Bath Book Fair
April 2010

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The Assembly Rooms ,
corner of Alfred & Bennet St. BA1 2QH

Friday April 23,
1pm - 6.00pm

Saturday April 24,
10.30 am - 4.00pm

Admission £2

 

List of Exhibitors:

 

SANDRA J. A'COURT LINES:
Bournemouth Dorset Tel 01202 425431
Spec: Literature and history

GERALD BAKER:
Bristol Tel 0117 974 4319 ggbaker@btinternet.com
Spec: Natural history, sport, fishing, topography, transport, official publicity of the British railway companies.

CHRISTOPHER BARON: Altrincham Cheshire
Tel 0161 980 1014 ChrisBaronBooks@aol.com
Spec: Mainly non-fiction.

GEORGE BAYNTUN: Bath N.E. Somerset
Tel 01225 466000 ebc@georgebayntun.com
Spec: Fine bindings old and new, first editions of English literature.

BESLEYS BOOKS: Beccles Suffolk
Tel 01502 715762 Piers@besleysbooks.demon.co.uk
Spec: Illustrated, gardening and natural history, general antiquarian.

BLACK CAT BOOKSHOP: Leicester Leicestershire
Tel 0116 2512756 blackcatuk@aol.com
Spec: Children's and Illustrated books; Crime and Detective fiction inc. Sherlock Holmes & James Bond; British comics & Annuals; Periodicals; Observer series; fantasy, science fiction, horror; Penguins and literature; Ephemera; Leicestershire & Rutland interest.

BOND BOOKS:
Sturminster Newton Dorset Tel 01258 471249 info@bondbooks.co.uk
Spec: Art reference, particularly twentieth century art and design, and English literature.

BOOKMARK - CHILDREN'S BOOKS:
Swindon Wiltshire Tel 01793 731693 leonora-excell@btconnect.com
Spec: Children's & illustrated books and related juvenilia.

BOOKS & THINGS:
London Tel 020 7370 5593 martin@booksandthings.co.uk
Spec: Children's & illustrated, fine & decorative art, photography, modern firsts, original posters & book illustrations.

BOOKWORMS OF EVESHAM:
Evesham Worcestershire Tel 01386 45509
Spec: Gloucestershire and Worcestershire topography.

JAMES BURMESTER:
Bristol Tel 0117 932 7265, mob 07803 966530 james.burmester@btconnect.com
Spec: English books 1600-1900 in most fields, literature, education, language, economics, pamphlets and broadsides, English travellers abroad.

PABLO BUTCHER:
Dorchester on Thames Oxfordshire Tel 01865 341445
Spec: Travel, arts & exploration of India, SE Asia, Tibet, Islamic world, Latin America, Haiti. Tribal art, African ethnography, original photograph albums.

THE CANTERBURY BOOKSHOP (DAVID MILES):
Canterbury Kent Tel 01227 464773 (shop) canterburybookshop@btconnect.com
Spec: Children's books, illustrated books, ephemera, education, Kent topography.

COBNAR BOOKS:
Maidstone Kent Tel 01622 813230 book@cobnar.demon.co.uk
Spec: Topography, antiquarian, provincial printing.

COLLECTABLE BOOKS:
London Tel 020 8851 8487 biro@collectablebooks.co.uk
Spec: Books published before 1800, bibles, early music and psalmody. Early cookery, in print or manuscript. Also the classics, travel, topography and the arts and architecture, as well as miniature books.

CORNELL BOOKS:
Tewkesbury Gloucestershire Tel 01684 293337 gtcornell@aol.com
Spec: Travel. Topography, natural history, Ordnance Survey maps and children's books.

THE COUPLAND COLLECTION:
Lichfield Staffordshire Tel 01543 256599 tcfortypo@btinternet.com
Spec: History of typographic arts, wood engraved books, children's illustrated, private press, Holbrook Jackson, golf and most sport pre 1960.

GEOFF COX BOOKS:
Totnes Devon Tel /Fax: 01803 866181 geoffcox46@hotmail.com
Spec: Railways, canals, industrial archaeology, architecture, archaeology

A.G. CRAM:
Leeds West Yorkshire Tel 0113 2674207 g.cram@btinternet.com
Spec: Mountaineering & mountain travel, Lake District and Cumbria, antiquarian and history of science.

CHRIS CROOK:
Bath N. E. Somerset Tel 01225 422244 Mob. 07970 758179
Spec: Architecture, art, topography.

BOB DATE - MAYLAND BOOKS:
Maidstone Kent Tel 01622 739735
Spec: Transport, fine art, applied art.

HELEN DEIGHTON:
Sturminster Newton Dorset Tel 01258 473561 helen.deighton@btconnect.com
Spec: Women writers, artists and illustrators, and domestic history.

DEVERELL BOOKS:
Bristol Tel 0117 961 6234 pdhbooks@hotmail.com
Spec: Illustrated books, mostly children's, especially fairy books and gift books from the early 20th century. Also popular children's authors - BB, Blyton, Dahl etc.

ECLECTICA:
London Tel 020 8761 4138 coupeplanning@btinternet.com
Spec: Pictorial/decorated cloth bindings (especially children's), general antiquarian, and illustrated books.

ELLWOOD BOOKS:
Romsey Hampshire Tel 01722 322975 info@ellwoodbooks.com
Spec: Poetry, plays, antiquarian, leather bound books, local interest, military, British history, art & photography, natural history.

STEVEN FERDINANDO:
Yeovil Somerset Tel 01935 850210 stevenferdinando@onetel.com
Spec: English literature, especially Hardy, Powys & Barnes, Dorset books, travel & topography, illustrated, Irish books, children's.

FIRESIDE BOOKSHOP:
Windermere Cumbria Tel 015394 45855 firesidebookshop@btconnect.com
Spec: History, Humanities, Philosophy, Science & Technology, Transport and General Antiquarian.

DAVID FORD BOOKS:
Cley-next-the-Sea Norfolk Tel 01263 741690 info@davidfordbooks.co.uk

H M GILBERT & SON:
Southampton Hampshire Tel 02380 672766 Mob. 07870 651811
Spec: English literature, Hampshire topography, illustrated books, general interest.

GOODSIR & YOUNG:
Bath Bath Tel 07876 173729
Spec: Children's books, illustrated books, fairy tales, fine bindings, literature

ROBIN GREER:
Chedzoy Somerset Tel 01278 425682 rarities@rarerobin.com
Spec: Children's illustrated, original drawings.

GRESHAM BOOKS:
Crewkerne Somerset Tel 01460 77726 jameshine@btconnect.com
Spec: Architecture, cookery, textiles, costume, engineering and antiquarian.

HEREWARD BOOKS:
Ely Cambridgeshire Tel 01353 740821 sales@herewardbooks.co.uk
Spec: Shooting, fishing, big game hunting, fine bindings and general plate books.

PETER HILL:
Emsworth Hampshire Tel 01243 379956 peterhill.books@btinternet.com
Spec: Travel, art, classical archaeology, literature.

IAN HODGKINS & Co Ltd:
Stroud Gloucestershire Tel 01453 764270 simon@ianhodgkins.com
Spec: Pre-Raphaelites, William Morris, John Ruskin, Arts & Crafts Movement, Jane Austen, Brontes, children's books, illustrated books & fine bindings, opera & ballet.

RICHARD J. HODGSON (BOOKS):
Yarm North Yorkshire Tel 07950 647377 rjhodgsonbooks@clara.co.uk
Spec: Agriculture, illustrated (including A & C Black, children's and art), travel (including Baedeker guides etc), natural history (including Darwin).

HOLYBOURNE RARE BOOKS:
Alton Hampshire Tel 01420 82808 stephen@holybournebooks.com
Spec: General antiquarian, rare, modern first editions, children's books.

R D HOOKER:
Christchurch Dorset Tel 01425 272999 hooker@wintney99.freeserve.co.uk
Spec: Military and military history, art & architecture, nautical, books about books, history.

THE INVICTA BOOKSHOP:
Newbury Berkshire Tel 01635 31176 (Shop) 01635 248431 (Home)
Spec: Cookery, military and art.

JB BOOKS & COLLECTABLES:
Littlehampton West Sussex Tel /Fax: 01903 725819 jan@jbbooks.co.uk
Spec: Literature, natural history, illustrated books, children's.

MICHAEL S. KEMP BOOKSELLER:
Sheerness Kent Tel 01795 589838 mike@kempbooksellers.co.uk
Spec: Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire local history, British topography and local history - catalogues issued twice a year; Mervyn Peake.

SARAH KEY BOOKS:
Cambridge Cambridgeshire Tel 01223 312913 info@sarahkeybooks.co.uk
Spec: Children's and children's illustrated books.

KINGSBRIDGE BOOKS:
Kingsbridge Devon Tel 01548 561798 paul@kingsbridgebooks.co.uk
Spec: Polar exploration, travel, golf, modern First Editions, and Westcountry. Catalogue of Polar Exploration books issued. Free book search service.

RICHARD KLEVAN BOOKS:
London Tel 07780 708110 tigbog@btinternet.com
Spec: General stock.

ROGER J KNOWLES - ANTIQUARY:
Cannock Staffordshire Tel 01543 279313 rogerjknowles@btinternet.com
Spec: Historical documents & seals (12th-19th century), national, local and family history, earth sciences, naval & military, engineering.

LAVENDER FIELDS BOOKS:
Cheltenham Gloucestershire Tel 01242 518970 davis@lavender97.fsnet.co.uk
Spec: Gloucestershire, West Country especially Cornwall - Ireland, modern first editions, literature, travel, sport.

LIBRIS (WESTON) BOOKS:
Bath Somerset Tel 01225 858809 libriswestonbooks@hotmail.com
Spec: Antarctica, topography (incl. maps & postcards), poetry since 1900, history, flying & ballooning, performing arts.

STEVE LIDDLE:
Bristol Tel 0117 9244 846 mail@steveliddle.co.uk
Spec: Fine books in many categories.

LYMELIGHT BOOKS & PRINTS:
Lyme Regis Dorset Tel 01297 443464 nigel@lymelight-books.demon.co.uk
Spec: Art, illustrated, literature including poetry, topography especially West Country, natural history, geology, palaeontology, John Fowles, antiquarian, maps & prints.

MAGGS BROS LTD:
London Tel 020 7493 7160 ed@maggs.com joe@maggs.com
Spec: Maggs was established in 1853 and our shop in the heart of Mayfair welcomes all visitors. Our website includes a searchable database of stock and secure online ordering. We maintain seven departments, including Travel, Early Printed Books, Autographs and Military. At PBFA fairs, our shelves primarily feature books from our Modern department, embracing Modern and Irish First Editions, Private Press and illustrated books.

MAINLY FICTION:
Cheadle Cheshire Tel 0161 428 6836 mainly.fiction@ntlworld.com
Spec: Crime and thriller 1st editions, modern fiction, children's books.

MARRIN'S BOOKSHOP:
Folkestone Kent Tel 01303 253016 patrick@marrinbook.co.uk
Spec: Fine general antiquarian, Topography, prints and maps.

MCHARDY & BLAIR RARE BOOKS:
London Tel 020 8347 8131 deborah@mchardybooks.com
Spec: All kinds of children's including fiction, pop-ups, illustrated, annuals, reference and prints. Also, Black Interest including ephemera, advertising, prints and collectables.

MOORSIDE BOOKS:
Clitheroe Lancashire Tel 01254 824104 moorsidebooks@btinternet.com
Spec: History of science, astronomy, Isaac Newton, T.E. Lawrence, antiquarian and bindings.

H J MORGAN:
Sandy Bedfordshire Tel 01767 691383 hedleymorgan@ntlworld.com
Spec: General books, with an academic bias, in the fields of literature, history and travel.

NANGLE RARE BOOKS:
Chichester West Sussex Tel 01243 781342 julian@nanglerarebooks.co.uk
Spec: Modern firsts, Hogarth Press, Thomas Hardy, T E Lawrence, Powys Brothers, Private Press, Illustrated.

MARCUS NINER:
Newport Isle of Wight Tel 01983 209473 mail@ninerbooks.co.uk
Spec: Travel and topography, academic literature.

THE OLD CHILDREN'S BOOKSHELF:
Edinburgh Scotland Tel 0131 558 3411 shirley.ocb2@tiscali.co.uk
Spec: All types of children's books, annuals and magazines. Children's prints.

PAGODA TREE PRESS:
Bath N.E. Somerset Tel 01225 463552 hughrayner@pagodatreepress.com
Spec: India, Himalayas, Tibet, Central Asia, Ceylon, Burma, photography.

CHRIS PHILLIPS:
Chippenham Wiltshire Tel 01225 742755 batholdbooks@yahoo.co.uk

MICHAEL QUICK:
Malvern Wells Worcestershire Tel 01684 565800 mqbooks@aol.com
Spec: History, military history and military, naval history.

RED STAR BOOKS:
Berkhamsted Hertfordshire Tel 01442 870775 redstarbooks@btopenworld.com
Spec: General antiquarian stock. Academic stock in the social sciences, especially politics.

SALSUS BOOKS:
Kidderminster Worcestershire Tel 01562 742081 salsus@books93.freeserve.co.uk
Spec: Academic theology, Eastern churches, Catholic Apostolic Church aka 'Irvingites', Syriaca, Oxford Movement and general academic books.

CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS BOOKS:
Newnham on Severn Gloucestershire Tel 01594 516030 chrisbooks@aol.com
Spec: Cricket.

RICHARD SELBY:
Bath N.E. Somerset Tel 01225 420683 richardg.selby@virgin.net
Spec: Literature, children's and art.

DAVID M SHAW:
Warrington Cheshire Tel 01942 726319 david@antiquemapsuk.com
Spec: Maps & cartography, and interesting secondhand books.

SHAW'S ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS:
London Tel 0208 882 9379 enquiries@shawsbooks.com
Spec: Specialising in rare antiquarian material relating to travel and exploration, natural history, medicine, science and classic literature, including first editions, presentation copies and hand coloured plate books, maps, prints, photos and ephemera.

TONY SKELTON:
Tonbridge Kent Tel 01732 810481 tskelt@waitrose.com
Spec: Irish interest, 20th Century literature.

MARK SKIPPER BOOKS:
Cheltenham Gloucestershire Tel 01451 844757 markskipperbooks@yahoo.co.uk
Spec: Modern first editions, vintage fiction, original artwork, detective fiction.

SLADE MILITARY BOOKS:
Trowbridge Wiltshire Tel 01225 762116 christopherslade@tiscali.co.uk
Spec: Medium stock of secondhand and out of print military books

KEN SPELMAN:
York North Yorkshire Tel 01904 624414 ask@kenspelman.com
Spec: Art, manuscripts, ephemera, landscape, literature, history, general antiquarian.

SPORTSPAGES:
Farnham Surrey Tel 01252 727 222 giles@sportspages.com
Spec: Books and memorabilia from £5 to £25,000. Also strong on angling, boxing, Olympics and croquet. Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks, all sports books and memorabilia, especially cricket, football, rugby union and golf.

ANTHONY SPRANGER:
Marlborough Wiltshire Tel 01672 516338 sprangerbooks@hotmail.com
Spec: Literary Biography, performing arts.

SPRINGWELL BOOKS:
Upper Lydbrook Gloucestershire Tel 01594 860187 enquiries@springwellbooks.co.uk
Spec: Topography, history, regional architecture, archaeology etc.

JON STEVENSON:
Box Wiltshire Tel 01225 742296
Spec: Children's books, especially annuals and picture books. Also related juvenilia, including games, jigsaws and character toys.

STOUR BOOKSHOP:
Sturminster Newton Dorset Tel 01258 473561
Spec: Illustrated, Dorset, motoring, aviation and related technical subjects.

NEIL SUMMERSGILL:
Blackburn Lancashire Tel 01254 813559 summersgillbooks@btinternet.com
Spec: Antiquarian, fine bindings, travel, autograph letters, manuscripts and interesting books in most categories.

SURPRISE BOOKS:
Stroud Gloucestershire Tel 01453 887403, mob: 07731 993306 surprisebooks@btopenworld.com
Spec: Modern first editions particularly naval, historical and crime fiction.

T P BOOKS:
Addingham West Yorkshire Tel 01943 830095 Mob. 07719 606211 l.harrison539@btinternet.com
Spec: Children's particularly girls' school stories, career fiction, and family adventure. Also small selected stock of crime and female authors, e.g. E Goudge, Miss Read, Georgette Heyer, Brontes, etc.

TYSONS BOOKS LTD:
Honiton Devon Tel 01404 45570 tysonbooks@hotmail.com
Spec: Travel, local topography, maritime, erotica, history and military. Plus a large selection of prints, maps, magazines, postcards and ephemera.

B J WALSH OLD BOOKS & IRISH BOOKS:
Painswick Gloucestershire Tel 01452 810866 bjwalsh@waitrose.com
Spec: Books of Irish interest.

DAVID WARNES BOOKS:
Hereford Herefordshire Tel 01432 890275 davidwarnesbooks@talktalk.net
Spec: Foreign topography & travel, mountaineering, small military campaigns, Tibet, C. Asia, India, Persia, Afghanistan & Middle East.

WILDSIDE BOOKS:
Eastbourne East Sussex Tel 01323 416211 wildsidebooks@hotmail.com
Spec: Natural history, especially ornithology, travel, general antiquarian and secondhand.

WOOL HOUSE BOOKS:
Rye East Sussex Tel 01797 260240 mulhollandt@aol.com
Spec: All kinds of manuscript material, diaries, annotated books, photograph albums and general stock.

TONY YATES ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS:
Leicester Leicestershire Tel 0116 266 1891 TonyYatesBooks@btopenworld.com
Spec: Leicestershire and Rutland, Thomas Bewick and his apprentices, early children's books, (including pre 20th century schoolbooks, education and books of instruction), fine bindings, antiquarian English language and literature.

GRAHAM YORK RARE BOOKS:
Honiton Devon Tel 01404 41727 books@gyork.co.uk
Spec: Large stock of books, maps and prints relating to art, travel, Africa, Spain, gypsies and George Borrow.

ZIMNOL BOOKS:
Twickenham Middlesex Tel 020 8744 2064 ritazimnol@yahoo.co.uk
Spec: 20th century wood-engraved, illustrated and small press books, and 20th century art books.