Event Information

One of our largest premier antiquarian book fairs featuring almost a hundred UK and international booksellers showcasing rare books, maps, prints, ephemera, collector items and more to suit all pockets.  There will be a range of specialisms, from Modern First Editions, Children’s Literature, History, Travel, Sport,  and Religion, to name but a few.

The fair is kindly sponsored by Forum Auctions

FREE admission, but you can download the "complimentary ticket" with the fair details.  
Refreshments available at the venue.

Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the link to the floor plan.

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Key Details

Time & Date 20th May 2023, 13:00 - 19:00 21st May 2023, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue ILEC Conference Centre, IBIS London Earls Court, 47 Lillie Road, London, SW6 1UD

Organisers Hereward Books Tel: 01353 740821 Email: [email protected]

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Travel Information

Train

West Brompton - 5 minute walk to Ibis London Earls Court

Train

Earls Court underground

Driving

The venue is a quarter of a mile (400m) from the A4, providing easy access to the M4, M5 and M40

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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 Snarl of the Beast.

Daly, Carroll John.

New York: Edward J. Clode

£100.00

Offered by The Bibliomaniacs

FLY BY B.O.A.C. TO THAILAND. BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRW...

Xenia

BOAC etc

£750.00

Offered by Graham York Rare Books

A Specimen of Printing Types, By Fry, Steele, and...

TYPE SPECIMENS. FRY, STEELE, AND CO.

London: Printed by T. Rickaby,

£3500.00

Offered by Forest Books

18 ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS

CECIL BEATON

£25000.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

The Stones of Venice and Modern Painters

RUSKIN, John

Orpington and London: George Allen

£950.00

Offered by Voewood Rare Books

Transcendental Magic

Eliphas Levi & A E Waite

William Rider

£800.00

Offered by Peter Foster Books

The Works of Tennyson

Lucy Jane (Faulkner) Orrinsmith

MacMillan & Co.

£280.00

Offered by Deverell Books

A Dictionary of the English Language. FIRST EDITIO...

Johnson, Samuel.

London, J and P Knapton et al

£7000.00

Offered by Finecopy

Il Gioco de gli Scacchi.

Carrera, Pietro.

Giovanni de Rossi Militello

£9750.00

Offered by Finecopy

Col. S.G. BURRARD

LARGEST WALL MAP OF INDIA?

£1250.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

Parables of Our Lord

Henry Noel Humphreys

London: Longman

£800.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

Miracles of Our Lord

Henry Noel Humphreys

London: Longman

£720.00

Offered by Mobilis Books

The Man From The Moon

CARMICHAEL, Philip

Grant Richards, London

£700.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

LIFE OF ERASMUS DARWIN

Krause, Ernst [Charles Darwin]

London, John Murray, 1879

£600.00

Offered by Gilleasbuig Ferguson Rare Books

THE BOOK OF AMERICAN SONGS; WITH NOTES, BIOGRAPHIC...

Paul, Howard

London, Ward Lock

£195.00

Offered by Gilleasbuig Ferguson Rare Books

ON THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH BRITISH AND F...

Charles Darwin

London, John Murray

£1495.00

Offered by Gilleasbuig Ferguson Rare Books

ALBUM CONTAING PHOTOGRAPHS OF LABOUR PRIME MINISTE...

[Colenso Family Photograph Album (Elangeni House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire)]

£750.00

Offered by Gilleasbuig Ferguson Rare Books

Inquiry into the Relation of Cause and Effect

Thomas Brown

Archibold Constable and Company Edinburgh

£150.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas. Catalogue Raiso...

David Anfam

Yale University Press

Reserved

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Lou Reed's New York Photographs by Reed

Lou Reed

Steidlville

£95.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Hockney Paints the Stage. Together with signed Cat...

Martin Friedman

Abbeville Press. New York.

Reserved

Offered by Sarah Key Books

The Holy Sonnets of John Donne. Limited Edition,...

John Donne

Hague and Gill Ltd.

£200.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Camera in London

Bill Brandt

The Focal Press

£125.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

A Botanical Dictionary: Or Elements of Systemic an...

Colin Milne

H. D. Symonds, Paternoster Row

£250.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

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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Guest Exhibitors

We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.

Olivier Joly

Contact:

Telephone: 07747 085089
Address

14 Chadwell Street
London
EC1R 1XD

Resources

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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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