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. 
Please scroll down to the bottom for the link to the floor plan.

Refreshments available at the venue.

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Key Details

Time & Date 16th May 2026, 13:00 - 19:00 17th May 2026, 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.

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Underground

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.

Ernest Shepard - mounted and framed sketches for...

Ernest Shepard

No Publisher

£3995.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Ernest Shepard - mounted and framed preliminary sk...

Ernest Shepard

No Publisher

£2995.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

VIEWS IN THE MAURITIUS. 1832.

BRADSHAW, T.

£7500.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

Ye Adventures of Orlando and January. Manuscript...

Anonymous

No Publisher

£1200.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

EXTINCT BIRDS - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION

WALTER ROTHSCHILD

Hutchinson,

£11250.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

THE PUNJAB FRONTIER FORCE

R. NORTH

Wazaristan: Dera Ismail Khan, printed at the Commercial Steam Press,

£750.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

MAP OF SHANGHAI 1947

FOREIGN TRAVELLER'S GUIDE

Shanghai: Oriental Publishing House,

£2500.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

The Diary of Sarah Fox [Champion]. Quaker Diarist.

FOX, Sarah

£3250.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

The Story of Mahajanaka (หนังสือ“พระมหาชนก). Speci...

His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej (รัชกาลที่ 9).

Amarin Printing and Publishing Public Company Limited, Bangkok

£600.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE, DIGESTED I...

ANON. (BOYER. ABEL, edits).

Printed for Francis Coggan. London. 1706.

£300.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Eleventh Thousa...

Carroll, Lewis (pseud. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

Macmillan and Co., London

£1500.00

Offered by Peter Foster Books

The Bible, that is, The Holy Scriptures conteined...

The Bible

Christopher Barker

£3750.00

Offered by Peter Foster Books

LOST UNCLE - SIGNED

MERVYN PEAKE

£1500.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING

MERVYN PEAKE

£1500.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

THE WORLD CRISIS VOLUMES 1 - 5. ALL 1ST EDITIONS I...

WINSTON CHURCHILL

£1750.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

KING GEORGE'S OWN BALUCHIS REGIMENT

LIEUT-COLONEL J.O. MENNIE

£1500.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

China in a Series of Views

ALLOM & WRIGHT

£1350.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

Antikamnia Calendar for 1900

ANTIKAMNIA

£650.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

A SELECTION OF MINIATURE BOOKS

Various

Reserved

Offered by Neil Summersgill

Vivian Grey 1st edition

[DISRAELI, Benjamin]

London: Henry Colburn

£750.00

Offered by Celsus Books

Chagall’s DLM 182 in original wrapping ~ UNREAD ~...

Chagall

Maeght editeur

£1500.00

Offered by Celsus Books

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. -- And -- THROUG...

CARROLL. LEWIS. ; Tenniel. John. Illustrates.

Macmillan & Co. London. 1878/1872.

£975.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

The Saint in New York

CHARTERIS, Leslie

Hodder and Stoughton

£5500.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

Dracula

STOKER, Bram

Doubleday & McClure Co.

£4000.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

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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Ian Marr Rare Books | Ian Marr Edinburgh

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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Resources

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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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