Event Information

A small and friendly book fair offering secondhand and antiquarian books, maps, posters, prints and ephemera in the large market town in County Durham.   

Light refreshments available. 

Key Details

Time & Date 9th May 2026, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Vane Terrace, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7AU

Organisers Jeremiah Vokes Tel: 01325 469449 Email: info@pbfa.org

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Train

North Road, Darlington, 15-20 mins walk.

Driving

A1(M), junction 58.

Parking

Parking available at the venue.

Bus

Five minute walk.

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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 Conside Trilogy - The Story of Iron, Coal and...

Garry O'Hagan

Privately Published

£25.00

Offered by The Book House

The British Coalmining Industry 1870-1946. A Polit...

M. W. Kirby

Archon Books

£15.00

Offered by The Book House

The Yorkshire and Lancashire Lead Mines - A Study...

M. C. Gill

Northern Mine Research Society

£18.00

Offered by The Book House

North East England - The Region's Development 1760...

Norman McCord

Batsford Academic

£15.00

Offered by The Book House

Sir Joseph Wilson Swan - Inventor and Scientist

Mary E. Swan and Kenneth R. Swan

Oriel Press

£25.00

Offered by The Book House

The Private Railways of County Durham

Colin E. Mountford

Industrial Railway Society

£30.00

Offered by The Book House

Quarries of England & Wales - An Historic Photogra...

Peter Stanier

Twelveheads Press, Truro

£8.00

Offered by The Book House

Armstrongs of Elswick - Growth in Engineering and...

Kenneth Warren

Macmillan in association with the Business History Unit, University of London

£35.00

Offered by The Book House

Victorian Fairy Painting

Martineau, Jane (editor)

Royal Academy of Arts

£16.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Arts and Crafts Gardens

Hitchmough, Wendy

Pavilion Books

£18.00

Offered by C L Hawley

F. L. Griggs (1867-1938): The Architecture of Drea...

Moore, Jerrold Northrop

Clarendon Press / Antique Collector’s Club,

£30.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Great Perspectivists

Stamp, Gavin

Trefoil Books in association with the Royal Institute of British Architects,

£16.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Poetical Works of Eliza Cook

Cook, Eliza

Frederick Warne and Co.,

£15.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Fabrics for Needlework

Giles, Rosalie P.

Methuen & Co.,

£12.00

Offered by C L Hawley

The Empire Annual for Girls Volume Eleven

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Religious Tract Society

£12.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Mining and Metal Production Through the Ages

Paul Craddock & Janet Lang (Editors)

The British Museum Press

£50.00

Offered by The Book House

From Galaxies to Turbines - Science, Technology an...

W. Garrett Scaife

Institute of Physics Publishing , Bristol & Philadelphia

£45.00

Offered by The Book House

Burne-Jones: The Life and Works of Sir Edward Burn...

Wood, Christopher

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

£12.00

Offered by C L Hawley

SIGNED - A Suit of Diamonds: A commemorative volum...

Barnard, Robert, Gwendoline Butler, Sarah Caudwell, Elizabeth Ferrars, Anthea Fraser, Reginald Hill, Charlotte Macleod, John Malcolm, Patricia Moyes, Michael Pearce, Mike Ripley , Martin Russell and Eric Wright

William Collins Sons & Co.,

£75.00

Offered by C L Hawley

Robbing the Sparry Garniture - A 200-Year History...

Michael P. Cooper

Mineralogical Record, Tucson, Arizona

£25.00

Offered by The Book House

The Search for Silver: Cornish Miners in Mexico 1...

Todd, A. C:

The Lodenek Press, Padstow, Cornwall

£45.00

Offered by The Book House

Adventurers in the Lead Trade - being an account o...

J H Rieuwerts

Hucklow Publishing

£35.00

Offered by The Book House

The Papers of William Froude, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S....

William Froude, Sir Westcott Abell & R. W. L. Gawn. Collected and prepared for publication by Captain A. D. Duckworth

The Institution of Naval Architects

£90.00

Offered by The Book House

Lead Mining in Derbyshire: History, Development &...

J. H. Rieuwerts

Landmark

£40.00

Offered by The Book House

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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Jeremiah Vokes | Jeremiah Vokes Darlington

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Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

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The Book House | Brigid Irwin Northallerton

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