Harrogate - New venue

21st Mar 2025, 22nd Mar 2025

TheOldSwanHarrogate_new venue 2025

Event Information

The PBFA welcomes you to the new look Harrogate Book Fair, now located in the Garden Room at The Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate. With parking available, a cafe on site and a central location that's only a short walk from the station, we look forward to this exciting new chapter for the fair. 
  
The hotel itself is no stranger to the literary world bearing in mind it is the location for the annual Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. It is also the chosen destination for the Queen of Crime herself.  When Agatha Christie's disappearance sparked a nationwide search, she was finally tracked down to this beautiful Harrogate hotel. 
  
PBFA book dealers will be travelling from all over the UK to display and sell their wide range of rare books, specialising in both fiction and non-fiction. There will be a wide range of subjects on display, offered by specialist dealers with knowledge and expertise.

Please scroll down to the bottom to download the exhibitor list and floor plan. 

Key Details

Time & Date 21st March 2025, 12:00 - 18:00 22nd March 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue The Old Swan Hotel, Swan Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2SR

Organisers Lottie Atkinson, John Atkinson Fine & Rare Books Tel: 07540 279897 Email: johnatkinsonbooks@yahoo.co.uk
Monica Polisca, Lucius Books Ltd Tel: 01904 640111 Email: info@luciusbooks.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Parking

There is some parking (first come, first served) on site, which is currently £10 for 24 hours. You must display a valid permit which can be purchased from the hotel reception.

Train

Less than 1 mile from Harrogate railway station.

Driving

J 47, A1(M)

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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 DASHIELL HAMMETT OMNIBUS.

HAMMETT. DASHIELL.

Cassell & Co. Ltd. London.

£150.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

The Art of Paula Moderson-Becker

Averil King

Antique Collectors' Club

£25.00

Offered by Yardley Books

The Art of Frederick McCubbin - Forty five Illustr...

James MacDonald

Bularong Publications

£24.00

Offered by Yardley Books

John Constable's Skies

John E Thornes

University of Birmingham Press

£38.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Lucian Freud on Paper

Sebastian Smee

Jonathan Cape

£36.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Ferdinand Preiss Art Deco Sculptor - The Fire and...

Alberto Shayo

Antique Collectors' Club

£45.00

Offered by Yardley Books

The Temple of Flora

Robert Thornton . Intro by Ronald King

Weidenfeld & Nicholson

£35.00

Offered by Yardley Books

North of Rome

Richard Church

Hutchinson of London

£22.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Paul Nash Watercolours 1910-1946

David Boyd Haycock

Piano Nobile

£24.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Frank Brangwyn 1867-1956

Libby Horner & Gillian Naylor (Eds)

Leeds Museum and Art Gallery

£55.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Walter Keeler

Emmanuel Copper & Amanda Fielding

City Gallery Leicester

£35.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Gillian Ayres

Mel Gooding

Lund Humpries

£35.00

Offered by Yardley Books

I CAPTURE THE CASTLE.

SMITH. DODIE.

Little, Brown and Company. Boston. U.S.

£850.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Sotano de las Golondrinas.

Terry W. Raines

Association for Mexican Cave Studies.

Reserved

Offered by James Frank

Bundle of 1960s Australian caving club newsletters...

Various authors

Reserved

Offered by James Frank

Greek Imperial Coins and their values; The Local C...

David R. Sear

Seaby

£30.00

Offered by James Frank

Greek Coins and their values, volume 1; Europe. C...

David R. Sear

Seaby

£20.00

Offered by James Frank

Cranford. 1st. Edn. Thus.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell

Macmillan. London

£195.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Medal Yearbook 2019. The Independent Price Guide...

John Mussel (ed.)

Token Publishing

£8.00

Offered by James Frank

History of the church of Peterburgh ( Peterborough...

Simon Gunton

Richard Chilwell at the rose & crown in St. Paul’s Church-Yard.

£495.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Methuen

£975.00

Offered by Pete Fry

ADRIAN MOLE - The CAPPUCCINO YEARS

SUE TOWNSEND ( SIGNED)

Micheal Joseph - London

£85.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

THE BANK AUDIT

BRUCE MARSHLL

Constable

£65.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Five red herrings (early copy in dw)

Dorothy L. Sayers

Gollancz

£120.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

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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Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

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Yardley Books | Bob Yardley Chesterfield

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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.

Tartarus Press

Contact:

Telephone: 01969 640399
Address

Coverley House
Carlton
Leyburn
North Yorkshire
DL8 4AY

Resources

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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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