Event Information

The largest book fair in the Peak District of Derbyshire with around 30 dealers in attendance.

Everyone welcome including children and pets.  Easy disabled access throughout.  Café refreshments available.

The venue is near to the town centre and shops, with other tourism attractions in the vicinity including Chatsworth and Haddon Hall.

The fair is sponsored by Framework Design, Nottingham, branding and web design agency, and designers of the PBFA website.  www.weareframework.co.uk

The second Bakewell book fair of the year will be held on Saturday 12th August.

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Key Details

Time & Date 8th April 2023, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Agricultural Way, Haddon Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH

Organisers Peter Allen, M & P Books Tel: 07526 606908 Email: mnpbooks@gmail.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Parking

Pay & Display

Train

Matlock 9 miles, Grindleford 9 miles, but no taxi rank at either

Bus

To Bakewell - Trans-Peak from Derby or Manchester; X18 or 240 from Sheffield or 170 from Chesterfield

Driving

M1, J29

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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.

Aubrey-Maturin Series: The Complete 20 Volume Coll...

Patrick O'Brian

Folio Society

£3500.00

Offered by Nugget Box

Fifty Fables of La Fontaine (Limited edition)

Fontaine, Jean de la (illus Quentin Blake)

Folio Society

£350.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Golden Ass or Metamorphoses (Ltd edition)

Apuleius (illus Quentin Blake)

Folio Society

£375.00

Offered by Missing Books

UNUSUAL MANUSCRIPT SCRAPBOOK - HANDWRITTEN BIBLICA...

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£165.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

BOUND COLLECTION OF CRYSTAL PALACE MUSICAL PROGRAM...

Crystal Palace

Charles Dickens And Evans

£275.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

NOTTINGHAM 1865 ELECTION SQUIB - THE POLITICAL PEE...

Nottingham Men

Printed by Nottingham Men, for the use of Nottingham Men and the benefit of the good old Town.

£95.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

NOTTINGHAM 1865 ELECTION SQUIB - FISHSTALL GAZETTE...

Allsop, Edward

Edward Allsop, Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham

£95.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

TENNYSON’S BROOK WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS TAKEN AT...

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron 1809-1892

S.Leach, Printer, Cleveland Terrace, Middlesbro’-on-Tees

£375.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

East Cheshire Past And Present Or A History Of The...

Earwaker J. P.

Printed for the Author

£225.00

Offered by Nugget Box

The Feudal History of the County of Derby (Signed)

Yeatman, John Pym

Bemrose

£75.00

Offered by Nugget Box

KIRK IRETON WIRKSWORTH DERBYSHIRE MANUSCRIPT ELIZA...

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£200.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

AN AMATEUR ANGLER’S DAYS IN DOVE DALE - LIMITED T...

Marston, Edward

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington

£165.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

Derbyshire Gatherings: a fund of delight for the A...

Robinson, Joseph Barlow

J.R. Smith

£65.00

Offered by Missing Books

Chantreys Peak Scenery

James Croston

Derby: Frank Murray & London: Hamilton Adams & Co

£95.00

Offered by Nugget Box

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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Delph Books | Frank Lamb Manchester

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Fiona Edwards | Fiona Edwards Mansfield

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Lasting Words Ltd | Sean Wood Northampton

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M & P Books | Peter Allen Buxton

232

Missing Books | Chris Missing Chelmsford

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Nugget Box | Brian Welsh Stafford

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Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

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Salsus Books | David T Salt Kidderminster

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Saltmarsh Books | Peter Saltmarsh Chesterfield

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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.

Sue Jeffery

Contact:

Telephone: 01246 851520
Address

High House Farm, Timber Lane
Pilsley
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S45 8AL

Peacegarden Books, Ginny Russell

Contact:

Address

4-5 Stoneyford Terrace
Uttoxeter
Staffordshire
ST14 8BW

George Cutter, Author
I will be promoting and selling my book "The Ascension of the Seventh", a gothic horror/medical drama genre book.

Contact:

Telephone: 07957 535023
Address

33 Chapel Street
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 4AB

Sally Laithwaite & Steve Kowalski
Small selection of antiquarian books, some 20th century art and design, and a collection of Private Press books with wood engravings as illustrations.

Contact:

Address

129 Bridge Street
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 6QE

Russ Wragg

Contact:

Telephone: 01782 543791
Address

38 Netherton Grove
Milton
Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire
ST2 7NL

Resources

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