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.

Kit’s Woman: A Cornish Idyll.

ELLIS, Mrs Havelock [née LEES, Edith Mary Oldham]; [THOMAS, Antony Charles].

London: Alston Rivers, Ltd.

£275.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Laughter of Peterkin: A retelling of old tales...

“MACLEOD, Fiona” (William SHARP); SHARP, Mrs William (Elizabeth A. Sharp); [HILL, Ernest F.]

London: William Heinemann Ltd

£150.00

Offered by Quair Books

UNDER WESTERN EYES.

CONRAD. JOSEPH.

Methuen & Co. Ltd. London.

£650.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The Fellowship of the Ring...

TOLKIEN. J. R. R.

George Allen & Unwin. London.

£1350.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Harunobu Und Die Künstler Seiner Zeit

Harunobu, Suzuki and text by Lubor Hájek

Artia - Parag

£75.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Sound Intentions: The Workings of Rhyme in Ninetee...

McDonald, Peter

Oxford University Press

£45.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Novels of Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility (...

AUSTEN, Jane; [OSGOOD, Irène]; [UNITED DOMINIONS TRUST LTD].

Edinburgh: John Grant

£275.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Dark is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone...

Cooper, Susan

Folio Society

£500.00

Offered by C L Hawley

RARE MAP OF YORKSHIRE

CHARLES FOWLER

Charles Fowler

£2500.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

Helen

Heyer, Georgette

Longmans, Green and Co.,

£150.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Jude the Obscure - first edition

Hardy, Thomas

Osgood, McIlvaine and Co,

£150.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Remains of Henry Kirke White of Nottingham, la...

Southey, Robert

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green

£75.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Fallen Angels (Signed copy)

Vettriano, Jack

Pavilion Books

£100.00

Offered by Missing Books

Passages from the Modern English Poets Illustrated...

Various

William Tegg

£350.00

Offered by Yardley Books

A West-India Fortune with an Essay by Isaiah Berli...

Richard Pares

Longmans, Green and Co

£250.00

Offered by Books Written By

The History of the Union of Great Britain

Daniel Defoe

Published by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty

£1500.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

MERCATOR WORLD ATLAS C1637 EDITION 180 MAPS

GERARD MERCATOR

£8995.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

George Mackley Wood Engraver

Green, Lewis H. (editor)

Gresham Publishing

£65.00

Offered by Missing Books

Manuscript relating to Mr Thompson, of Eastwood. 1...

EASTWOOD, Nottinghamshire.

£95.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Paul Nash

Andrew Causey

Clarendon Press, Oxford

£148.00

Offered by Yardley Books

The Sistine Chapel Walls and the Roman Liturgy

Carol F Lewine

The Pennsylvania State University Press

£38.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Geoffrey Clarke Sculptor: Catalogue Raisonne

Judith Legrove

Pangolin

£48.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Katharine Church 1910-1999 : A Life in Colour The...

John Duncalfe

Tillington Press

£55.00

Offered by Yardley Books

John Constable and David Lucas

Leslie Parris

Sallander -O'Reilly Galleries Inc, New York

£22.00

Offered by Yardley 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

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