York National
12th Sep 2025, 13th Sep 2025
Event Information
At the fair, you will find books over 500 years old, be able to review copies of recently published works, and everything in between. The book fair will take place at York Racecourse. This venue is very easy to reach - there is unlimited free parking, and also a free shuttle bus from the Railway Station (Memorial Gardens) to the fair every 20 minutes.
Do also visit the fair's website, www.yorkbookfair.com where you can find more fair details, including an interactive floor plan.
Who Will Enjoy The Fair?
Anyone interested in books and reading. This is not just a Fair for dealers, but is open to everyone young and old, and a great place to start collecting. With over 100,000 books for sale, where else can you look at, touch, enjoy, and purchase so many rarities under one roof. If you are already a collector then attending the York National Book Fair is a great opportunity to meet new dealers in your area.
Books, Prints, Maps & Ephemera
Held over two days, over 150 of this country's leading booksellers offer for sale a breath-taking diversity of books, as well as posters, ephemera, manuscripts, maps & prints, ranging in price from just a few pounds up to tens of thousands of pounds. This year we also welcome a number of dealers from overseas.
Refreshments: Light refreshments available in café.
Key Details
Time & Date 12th September 2025, 12:00 - 19:00 13th September 2025, 10:00 - 17:00
Venue The Knavesmire Suite, York Racecourse, York, YO23 1EX
Website https://yorkbookfair.com/
Organisers
James Hallgate
Tel: 01904 640111
Email: james@luciusbooks.com
Monica Polisca
Tel: 01904 640111
Email: monica@luciusbooks.com
Janette Ray
Tel: 01904 623088
Email: books@janetteray.co.uk
Tony Fothergill, Ken Spelman Books Ltd
Tel: 07960 350909
Email: kenspelmanbooks@gmail.com
Ticket Information
Admission £ 2.00
Travel Information
Parking
Free, at the venue
Train
York station, just over a mile away
Bus
Free shuttle bus from and to York railway station (Memorial Gardens)
Driving
A1(M), J1
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.
AN INTRODUCTION TO NIGERIAN TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTU...
Dmochowski Z R
Ethnographica with The National Commission for Museums & Monuments
£225.00
Offered by Yesterday's Books
POEMS 1923 - 24 FIRST PRINTING OF 4 OF HER POEMS
Gibbons, Stella
Basil Blackwell, Oxford
£40.00
Offered by Yesterday's Books
1916-1918 A WAR DIARY - FIRST EDITION
Adams, Herbert Mayow
Ebenezer Baylis, Worcester
£125.00
Offered by Yesterday's Books
CIDER WITH ROSIE - SIGNED WITH 2 HAND-WRITTEN, SIG...
Lee, Laurie
Penguin
£70.00
Offered by Yesterday's Books
HISTORY AS AN ART - SIGNED, NUMBERED EDITION
Russell, Bertrand
The Hand and Flower Press, Aldington, Kent
£375.00
Offered by Yesterday's Books
THE REFORMING OF DANGEROUS AND USELESS HORSES - FI...
Rimington, Lieutenant Mike
Gale & Polden
£20.00
Offered by Yesterday's Books
Burlington Blue-Grey - A History of the Slate Quar...
R. Stanley Geddes
Published by the author
£30.00
Offered by The Book House
Consett Iron 1840 to 1980 - A Study in Industrial...
Kenneth Warren
Clarendon Press at Oxford
£35.00
Offered by The Book House
The British Brewing Industry 1830-1980
T. R. Gourvish & R. G. Wilson
Cambridge University Press
£50.00
Offered by The Book House
INDIAN STUD BOOK
INDIAN STUD
ROYAL WESTERN INDIA TURF CLUB
£95.00
Offered by Claremont Books and Prints
THE WINCHESTER EDITION C12 VOLUMES C1911
JANE AUSTEN
JOHN GRANT
£750.00
Offered by Claremont Books and Prints
LARGE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES
J WALKER
WALKER
£1250.00
Offered by Claremont Books and Prints
An History of Fungusses, Growing about Halifax.
BOLTON (James)
Halifax [& Huddersfield]: Printed for the Author, and Sold in Halifax by Him...
£2500.00
Offered by Forest Books
A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture -...
Bill Fawcett
North Eastern Railway Association
£95.00
Offered by The Book House
Alfred Yarrow - His Life and Work
Compiled by Eleanor C. Barnes (Lady Yarrow)
Edward Arnold
£35.00
Offered by The Book House
THE SNOW QUEEN.
ANDERSEN. HANS. ; PYM. T (Pseudonym for Clara Creed). Illustrates.
Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. London.
£200.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
The Civil Engineering of Canals and Railways befor...
Mike Chrimes (Editor)
Ashgate
£45.00
Offered by The Book House
A North Lancashire Railway Album - from the camera...
Leslie R. Gilpin
Cumbrian Railways Association
£15.00
Offered by The Book House
Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines an...
John Elliott & Derek Charlton
Chilton Iron Works
£20.00
Offered by The Book House
A CHRONICLE OF ENGLAND. B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485. The d...
DOYLE. JAMES. E.
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green. London.
£850.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire By W. Chambers Lefr...
W. Chambers Lefroy
Seeley Jackson & Halliday
£325.00
Offered by Neil Summersgill
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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Adrian Harrington - also trading as Hall's Bookshop | Adrian Harrington Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells
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Rainford & Parris | Philip & Helen Parris, and Justin Rainford Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
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Resources
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