London Summer Book Fair

19th May 2024

British Museum, for Bloomsbury fair

Event Information

This year the London Summer Fair is a one-day event at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury hotel. There will be around 60 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.

Admission free.

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Photo: The nearby British Museum

Key Details

Time & Date 19th May 2024, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Holiday Inn London - Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London, WC1N 1HT

Organisers Andrew Saidi, White Eagle Books Tel: 020 8997 9894 Email: andrewsaidi54@gmail.com

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Travel Information

Parking

RCP Car Park, Entrance: Herbrand Street, Tel: 0207 833 9956. Also street parking is free on Sundays.

Underground

Russell Square

Train

Euston or Kings Cross

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.

THREE MANUSCRIPT DIARIES CHARTING THE TRAVELS OF A...

MORRIS, A. H.:

[Original manuscripts].

£325.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

WILL OF A SAILOR SERVING ABOARD HMS RAINBOW

ALLINGTON, Monmouth; KNIGHT, Joseph; CROOKE, Peter Thomas:

[Original manuscript].

£275.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

The Holy Bible and the Book of Common Prayer

Various

Oxford: Printed at the University Press by Samuel Collingwood & Co.

£220.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

London Before and After the Fire

HOLLAR, Wenceslaus

John Overton

£2600.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

The Same Sun (Red Hen Press interest)

JONES, Shirley

Shirley Jones

£1900.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

The Morning Post - The Battle of Trafalgar and the...

Various

£2500.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

A Matter of Colour SIGNED BY MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr...

HANSBERRY, Lorraine

London, Penguin Books

£7300.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

White Dwarf - The First 12 Issues

VARIOUS

Games Workshop

£2600.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

La Belle Inconnue SIGNED by Henry Moore and Michel...

ALLAIS, Alphonse

Les Impenitents

£700.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

The Art of Bookbinding

ZAEHNSDORF, Joseph W.

London. George Bell

£1400.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

The Works of Alfred Tennyson SIGNED

TENNYSON, Alfred

C. Kegan Paul & Co.

£1500.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

Signed Postcard from Russia.

ARTHUR RANSOME

£300.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

Signed Publicity Poster.

DOUGLAS ADAMS

£500.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

The First French-English Dictionary from 1611 in a...

Randle Cotgrave

Adam Islip

£1500.00

Offered by De Bry Rare Books

"Two-Brushes" edition of "The Fifty-three Stations...

Hiroshige and Kunisada

Sōhitsu gojūsan tsugi - 双筆五十三次

£11000.00

Offered by De Bry Rare Books

Original Toshiro editions of Hokusai's Manga

Hokusai

Eirakuya Tôshirô

£500.00

Offered by De Bry Rare Books

Field’s 1666 Bible in a contemporary tooled bindin...

God

John Field

£2000.00

Offered by De Bry Rare Books

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS CONDUCTING SCORE OF PALESTRINA CH...

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, RALPH

£1500.00

Offered by J & S Wilbraham

First Love, Last Rites (FIRST)

McEwan, Ian

Jonathan Cape

£155.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Five on a Treasure Island (1948)

Blyton, Enid

Hodder and Stoughton

£140.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Poem of the Month Book Club (full set of 48 origin...

Various Poets (Auden, Betjeman, Larkin, Heaney, Spender, Day Lewis, Spender, Smith, Amis and others)

Poem of the Month Book Club

£850.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

End papers for her Looking After Cats

Helen Riviere Haywood

Tyndall

£195.00

Offered by The Antiquarian Book Company

Ten ink illustrations for her Looking After Horses

Helen Riviere Haywood

Tyndall

£125.00

Offered by The Antiquarian Book Company

LITTLE DORRIT

DICKENS, Charles:

London: Bradbury and Evans.

£750.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

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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.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Exhibitors A-Z

A

Name & Trading Name

Showing 3 Results

Name

Location

Books

Alastor Rare Books | James Eaton East Cowes

East Cowes

65

Anthony Smith Books | Anthony Smith

181

Arturio Books Ltd | Michael Hollin Taunton

Taunton

0

B

Name & Trading Name

Showing 6 Results

Name

Location

Books

Bow Windows Bookshop | Jonathan Menezes & Ric Latham Lewes

Lewes

7

Black Cat Bookshop | Philip & Karen Woolley Leicester

Leicester

157

Barnaby Chiari | Barnaby & Zoe Chiari Romsey

Romsey

0

B & B Rare Books Ltd. | Joshua Mann & Sunday Steinkirchner New York

New York

0

Bauman Rare Books | David & Natalie Bauman New York

New York

0

Black Gull Books | Chris Overfield St Leonard's-On-Sea

St Leonard's-On-Sea

0

C

Name & Trading Name

Showing 2 Results

Name

Location

Books

Christian White Rare Books Ltd | Christian White Ilkley

Ilkley

0

Chris Mees Books | Christopher Mees Burwash

Burwash

0

D

Name & Trading Name

Showing 4 Results

Name

Location

Books

D & D Galleries | David & Denise Carlson Somerville

Somerville

52

Deverell Books | Paul Deverell Hughes & Julie Hughes Bristol

Bristol

23

De Bry Rare Books | Andrew Taylor & Richard Taylor Oxford

Oxford

14

Deep Neutral Books | Glenn Miller York

York

0

F

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

Name

Location

Books

Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

Grantham

125

G

Name & Trading Name

Showing 3 Results

Name

Location

Books

Gerald Baker | Gerald Baker Bristol

Bristol

82

G Mosdell, The Junction Bookshop | Glenda Mosdell Llandudno Junction

Llandudno Junction

105

Green Ink Booksellers | Joshua & Ellen Boyd Green Hay-on-Wye

Hay-on-Wye

0

H

Name & Trading Name

Showing 3 Results

Name

Location

Books

Holybourne Rare Books | Stephen Dick Alton

Alton

4

Hereward Books | Roger & Miranda Pratt Ely

Ely

32

Hatchards | Paul Turner, Ned Fitzgerald London

London

0

J

Name & Trading Name

Showing 5 Results

Name

Location

Books

J & S L Bonham | John Bonham

39

Jarndyce | Brian Lake, Janet Nassau & Ed Nassau Lake

13

James Hine | James Hine Ilminster

Ilminster

0

Julian Smith | Julian Smith Leicester

Leicester

0

J & S Wilbraham | John & Shahin Wilbraham London

London

23

K

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

Name

Location

Books

Kingsbridge Books | Paul Davies Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge

253

L

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

Name

Location

Books

Lycanthia Books | Stella Angwalas-Huson Newark

Newark

26

M

Name & Trading Name

Showing 2 Results

Name

Location

Books

Maggs Bros Ltd | Ed Maggs, Ben Maggs, Bonny Beaumont and Gus Harding

4

Michael S Kemp Bookseller | Michael S Kemp Sheerness

Sheerness

91

N

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

Name

Location

Books

Nicholas Daly Books | Nicholas Daly York

York

0

P

Name & Trading Name

Showing 7 Results

Name

Location

Books

Pablo Butcher | Pablo Butcher Dorchester on Thames

Dorchester on Thames

0

Peter Harrington | Pom Harrington

4

Peter Hill | Peter Hill Emsworth

Emsworth

7

Peter Whetman | Peter Whetman Pinner

Pinner

0

Paul Bostock Rare Books | Paul Bostock Winster

Winster

69

Peter Foster Books | Peter Foster & Thais Brand Frome

Frome

48

Peffers Rare Books Ltd. | Laurence Peffers Settle

Settle

6

Q

Name & Trading Name

Showing 2 Results

Name

Location

Books

Quair Books | F L Philip Leeds

Leeds

158

Quinto Bookshop | Walter Kraut London

London

34

R

Name & Trading Name

Showing 6 Results

Name

Location

Books

Robert Frew Ltd | Director, Robert Frew

0

R E & G B Way | Greg Way Newmarket

Newmarket

3

Richard Thornton Books | Richard Thornton Blackburn

Blackburn

10

Rochdale Book Company | John and Sue Worthy Rochdale

Rochdale

19

Rainford & Parris | Philip & Helen Parris, and Justin Rainford Bishop's Stortford

Bishop's Stortford

134

Richard Gold Books | Richard Gold Manchester

Manchester

0

S

Name & Trading Name

Showing 5 Results

Name

Location

Books

Shapero Rare Books Ltd | Shapero Rare Books London

London

86

Sarah Key Books | Sarah Key & Phil Salin Cambridge

Cambridge

270

Steven Morris Books | Steven Morris London

London

1

Sky Duthie Rare Books | Dr Sky Duthie York

York

32

Sahara Books | Ouahid & Janet Meslek London

London

0

T

Name & Trading Name

Showing 2 Results

Name

Location

Books

The Book Business | Giles Levete

0

The Antiquarian Book Company | Jeremy Carson Brighton

Brighton

14

V

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

Name

Location

Books

Voewood Rare Books | Simon Finch and Andrew Taylor Holt

Holt

35

W

Name & Trading Name

Showing 5 Results

Name

Location

Books

Worlds End Bookshop | Giles Lyon London

London

29

Veronica Watts | Veronica Watts Cranleigh

Cranleigh

0

Walden Books | David Tobin London

London

0

White Eagle Books | Andrew & Lidia Szaflarski-Saidi London

London

57

Wildside Books | Alan Gibbard Eastbourne

Eastbourne

3

Z

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

Name

Location

Books

Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

Berkhamsted

0

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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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