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Harrogate Premier

17th Mar 2023, 18th Mar 2023

Derwent from the showground - web pic updated

Event Information

The annual PBFA Book Fair in Harrogate is a firm favourite in the diaries of Northern bibliophiles and book collectors alike.  Running for over 40 years, this event is seen as the go-to book destination for Yorkshire bibliophiles.

PLEASE NOTE - Friday's opening times have been amended to 12pm - 6pm.

Dealer will be attending from across the United Kingdom, travelling from as far afield as Scotland, East Anglia, London, the Midlands and right across the Northern counties. 

Please scroll to the bottom for the Floor Plan.

A strong mix of subjects will be on display, fiction and non-fiction, offered by specialist dealers, with knowledge and expertise!

Light refreshments in café.

Key Details

Time & Date 17th March 2023, 12:00 - 18:00 18th March 2023, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Derwent & Calder Rooms, Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8NZ

Organisers Richard J Hodgson Tel: 07950 647377 Email: rjhodgsonbooks@clara.co.uk

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Parking

Free car parking on site

Train

Harrogate station

Bus

Regular services run between Harrogate Bus Station and the venue

Driving

A1(M), J46 (South), J47 (North)

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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.

Table Talk Being the Discourses of John Selden Esq...

John Selden

J White, Holborn

£20.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Gentleman's Compleat Jockey with the Perfect H...

Gervase Markham

£950.00

Offered by RMJ Books

History of the Campaign (Waterloo) Facsimile Repr...

C de M, (Major General Carl von Mueffling), Sir Johe Sinclair

Trotman, this edition copyrighted by Lionel Leven thalmud Ltd.

£150.00

Offered by RMJ Books

A Defense of the Right Reverend Bishops of Rochest...

Anon

A Dodd

£120.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Ali Baba and his Son Hadji by H Ould (signed)

H Ould

French

£10.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Ivan and the Fire-bird by H Ould (signed)

H Ould

Philip & Son

£10.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Tangled Skeins by H Ould (signed)

H Ould

French

£10.00

Offered by RMJ Books

English Wrought Ironwork Templates, 17th and 18th...

T Small, C Woodbridge

The Architectural Press

Reserved

Offered by RMJ Books

Stephen versus Gladstone. Extracts published by He...

Woolf

Headington Quarry

£320.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The seven deadly virtues

Tegetmeier

Lovat Dickson

£130.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

Paris and its environs

Pugin and Heath

Jennings and Chaplin

£200.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

Select views in Great Britain

Middiman

Boydell

£350.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

Durham and Northumberland illustrated

Allom and Rose

Peter Jackson

£150.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

The minor poems of John Milton

Palmer

Seeley

£250.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

The eclogues of Virgil

Palmer

Seeley

£800.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

Picturesque views

Turner and Girtin

Hogarth

£200.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

Goblin Market

Rossetti

Macmillan

£250.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

Poetical Sketches of Scarborough

Rowlandson

Ackermann

£250.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

The Story of Rosina and other Verses by A Dobson a...

A Dobson

Kegan Paul

£45.00

Offered by RMJ Books

History of the Campaign of the British, Dutch, Ha...

C de M (Baron F C F von Mueffling, Muffling)

T Egerton

Reserved

Offered by RMJ Books

Complete Novels by Jane Austen. First edition from...

Jane Austen

Heinemann

£245.00

Offered by RMJ Books

A History of the Steam Engine (scarce first editio...

R Thurston

Kegan Paul

£150.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Secreta Monita Societatis Jesu. The Secret Instruc...

.

J Walthoe

£175.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Beauties of Nature by Lord Avebury, bound by R...

Lord Avebury

Macmillan

£80.00

Offered by RMJ 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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Bainbridge Books | Fay Bainbridge Chesterfield

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Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

109

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Keel Row Bookshop | Anthony J Smithson North Shields

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Paul Bostock Rare Books | Paul Bostock Winster

94

Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

181

Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

789

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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.

Roo Waterhouse Art
Roo Waterhouse’s original and bespoke ‘Shelf Portrait’ oil paintings capture and celebrate treasured books. With themes such as classic literature; penguin paperbacks; natural history and childhood, Roo produces a wide range of Limited Edition prints; gifts & cards. Perfect for all bibliophiles!

Contact:

Telephone: 07905 889773
Address

Northlight Art Studios
Valley Road
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 6DG

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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