Event Information

The Sherborne Book Fair has been a feature of life in this delightful Dorset town for over 40 years.  

The fair attracts booksellers from all over the west country offering a great selection of second-hand and antiquarian books on all subjects.

Key Details

Time & Date 12th October 2024, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Digby Memorial Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3NL

Organisers Claire Porter, Chapter House Books Tel: 01935 816262 Email: sherbornebooks@tiscali.co.uk

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Parking

Station car park

Train

Sherborne, half a mile away

Bus

Bus stop outside venue

Driving

Sherborne is off the A303

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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 History of Coryton. Devon.

Thomas Newman

Cassell

£40.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

A History of the Parish of Gwennap in Cornwall

C C James

Privately Published by the Author.

£18.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Miss Clare Remembers

'Miss Read'

Michael Joseph

£14.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF CORFE CASTLE, IN THE IS...

Thomas Bond.

London, Edward Stanford

£45.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

COMITATUS DORCESTRIA. VULGO ANGLICE DORSETSHIRE

Jansson

Jansson, Amsterdam

£500.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

A Shell Guide South-West Wales

Vyvyan Rees

Faber & Faber

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Sons of the Falcon. First Edition. Signed Copy...

David Garnett

Macmillan & Co

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Asylum Island. A Tale. First Edition. Signed Cop...

Hilton Brown

Methuen & Co

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

A small collection of books about bees and bee kee...

various

Various

£85.00

Offered by Michael Bishop

The History of Ashley.Life in a Hampshire Village.

Kate Gilbert

Hampshire County Council

£17.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Crawley: Glimpses into the Past of a Hampshire Vil...

F W Pledge M.A.

Privately Printed

£50.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

My Civil War Diary 1861-62

William Howard Russell

Hamish Hamilton

£14.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Campaigning With Grant

General Horace Porter, LL.D.

The Century Co New York.

£18.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Spring Madness of Mr Sermon. First Edition.

R F Delderfield

Hodder & Stoughton

£17.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Straight And Its Origin.

Leonard K Elmhirst

Willard Straight Hall. Ithaca New York.

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Limehouse Through Five Centuries.

J G Birch

The Sheldon Press, London.

£22.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Ancient Bridges of England/Wales. 4 Volumes.

E. Jervoise

Architectural Press

£50.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Birds and Beasts in Africa.

Lord Baden-Powell

Macmillan and Co.

£14.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Dartington Hall.

Anthony Emery

Clarendon Press Oxford

£30.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Eternal Challenge

Joseph Hocking

Hodder & Stoughton

£15.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Torre Abbey. An Account of its History, Buildings,...

Deryck Seymour

Privately Published.

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Now all Roads lead to France. The Last Years of Ed...

Matthew Hollis

Faber & Faber

£10.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

This is Hong Kong: Butterflies.

Gweneth and Bernard Johnston

Hong Kong Government.

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

A HISTORY OF FORD ABBEY, DORSETSHIRE: LATE IN THE...

[Anon].

Hamilton, Adams and Co.

£25.00

Offered by Graham York Rare 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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Chris Crook | Chris Crook Weston-super-Mare

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Helen Deighton | Helen Deighton Sturminster Newton

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Karen Jakobsen Art and Design Books | Karen Jakobsen Sturminster Newton

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Kingswood Books | Anne Rockall Sherborne

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Pocock Rare Books | Grace Barham Shaftesbury

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Stour Bookshop | Tony Butler Sturminster Newton

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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.

This Way Books, Joss Mullinger
Specialists in local history publications, printed ephemera and historical maps.

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