The Assembly Rooms
George Street,
Edinburgh

Friday March 12,
noon - 6.45pm

Saturday March 13,
10.00 am - 5.00pm

Admission Free

Where is it? - map

Please click here for a map of the town and directions to Edinburgh or use the ""Travel and Hotel" Link above

BOOK FAIRS 2010

If you are unable to get to Edinburgh 2010, then take a look at other PBFA Book Fairs nearer to home this year.

PBFA
The Sign of a Good Book Fair

The Provincial Booksellers Association has been organising book fairs since 1974. We aim to provide a wide ranging selection of books at all prices, in a variety of subjects, for both the reader and the serious collector. Wherever possible we welcome disabled visitors to our fairs and strive to provide a relaxed atmosphere in which customers may browse at leisure.

Who is the Book Fair For?

Anyone interested in books, collecting and reading. This is a Fair designed for everyone young and old, and a great place to start collecting. You will find books from over 500 years old to modern first editions, and everything in between. With a great variety and quantity of books for sale, where else can you look at, touch, enjoy, and even purchase so many rarities under one roof? If you are already a collector then it is a great opportunity to meet new dealers in your area.

The organisers would like to acknowledge the support of
Lyon and Turnbull (Auctioneers)

All enquiries to the webmaster
click here

Edinburgh Book Fair

In 2004 the first ever joint fair between the country's two major antiquarian book-selling organisations was established and building on the success of this pioneering venture a joint fair fair has been held in each subsequent year.

Our sixth joint fair in March 2010 will see about 60 leading dealers from the P.B.F.A. and A.B.A. exhibiting in the Music Hall and the Ballroom of Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms.

Edinburgh

Scotland's capital is one of the most rewarding cities in the world. Not only one of the most historic cities in Europe; it is also one of the most attractive, with architectural glories, such as the New Town, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Edinburgh Castle vying with treasures of national heritage, such as the fantastic art collections of the Scottish National Gallery, the book collections in the National Library of Scotland and other great museums of the city.

Links for Visitors

National Library of Scotland
Unesco City of Literature
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Undiscovered Scotland
Antiques Scotland
Edinburgh Tourist Board
City of Edinburgh Museums
and Galleries
Scottish Tourist Board

P.B.F.A. Premier Fairs

All our fairs are good, but at these selected major two-day fairs around the country we aim to try that little bit harder to put on a special show:

OXFORD: Saturday & Sunday 23rd and 24th January at Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington.

CAMBRIDGE: Friday & Saturday 19th and 20th February in the historic Guildhall building in Market Square.

EDINBURGH: Friday & Saturday 12th and 13th March in the splendid Robert Adam designed Assembly Rooms in George Street (run jointly with the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association)

HARROGATE: Friday & Saturday 19th and 20th March at the Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Showground

BATH: Friday & Saturday 23rd and 24th April in the magnificent Assembly Rooms on the corner of Alfred & Bennet Street

YORK: Friday & Saturday 10th and 11th September in the marvellously spacious Knavesmire Suite of York Racecourse - some 200 exhibitors. We even lay on a free shuttle bus from York railway station to make book buying even easier for our visitors.