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 14th October 2023, 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.

A History of East and West Looe. Signed copy.

John Keast

Phillimore

£28.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Vortex

Noel Coward

Ernest Benn

£24.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Bells and Grass. A Book of Rhymes

Walter de la Mare / Rowland Emett

Faber and Faber.

£9.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

A History of the Countryside. A Puffin Picture Boo...

Margaret and Alexander Potter

Puffin Picture Books

£7.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Living Pictures. A Puffin Picture Book.

John Maddison

Puffin Picture Books

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Arabs. A Puffin Picture Book.

R B Serjeant and Edward Bawden

Puffin Picture Books

£18.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

County Town. Backs and Fronts in Kennelsford.

Lynton Lamb

Eyre & Spottiswoode

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Fireworks and Fetes. A Puffin Picture Book.

Alan St H Brock and Webster Murray

Puffin

£10.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Clothes We Wear. A Puffin Picture Book.

Jack Townend

Puffin

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The New Illustration. From the Ground-Breaking Exh...

Jill Bossert Editor

Madison Square Press

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

John Piper and Stained Glass

June Osborne

Sutton Publishing

£30.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Complete Graphic Work of Paul Nash

Alexander Postan

Secker and Warburg

£30.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Jean Cocteau

Patrick Mauries

Thames and Hudson

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

James Rosenquist The Early Pictures 1961-1964

Judith Goldman

Gagosian Gallery .Rizzoli N Y.

£14.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

First Diasporist Manifesto

R B Kitaj

Thames and Hudson

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Paul Nash

Emma Chambers Editor

Tate Publishing

£18.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

'Shall We Join The Ladies ?' Wood Engravings.

Betty Clark Editor

Studio One Gallery Oxford

£48.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Velvet Years 1966-67 Warhol's Factory

Lynne Tillman

Pavilion

£25.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Wood Engraving & The Woodcut In Britain c 1890-199...

James Hamilton

Barrie & Jenkins

£32.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Artists at Curwen

Pat Gilmour

Tate Gallery

£10.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The East Kent Railway 2Volumes

M Lawson Finch & S R Garrett.

The Oakwood Press Oxford

£25.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Teign Valley Line GWR

Peter Kay

Wild Swan

£35.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Midland & South Western Junction Railway.

T B Sands

The Oakwood Press Oxford.

£7.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Bogie Carriages of the London, Brighton & South Co...

David Gould

The Oakwood Press Oxford.

£14.00

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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Daniel Ahern | Daniel Ahern Tidworth

16

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Helen Deighton | Helen Deighton Sturminster Newton

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Karen Jakobsen Art and Design Books | Karen Jakobsen Sturminster Newton

8

Kingsbridge Books | Paul Davies Kingsbridge

251

Kingswood Books | Anne Rockall Sherborne

16

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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.

Contact:

Address

5 Parsons Gate
Ansford
Castle Cary
Somerset
BA7 7JS

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