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.

Elements of Botany. Illustrated by Sixteen Engravi...

HULL (John)

Manchester: Printed by R. and W. Dean,

£295.00

Offered by Forest Books

The Journal of a Captured Missionary

William Gregory

£445.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Scenes in Africa

Rev. Isaac Taylor

Harris and Son

£181.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Cary's New Map of England and Wales with Part of S...

John Cary

£1775.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Novels and Letters

Jane Austen

Claredon Press

£1775.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Artistic Japan

S. Bing

Sampson Low

£347.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Hampton Court Palace

Archive

Private

£475.00

Offered by Pete Fry

A Supplement to the History of British Birds

T. Bewick

Edward Walker

£295.00

Offered by Pete Fry

York Assizes

Reports and Pleas York Assizes

Ja Fleaher for W/ Lee

£385.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Captain Pugwash

John Ryan

£1148.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Southern Gates of Arabia

Freya Stark

John Murray

£445.00

Offered by Pete Fry

An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Anglesey

anon

HMSO

£85.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Land We Live In. Pictorial & Literary Sketch-B...

Anonymous

Charles Knight

£100.00

Offered by David Whittaker

First Folio

William Shakespeare

Norton

£90.00

Offered by David Whittaker

The History & Antiquities of the Hundred of Bray i...

Charles Kerry

Savill & Edwards

£45.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Shooting Stars; The Red Shoes & Ballet Studies

Cornel Lucas

The English Group

£90.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Francis Bacon

Michel Leiris

Ediciones Poligrafa

£20.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Catalogue of Printed Books and Bookbindings: The J...

BARBER (Giles)

Published for the Rothschild Foundation,

£365.00

Offered by Forest Books

The Tao of Painting. A Study of the Ritual Disposi...

Mai-Mai Sze

Bollingen/Pantheon

£80.00

Offered by David Whittaker

The Bridge: a chapter in the History of Building,...

Barman, Christian

John Lane

£30.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, a catalogue of t...

Greenwood, Jeremy

Wood Lea Press

£150.00

Offered by Missing Books

Japanese Woodblock Album

unknown

unknown

£365.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Voyage of the ''Fox'' in the Arctic Seas

Captain F.L. M'Clintock

John Murray

£995.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Life with the Esquimaux

Captain C. F. Hall

Sampson Low, Son and Marston

£1795.00

Offered by Pete Fry

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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