York New Year 2025

11th Jan 2025

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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 download 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, adjacent to the railway station, to the book fair all day long.  The buses leave the Memorial Gardens and The Knavesmire every thirty minutes.

Key Details

Time & Date 11th January 2025, 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 & 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

There will 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 Power and the Glory

Graham Greene

Heinemann

£8000.00

Offered by Peter Foster Books

Stones.

MERCHANT, Paul: Illustrated by Barbara Hepworth

The Rougemont Press.

£1500.00

Offered by York Modern Books

Evacuee Labels

WORLD WAR TWO

No Publisher

£650.00

Offered by York Modern Books

Het Achterhuis. Diary of a Young Girl.

FRANK, Anne

Pennyroyal Press with Jewish Heritage Publishing

£2000.00

Offered by York Modern Books

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Illustrat...

Rowling, J. K. and Jim Kay

Bloomsbury Children's Books

£185.00

Offered by C L Hawley

A Monograph of the Lories, or brush-tongued parrot...

MIVART, St. George Jackson.

R.H. Porter, London,

£14000.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1...

[GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. FLINDERS, Matthew; BUCKLAND-WRIGHT, John (illustrator).

The Golden Cockerel Press, London,

£1650.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

The navigations, peregrinations and voyages made i...

NICOLAY, Nicolas de.

Thomas Dawson, London,

£14500.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

Blitz: Letters from London, Written by Evelyn Lis...

ALLIX, Susan

ALLIX, Susan

£2000.00

Offered by York Modern Books

A Voyage towards the South Pole and round the worl...

COOK, James.

W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London,

£8500.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, sometyme Lor...

MORE, Sir Thomas.

John Cawood, John Walley, and Richard Tottle, London,

£27500.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

Three Men in a Boat; Three Men on the Bummel; The...

JEROME, Jerome K.

Arrowsmith; The Leadenhall Press, Bristol,

£1350.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

The FIVE SHILLINGS HOLIDAY - PONY BOOK

LORNA HILL (signed)

Burke- London

£55.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

ADRIAN MOLE - The CAPPUCCINO YEARS

SUE TOWNSEND ( SIGNED)

Micheal Joseph - London

£85.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (film edition)

L.M.MONTGOMERY

Harrap

£25.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Sammelband of Seven Political Pamphlets.

HONE, William; CRUICKSHANK, George (illustrator).

William Hone, London,

£500.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar...

FRANKLIN, John.

Murray, London,

Reserved

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

THE BANK AUDIT

BRUCE MARSHLL

Constable

£65.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

The First(-Third) Parts of the Principles of the A...

HEXHAM, Henry.

[Delft(?)], printed by J.M. for Robert Young, n.d. [1637(?)] et al.

£7500.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and th...

[KING JAMES VERSION].

Printed by Charles Bill and the executors of Thomas Newcomb deceas[e]d, printers to the Kings most Excel[ent] Majesty, London,

£2250.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

The Art of Archerie. Shewing how it is most necess...

MARKHAM, Gervase.

Printed by B[ernard] A[slop] and T[homas] F[awcett] for Ben: Fisher, London,

£4500.00

Offered by Shapero Rare Books Ltd

Stargazing: Past and Present. 1878.

LOCKYER, J.Norman.

£95.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

The Midnight Sky: familiar notes on the stars and...

DUNKIN, Edwin. - 1879

£95.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Letter in secretarial hand to Revd. Hamilton of Kn...

WILBERFORCE, William

No Publisher

£750.00

Offered by York Modern 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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Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

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Fine Book Cellar | Christian Havlik Chelmsford

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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

Sean Sexton
Signed modern first editions and War of Independence/Civil War material.

Contact:

Telephone: 07771 801484
Address

65 Childwall Park Avenue
Liverpool
L16 0JE

Lindsey Hewitt-Dutton

Contact:

Telephone: 07990 706749
Address

4 Mayfair Drive
Crewe
CW1 5BB

Resources

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