Event Information

Welcome to our new book fair in Frome, Somerset, being held on Sunday 24th August.  PBFA bookdealers will be offering books, maps, and ephemera for sale.  

The venue, Cheese & Grain, is a restored building which hosts fairs, markets and live entertainment.  

Key Details

Time & Date 24th August 2025, 10:00 - 15:00

Venue Cheese & Grain, Market Yard, Justice Lane, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1BE

Organisers William Goodsir Tel: PBFA - 01763 248921 Email: info@pbfa.org

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Parking

Car park, 'The Cattle Market', directly outside, operated by Mendip Council.

Driving

Frome is on the A361, 15 miles south of Bath.

Train

Frome station, 0.9 miles, 20 min walk to venue.

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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.

(1937 Crime Title) 'The Six Queer Things'

Christopher St John Sprigg

Herbert Jenkins

£35.00

Offered by Wool House Autographic

Two, attractively bound collections of his songs c...

Peter Warlock (pseudonym of Philip Heseltine)

Oxford University Press & others

£150.00

Offered by Wool House Autographic

'Think Like A Tree'

Roo Waterhouse Art

Original Oil Painting

£1800.00

Offered by Roo Waterhouse Art

'Women In Blue'

Roo Waterhouse Art

Original Oil Painting

£1900.00

Offered by Roo Waterhouse Art

Bookshelf Art Cards

Roo Waterhouse Art

£3.00

Offered by Roo Waterhouse Art

Limited Edition Fine Art Prints

RooWaterhouse Art

£180.00

Offered by Roo Waterhouse Art

DON QUIXOTE OF THE MANCHA.

Cervantes (Retold by Judge Parry).

Blackie and Son.

£95.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

THE BIBLE IN SPAIN; OR, THE JOURNEYS, ADVENTURES,...

George Borrow.

London, John Murray,

£375.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

WILD SPAIN (ESPAÑA AGRESTE). RECORDS OF SPORT WITH...

Abel Chapman and Walter J. Buck.

London, Gurney and Jackson,

£200.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

COMITATUS SOMERSETTENSIS. SOMERSET-SHIRE.

Johannes Janssonius.

Johannes Janssonius.

£375.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

'Southern Lights'

Roo Waterhouse

Original Oil Painting

£1800.00

Offered by Roo Waterhouse Art

'007'

Roo Waterhouse

Original Oil Painting

£1600.00

Offered by Roo Waterhouse Art

'Portico Library'

Roo Waterhouse

Original Oil Painting

£2800.00

Offered by Roo Waterhouse Art

FABLES. WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR AND EMBELLISHED...

John Gay

London, printed for John Stockdale,

£250.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE,...

James Cottle

London, Vizetelly Brothers & Co.,

£150.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

Irreconcilable Truths

Sir Don McCullin

Privately

£850.00

Offered by Peter Foster Books

The Prince and The Pauper

Mark Twain

Chatto & Windus

£30.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Tim All Alone

Edward Ardizzone

Oxford University Press

£45.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Confessions of a Thug

Captain Meadows Taylor

Richard Bentley

£200.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The Rupert Annual

Alfred Bestall

Daily Express

£35.00

Offered by Topeka Books

India and Its Native Princes - Travels in Central...

Louis Rousselet

Bickers & Son

£200.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The Story of The Munsters

Mrs Victor Rickard

Hodder and Stoughton

£80.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Death Is No Sportsman

Cyril Hare

Faber & Faber

£50.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Crome Yellow

Aldous Huxley

Chatto & Windus

£100.00

Offered by Topeka 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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Chris Crook | Chris Crook Weston-super-Mare

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Helen Deighton | Helen Deighton Sturminster Newton

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Kingswood Books | Anne Rockall Sherborne

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Love Rare Books | Deborah Davis St Leonards On Sea

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Michael Bishop | Michael Bishop CASTLE CARY

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Roo Waterhouse Art | Roo Waterhouse Hebden Bridge

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Stour Bookshop | Tony Butler Sturminster Newton

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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.

Red Hound Bindery
Hand crafted journals, sketchbooks, albums, boxes and stationery as well as traditional calligraphy.

Contact: Hanna Seybold

Telephone: 07476 815028
Address

25a Cock Road
Bristol
BS15 9SJ

Andrew Hasoon
www.hasoon.co.uk - website under construction.

Contact:

Telephone: 07768 875681
Address

Deacons Yard, Hunstrete
Pensford
Bristol
BS 39 4NT

Resources

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