York New Year Book Fair

14th Jan 2023

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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.

The Works & Life of Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne

Taylor & Co

£60.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Signed letters with rare caricature

John Betjeman

John Betjeman

£1250.00

Offered by Pete Fry

002062

A Voyage to Saint Kilda

M. Martin

John Wylie and Co.

£475.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Oxford Almanack

Manuscript

£1275.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Book of Hours

Manuscript

£1545.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Cary's Traveller's Companion

John Cary

John Cary

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

History of British Birds

Thomas Bewick

£778.00

Offered by Pete Fry

A Monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca

J.Alder and A. Hancock

Ray Society

£565.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Compleat Housewife

E. Smith

J. Pemberton

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

A Display of Heraldry

John Guillim

T.R. for Jacob Blome

£895.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Absenteeism

Lady Morgan

Henry Colburn

£338.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Original Photographs

Talcott Harmon Parkhurst

£1250.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Three Stories & Ten Poems

Hemingway, Ernest

Bruccoli Clark Books

£75.00

Offered by David Maynard

Flower Power - John and Yoko

Ivan Ripley

Big O Poster (BAT8407)

£285.00

Offered by David Maynard

Deutsches Familienbuch zur Belehrung und Unterhalt...

Anonymous

Muller

£25.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Trumpet Call The Royal Scots Greys

Embleton, Gerry

£250.00

Offered by David Maynard

A Tour from Alston-Moor to Harrowgate and Brimham...

Thomas Pennant

Mercier

£395.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Village Minstrel, and other Poems

John Clare

Taylor and Hessey

£895.00

Offered by Pete Fry

ORIENTAL & ROMANTIC TALES.

Oehlenschläger, Adam Gottlob.

£120.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Manuel Élementaire pour la Construction et le Des...

PERROT, Aristide Michel.

£100.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

[RUDD, E.M.] Reflections relating to the Malvern...

A rare 'romantic' essay - a single copy recorded in America

£195.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

The English Lakes

Lander R.M

British Railways

£400.00

Offered by David Maynard

The Easter Proclamation of the Irish Republic MCMX...

Various

Dolmen Press

£75.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Excursions in the North of Europe Through Parts of...

Barrow. J Jnr

John Murray

£150.00

Offered by David Maynard

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 Summersgill | Neil Summersgill Blackburn

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Neil Ewart | Neil Ewart Newcastle-upon-Tyne

0

Northern Herald Books | Robert Jones Brighouse

100

Nicholas Daly Books | Nicholas Daly York

0

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Pablo Butcher | Pablo Butcher Dorchester on Thames

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Peter Harrington | Pom Harrington

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Peter Hill | Peter Hill Emsworth

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Picture This | Christopher Bailey & Pamela Fung Sunningdale

13

Paul Bostock Rare Books | Paul Bostock Winster

69

Peter Foster Books | Peter Foster & Thais Brand Frome

48

Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

205

Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

644

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Veronica Watts | Veronica Watts Cranleigh

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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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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