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York New Year Book Fair

14th Jan 2023

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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. 

Please scroll to the bottom to see a link to the floor plan.

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 to the book fair all day long.  The buses leave the Memorial Gardens and The Knavesmire every thirty minutes.

Key Details

Time & Date 14th January 2023, 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 and 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

Plenty of free parking on site

Train

York, just over a mile away

Bus

From town centre. There will also be a FREE SHUTTLE BUS RUNNING REGULARLY FROM THE MEMORIAL GARDENS 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.

Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

Roberts, John Stuart

Richard Cohen Books

£16.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy...

Wilde, Oscar

Methuen

£80.00

Offered by C L Hawley

On the Beach

Shute, Nevil

William Heinemann

£50.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Office of Innocence - signed copy

Keneally, Thomas

2002

£30.00

Offered by C L Hawley

De Profundis

Wilde, Oscar

Methuen

£40.00

Offered by C L Hawley

John Carruthers, Indian Policeman

Cox, Edmund C.

Cassell and Company Limited,

£50.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Stories from the Faerie Queen

Lang, Jeanie

T. C. & E. C. Jack

£95.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Open-Air Nature Book: The Hedge, The Pond, The...

Westell, W. P. and H. E. Turner

J. M. Dent & Sons

£60.00

Offered by C L Hawley

An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the Co...

Blomefield, Francis Parkin, Charles Rev.

William Miller

£1100.00

Offered by David Ford Books

The Birds of Norfolk

Stevenson, Henry Southwell, Thomas

Gurney and Jackson

£285.00

Offered by David Ford Books

A suite of four large etched views, Near Hanwell,...

LAPORTE, John. 1812.

£120.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

ARMORIAL SHIELDS. An unusual collection of 13 eng...

ARMORIAL SHIELDS. c1790.

£160.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

The Temple Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations a...

HERBERT, George

£640.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Works of George Herbert 1. Life and Remains 2....

HERBERT, George

£95.00

Offered by RMJ Books

MANSION HOUSE DONCASTER 1751

JAMES PAINE

£5000.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

Of the Power of the Keyes : or of Binding and Loos...

[H Hammond]

£625.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Christ and the Spirit. Spirit-Christology in Trini...

Ralph de Colle

Oxford University Press

£75.00

Offered by Saltmarsh Books

Person in the World. Introduction to the Philosoph...

Mary Catherine Baseheart, S.C.N.

Kluwer Academic Publishers

£70.00

Offered by Saltmarsh Books

.Markham's Masterpiece also The Compleat Jockey

Gervase Markham

£2500.00

Offered by RMJ Books

French Signed Bindings in the Mortimer L. Schiff C...

SCHIFF (Mortimer L.)

New York: Privately Printed,

Reserved

Offered by Forest Books

The Hymn Tune Mystery

George A Birmingham

£60.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Weird Tales

E T W Hoffman

£150.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Debbie Go Home

Alan Paton

Cape

£35.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Calderdale, a descriptive account of the Streams f...

Rev. T. Ormerod

Lupton Bros.

£40.00

Offered by RMJ 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.

Exhibitors A-Z

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David Ford Books | David Ford Cley-next-the-Sea

37

Delph Books | Frank Lamb Manchester

11

D B Derbyshire Bookseller | David B Derbyshire Bacup

100

David Whittaker | David Whittaker Chipping Norton

133

Daker Books | Debbie James Kibworth

16

Daniel Ahern | Daniel Ahern Tidworth

16

Deep Neutral Books | Glenn Miller York

0

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Neil Summersgill | Neil Summersgill Blackburn

0

Neil Ewart | Neil Ewart Newcastle-upon-Tyne

0

Northern Herald Books | Robert Jones Brighouse

116

Nicholas Daly Books | Nicholas Daly York

0

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Pablo Butcher | Pablo Butcher Dorchester on Thames

0

Peter Harrington | Pom Harrington

4

Peter Hill | Peter Hill Emsworth

1

Picture This | Christopher Bailey & Pamela Fung Sunningdale

21

Paul Bostock Rare Books | Paul Bostock Matlock

94

Peter Foster Books | Peter Foster & Thais Brand Frome

62

Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

181

Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

789

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

0

Guest Exhibitors

We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.

Roo Waterhouse Art
Roo Waterhouse’s original and bespoke ‘Shelf Portrait’ oil paintings capture and celebrate treasured books. With themes such as classic literature; penguin paperbacks; natural history and childhood, Roo produces a wide range of Limited Edition prints; gifts & cards. Perfect for all bibliophiles!

Contact:

Telephone: 07905 889773
Address

Northlight Art Studios
Valley Road
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 6DG

Sky Duthie Rare Books

Contact: Sky Duthie

Telephone: 07445 221393
Address

17 Lowther Street
York

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