00

Offered by TIMKC Books

Sing-Song : A Nursery Rhyme Book : With The Origin...

Rossetti, Christina

Macmillan and Co, London

£850.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

A Machynlleth Triad : With The Publisher’s Complim...

Morris, Jan

Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown

£425.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Romantic Atheism: Poetry and Freethought, 1780-183...

Priestman, Martin

Cambridge University Press

£26.00

Offered by C L Hawley

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE.1st UK LEATHER BOUND

ANNE RICE

RAVEN. MACDONALD & JANE'S. LONDON

£250.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Cary's Traveller's Companion

John Cary

John Cary

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

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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Guest Exhibitors

We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.

Otter Bookbinding Ltd
Book printing and binding; traditional fine binding; restoration and repair; boxes, folders and portfolios.

Contact: Marysa De Veer

Telephone: 01730 352042
Address

Cissbury
Ashfield Road
Midhurst
West Sussex
GU29 9JS

Victoria Hall Hand Decorated Papers
Victoria makes hand marbled and paste papers with a particular interest in historic papers which are available from stock or may be ordered. Requests to match old papers are welcome, as are enquiries for use in modern editions and other applications. Gift products. Established 1989.

Contact: Victoria Hall

Telephone: 01328 701381
Address

Hill Farm House, London Street
Whissonsett
Dereham
Norfolk
NR20 5ST

Creative Computing
Creative Computing is based in Abingdon, near Oxford. It offers a variety of computer services, including database and website development. Its "Bookseller" cataloguing database system is used by many of the leading antiquarian booksellers in the UK and worldwide.

Contact: Tom Dupre

Telephone: 01235 539395
Address

Newburn
Tatham Road
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 1QD

Stephen Conway (Bookbinders) Ltd

Contact: Stephen Conway

Telephone: 01422 353767
Address

5 Claire Road
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX1 2HX

Private Libraries Association
We are an international association of people who love and collect books. We aim to share that love and enthusiasm by publishing books and articles on all aspects of the book, anything, in fact, that reflects the interests of our members. In four years time we will celebrate our 70th anniversary and intend to keep going for another seventy years! We publish four journals a year and this year we will be publishing the latest of our books, "Early Private Presses 1730-1900", a two-volume work by David Chambers, the well-known expert in this field. Due to its complexity, this work has taken a lot longer than we expected. However, final editing is almost complete. We will have the full range of our journals and publications available to buy at the fair

Contact: David Fry

Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC)
The Universal Short Title Catalogue Project presents "The Book at War" and titles from "The Library of the Written Word". The Universal Short Title Catalogue Project is a searchable resource providing free access to descriptions of over 1.5 million editions published throughout Europe between 1450 and 1700, along with 400,000 full digital reproductions. It is curated by the book history research team at the University of St Andrews led by Professor Andrew Pettegree and Dr Arthur der Weduwen.

Contact: Arthur der Weduwen

Telephone: 07572 856079
Address

St John's House
69 South Street
St Andrews
KY16 9QW

The Book Surgeon, Michael Holton
Precious Books Bound For Life. Book restorations since 1976. Traditional materials & equipment used. Gold blocking * sewing * simple make overs * rebuilds. Estimates from pictures. Consultations available via Zoom.

Contact:

Telephone: 07563 709355
Address

2 Helston Close
Kesgrave
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP5 1JT

Proseposters
Literary posters created from the text of your favourite classic books.

Contact: Katie Collom

Gallery

Some of our Members have taken some lovely photographs of past fairs, have a look at them below.

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