Event Information

The Topsham Book Fair is located in the pleasant historic seaport of Topsham and is now the only PBFA book fair in Devon. It is held three times a year - in April, August and November this year - and regularly attracts a good number of traders who fill the hall.  

A full range of second-hand, rare and antiquarian books, ephemera, maps and prints are on sale from the more modest to the highly collectable and expensive.

Lunches, snacks, tea, coffee and soft drinks are available.

Key Details

Time & Date 14th April 2024, 10:30 - 16:00

Venue Matthews Hall, Fore Street, Topsham, Exeter, Devon, EX3 0HF

Organisers Graham York Tel: 01404 41727 Email: books@gyork.co.uk

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Parking

Next to Hall (paying), Holman Way next to railway (paying), off street parking free on Sundays.

Train

Nearest station Topsham, 5 mins walk from venue. Regular service from Exeter St David's & Exeter St Thomas.

Bus

On bus routes from Exeter and Exeter/Sidmouth.

Driving

M5, J30 - follow signs for Topsham from Exeter City Centre B3179.

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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 Seven Dials Mystery

Agatha Christie

W Collins Sons & Co Ltd

£48.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The House The Hardy Brothers Built - LIMITED EDITI...

James Leighton Hardy

The Flyfishers Classic Library

£125.00

Offered by Malcolm Orchard

A Discourse on the Moral Influence of Rail-Roads S...

L F Dimmick

Charles Whipple

£100.00

Offered by Malcolm Orchard

The Art of Good Living. A Contribution to the bett...

Andre L Simon

Constable

£25.00

Offered by Malcolm Orchard

THE SIDMOUTH DIRECTORY AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. 6TH...

[Directory].

Sidmouth, Charles Culverwell

£450.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

A Series of Views of the Collieries in the Countie...

T H Hair

David & Charles reprints

£60.00

Offered by Topeka Books

JEP - Le Jouet de Paris 1902-1968

Clive Lamming

Adrien Maeght

£250.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The World of Tomorrow - The 1939 New York World's...

Larry Zim, Mel Lerner & Herbert Rolfes

Harper & Row

£45.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Swallows and Amazons

Arthur Ransome

Jonathan Cape

£750.00

Offered by Topeka Books

A Road to Fairyland

Erica Fay

Putnam's

£500.00

Offered by Topeka Books

A Printer's Christmas Books

Brooke Crutchley

Cambridge

£45.00

Offered by Topeka Books

THE HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE. IN THREE VOLUMES.

The Reverend Richard Polwhele, of Polwhele in Cornwall, and late of Christ-Church, Oxford.

Exeter, printed by Trewman and Son, for Cadell, Johnson, and Dilly, London

£1350.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

MISMANAGEMENT of the WAR WITH RUSSIA

[Broadside].

Norton, Printer (Gutta Percha Depot) St. Sidwell's, Exeter.

£165.00

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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Kingswood Books | Anne Rockall Sherborne

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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.

Design for Today, Joe Pearson

Contact:

Telephone: 07515 881746
Address

30 Victoria Road
Topsham
Exeter
Devon
EX3 0EU

Keith Stevens
I sell new and second hand local history books on Devon and Exeter. Books from the Mint Press written by local historian Dr Todd Gray including his new book just published 26th Oct 2023 "Exeter’s Lost Buildings". "Destruction 1800-1899" and various books from Devon and Cornwall Record Society including their book "The Exeter Cloth Despatch Book".

Contact: Stevens Books

Telephone: 07900 915469
Address

Taddyforde House South
Taddyforde Estate
Exeter
EX4 4AT

Resources

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