York National Book Fair
15th Sep 2023, 16th Sep 2023
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Event Information
At the York National 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 (Memorial Gardens) to the fair every 30 minutes, starting at 10.30am on Friday, and 9.30am on Saturday. The last buses from the fair to the station will depart at 7.15pm on Friday and 5.15pm on Saturday.
Do also visit the fair's website, www.yorkbookfair.com where you can find more fair details, including an interactive floor plan.
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.
Books, Prints, Maps & Ephemera
Held over two days, over 150 of this country's leading booksellers offer for sale a breath-taking 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 available in café.
Key Details
Time & Date 15th September 2023, 12:00 - 19:00 16th September 2023, 10:00 - 17:00
Venue The Knavesmire Suite, York Racecourse, York, YO23 1EX
Website http://www.yorkbookfair.com
Organisers
Tony Fothergill, Ken Spelman Books Ltd
Tel: 07960 350909
Email: kenspelmanbooks@gmail.com
Ticket Information
Admission £ 2.00
Travel Information
Parking
Free, at the venue
Train
York station, just over a mile away
Bus
Free shuttle bus from and to York railway station (Memorial Gardens)
Driving
A1(M), J1
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.
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Carved Altarpieces Masterpieces of the Late Gothic
Rainer Kahsnitz
Thames and Hudson Ltd,
£150.00
Offered by Lion Books
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Anna Comnena [INSCRIBED]
MITCHISON, Naomi; BIRRELL, Francis (series editor); GOWER PARKS, J. (frontis artist); [READ, Frederick Stroud]
London: Gerald Howe Ltd
£125.00
Offered by Quair Books
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The Tao of Painting. A Study of the Ritual Disposi...
Mai-Mai Sze
Bollingen/Pantheon
£80.00
Offered by David Whittaker
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John Carruthers, Indian Policeman
Cox, Edmund C.
Cassell and Company Limited,
£50.00
Offered by C L Hawley
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YORKSHIRE WOLDS. An attractive and very accompli...
YORKSHIRE WOLDS. An attractive and very accomplished mid-19th century sketchbook
£495.00
Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd
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Of the Power of the Keyes : or of Binding and Loos...
[H Hammond]
Royston, R.
£625.00
Offered by RMJ Books
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The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, a catalogue of t...
Greenwood, Jeremy
Wood Lea Press
£175.00
Offered by Missing Books
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Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography...
James, P. D.
Faber and Faber
£36.00
Offered by C L Hawley
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Cyrene and Apollonia: An Historical Guide
Goodchild, Richard
Triploi: Department of Antiquities
£16.00
Offered by C L Hawley
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Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sus...
Hope, Sir William H. St. John
Country Life
£125.00
Offered by Missing Books
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THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK.
LANG. ANDREW. (Leonora Lang - uncredited), Edit. ; FORD. Henry. Justice. Illustrates.
Longmans, Green and Co. London.
£900.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
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THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK.
LANG. ANDREW. (Leonora Lang - uncredited), Edit. ; FORD. Henry. Justice. Illustrates.
Longmans, Green and Co. London.
£750.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
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The Water-colours of J. M. W. Turner
Turner, J. M. W.
The Studio Ltd.,
£100.00
Offered by C L Hawley
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Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death - Signed
Riddell, Chris
Macmillan
£22.00
Offered by C L Hawley
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Josephine Butler: Her Work and Principles and Thei...
Fawcett, M. G. and Turner, E. M. [ Millicent Fawcett ]
Association for Moral and Social Hygiene
£30.00
Offered by C L Hawley
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The Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a Nor...
William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S. (Commander of the Expedition)
John Murray, Publisher to the Admiralty and Board of Longitude
£1250.00
Offered by M Richardson Rare Books
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American Notes and Reprinted Pieces bound with A C...
Dickens, Charles
Chapman and Hall Limited,
£95.00
Offered by C L Hawley
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Tales by Leigh Hunt Now First Collected with a Pre...
Hunt, Leigh and William Knight
William Paterson & Co,
£50.00
Offered by C L Hawley
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The Gentleman's Compleat Jockey with the Perfect H...
Gervase Markham
T. Norris
£950.00
Offered by RMJ Books
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History of the Campaign [Waterloo] in the Year 181...
C de M, (Major General Carl von Mueffling), Sir John Sinclair
Trotman; this edition copyrighted by Lionel Leven Thalmud Ltd.
£150.00
Offered by RMJ 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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Adrian Harrington - also trading as Hall's Bookshop | Adrian Harrington Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells
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Rainford & Parris | Philip & Helen Parris, and Justin Rainford Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
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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
Contact: Marysa De Veer
Cissbury
Ashfield Road
Midhurst
West Sussex
GU29 9JS
T L Dallas (City) Ltd.
Contact: Molly Jones & Esther Oram
14 Devonshire Square
London
EC2M 4YT
Victoria Hall Hand Decorated Papers
Contact: Victoria Hall
Hill Farm House, London Street
Whissonsett
Dereham
Norfolk
NR20 5ST
Creative Computing
Contact: Tom Dupre
Newburn
Tatham Road
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 1QD
Private Libraries Association
Contact: David Fry
The Institute of English Studies
Contact: Anne-Marie Stephen
University of London
Senate House, Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HU
Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC)
Contact: Arthur der Weduwen
St John's House
69 South Street
St Andrews
KY16 9QW
R F Shipping Ltd
Contact:
Wow Acton, Unit 5, Wendover Court
Western Avenue
London
W3 0TG
Roo Waterhouse Art
Contact:
Northlight Art Studios
Valley Road
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 6DG
Resources
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