London Rare & Antiquarian Book Fair
16th May 2026, 17th May 2026
Event Information
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
Travel Information
Train
West Brompton - 5 minute walk to Ibis London Earls Court.
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.
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.
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 BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL Illustrated by Stanley L...
BOOTHBY, GUY.
Ward Lock & Bowden, 1896.
£150.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
A LILLIPUTIAN CATALOGUE OF MINIATURE BOOKS. Catalo...
SIMON GOUGH BOOKS.
Simon Gough Books. Holt, Norfolk. UK. No Date. Circa 1988.
£50.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
Journal of the G-s Being Letters from J. G. to his...
GREGO, Joseph
£4500.00
Offered by Rainford & Parris
THE FIRST PRINTED GRAMMAR OF THE ZULU LANGUAGE....
Schreuder, H.P.S. ordinert Praest og norsk Missionnaer i Sydaafrika Med Fortale og Anmaerkninger C.A. Holboe
W.C.Fabritius, Christiania, Norway.
£125.00
Offered by Neil Summersgill
POLYMETIS: Or, an Enquiry concerning the Agreement...
SPENCE. The Rev'd. Mr. (Joseph).
J. Dodsley. London. 1774.
£650.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
An IMPORTANT 18 cent. CHESS GAMBIT NOTEBOOK ~ in a...
Richard Penn [bookplate]
Unpublished manuscript
£12000.00
Offered by Celsus Books
TREASURE ISLAND. Illustrated edition.
STEVENSON. ROBERT LOUIS.
Cassell and Company, Ltd. London. 1899.
£225.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
Entwurf einer Verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheori...
EINSTEIN, Albert
Leipzig und Berlin Druck und Verlag von B.G. Teubner
£1200.00
Offered by Celsus Books
IRISHMEN ALL. With twelve illustrations in colour...
BIRMINGHAM. G. A. (Pseudonym of James Owen Hannay). --- YEATS. JACK. B. Illustrates.
T. N. Foulis. London. 1913.
£250.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
1705 ~ THE TRUE FIRST APPEARANCE OF HALLEY's COMET...
HALLEY, EDMUND
Philosophical Transactions: Smith and Walford
£9000.00
Offered by Celsus Books
THE FABLES OF AESOP. Selected, told anew and their...
AESOP. ; HEIGHWAY. RICHARD. Illustrates.
Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1910
£325.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
AESOP'S FABLES. A new version, chiefly from the or...
AESOP. ; Tenniel, John, and Wolf, Joseph. Illustrate.
John Murray. London. 1898.
£275.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
FLASHMAN ON THE MARCH. From the Flashman Papers 18...
FRASER. GEORGE MACDONALD.
Harper Collins. London. 2005.
£175.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
LE MORTE DARTHUR. The history of King Arthur and o...
MALORY. Sir THOMAS. ; Russell Flint. William. Illustrates.
Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to The Medici Society Ltd. London. 1920.
£650.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
CARROLL. LEWIS. ; STEADMAN. RALPH. Illustrates.
Dennis Dobson. London. 1967.
£400.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
COOKERY MANUSCRIPT OWNED BY MRS BEETON
[Mrs Beeton] Elizabeth Bainbridge, Fishergate
Unpublished
£2450.00
Offered by Celsus 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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Rainford & Parris | Philip & Helen Parris, and Justin Rainford Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
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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.
DownloadFloor Plan & Exhibitors
Please click on the button below to see the floor plan for this fair.
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