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.

Proceedings at York Special Commission, January 18...

Mr Gurney, et al.

Luke Hansard & Sons, London

£275.00

Offered by James Frank

The Risings of the Luddites, Chartists & Plug-Draw...

Frank Peel

Senior & Co., Heckmondwike

£45.00

Offered by James Frank

The Upper Holme Valley

S.J. Streek

The Ridings Publishing Company, Driffield

£18.00

Offered by James Frank

A Tour around England undertaken in the early 1840...

MANUSCRIPT

Reserved

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Manuscript: Original verse 1815-1818

COLE, Edward William.

£295.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

A HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR. In Four Volumes.

BUCHAN. JOHN.

Thomas Nelson & sons Ltd.

£750.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

CLARISSA, or the History of a Young Lady. Comprehe...

RICHARDSON. SAMUEL.

J and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, S. Crowder.......... London.

£1250.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

LARGE SCALE MAP OF YORKSHIRE

J AND C GREENWOOD

£750.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

Cometen, Propheten. 1665. Astronomy.

THEOPHILUS, Christianus.

£120.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Cometa Nuperus. Astronomy. 1681.

STURM, Johann Christoph.

£500.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Twelve Views Of The Caves In Yorkshire

William Westall

John Murray

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Black Bess -story of Dick Turpin’s ride to York

A.C. Marshall

Newnes. London

£45.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

LETTERS ON THE STUDY AND USE OF HISTORY.

BOLINGBROKE. Henry St. John, Lord Viscount.

T. Cadell. London.

£275.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE VALLEY OF FEAR.

DOYLE, A. CONAN.

Smith, Elder and Co., London.

£850.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

DOYLE. ARTHUR CONAN.

George Newnes, Limited. London.

£1350.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY. And its connection...

RUSSELL. BERTRAND.

George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London.

£375.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Signed copy - Knowledge of Angels: A Novel

Paton Walsh, Jill

Green Bay

£26.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Italian Votive Tablets

Ciarrocchi, Arnoldo and Ermanno Mori

G. B. Doretti

£65.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Rocky's Road

James Frank

Author

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

The Malay Archipelago ( The Land of the Orang-Utan...

Wallace, Alfred Russel

Folio Society

£350.00

Offered by Missing Books

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont

Taylor, Elizabeth

Chatto and Windus

£325.00

Offered by C L Hawley

A Game of Hide and Seek

Taylor, Elizabeth

Peter Davies,

£200.00

Offered by C L Hawley

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Dent and Sons

£395.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Witchfinder General

Ronald Bassett

Pan books

£275.00

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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Fine Book Cellar | Christian Havlik Chelmsford

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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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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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