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.

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

H N Williams

Hutchinson & Co

£400.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Oeuvres Completes de Moliere

Moliere

E Dentu

£180.00

Offered by RMJ Books

1767 - Education for Young Girls - by a lady.

LE PRINCE DE BEAUMONT, Jeanne-Marie.

£140.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

1882 - A Photographic Study

BRUNS, William.

£295.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Le Roman Comique Riviere Binding by P Scarron

Paul Scarron

Alphonso Lemerre

Reserved

Offered by RMJ Books

The Imray Pocket Edition of Ossian's Poems by J Ma...

Author and Editor J Macpherson

J Imray

£125.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Traite des Couleurs pour la Peintre en Email et su...

D'Arclais de Montamy

Chez G Cavelier, Paris

£95.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Abrege de l'histoire Grecque

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Chez Nyon, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, a l'Occasion.

£100.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Slavery of Our Times by Tolstoy

L Tolstoy

The Free Age Press

£45.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Mercure Francois, ou suitte de l'histoire de l'aug...

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Edited by Richer, published by Alexandre de la Fontaine

£725.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Descripcion geografica, politica, militar, civil y...

Don Vicente Antonio Roger y Coma

Miguel de Burgos, Madrid

£225.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Contes Moraux de J Marmontel

J. F. Marmontel

Chez Merlin, Libraire, ruefully de la Harpe, a S.Joseph, Paris

£135.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety

'Written by the author of The Whole Duty of Man'

Printed by Richard Norton for Robert Pawlett at the Sign of the Bible in Chancery Lane near Fleetstreet

£450.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Histoire de l'Empire de Turquie, depuis son Origin...

M H Lemaire

£250.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Common Prayer and Proper Lessons

Printer S Collingwood Oxford printer to the University

Sold by E Gardner, Oxford Bible Warehouse, and G B Whittaker, London

£200.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Arnold's Modern History by Thomas Arnold

Thomas Arnold

Longmans

£125.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae Secundum Missale & Bre...

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Venetiis Apud Nicolaum Pezzana

£375.00

Offered by RMJ Books

South Western France from the Loire and the Rhone...

Karl Baedeker

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker

£25.00

Offered by RMJ Books

The Three Books of the Potter's Art

Cipriano Piccolpasso

Scolar Press

£135.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Listening for the Drums (Association Copy Kipling...

General Sir Ian Hamilton

Faber and Faber

£500.00

Offered by RMJ Books

With Kitchener to Khartum

G W Steevens

Blackwood

£20.00

Offered by RMJ Books

A Halifax Cider Jar

Graham Mort

Yorkshire Art Circus

£48.00

Offered by RMJ Books

Fallback item for books

A Discourse Concerning the Doctrine of Christ's Sa...

Edward Stillingfleet, Lord Bishop of Worcester

Henry Mortlock at the Phoenix in St. Paul's Churchyard

£120.00

Offered by RMJ Books

De Veritate Religionis Christianae , bound with An...

Hugo Grotius

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

£90.00

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

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Delph Books | Frank Lamb Manchester

10

David Whittaker | David Whittaker Chipping Norton

119

Daniel Ahern | Daniel Ahern Tidworth

16

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Neil Ewart | Neil Ewart Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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Pablo Butcher | Pablo Butcher Dorchester on Thames

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Peter Hill | Peter Hill Emsworth

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Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

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Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

710

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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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Membership of the PBFA is open to anyone who has been trading in antiquarian and second-hand books for a minimum of two years subject to certain criteria.

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