York New Year

13th Jan 2024

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

Please scroll down to see the two-page floor plan and exhibitor list.

Key Details

Time & Date 13th January 2024, 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

There is 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.

Performance - a detective novel

Douglas Clark

Gollancz

£30.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Christopher Shakespeare - the man behind the plays...

Malcolm Elliott-SIGNED 1st

The book guild

£25.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Original watercolours, c1850.

Charles Kingsley's Birth Place

£195.00

Offered by Ken Spelman Books Ltd

Signed original watercolour and ink illustration

Stanley T Chaplin

Original artwork

£395.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Byron's Letters & Journals

Leslie Marchand (ed.)

John Murray

£145.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Once on a Time

Milne, A. A.

Hodder and Stoughton

£45.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

Wordsworth, William

SPCK

£150.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Private Peaceful - signed copy

Morpurgo, Michael

Egmont

£50.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Girl and the Faun

Phillpotts, Eden (illus Frank Brangwyn)

J.P. Lippincot

£60.00

Offered by Missing Books

A Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Pr...

LUCKOMBE, Philip

London: Printed and Sold by W. Adlard and J. Browne in Fleet Street

£525.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN PICTURES. Die Musik in funf...

REEVES. WILLIAM. Publishes.

William Reeves. London.

£675.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

54 Original Programmes (1963-1978)

THE NATIONAL THEATRE; [BRIGGS, Kenneth; CHENNELLS, Susan and BIRD, Richard (graphic designers)]

London: National Theatre

£195.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Wood Beyond the World

MORRIS, William; [BENNETT, Arnold]

London: Lawrence and Bullen

£125.00

Offered by Quair Books

What Hetty Did or Life and Letters - signed copy

Carr, J. L.

Quince Tree Press

£60.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Ulick and Soracha - signed, limited edition

Moore, George

Nonesuch Press,

£60.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Picturesque Illustrations to the Isle of Wight

Thmas Barber

Simpkin & Marshall

£95.00

Offered by David Whittaker

The Gold-Headed Cane

William Macmichael

Murray

£70.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Engravings of Well-Known Views in the Isle of Wigh...

George Brannon

Brannon

£95.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Domestic Architecture: Being a Series of Designs f...

Francis Goodwin

Bohn

£120.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Syria, The Holy Land, & Asia Minor

John Carne

Fisher & Co

£150.00

Offered by David Whittaker

Rural Architecture: Being a Series of Designs for...

P. F. Robinson

Carpenter

£130.00

Offered by David Whittaker

The History of the Isle of Wight

Richard Worsley

Hamilton

£250.00

Offered by David Whittaker

The Letters of Edward FitzGerald

A. M. Terhune (ed.)

Princeton

£125.00

Offered by David Whittaker

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin including a...

Darwin, Charles Darwin, Francis (Edited by)

John Murray

£350.00

Offered by David Ford 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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Neil Summersgill | Neil Summersgill Blackburn

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Neil Ewart | Neil Ewart Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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Northern Herald Books | Robert Jones Brighouse

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Nicholas Daly Books | Nicholas Daly York

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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

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

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