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.

Across the Burning Sand. Inscribed by the Author.

Alison J Bielski

Gwasg Gomer with the support of the Welsh Arts Council.

£15.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

FRANCIS BACON

Dawn Ades and Andrew Forge

Thames and Hudson

£28.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Figurabile FRANCIS BACON

Achille Bonito Oliva (Editor)

Electa Milano

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Francis Bacon

Lawrence Gowing and Sam Hunter

Thames and Hudson

£28.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Peak Scenery or Excursions in Derbyshire . Made ch...

E Rhodes

Longman , Hurst,Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster - Row, and John Murray etc

£200.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Heiress. A Play. Special Film Edition. Signed...

Ruth and Augustus Goetz (Henry James)

Reinhardt & Evans Ltd London.

£48.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Lady Tabitha and Us

Kathleen Ainslie

Castell Brothers Ltd London.

£95.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Shooting – Moor and Marsh

Lord Walsingham

Longmans, Green and Co.

£20.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The Modern Motor Car

Shell-Mex and BP

Shell-Mex and BP

£48.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Norwich Cathedral – at the End of the Eighteenth C...

John Adey Repton

Gregg Press

£40.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The Modern Light Aeroplane

Shell-Mex and BP

Shell-Mex and BP

£80.00

Offered by Topeka Books

British Government in India – The Story of the Vic...

The Marquis Curzon of Kedleston KG

Cassell and Company

£60.00

Offered by Topeka Books

British Air Forces: The Royal Air Force and Fleet...

Illustrated London News

Illustrated London News

£25.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The Letters of Queen Victoria

Arthur Christopher Benson et al

John Murray

£120.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The Prince and The Pauper

Mark Twain

Chatto & Windus

£60.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Tim's Last Voyage

Edward Ardizzone

Oxford University Press

£32.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Tim All Alone

Edward Ardizzone

Oxford University Press

£75.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Confessions of a Thug

Captain Meadows Taylor

Richard Bentley

£400.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The Rupert Annual

Alfred Bestall

Daily Express

£65.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The Modern Rake’s Progress

Rebecca West and David Low

Hutchinson

£45.00

Offered by Topeka Books

India and Its Native Princes - Travels in Central...

Louis Rousselet

Bickers & Son

£250.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The Story of The Munsters

Mrs Victor Rickard

Hodder and Stoughton

£120.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Death Is No Sportsman

Cyril Hare

Faber & Faber

£75.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Crome Yellow

Aldous Huxley

Chatto & Windus

£150.00

Offered by Topeka 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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Resources

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