Event Information

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The York one day Book Fair is an established and friendly event.  With over 120 dealers from all over the country, situated on just one floor, the fair offers a rich and delicious variety of choice for anyone interested in books. Thousands of second-hand, antiquarian and rare items will be on offer from all areas of fiction and non-fiction, along with related ephemera.There are prices to suit all pockets. 

There is also a café at the fair, open all day, which offers hot and cold refreshments.
 
There are excellent parking facilities at the Knavesmire. For those travelling by train, or who wish to make use of public transport, there is also a free bus service running from the memorial gardens to the book fair all day long. The buses leave Memorial Gardens and The Knavesmire every thirty minutes.

Key Details

Time & Date 11th January 2020, 10:00 - 16:00

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

Organisers Royston Office

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Ticket Information

General Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Parking

Plenty of free parking on site.

Train

York, just over a mile away

Bus

From town centre. There will also be a FREE SHUTTLE BUS RUNNING REGULARLY FROM THE MEMORIAL GARDENS TO THE BOOK FAIR

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.

C1648 MAP OF CORNWALL

J BLAEU

£425.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

MAP OF DEVONSHIRE

RICHARD BLOME

£175.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

MAP OF HAMPSHIRE

RICHARD BLOME

£175.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

MAP OF MIDDLESEX

RICHARD BLOME

£150.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

Award-winning exhibition catalogue by The Designer...

STATON, Sarah; [JACEK, Nicole]

Wakefield: Bothy Gallery/ Yorkshire Sculpture Park

£45.00

Offered by Quair Books

Well On The Road

Bradby, Christopher & Bawden, Edward (Illus.)

G. Bell & Sons, London

£495.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

International Art, Past and Present [12 parts]

YOCKNEY, Alfred

London: Virtue & Co.

£90.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Millers - a story of technological endeavour...

Jones, Glyn

Carnegie Press

£20.00

Offered by Missing Books

Thanksgiving

Hoffman, John

The Guild Press

£10.00

Offered by Missing Books

Fairings – A Yorkshire Miscellany

Dorothy Una Ratcliffe

John Lane The Bodley Head

£25.00

Offered by D B Derbyshire Bookseller

Fluke : Signed By The Author

Herbert, James

New English Library

£550.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Monroe – Her Life in Pictures

James Spada and George Zeno

Sidgwick & Jackson

£35.00

Offered by D B Derbyshire Bookseller

Four Fantastic Tales : With The Rex Whistler Wrapp...

Walpole, Hugh

Macmillan & Co., London

£750.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman

John Murray

£10.00

Offered by D B Derbyshire Bookseller

Marriage, two volumes complete

Ferrier, Susan

Richard Bentley

£130.00

Offered by C L Hawley

A Night of Errors

Innes, Michael

Victor Gollancz

£40.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Two Stories - signed limited edition

Aldington, Richard

Elkin Matthews

£60.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Odd Flamingo

Bawden, Nina

Pan

£18.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Ionia: A quest

STARK, Freya

London: John Murray

£42.00

Offered by Quair Books

HURLEY, Frank: Snow Petrel on the nest, Cape Denis...

HURLEY, Frank

No Publisher

£2750.00

Offered by York Modern Books

The History of Belvoir Castle, from the Norman con...

Eller, Rev. Irvin

R.Tyas, London, S.Ridge, Grantham

£150.00

Offered by Missing Books

A large format 3 section poster advertising Mayson...

N/A

Cockermouth / Keswick Robert Bailey Machine & General Printer Bookseller Stationer &c

£150.00

Offered by Michael Moon's Bookshop

A large format 3 section poster advertising Keswic...

N/A

Keswick Printed at Mayson's Machine Printing Works

£150.00

Offered by Michael Moon's Bookshop

Richard Cosway R.A.

George C. Williamson

George Bell and Sons

£45.00

Offered by D B Derbyshire Bookseller

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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Grove Rare Books | Adam Yates Nr Skipton

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Gage Postal Books | Simon Routh Westcliff-on-Sea

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Gill Tiffin | Gill Tiffin Darlington

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G Mosdell, The Junction Bookshop | Glenda Mosdell Llandudno Junction

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Neil Ewart | Neil Ewart Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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Nugget Box | Brian Welsh Stafford

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