Event Information

A small and friendly book fair offering secondhand and antiquarian books, maps, posters, prints and ephemera in the large market town in County Durham.   

Light refreshments available. 

Key Details

Time & Date 10th May 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Vane Terrace, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7AU

Organisers Jeremiah Vokes Tel: 01325 469449 Email: info@pbfa.org

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Train

North Road, Darlington, 15-20 mins walk

Driving

A1(M), junction 58

Parking

Parking available at the venue

Bus

Five minute walk

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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 Origins of Railway Enterprise: The Stockton an...

Kirby (Maurice W.)

£35.00

Offered by Paul Hughes

My Wife Melissa First Edition

Francis Durbridge

King Crime Hodder and Staughton

£55.00

Offered by T P Books

Henry Pease and Company Limited, Combers & Worsted...

Henry Pease & Co.

£20.00

Offered by Paul Hughes

Sledwich, Co. Durham

Harrison (Sydney E.)

Teesdale Mercury Press

£20.00

Offered by Paul Hughes

Particulars of Sale. All that Valuable Going Conce...

Lackenby Ironworks, Middlesbrough

Mr C. Willman (Auctioneer)

£45.00

Offered by Paul Hughes

Explorers on the Wall

Garry Hogg

Thomas Nelson

£55.00

Offered by T P Books

Conveyance of a piece of Freehold Land situate nea...

Arthur Copeland Esq. to The North Bitchburn Coal Company Limited

£25.00

Offered by Paul Hughes

Punchbowl Midnight SIGNED COPY plus Letter

Monica Edwards

Collins

£300.00

Offered by T P Books

Between the Sheets: The Literary Liaisons of Nine...

McDowell, Lesley

Overlook Press,

£18.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Ossian's Ride

Hoyle, Fred

William Heinemann

£38.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woo...

Sackville-West, Vita and Virginia Woolf

Quill / William Morrow

£18.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Derek Jarman: A Portrait - Artist, Film-maker, Des...

Wollen, Roger et al

Thames & Hudson Ltd,

£12.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Shelley and the Apprehension of Life

Wilson, Ross

Cambridge University Press

£30.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Music of Verse: Metrical Experiment in Ninetee...

Phelan, Joseph

Palgrave MacMillan

£30.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone.

J.E. Lousley

Collins

£35.00

Offered by James Frank

Kundiawa News, volume 2, Number 23.

various authors

Kundiawa News Productions

£70.00

Offered by James Frank

The Star (Newspaper)

Various authors

£95.00

Offered by James Frank

Report on the Geological Survey Department of Brit...

Various authors

The Geological Survey Department of British Guiana

£15.00

Offered by James Frank

Report on the Geological Survey Department of Brit...

Various authors

The Geological Survey Department of British Guiana

£15.00

Offered by James Frank

Report on the Geological Survey Department of Brit...

Various authors

British Guiana Geological Survey Department

£15.00

Offered by James Frank

Knights of the Cardboard Castle.

Elisabeth Beresford

Methuen

£30.00

Offered by James Frank

The West Indies & Caribbean Year Book 1976/77

Colin Rickards (ed.)

R.V. Birtwhistle

£15.00

Offered by James Frank

History of Chinese Paper Currency, volume 1; Illus...

King O. Mao

Chap Yau Printing Co., Hong Kong

£50.00

Offered by James Frank

The Mining and Related Tokens of West Cumberland.

Michael Finlay. SIGNED

Plains Books

£30.00

Offered by James Frank

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.

Exhibitors A-Z

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M & P Books | Peter Allen Buxton

255

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Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

226

Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

596

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Showing 1 Results

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T

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The Book House | Brigid Irwin Northallerton

91

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