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.

Poems by Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti

Gresham Publishing Company

Reserved

Offered by RMJ Books

Under the Balkans. Notes of a Visit to the Distric...

Robert Jasper More

Henry S King

£950.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Life of Johnson, including Boswell's Journal for a...

Boswell

Oxford at the Clarendon Press

£450.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Life of Sidney, Earl of Godolphin K G, Lord Hi...

Hon. Hugh Elliot

Longmans

£40.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Japanese Woodblock Album

unknown

unknown

£365.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Life with the Esquimaux

Captain C. F. Hall

Sampson Low, Son and Marston

£1795.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

Batsford

£775.00

Offered by Pete Fry

A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British...

Rev. F. O. Morris

George Bell

£695.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Notes on Military Surveying and Reconnaissance

Lieut-Colonel Paterson

Trubner and Co.

£345.00

Offered by Pete Fry

An Account of the Culture and Use of the Mangel Wu...

Commerell

Charles Dilly

£675.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Song of Songs

Eric Gill

Golden Cockeral Press

£1280.00

Offered by Pete Fry

An Excursion to the Highlands of Scotland and the...

J. Mawman

J. Mawman

£775.00

Offered by Pete Fry

The Fire of the Altar: Or, Certain Directions how...

A Horneck

S Lowndes

£200.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Anglesey

Henry Rowlands

Aaron Rhames for Robert Owen, Dublin

£1275.00

Offered by Pete Fry

History of the British Expedition to Egypt

Lt. Col. R. T. Wilson

T. Egerton

£775.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Bowles' Post Chaise Companion (vol 1 only)

C Bowles

C Bowles

£350.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Crusader Castles

T. E. Lawrence

Golden Cockeral Press

£1725.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Divers Traitez de Paix conclus et signez a Munster...

.

Chez Adrian Moetjens

£150.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Young Mathematician's Guide by J Ward

J Ward

J Beecroft et al

£85.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Every Man his Own Gardener by J Abercrombie and no...

John Abercrombie

B Law et al.

£50.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne on Several S...

Sir Thomas Fitzosborne (William Melmoth)

R and J Dodsley in Pall Mall

£65.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Narrative of Events during the Invasion of Russia...

General Sir Robert Wilson

J Murray

£250.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Napoleon Warrior and Ruler by W Morris

W Morris

G P Putnam

£140.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Life and Letters of Admiral Sir Charles Napier...

H N Williams

Hutchinson & Co

£400.00

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.

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

44

Delph Books | Frank Lamb Manchester

9

D B Derbyshire Bookseller | David B Derbyshire Bacup

96

David Whittaker | David Whittaker Chipping Norton

114

Daniel Ahern | Daniel Ahern Tidworth

16

Deep Neutral Books | Glenn Miller York

3

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Neil Summersgill | Neil Summersgill Blackburn

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Neil Ewart | Neil Ewart Newcastle-upon-Tyne

0

Northern Herald Books | Robert Jones Brighouse

111

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

7

Picture This | Christopher Bailey & Pamela Fung Sunningdale

11

Paul Bostock Rare Books | Paul Bostock Winster

74

Peter Foster Books | Peter Foster & Thais Brand Frome

55

Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

213

Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

710

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Veronica Watts | Veronica Watts Cranleigh

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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.

Roo Waterhouse Art
Celebrate your life in books with a bespoke 'Shelf Portrait'. Roo Waterhouse’s detailed oil paintings of treasured and iconic books build up a portrait to resonate with your stories and reflect your life and passions. Rather like Desert Island Discs... Which books would you choose?

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

Resources

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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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