York New Year

13th Jan 2024

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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. 

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.

Please scroll down to see the two-page floor plan and exhibitor list.

Key Details

Time & Date 13th January 2024, 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

There is 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.

Poltergeists

Sacheverell Sitwell

Faber and Faber

£127.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Great Days

Walter Bonatti

Victor Gollancz

£87.00

Offered by Pete Fry

On The heights

Walter Bonatti

Daiaem

£177.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Northern Caves

D. Brook

Dalsman

£97.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Geographical Dictionary: Engraved Costume Plat...

Unknown

£137.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Farmer Giles of Ham

J. R. R. Tolkien

George Allen and Unwin

£95.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Tree and Leaf

J. R. R. Tolkien

Unwin

£375.00

Offered by Pete Fry

London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1772.

MINIATURE BOOK.

London: Printed for the Company of Stationers,

£225.00

Offered by Forest Books

Unlucky John and his Lump of Silver. A juvenile co...

LEINSTEIN (Madame)

London: A. K. Newman & Co.,

£195.00

Offered by Forest Books

John Wilhelm Rowntree Essays and Addresses

Joshua Rowntree

Headley Brothers

£147.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The History of Yorkshire. Vol 1

Plantagenet Harrison

Hazel, Watson and Viney

£575.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Poverty and Prostitution

Frances Finnegan

CUP

£67.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Life and Times of Thomas gent

Thomas Gent

Thomas Gent

£147.00

Offered by Pete Fry

50 Years of Alpinism

Riccardo Cassin

Diadem

£375.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage

Hermann Buhl

Hodder and Stoughton

£975.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Everest 1933

Hugh Ruttledge

Hodder and Stoughton

£267.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Ecclesiastes, Or the Preacher.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS; HUGHES-STANTON, Blair

Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press

£550.00

Offered by Quair Books

Rock Climbing in North Wales

George and Ashley Abraham

Abraham

£295.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Le Lever de Ouvrieres en Lingne and le Crucher de...

D. Bosio

Studio Bibliografico

£575.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Derriere Le Miroir

Francis Bacon

Galerie Maeght

£475.00

Offered by David Maynard

Soho Jazz Festival 1-12 October 1987

Eduardo Paolozzi

Soho Jazz Festival's Ltd - Grafikwerkstatt Hans Kahler Hamburg

£750.00

Offered by David Maynard

Hockney's progress

David Hockney

Petersburg Press

£140.00

Offered by David Maynard

Rain on Pool Poster - Museo Di Storia Della Fotogr...

David Hockney

Fratelli Alinari

£575.00

Offered by David Maynard

Old English Homes: A Summer’s Sketch-Book.

THOMPSON (Stephen)

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle,

£125.00

Offered by Forest 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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Neil Summersgill | Neil Summersgill Blackburn

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Neil Ewart | Neil Ewart Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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Northern Herald Books | Robert Jones Brighouse

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Nicholas Daly Books | Nicholas Daly York

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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.

R F Shipping Ltd

Contact:

Telephone: 0203 002 6026
Address

Wow Acton, Unit 5, Wendover Court
Western Avenue
London
W3 0TG

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

Resources

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