York National

Name: York National
Start: 2025-09-12T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-13T17:00:00+01:00
Location: York National

12th Sep 2025, 13th Sep 2025

Event Information

From modest beginnings with just 20 exhibitors at the White Swan Inn in York in 1974, the York National Book Fair has grown into the largest, and many say friendliest, rare, antiquarian & out-of-print book fair in the UK and Europe.

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.
Please scroll to the bottom of the page for the full exhibitor list and floor plans.

BAGS & SECURITY:
• Please note that in the interests of security we regret that no bags (apart from small handbags), or overcoats etc, are allowed into the book fair. These can be checked (free of charge) into the cloakroom.
• All books purchased at the fair are sealed in bags with security stickers and will be checked by the security staff on leaving the book fair.
• Any small bags taken into the fair may be searched upon entry and exit. Your co-operation is much appreciated.
• No books are allowed to be brought by visitors into the fair.

DOGS:
• No dogs, apart from assistance dogs, are allowed into the fair.

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

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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

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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.

Directory 1979

Clarke, John Cooper

Omnibus Press

£550.00

Offered by Green Ink Booksellers

Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt

Clarke, John Cooper

Arena Arrow

£650.00

Offered by Green Ink Booksellers

Holloway Jingles

Women's Suffrage: JOHN, Nancy A (editor)

Glasgow Branch of the W.S.P.U.

£4000.00

Offered by York Modern Books

Wirral Railway. New Brighton - Birkenhead Park

LMS, Euston

£250.00

Offered by The Book House

Chinese Labour Record of Service

South Africa: Rose Deep Limited

No Publisher

£3000.00

Offered by York Modern Books

The Search for Silver: Cornish Miners in Mexico 1...

Todd, A. C:

The Lodenek Press, Padstow, Cornwall

£45.00

Offered by The Book House

The British Shipbuilding Industry, 1870-1914

Sidney Pollard and Paul Robertson

Harvard University Press

£35.00

Offered by The Book House

Science Primers: Astronomy

LOCKYER, Norman J., [Beatrix Potter]

Macmillan and Co.

£3500.00

Offered by York Modern Books

The Pleasant History of Lazarillo de Tormes. Drawn...

GREGYNOG PRESS. DAVIES (Gareth Alban) Editor.

Newtown: Gwasg Gregynog,

£190.00

Offered by Forest Books

Procreant Hymn

Eric Mathers

Old Stile Press

£995.00

Offered by Pete Fry