London International Antiquarian Book Fair

20th May 2023, 21st May 2023

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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: sales@herewardbooks.co.uk

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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 Island of Rodriguez. A British Colony in the M...

Bertuchi, A. J.

London: John Murray

£175.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

George Leigh Mallory.

Pye, David.

OUP

£150.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

Antarctica, or Two Years amongst the Ice of the So...

Nordenskjöld, N. Otto G. & Joh. Gunnar Andersson.

London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited

£875.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

Ham on Rye - One of 100 with signed oil painting

Bukowski, Charles

Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara

£3000.00

Offered by Finecopy

Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey.

Rutter, John

Shaftesbury and London, The Author and Charles Knight and Co., e.t.c.

£1950.00

Offered by Anthony Smith Books

With an Eye to the Future.

Lancaster, Osbert

London, John Murray

£225.00

Offered by Anthony Smith Books

FEMALE IMPROVEMENT

Sandford, Elizabeth. Sandford, Mrs John

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman

£295.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

Kangchenjunga. The Untrodden Peak.

Evans, Charles.

London: Hodder & Stoughton

£950.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

East of Everest. An Account of the New Zealand Alp...

Hillary, Sir Edmund and George Lowe.

[London:] Hodder & Stoughton

£475.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

AFGANISTAN

Niedermayer, Oskar Von. Und Diez, Ernst.

Hiersemann: Leipzig

£975.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

Dr Thorndyke Intervenes.

Freeman, R. Austin.

Hodder & Stoughton

£60.00

Offered by The Bibliomaniacs

Operations in Waziristan 1919-1920.

[Waziristan.] General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing

£750.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WITWATERSRAND GOLD MINE SOUTH A...

Joel, L.G. Roberts, J. Broad. Miles, John B.

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£995.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

FLORA AUSTRALASICA; OR A SELECTION OF HANDSOME OR...

Sweet, Robert

James Ridgway, Piccadilly. London

£3750.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

USA 1847 STATE OF NEW YORK - 2 MANUSCRIPT JOURNALS...

Gaskill, Silas B. And Christiana

-

£995.00

Offered by Paul Bostock Rare Books

Impressions of America.

Porter, T. C.

London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited

£375.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

Turkish Life in Town & Country.

Garnett, Lucy M. J.

London: George Newnes, Limited

£150.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

Camera Studies in Iraq

A Kerim. Hasso Brothers

A Kerim Hasso Brothers

£365.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

LONDON AND ITS SIGHTS. Being a comprehensive guide...

ANON.

T. Nelson and Sons. London.

£350.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

On the Heights ... Translated from the Italian by...

Bonatti, Walter.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis

£450.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

Our Exagmination Round His Factification For Incam...

[Joyce, James] Samuel Beckett, Marcel Brion, Frank Budgen, Stuart Gilbert, Eugene Jolas, Victor Llona, Robert McAlmon, Thomas McGreevy, Elliot Paul, John Rodker, Robert Sage, William Carlos Williams

London, Faber and Faber Limited

£250.00

Offered by Anthony Smith Books

LE LIVRE JOUJOU. Par M. Bres.

BRES. M. (JEAN PIERRE).

Louis Janet. Paris.

£6500.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Extracts from Various Authors, and a Letter detail...

[Twopenny, William, ed.]

London: Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press

£125.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

The South Polar Times Vol III (Limited Edition 256...

Ed. Cherry-Garrard, Apsley

Smith Elder

£1850.00

Offered by Kingsbridge 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

Please find some helpful links below. If you need anything else, do not hesitate to get in touch.

Download Complimentary Ticket

Have a ticket on us! Just click the download button below and print out this ticket - do not forget to bring it with you to the fair.

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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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