Event Information

Please note the change of weekend for this year.

The Ilkley Book Fair is a long running and friendly event, kindly sponsored by The Grove Bookshop, Ilkley, and we look forward to seeing customers old and new. 

FREE admission to the fair. 

The King's Hall and Winter Garden venue is conveniently situated opposite the Ilkley train and bus station - an easy level walk from The Grove and central car park.  About fifty dealers will be attending, many from Yorkshire and Lancashire but also from as far afield as Scotland and the south coast, offering thousands of items covering a huge variety of second-hand and antiquarian, fiction, non-fiction and related ephemera for collectors and browsers alike, from pocket money prices and beyond. 

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Key Details

Time & Date 2nd August 2024, 12:00 - 18:00 3rd August 2024, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue King's Hall & Winter Garden, Station Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8HB

Organisers Louise Harrison, T P Books Tel: 07719 606211 Email: l.harrison539@btinternet.com

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Travel Information

Parking

Town centre car parks

Train

Ilkley station, 2-3 mins walk

Bus

Town centre stops, then 2-3 mins 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 Third Reich In Antarctica

Cornelia Ludecke

Bluntisham books

£145.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Berries and heaths of Rannoch

A. Snowdrop

George Bell

£87.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Welsh Botanology

Hugh Davies

W. Merchant

£195.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Contributions to the Flora of Mentone

John Traheme Moggridge

L. Reeve

£775.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Flora Anglica

Gulielmi Hudsoni

R. Faulder

£375.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Flora Bedfordiensis

Charles Abbot

Bedford: printed by W. Smith

£750.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The English Physician

Nicholas Culpeper

Printed for the Booksellers

£475.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Complete Herbal

Nicholas Culpeper

Thomas Kelley

£495.00

Offered by Pete Fry

An Essay On fevers

John Huxham

Printed for J. Hinton

£395.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Pharmacopoeia Officinalis and Extemporanea

John Quincy

Thomas Longman

£295.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Medical Works of Richard Mead

Richard Mead

Alexander Donaldson and J. Read

£1260.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Choice of Humorous Works of Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Chatto and Windus

£175.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Extreme Rock

Ken Wilson

Diadem

£467.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Dealing in Deceit: Edwin Pearson of the "Bewick Re...

Tattersfield, Nigel

The Bewick Society

£26.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Oakham Canal

David Tew with a section on topography by Trevor Hickman and Rigby Graham

Brewhouse Press, Wymondham

£25.00

Offered by The Book House

The Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield...

Colin Owen

Moorland

£30.00

Offered by The Book House

Wind and Watermills of Rutland

David Henry

Spiegl Press

£12.00

Offered by The Book House

Jardine’s last tour. Signed cricket 1st

Tim Heald

Methuen

£185.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

West Cumberland Coal 1600-1982/3

Oliver Wood

Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society

£65.00

Offered by The Book House

Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard

W. Somerset Maugham

Heinemann

£75.00

Offered by The Book House

A Banner for Pegasus

Bonett, John and Emery

Michael Joseph

£70.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Middlemost and the Milltowns: Bourgeois Cultur...

Lewis, Brian

Stanford University Press

£40.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton

Atkinson, Diane

Preface

£26.00

Offered by C L Hawley

My Word is My Bond - signed, limited edition

Moore, Roger

Michael O'Mara Books

£180.00

Offered by C L Hawley

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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Grove Rare Books | Adam Yates Nr Skipton

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G Mosdell, The Junction Bookshop | Glenda Mosdell Llandudno Junction

105

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Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

206

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Salsus Books | David T Salt Kidderminster

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Saltmarsh Books | Peter Saltmarsh Chesterfield

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The Book House | Brigid Irwin Northallerton

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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
Celebrate your life in books with a bespoke 'Shelf Portrait'. Roo Waterhouse’s detailed oil paintings of treasured and iconic books build up a portrait to resonate with your stories and reflect your life and passions. Rather like Desert Island Discs... Which books would you choose?

Contact:

Telephone: 07905 889773
Address

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

Yardley Books
Specialist: art books and exhibition catalogues, antiquarian books & prints.

Contact: Ed Yardley

Telephone: 07956 024245
Address

2 Rock Hall, Valley Road
Hayfield
High Peak
Derbyshire
SK22 2LP

James Frank

Contact:

Pam & John Finch

Contact:

Resources

Please find some helpful links below. If you need anything else, do not hesitate to get in touch.

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