York New Year 2026

10th Jan 2026

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Event Information

The York New Year Book Fair is an established and friendly event.  With around 100 dealers from all over the country, situated on just one floor, the fair offers a rich and delicious variety of choice for anyone interested in books. Thousands of second-hand, antiquarian and rare items will be on offer from all areas of fiction and non-fiction, along with related ephemera. There are prices to suit all pockets. 

There is also a café at the fair, open all day, which offers hot and cold refreshments.

There are excellent parking facilities at The Knavesmire.  For those travelling by train, or who wish to make use of public transport, there is a free bus service running from the Memorial Gardens, adjacent to the railway station, to the book fair all day long.  The buses leave the Memorial Gardens and The Knavesmire every thirty minutes.

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Key Details

Time & Date 10th January 2026, 10:30 - 16:30

Venue The Knavesmire Suite, York Racecourse, York, YO23 1EX

Organisers Ken Spelman Books Tel: 07960 350909 Email: kenspelmanbooks@gmail.com
Janette Ray. Rare & Out of Print Books Tel: 01904 623088 Email: books@janetteray.co.uk
Lucius Books Tel: 01904 640111 Email: info@luciusbooks.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Parking

There is plenty of free parking on site.

Train

York, just over a mile away.

Bus

There will be a free shuttle bus running regularly from the Memorial Gardens, adjacent to the railway station, to the book fair.

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.

THE BOOK OF THE FIRE BRIGADE. A record of Fire-Fig...

HAYDON. A. L.

The Pilgrim Press. London. No date. 1912

£200.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

POETICAL WORKS.

ARNOLD. MATTHEW.

Macmillan and Co, Limited. London. 1903

£425.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE DAYS OF QUEEN MARY. Or, Annals of Her Reign; C...

FORE EDGE PAINTING. ; ANON (STOKES. GEORGE).

The Religious Tract Society. London. No date. Circa 1865

£475.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE DARK EDEN TRILOGY- 3 firsts, all SIGNED

CHRIS BECKETT

CORVUS

£250.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

The THROAT

PETER STRAUB

HARPERCOLLINS. London

£35.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

A YOUNG GIRL'S TOUCH

BARBARA SKELTON

Weidenfeld & Nicholson

£250.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

the Knapsack (Variant binding)

Herbert Reid (edits)

Routledge. London

£195.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Emerson's Complete Works in 11 Volumes

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Riverside

£375.00

Offered by Books Written By

THE THREE MUSKETEERS.

DUMAS. ALEXANDRE. ; Wheelwright. Roland. Illustrates.

George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. London.

£475.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

POEMS. Illustrations by Robert Anning Bell and int...

KEATS. JOHN. ; BELL. ROBERT ANNING. Illustrates.

George Bell & Sons. London.

£425.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE - DAME. A New Edition.

HUGO. VICTOR.

Chapman and Hall. London. 1879.

£750.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books, Six Volumes Bo...

Caldecott, Randolph

George Routledge & Sons

£150.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Harrow and Harvest

Willard, Barbara

E. P. Dutton,

£17.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, HarperCollins miniature b...

J.R.R. Tolkien

HarperCollins Publishers, London

£120.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

Kokushi Daijiten [國史大辭典] – The Great Historic...

Hayashi Yū 早川 純 ・ Sugiura Kuni 萩野 由 八 (共同編集)

Yoshikawa Kōbunkan [吉川弘文館]

£500.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

Unique NASA Astronaut Correspondence Archive, 1963...

NASA

NASA

£1500.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

A Treatise on Forest-Trees - 1775.

BOUTCHER, WILLIAM.

£295.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

New Improvements of Planting and Gardening - 1724

BRADLEY, Richard.

£395.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Le Morte D'arthur

Sir Thomas Malory

Studio Editions

£50.00

Offered by Books Written By

The Taxidermist's Manual - 1860

Brown, Captain Thomas.

£120.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Early Works 1970-1974

Mapplethorpe, Robert

Robert Miller

£100.00

Offered by Missing Books

Poems of the Pillow and other stories by Utamro, H...

Calza, Gian Carlo

Phaidon

£85.00

Offered by Missing Books

Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; or graphical s...

Clarke, Charles

John Booth

£600.00

Offered by Missing Books

Autumn Midnight.

CORNFORD, Frances; GILL, Eric (illusrater); [HILL, Ernest & Catherine].

London/ Ditchling: The Poetry Bookshop/ S. Dominic’s Press.

£125.00

Offered by Quair 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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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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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.

R F Shipping Ltd

Contact:

Telephone: 0203 002 6026
Address

Wow Acton, Unit 5, Wendover Court
Western Avenue
London
W3 0TG

Resources

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