Event Information

The Topsham Book Fair, formerly the Exeter 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 January, August and November - 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 26th November 2023, 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 Sunday

Train

Nearest station Topsham; regular service from Exeter St David's & Exeter St Thomas

Bus

On bus routes from Exeter and Exeter/Sidmouth

Driving

M5 - Junction 30 - 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.

Down the Bright Stream. First Edition.

'BB' D.J. Watkins-Pitchford

Eyre & Spottiswoode

£85.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

The Little Grey Men. First Edition.

'B B'

Eyre & Spottiswoode

£75.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

West Bromwich Albion . The First Hundred Years

G A Willmore

Hale

£8.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

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

[Directory].

Sidmouth, Charles Culverwell

£450.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

FLORA OF DEVON. PHANEROGAMS, VASCULAR CRYPTOGAMS,...

Rev. W. Keble Martin and Gordon T. Fraser (Edited by).

Arbroath, T. Buncle & Co. Ltd.

£45.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

NOTES ON THE CHASE OF THE WILD RED DEER IN THE COU...

Charles Palk Collyns.

London, Lawrence and Bullen

£125.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

A BOOK OF THE SOUTH WEST. PRINTED FOR THE SEVENTY-...

Anon.

Exeter, William Pollard

£75.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

DEVON AND EXETER IN THE CIVIL WAR.

Eugene A. Andriette.

David & Charles, Newton Abbot

£25.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

EXETER CATHEDRAL AND ITS RESTORATION.

Thomas B. Worth.

Exeter: Printed for the author by William Pollard

£175.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

THE BUILDING OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PETER...

Herbert E. Bishop and Edith K. Prideaux.

Exeter: James G. Commin

£50.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

BOSSES & CORBELS OF EXETER CATHEDRAL. AN ILLUSTRAT...

E. K. Prideaux and G. R. Holt Shafto.

Exeter, James G. Commin

£45.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

REMINISCENCES OF EXETER FIFTY YEARS SINCE.

James Cossins

Exeter: Printed for the AUthor, by William Pollard

£30.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

MEMOIRS OF A SMUGGLER, COMPILED FROM HIS DIARY AND...

[John Rattenbury].

Sidmouth: printed, published and sold by J. Harvey

£350.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

COLLECTIONS TOWARDS A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY OF...

Sir John-William de la Pole, Bart. of Shute, &c. in Devonshire.

London, Printed by J. Nichols

£450.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

Puppets in Yorkshire

Walter Wilkinson

Geoffrey Bles

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Puppets through Lancashire

Walter Wilkinson

Geoffrey Bles

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Puppets into Scotland

Walter Wilkinson

Geoffrey Bles

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

A Sussex Peep-Show

Walter Wilkinson

Geoffrey Bles

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Vagabonds and Puppets

Walter Wilkinson

Geoffrey Bles

£12.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

'Shell Guide' North Yorkshire. A Guide

Peter Burton

Michael Russell

£20.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Albert 'Arold and Others

Marriott Edgar

Francis Day & Hunter

£6.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

More 'Istory According to Albert 'Igginbottom

G H Goodwin

Francis Day & Hunter

£6.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

'Istory According to Albert 'Igginbottom

G H Goodwin

Francis Day & Hunter

£6.00

Offered by Colin Baker Books for the Collector

Diggory Goes to Never-Never

Myfanwy Evans / Margaret Tempest

Collins

£38.00

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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Kingsbridge Books | Paul Davies Kingsbridge

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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.

Geoff Wilson
Local author.

Contact:

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

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