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.

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

GEOLOGY OF WEYMOUTH AND THE ISLAND OF PORTLAND, WI...

Robert Damon.

Edward Stanford,

£75.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

A City of Bells

Elizabeth Goudge

Duckworth

£18.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

A Mathematician's Apology.

G H Hardy

Cambridge University Press.

£15.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

PROCEEDINGS OF THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY & ANTIQU...

Various

DNHAF

£50.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

THE OLD ROADS OF DORSET

Ronald Good

Longmans of Dorchester

£25.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

SOME DORSET MANOR HOUSES: WITH THEIR LITERARY AND...

Sidney Heath and W. De C. Prideaux.

London, Bemrose and Sons Limited,

£100.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

A SAILING GUIDE TO THE SOLENT AND POOLE HARBOUR. W...

Lieut.-Colonel T. G.Cuthwell.

London, L. Upcott Gill

£25.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

THE FLORA OF DORSETSHIRE, WITH A SKETCH OF THE TOP...

John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell.

Dorchester, "Dorset County Chronicle" Printing works, printed for private circulation only

£60.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

BLACK'S GUIDE TO DORSETSHIRE.

[Black's Guide]

Adam and Charles Black

£10.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

TALLY HO! RUNS AND SPORTING NOTES FROM DORSETSHIRE...

The late Henry Symonds, of Gorwell & Milborne St. Andrew.

Blandford, Edward Derham, printer, etc..,

£30.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

LATE LYRICS AND EARLIER WITH MANY VERSES.

Thomas Hardy.

Macmillan and Co. Limited,

£30.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MONUMENTS ENGLAND....

Anon

Her Majesty's Stationery Office,

£100.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

The Prince of Wales' Eastern Book.

None credited

Hodder & Stoughton - For St. Dunstan's

£25.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Japanese Porcelain

Egan Mew

T.C and E.C. Jack

£14.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Stories of Indian Gods and Heroes.

W D Monro M.A.

George G Harrap & Company

£38.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Rural Water Supply. A practical Handbook on the su...

Allan Greenwell and W T Curry

Crosby Lockwood and Son

£30.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Long Whip . The Story of a Great Husky

Jane B Walden and Stuart D L Paine.

Chapman and Hall

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The History of Edward Latymer and His Foundations

Wm Wheatley M.A.

Cambridge University Press.

£15.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

War Paint. A Story of Adventure First Edition.

F V Morley

Faber and Faber

£42.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Cross-Channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers.

Frank Burtt

Richard Tilling

£25.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

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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