Event Information

Welcome to our fabulous Cambridge book fair extravaganza, at its new venue.

Around 70 dealers, some long-standing, some new, will be offering a huge quantity of collectable and decorative printed material.
Please scroll to the bottom to get a link to the Exhibitor List and Floor Plan.

Cheffins of Cambridge are kindly sponsoring this book fair.
 
The photograph shows the stained glass window and murals in the church. 

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Key Details

Time & Date 21st February 2025, 12:00 - 18:00 22nd February 2025, 10:00 - 16:30

Venue St. Barnabas Church, Mill Road, Cambridge, CB1 2BD

Organisers Sarah Key Books Tel: 01223 312913 Email: philsalin@gmail.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Parking

There are 38 spaces in the Gwydir Street car park just opposite the church building (maximum stay 2 hours). Limited on-road parking is also available in the vicinity. Long Stay Parking is available at Queen Anne's Terrace, Gonville Place.

Train

About 5-10 mins walk from the station. Follow signs for Mill Road and Gwydir Street.

Bus

Stagecoach number 2 runs from Milton Park and Ride (stop number 1) via the city centre and stops directly outside the venue at Gwydir Street. There are regular buses from Trumpington Park and Ride to the Railway Station.

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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.

Leeds University Verse 1914-1924

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Swan Press

£3500.00

Offered by Tom W Ayling

The Lord Of The Rings (All First Printings)

J.R.R. Tolkien

George Allen & Unwin

£19500.00

Offered by Tom W Ayling

The Hobbit (Third Printing, 1942)

J.R.R. Tolkien

George Allen & Unwin

£8500.00

Offered by Tom W Ayling

The Hobbit (Second Printing, 1937)

J.R.R. Tolkien

George Allen & Unwin

£9500.00

Offered by Tom W Ayling

Views of the Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen i...

SUFFOLK. DAVY (Henry)

Southwold: Published by the Author,

£395.00

Offered by Forest Books

Cambridge University At War

Not Stated

Not Stated

£25.00

Offered by The Antiquarian Book Company

Eye: The International Review of Graphic Design

Poynor, Rick; Coates, Stephen, eds.

Wordsearch Ltd.

£100.00

Offered by Undercover Books

Signed set : Collected Animal Poems. 4 volume set

Hughes, Ted

Faber and Faber

£225.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Poem to Joanie

Dylan, Bob; Weberman, A. J., intro.

London: aloes

£130.00

Offered by Undercover Books

Dream Days

Grahame, Kenneth

London: John Lane/The Bodley Head

£150.00

Offered by Undercover Books

Pleasure With Profit: Consisting of Recreations of...

LEYBOURN, William

Richard Baldwin and John Dunton,

£1950.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

Sketches in Connemara.

IRELAND

Original Watercolours

£1250.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

[Drop head title:] The Masses and the Classes: A p...

[New Woman]; ELLIS, Edith Lees.

[Manchester]: [Ancoats Brotherhood].

£195.00

Offered by Quair Books

Perfect Bound

Peter Robinson, Bill Bennett, Aidan Semmens, Richard Hammersley, eds.

Cambridge Poetry Society

£250.00

Offered by Undercover Books

[Bloomsbury Interest] Translations from Latin Poet...

TREVELYAN, R. C.; [LODGE, Oliver & Diana].

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd.

£125.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Woman She Was.

SIEVEKING, Lance; [EDIS, Olive]; SIEVEKING, Natalie (DJ co-design, with Lance).

London: Cassell and Company Limited.

£125.00

Offered by Quair Books

Moments of Knowing: Personal experiences in the re...

BRIDGE, Ann (psued. of Lady Mary O’Malley); [FITZPATRICK, Tara].

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company

£135.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Vindication of the Rights of Woman. With an In...

WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary; PENNELL, Elizabeth Robins.

London: Walter Scott/ The Scott Library

£150.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Butterfly Collector's Vade Mecum; With a synop...

[FORD, Laeticia aka Laeticia JERMYN]; [CLARKE, Willam Barnard]

London: Longman and Co.; Whittaker and Co.; and F. Pawsey, Ipswich.

£250.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Moon

Richard A. Proctor

Longman

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Vision; Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Da...

Re. Henry Francis Cary

Henry G. Bohn

£275.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians

Fanny Kelly

The Lakeside Press

£47.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Works Of Rabelais

Urquhart

Gribbing and Co.

£95.00

Offered by Pete Fry

MANUSCRIPT OF A VOYAGE IN THE FENNS IN 1774

Lord Orford

£2500.00

Offered by Hereward 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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Christopher Saunders Books | Christopher Saunders Newnham on Severn

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Chris Crook | Chris Crook Weston-super-Mare

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Claremont Books and Prints | Suzanne & Gordon Leete Market Harborough

78

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Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

125

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Ian Marr Rare Books | Ian Marr Edinburgh

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Love Rare Books | Deborah Davis St Leonards On Sea

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Yesterday's Books | David Weir Bournemouth

39

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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.

Copperplate Antique Maps

Contact: Kevin Welch

Telephone: 01707 322940
Address

3 Westcott
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL7 2PP

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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