Event Information

This popular book fair is held in the centre of this Leicestershire market town, with over 20 book dealers selling second-hand, rare and antiquarian books, maps, prints and ephemera.  Come and say hello - everybody welcome!  

Full range of refreshments available.

The second fair of the year here will be on Tuesday 30th December. 

Key Details

Time & Date 3rd May 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Congregational Church Centre, High Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7JD

Organisers Phil Woolley, Black Cat Bookshop Tel: 07850 795207 Email: blackcatuk@aol.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Train

Just under a mile from Market Harborough railway station

Driving

A4304 is the nearest major trunk route

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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.

Suspect- SIGNED 1st edition

Nicholas Rhea

Constable - London

£25.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

AGATHA CHRISTIE -A very elusive woman

Lucy worsley -SIGNED 1st

Hodder & Stoughton

£60.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Eirenarcha, or of the office of the Justice of Pea...

William Lambarde

London, Printed for the Companie of Stationers

£650.00

Offered by Stephen Rench

Norman Haire and the Study of Sex.

Wyndham, Diana.

Sydney University Press

£20.00

Offered by Peter Moore

‘The I Ching – A new translation of the Book of Ch...

Aleister Crowley

Brock Printing Services, Chico, California 95926

£250.00

Offered by Defoe Books

Cranford. 1st. Edn. Thus.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell

Macmillan. London

£195.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Captain Cook's World. Maps of the Life and Voyages...

Robson, John.

University of Washington Press, Seattle.

£20.00

Offered by Peter Moore

NEW NATURALIST COMPLETE RUN 1 -149 !!!!

NEW NATURALIST

COLLINS

£3000.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

Guardians of the Horse: Past, Present and Future.

Rossdale, P.D. and others, Editors.

British Equine Veterinary Association and Romney Publications.

£12.00

Offered by Peter Moore

Brewery Railways of Burton on Trent

Cliff Shepherd

Industrial Railway Society

£50.00

Offered by The Book House

*SIGNED* Robbie Williams: Somebody Someday

Robert Williams, Mark McCrum

Ebury Press

£75.00

Offered by Fiona Edwards

The Archers' Country Cookbook

Martha Woodford, Mollie Harris

Hutchinson

£30.00

Offered by Fiona Edwards

The History of Market Harborough with that Portion...

John Harwood Hill

Printed for the Subscribers by Ward & Sons

£65.00

Offered by The Book House

Throsby Revisited - A Discovery Persuing a Contemp...

David Tew & Trevor Hickman

The Witmeha Press, Wymondham, Melton Mowbray

£25.00

Offered by The Book House

Footprints of the 1/4th Leicestershire Regiment, A...

John Milne

Edgar Backus, Leicester

£20.00

Offered by The Book House

Modern Leicester - Jottings of Personal Experience...

Robert Read

Simpkin, Marshall & Co. and Winks & Son, London and Leicester

£20.00

Offered by The Book House

Royal Progresses and Visits to Leicester: From the...

William Kelly

£65.00

Offered by The Book House

The History & Description of Ashby-de-la-Zouch

with Excursions in the Neighbourhood

Hall & Co.,

£20.00

Offered by The Book House

Bygone Leicestershire

William Andrews (Editor)

Frank Murray and William Andrews & Co., Leicester and Hull

£18.00

Offered by The Book House

Public Sculpture of Leicestershire and Rutland

Terry Cavanagh & Alison Yarrington

Liverpool University Press

£12.00

Offered by The Book House

Printed Town Plans of Leicestershire and Rutland

Derek Deadman & Colin Brooks

The Landseer Press

£25.00

Offered by The Book House

An Illustrated Guide to the Printed Maps of Leices...

Derek Deadman & Colin Brooks

The Landseer Press, Leicester

£45.00

Offered by The Book House

Bowden to Harborough - The Story of the Town of Ma...

J. C. Davies

Published by the Author

£10.00

Offered by The Book House

Industrial Locomotives of Nottinghamshire

Ian R. Bendall

Industrial Railway Society

£16.00

Offered by The Book House

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.

Exhibitors A-Z

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Claremont Books and Prints | Suzanne & Gordon Leete Market Harborough

84

D

Name & Trading Name

Showing 2 Results

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Books

F

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Fiona Edwards | Fiona Edwards Mansfield

87

H

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

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I

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

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Images in Print | Jane Jaques Nottingham

0

J

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

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L

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Lasting Words Ltd | Sean Wood Northampton

1

Literary Cat Books | Kees van Woerkom Machynlleth

10

M

Name & Trading Name

Showing 4 Results

Name

Books

David Maynard | David Maynard Grantham

64

M & P Books | Peter Allen Buxton

251

Missing Books | Chris Missing Chelmsford

460

P

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

Name

Books

Peter Moore | Peter Moore Cambridge

484

R

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Showing 1 Results

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Salsus Books | David T Salt Kidderminster

96

Stephen Rench | Stephen Rench Shipston on Stour

48

T

Name & Trading Name

Showing 1 Results

Name

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The Book House | Brigid Irwin Northallerton

96

Y

Name & Trading Name

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Yardley Books | Bob Yardley Chesterfield

53

Guest Exhibitors

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

Steve Jayes
Books and ephemera.

Contact:

Telephone: 07847 144845
Address

48 Hawksbury Road
Leicester
LE2 8EP

Chris Newbold - Old Postcards

Contact:

Telephone: 07530 304565
Address

4A Main Street
Belton-in-Rutland
Rutland
LE15 9LB

Resources

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