Event Information

The York New Year Book Fair is an established and friendly event.  With around 100 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. 

Please scroll to the bottom to see a link to the floor plan.

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 a free bus service running from the Memorial Gardens to the book fair all day long.  The buses leave the Memorial Gardens and The Knavesmire every thirty minutes.

Key Details

Time & Date 14th January 2023, 10:30 - 16:30

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

Organisers Ken Spelman Books Tel: 07960 350909 Email: kenspelmanbooks@gmail.com
Janette Ray, Rare and Out of Print Books Tel: 01904 623088 Email: books@janetteray.co.uk
Lucius Books Tel: 01904 640111 Email: info@luciusbooks.com

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Ticket Information

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.

Undersea Trilogy - Signed

POHL, Frederik & WILLIAMSON, Jack

Dennis Dobson

£250.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

The story of Blossom the brave balloon

E.F. Herbert

Frederick Muller Ltd., London

£125.00

Offered by Saltmarsh Books

Bulgy the Barrage Balloon

Enid Marx

Oxford University Press, London

£195.00

Offered by Saltmarsh Books

The Countryman A Quarterly Non-Party Review & Misc...

J. W. Robertson Scott (Editor)

J. W. Robertson Scott at Idbury, Kingham, Oxford

£125.00

Offered by Saltmarsh Books

The Countryman A Quarterly Review & Miscellany of...

J. W. Robertson Scott (Editor)

J. W. Robertson Scott at Idbury, Kingham, Oxford

£195.00

Offered by Saltmarsh Books

The Oriental Watchman and Herald of Health - A Mag...

R.B. Thurber (editor)

Published and Printed by C.H. Mackett at and for The Oriental Watchman Publishing House, salisbury Park, Poona, India

£60.00

Offered by Saltmarsh Books

The Office of Innocence - signed copy

Keneally, Thomas

2002

£30.00

Offered by C L Hawley

John Carruthers, Indian Policeman

Cox, Edmund C.

Cassell and Company Limited,

£50.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Stories from the Faerie Queen

Lang, Jeanie

T. C. & E. C. Jack

£95.00

Offered by C L Hawley

ARMORIAL SHIELDS. An unusual collection of 13 eng...

ARMORIAL SHIELDS. c1790.

£160.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

MANSION HOUSE DONCASTER 1751

JAMES PAINE

£5000.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

Attractive watercolour

THE WATERCARRIER. 1850

£95.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Archive of 74 WW1 romantic, sentimental & patrioti...

‘Min’

D.C. Thomson??

£195.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

E. E. Leggatt. From Messrs Agnew & Sons, Fine Art...

PATON (Frank)

£110.00

Offered by Forest Books

Historiae Naturalis Libri XXXVII 3 volumes

Pliny Secundus, C. Plinius Secundus

Lugduni Bataviorum Ex officina Elzeviriana

£350.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Rosrum Monographia, or A Botanical History of Rose...

John Lindley

James Ridgway

£800.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Farm Insects: Being the Natural History and Econom...

John Curtis

Blackie and Son

£175.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

CANINA, Luigi. L'Architettura Egiziana. 1844.

CANINA, Luigi. L'Architettura Egiziana. 1844.

£95.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Life of a Racehorse - Charles Ansell 1748 - reprin...

Life of a Racehorse - Charles Ansell 1748 - reprint

£95.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

KEY SATO - rare original painting & screenprint....

KEY SATO - rare original painting & screenprint. 1960's.

£495.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Relativity. The Special & the General Theory: A Po...

EINSTEIN (Albert)

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.

£395.00

Offered by Forest Books

Arabia Deserta

Charles Doughty

Cape

£30.00

Offered by David Whittaker

1878 - Views of Llanberis, Beddgelert, Capel Curig...

SNOWDONIAN SKETCHES.

£120.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

JOHN SPEED MAP OF LANCASHIRE

john speed

£795.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

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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Neil Ewart | Neil Ewart Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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Pablo Butcher | Pablo Butcher Dorchester on Thames

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Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

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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.

Roo Waterhouse Art
Celebrate your life in books with a bespoke 'Shelf Portrait'. Roo Waterhouse’s detailed oil paintings of treasured and iconic books build up a portrait to resonate with your stories and reflect your life and passions. Rather like Desert Island Discs... Which books would you choose?

Contact:

Telephone: 07905 889773
Address

Northlight Art Studios
Valley Road
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 6DG

Sky Duthie Rare Books

Contact: Sky Duthie

Telephone: 07445 221393
Address

17 Lowther Street
York

Resources

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