Antiquarian & Secondhand Booksellers
The Minster Gate Bookshop
A digital sanctuary of high-resolution heritage — rare tomes, vintage maps and prints, housed over five floors of a Georgian town-house in the shadow of York Minster.

8 Minster Gates · York
The Curated Shelf
Browse by Subject
Seven rooms of books on four floors. Each shelf a piece of curated art — select a discipline to enter the original stock catalogue.

A Long Association with Books
Opposite the South door of York Minster
Our shop in Minster Gates is situated at the historic core of the city. This small street, through which one would have passed into the medieval cathedral precincts, has enjoyed a long and continuous association with books — from the bookseller John Foster in 1580, to the statue of Minerva reclining against a pile of books in the eaves above.
Read the full historyThe Collector's Calling
Visit the Shop
Address
8 Minster Gates
York, YO1 7HL
Opening Hours
Mon–Sat: 10am – 5.30pm
Sun: 11am – 5.30pm
Enquiries
(+44) 1904 621812
rarebooks@minstergatebooks.co.uk








