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.

A Furness Manor

Alfred Fell

Kitchin and Co.

£385.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Principles Of Biology

Herbert Spencer

Williams and Norgate

£1474.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Ismalia

Sir Samuel W. Baker

Macmillan and Co.

£120.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Twelfth Night

Shakespeare

Hodder and Stoughton

£347.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Paddington takes the Test

Michael Bond

Collins

£147.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Russia For Beginners

Alex Atkinson and Ronald Searle

Perpetua Books

£975.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Russian Bruiser

Isaac Cruikshank

S. W. Fores

£575.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Blowing Up The Fire

William Heath

Thos. McLean

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Herbs For The Mediaeval Household

Margaret B. Freeman

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

£175.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Etude sur les epices

Camille Husson

Dunod

£575.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Divine Origin of the Craft of the Herbalist

E. A. Budge

Culpeper House

£357.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Magic Of Herbs

Mrs. C. F. Leyel

Jonathan Cape

£475.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Seven Original Costume Designs

Percy Anderson

Percy Anderson

£1200.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Shepherds

Eric Gill

Eric Gill

£955.00

Offered by Pete Fry

TEN DROLL TALES. Rendered faithfully into English...

BALZAC. HONORE DE. --- BOSSCHERE. JEAN DE, Illustrates.

John Lane The Bodley Head. London.

£400.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE SONNETS.

SHAKESPEARE. WILLIAM. -- Stone. Reynolds, Illustrates.

The Folio Society. London.

£375.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

TREASURE ISLAND. With Forty-six original illustrat...

STEVENSON. ROBERT LOUIS. --- Paget. Wal, Illustrates.

Cassell and Company, Ltd. London.

£200.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Women Making News : Gender and Journalism in Moder...

Tusan, Michelle Elizabeth

University of Illinois Press

£26.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Dominant Third

Hely, Elizabeth

Heinemann

£16.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Codladh Cead Bliain [Sleeping Beauty in Gaelic ]

Ní Ghráda, Máiréad

Ladybird

£30.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Romola

Eliot, George

Estes and Lauriat

£180.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Terrier's Days, being the Story of a Good Foxhunte...

Morshead, Christopher

Jonathan Cape

£26.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Sweet Cork of Thee

Gibbings, Robert

J. M. Dent & Sons

£14.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Prometheus - An Ariel Poem

Muir, Edwin illustrated by John Piper

Faber and Faber

£70.00

Offered by C L Hawley

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

Please find some helpful links below. If you need anything else, do not hesitate to get in touch.

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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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