Event Information

The Bath Book Fair is back, in conjunction with the ABA, at the Bath Pavilion.

Around 70 PBFA and ABA members will be offering antiquarian, vintage and secondhand books, prints, maps, and other printed materials for sale.

Please scroll to the bottom for the link to the floor plan.

Key Details

Time & Date 31st July 2026, 12:00 - 18:00 1st August 2026, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Bath Pavilion, North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4EU

Organisers Antiquates Ltd Tel: 01929 208224, 07921 151496 Email: tom@lintern-mole.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Driving

M4, junction 18, then A46 to Bath/Stroud,

Parking

Good parking facilities at the venue.

Train

Bath Spa railway station is a 10 minute walk away.

Bus

Bath bus station is a 10 minute walk away. The closest bus stop is called North Parade and serves buses; 19, A4, D1X and X39.

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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.

Original 'Alice' watercoloured illustration #10165...

John Tenniel, Francine Black

£395.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Sanditon & The Watsons (two volumes) #101651

Jane Austen and Another Lady

Peter Davies

£125.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Garden Craftsmanship in Yew and Box (presentation...

Nathaniel Lloyd

Ernest Benn

£50.00

Offered by Wool House Autographic

Pantographia; Containing Accurate Copies of all th...

Fry, Edmund M. D.

John and Arthur Arch, John White, John Edwards and John Debrett

£750.00

Offered by Jonathan Frost Rare Books Ltd

Russian Wonder Tales

Wheeler, Post (ed.)

Adam and Charles Black

£160.00

Offered by Quinto Bookshop

The Money Game. How to Play it. A New Instrument o...

Angell, Norman

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd

£160.00

Offered by Quinto Bookshop

H. Besley's Views of Devonshire [ 12 vignette view...

H. Besley

H. Besley, Exeter

£60.00

Offered by Stephen Rench

La physique des arbres - ou il est traite de l'ana...

Duhamel du Monceau

Paris: Chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour

£775.00

Offered by Stephen Rench

An historical relation of the Kingdom of Chile. Pr...

Alonso de Ovalle of the Company of Jesus, A native of St Jago of Chile and Procurator at Rome for that place

London: printed by A. and J Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater Noster Row

£475.00

Offered by Stephen Rench

The new birth: or, a treatise of regeneration, del...

William Whately, Preacher and minister of Banbury in Oxfordshiere

London, Imprinted by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man and are to be sold at his shop in Pater-noster-row at the signe of the Talbot

£320.00

Offered by Stephen Rench

So what's the secret, Clara?

Clara Seyton

n/a

£50.00

Offered by Wool House Autographic

POOLE POTTERY. Carter & their successors 1873-1995

LESLEY HAYWARD. Edited by PAUL ATTERBURY

Richard Dennis. Somerset

£35.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

TALES FROM MARIA EDGEWORTH -SCARCE 1st IN DW. 1903

MARIA EDGEWORTH

Wells, Gardner & Darton. London

£495.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

An Account of Constantinople and the Turkish Gover...

ALI KHAN (Navazish)

£5000.00

Offered by Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography Ltd

Mandrake Over the Water-Carrier. A Recital.

SACKVILLE WEST, Edward; [KAMP, Harold].

London: William Heinemann Ltd.

£675.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Psalms of David: Printed uniform with other ps...

[CHURCH OF ENGLAND]; [ACKLAND, Valentine]; [GILI, Phillida].

London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, No. 15, Paternoster Row, By Knight and Bagster, 14, Bartholomew Close.

£250.00

Offered by Quair Books

Selected Poems of Emily Brontë.

BRONTË, Emily; SPARK, Muriel (ed.); [MAIRET, Philip].

London: The Grey Walls Press/ Crown Classics

£200.00

Offered by Quair Books

[A student's copy] Honor Rediviuus, Or, an analysi...

CARTER, Matt.[hew]

London: Henry Herringman,

£300.00

Offered by Quair Books

Brighton Rock with parts of original dust jacket

Graham Greene

Heinemann

£375.00

Offered by The Antiquarian Book Company

The Saucy Jane Family - Signed Copy #101634

Enid Blyton

Lutterworth

£395.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

For your Convenience. A learned Dialogue, Instruct...

PRY, Paul [Pseud, Thomas BURKE]

George Routledge & Sons Ltd

£4500.00

Offered by Fold The Corner Books

Millenium Trilogy + 3 (6 Books)

Stieg Larsson & David Lagercrantz

Maclehose Press

£225.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Man-Eaters Of Kumaon

Jim Corbett

Oxford University Press

£150.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

British birds in their Haunts

Rev C A Johns

Routeledge

£20.00

Offered by Temple of Fancy - Books and Ephemera

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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Castle Town Books | Alec Thorne Sherborne

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Steve Liddle | Stephen M Liddle Bishopston

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Stour Bookshop | Tony Butler Sturminster Newton

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Stephen Rench | Stephen Rench Shipston on Stour

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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.

Hugh Ashley Rayner
Fine books, maps & antique photographs of India & the Orient.

Contact:

Address

Malvern Buildings
Fairfield Park
Bath
BA1 6JX

Mayfair Rare Books & Manuscripts

Contact: Paolo Rambaldi

Telephone: +39 335 81 29 826
Address

Saint George Street
London
W1S 2FN

Resources

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