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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.

Favourite Fairy Tales by H C Andersen, book design...

H C Andersen

Blackie & Son

£30.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Land and Sea Tales by R Kipling

R Kipling

Macmillan

£30.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Story of San Michele by A Munthe, binding by Z...

A Munthe

J Murray

£120.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Berber, or the Mountaineer of the Atlas

W S Mayo

Bohn

£150.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Divine Comedy - Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso by D...

Dante

Folio Society

Reserved

Offered by RMJ Books

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Blackie

£30.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte

Thames Publishing

£30.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte

Dean & Son

£30.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Westward Ho! by C Kingsley

C Kingsley

Macmillan

£30.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Novum Testamentum

Editor: T Beza

Oliver & Boyd

£50.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Lady Chatterley's Lover including My Skirmish with...

D H Lawrence

Privately printed

£60.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Aulicae Vitae Institutiones vorstellend wie sich e...

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Printed by J Plener in Stettin

£225.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Siege of Delhi - a short account

Major-General A G Handcock

Pioneer Press

£265.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Sketches of Hebrew and Egyptian Antiquity intended...

J Walsh

Printed for the author by John Halpen, Dublin

£195.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam, translated by Fitzgerald

Omar Khayyam

Garden City Publishing Co.

£60.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Napoleon's Conquest of Prussia 1806 by F L Petre

F L Petre

John Lane, the Bodley Head

£120.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Poems by Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti

Gresham Publishing Company

Reserved

Offered by RMJ Books

Pictures of Hull

Greenwood

Simpkin and Marshall

£200.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

South Riding

Holtby

Collins

£800.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

A sculptor's world

Isamu Noguchi

Thames and Hudson

£600.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

The Wirtz gardens

Taylor

Wirtz

£350.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

Wanderings and excursions in north andsouth Wales

Roscoe

Tilt, and Simpkin

£240.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

Whisky

Aeneas Macdonald

Porpoise Press

£250.00

Offered by T E Jackson Books

Monographie du The

Houssaye

£200.00

Offered by T E Jackson 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

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Keel Row Bookshop | Anthony J Smithson North Shields

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Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

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Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

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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

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