Ilkley
24th Jul 2026, 25th Jul 2026
Event Information
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 venue is conveniently situated opposite the Ilkley train and bus station - an easy level walk from The Grove and central car park. Around thirty 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 24th July 2026, 12:00 - 18:00 25th July 2026, 10:00 - 16:00
Venue King's Hall, Station Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8HB
Organisers
Louise Harrison, T P Books
Tel: 07719 606211
Email: l.harrison539@btinternet.com
Travel Information
Parking
Town centre car parks.
Train
Ilkley station, 2-3 mins walk.
Bus
Town centre stops, then 2-3 mins walk.
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 Anglo-Gallic Coins (Les Monnaies Anglo-Françai...
E.R. Duncan Elias
Émile Bourget (Paris) and Spink & Son (London)
£20.00
Offered by James Frank
English Coins from the 17th Century to the Present...
George C. Brooke
Methuen
£15.00
Offered by James Frank
The Conside Trilogy - The Story of Iron, Coal and...
Garry O'Hagan
Privately Published
£25.00
Offered by The Book House
The British Coalmining Industry 1870-1946. A Polit...
M. W. Kirby
Archon Books
£15.00
Offered by The Book House
The Yorkshire and Lancashire Lead Mines - A Study...
M. C. Gill
Northern Mine Research Society
£18.00
Offered by The Book House
North East England - The Region's Development 1760...
Norman McCord
Batsford Academic
£15.00
Offered by The Book House
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan - Inventor and Scientist
Mary E. Swan and Kenneth R. Swan
Oriel Press
£25.00
Offered by The Book House
The Private Railways of County Durham
Colin E. Mountford
Industrial Railway Society
£30.00
Offered by The Book House
Quarries of England & Wales - An Historic Photogra...
Peter Stanier
Twelveheads Press, Truro
£8.00
Offered by The Book House
[Autograph album featuring interwar theatrical sig...
[NOVELLO, Ivor]; [SHIELDS, Ella (Burlington Bertie from Bow)]; [OGLESBY, Hilda aka “Whiskey”].
£175.00
Offered by Quair Books
F. L. Griggs (1867-1938): The Architecture of Drea...
Moore, Jerrold Northrop
Clarendon Press / Antique Collector’s Club,
£30.00
Offered by C L Hawley
Mining and Metal Production Through the Ages
Paul Craddock & Janet Lang (Editors)
The British Museum Press
£50.00
Offered by The Book House
From Galaxies to Turbines - Science, Technology an...
W. Garrett Scaife
Institute of Physics Publishing , Bristol & Philadelphia
£45.00
Offered by The Book House
William Burgess and the high Victorian dream.
Crook. J. Mordaunt
France’s Lincoln limited.
£95.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
The Great Edwardian gardens of Harold Peto
Whaley. Robin
Aurum press. London
£45.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
The Scottish Country house
James Knox
Thames and Hudson. London
£45.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
Gothic for the steam age- George Gilbert Scott ill...
Stamp. Gavin
Aurum press. London
£65.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
Official Railway Map of Ireland
J. & W. Emslie
The Railway Clearing House
£95.00
Offered by The Book House
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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Guest Exhibitors
We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.
Gerry Cotter Books
Contact: Gerry Cotter
Gallery
Some of our Members have taken some lovely photographs of past fairs, have a look at them below.
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Friends of the PBFA
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