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.

Ecclesiastes, Or the Preacher.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS; HUGHES-STANTON, Blair

Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press

£550.00

Offered by Quair Books

Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli.

FIRBANK, Ronald; SHANNON, Charles (DJ portrait); JOHN, Augustus (frontispiece portrait)

London: Grant Richards Ltd

£275.00

Offered by Quair Books

Rock Climbing in North Wales

George and Ashley Abraham

Abraham

£295.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Le Lever de Ouvrieres en Lingne and le Crucher de...

D. Bosio

Studio Bibliografico

£575.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

Sir Walter Scott

John Murray

£1795.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Derriere Le Miroir

Francis Bacon

Galerie Maeght

£475.00

Offered by David Maynard

Soho Jazz Festival 1-12 October 1987

Eduardo Paolozzi

Soho Jazz Festival's Ltd - Grafikwerkstatt Hans Kahler Hamburg

£750.00

Offered by David Maynard

Hockney's progress

David Hockney

Petersburg Press

£140.00

Offered by David Maynard

Rain on Pool Poster - Museo Di Storia Della Fotogr...

David Hockney

Fratelli Alinari

£575.00

Offered by David Maynard

Old English Homes: A Summer’s Sketch-Book.

THOMPSON (Stephen)

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle,

£125.00

Offered by Forest Books

English Country Houses, One Hundred Plates.

BATES & GUILD COMPANY.

Boston: Bates & Guild Company,

£50.00

Offered by Forest Books

Small Country Houses of Today.

WEAVER (Sir Lawrence) & PHILLIPS (R. Randal)

Country Life Limited.,

£195.00

Offered by Forest Books

The story of “A” sector Warwickshire home guard

Warwickshire home guard

George Over . Rugby

£65.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Voices of the Garden, The Woods, and the Fields

Unknown

London: T. Nelson and Sons

£40.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

The Old Book

HARTLEY, Dorothy.

London: Alfred A. Knopf

£65.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

Autograph Book of Young Lady in Barcelona from 194...

Various

None

£80.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

Favourite English Poems and Poets.

Various

London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston

£35.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

Favourite Poems by Gifted Bards

Gifted Bards

London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin

£30.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

Moral Tales

EDGEWORTH, Maria

London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Warwick House

£27.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

The peculiar use and signification of certain word...

WILLYMOTT, William

Cambridge: Printed at the University-Press

£150.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

Ancient Mysteries Described. Especially the Englis...

HONE, William

London: Printed for William Hone

£180.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

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

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

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D B Derbyshire Bookseller | David B Derbyshire Bacup

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David Whittaker | David Whittaker Chipping Norton

113

Daniel Ahern | Daniel Ahern Tidworth

16

Deep Neutral Books | Glenn Miller York

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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

Resources

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