Harrogate - New venue

21st Mar 2025, 22nd Mar 2025

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Event Information

The PBFA welcomes you to the new look Harrogate Book Fair, now located in the Garden Room at The Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate. With parking available, a cafe on site and a central location that's only a short walk from the station, we look forward to this exciting new chapter for the fair. 
  
The hotel itself is no stranger to the literary world bearing in mind it is the location for the annual Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. It is also the chosen destination for the Queen of Crime herself.  When Agatha Christie's disappearance sparked a nationwide search, she was finally tracked down to this beautiful Harrogate hotel. 
  
PBFA book dealers will be travelling from all over the UK to display and sell their wide range of rare books, specialising in both fiction and non-fiction. There will be a wide range of subjects on display, offered by specialist dealers with knowledge and expertise.

Please scroll down to the bottom to download the exhibitor list and floor plan. 

Key Details

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

Venue The Old Swan Hotel, Swan Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2SR

Organisers Lottie Atkinson, John Atkinson Fine & Rare Books Tel: 07540 279897 Email: johnatkinsonbooks@yahoo.co.uk
Monica Polisca, Lucius Books Ltd Tel: 01904 640111 Email: info@luciusbooks.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Parking

There is parking on site, which is currently £10 for 24 hours. You must display a valid permit which can be purchased from the hotel reception.

Train

Less than 1 mile from Harrogate railway station.

Driving

J 47, A1(M)

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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.

Private View

Bryan Robertson / John Russell / Lord Snowden

Nelson

£28.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Frank Brangwyn 1867-1956

Libby Horner & Gillian Naylor (Eds)

Leeds Museum and Art Gallery

£55.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Walter Keeler

Emmanuel Copper & Amanda Fielding

City Gallery Leicester

£35.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Jewellery 1789-1910 The International Era

Shirley Bury

Antique Collectors Club

£145.00

Offered by Yardley Books

James Morrison Land and Landscape

John Morrison

Sansom & Company

£95.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Adolphe Valette & L. S. Lowry

Celia Lyon

Prose Book Publishing

£36.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Gillian Ayres

Mel Gooding

Lund Humpries

£35.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone.

J.E. Lousley

Collins

£40.00

Offered by James Frank

I CAPTURE THE CASTLE.

SMITH. DODIE.

Little, Brown and Company. Boston. U.S.

£850.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Kundiawa News, volume 2, Number 23.

various authors

Kundiawa News Productions

£80.00

Offered by James Frank

Sotano de las Golondrinas.

Terry W. Raines

Association for Mexican Cave Studies.

£45.00

Offered by James Frank

Bundle of 1960s Australian caving club newsletters...

Various authors

£100.00

Offered by James Frank

The Star (Newspaper)

Various authors

£120.00

Offered by James Frank

Report on the Geological Survey Department of Brit...

Various authors

The Geological Survey Department of British Guiana

£25.00

Offered by James Frank

Report on the Geological Survey Department of Brit...

Various authors

The Geological Survey Department of British Guiana

£25.00

Offered by James Frank

Report on the Geological Survey Department of Brit...

Various authors

British Guiana Geological Survey Department

£25.00

Offered by James Frank

Knights of the Cardboard Castle.

Elisabeth Beresford

Methuen

£40.00

Offered by James Frank

Greek Imperial Coins and their values; The Local C...

David R. Sear

Seaby

£30.00

Offered by James Frank

Greek Coins and their values, volume 1; Europe. C...

David R. Sear

Seaby

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

The West Indies & Caribbean Year Book 1976/77

Colin Rickards (ed.)

R.V. Birtwhistle

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

The Aye-Aye and I. A rescue expedition in Madagas...

Gerald Durrell. SIGNED

HarperCollins

£125.00

Offered by James Frank

Cranford. 1st. Edn. Thus.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell

Macmillan. London

£195.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

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

King O. Mao

Chap Yau Printing Co., Hong Kong

£60.00

Offered by James Frank

Unusual World Coins

Colin R. Bruce II

Krause Publications

£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.

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Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

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Yardley Books | Bob Yardley Chesterfield

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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.

Tartarus Press

Contact:

Telephone: 01969 640399
Address

Coverley House
Carlton
Leyburn
North Yorkshire
DL8 4AY

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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