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Located in the historic centre of Bury, the hall is a stone's throw from the much-photographed Abbey Gate, the award-winning Abbey Gardens and the Cathedral.

The fair is held on a Saturday when the region’s largest traditional outdoor market takes over the streets, so there's plenty to do and see if you have any time left after perusing the wide range of books, maps and ephemera on offer at the fair.

Free entry.

The fair is kindly sponsored by Lacy Scott & Knight auctioneers, Bury St Edmunds.

Sadly, after an incredible 45 years, this will be our last book fair in Bury.  Thank you to everyone who has visited and supported the fairs over the years - we hope you have enjoyed them as much as we have.

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Time & Date 14th October 2023, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue The Athenaeum, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1LU

Organisers Chris Missing, Missing Books Tel: 01245 361609 Email: missingbooks@madasafish.com

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Travel Information

Parking

Short stay parking available on Angel Hill. Cheaper, long stay at Rams Meadow (IP33 1XT)

Bus

Local services from the town centre.

Driving

If using the A14 come off at Junction 43 and follow signs for "Historic Centre".

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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 History of the ancient Town, and once Famous A...

Farmer, John

£300.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Parish of Waltham Abbey, its History and Antiq...

Maynard, John

John Russell Smith

£200.00

Offered by Missing Books

Windmills of Suffolk – illustrations of the remain...

Regan, Dean

The Author

£10.00

Offered by Missing Books

Suffolk in the Middle Ages: studies in places and...

Scarfe, Norman

Boydell Press

£20.00

Offered by Missing Books

Ships and Shipyards of Ipswich 1700-1970

Moffat, Hugh

Malthouse Press

£15.00

Offered by Missing Books

The History of Long Melford

Parker, Sir William

Wyman & Sons

£250.00

Offered by Missing Books

JOHN MOORE 13 1ST EDITIONS

JOHN MOORE

£75.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

A Treatise on Carriages; comprehending Coaches, Ch...

Felton, William

Astragal Press

£60.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Book of Martyrs, Containing an Account of the...

John Fox[e]

London: H. Trapp

£500.00

Offered by Undercover Books

West Suffolk Illustrated

Barker, H.R.

F.G. Pawsey

£75.00

Offered by Missing Books

Art in Oceania. A New History.

Brunt, Peter (and others).

Thames & Hudson, London.

£95.00

Offered by Peter Moore

Photographs Objects Histories. On the materiality...

Edwards, Elizabeth and Hart, Janice (Eds).

Routledge, London and New York.

£30.00

Offered by Peter Moore

Darkness Moves. An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1...

Ball, David (Selected, translated and presented by).

University of California Press, Berkeley.

£25.00

Offered by Peter Moore

The Visitation of Suffolke, made by William Hervey...

Howard, Joseph Jackson (ed)

Samuel Tymms

£225.00

Offered by Missing Books

Kelly's Directory of Suffolk, 1937

anon

Kelly's Directories

£65.00

Offered by Missing Books

Australia. Image of a Nation 1850-1950.

Hall, Rodney & Moore, David.

Collins, Sydney.

Reserved

Offered by Peter Moore

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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Claremont Books and Prints | Suzanne & Gordon Leete Market Harborough

73

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David Ford Books | David Ford Cley-next-the-Sea

44

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Missing Books | Chris Missing Chelmsford

454

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Peter Moore | Peter Moore Cambridge

501

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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.

Tony Gilbert Antique Books

Contact:

Address

Habichtsweg 3
26133 Oldenburg
Germany

Jeff Pyne
I am a local author and I look forward to meeting and talking with book lovers of all genres at the book fair!

Contact:

Telephone: 0791 718 1982
Address

2 Post Office House, Brockley Road
Whepstead
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP29 4SP

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