Oxford Premier Fair

2nd Apr 2022, 3rd Apr 2022

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Event Information

With almost 100 dealers offering tens of thousands of rare, collectable and second-hand books, maps, manuscripts and ephemera, the Oxford Book Fair frequently attracts the attention of both local and national press.   A great two-day fair for all book lovers young and old.  Our book dealers have travelled from different parts of the country and will have something to suit everyone at prices starting from £2 up to the £1000's. 

Cafe on site.

Key Details

Time & Date 2nd April 2022, 12:00 - 18:00 3rd April 2022, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Oxford Brookes University, Headington Hill Campus, Oxford, OX3 0BP

Organisers John Martin, Mayfly Ephemera Tel: 07701 034472 Email: mayflyephemera@msn.com

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Ticket Information

General Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Parking

There is NO on site parking, the car park used in the past near to the venue on London Road is now pay and display. Alternatively, Thornhill is the nearest Park & Ride, and the buses back into Oxford will stop outside the venue.

Train

Oxford, 2 miles

Bus

From city centre and railway station. More details see http://brookesbus.oxfordbus.co.uk

Driving

From the south - take the M40, leave at junction 8 and follow the signs for Oxford along the A40. Then follow the signs for the city centre on the London Road.- take the M40, leave at junction 8 and follow the signs for Oxford along the A40. Then follow the signs for the city centre on the London Road. From the north - take the M40, leave at junction 8a and follow the signs for Oxford along the A40. Then follow the signs for the city centre on the London Road.- take the M40, leave at junction 8a and follow the signs for Oxford along the A40. Then follow the signs for the city centre on the London Road.

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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.

A Course of Experimental Philosophy.

DESAGULIERS (John Theophile)

London: Printed for W. Innys, T. Longman and T. Shewell, and C. Hitch, and M. Senex,

£1695.00

Offered by Forest Books

Europae Speculum. A View or Survey of the State of...

[SANDYS (Sir Edwin)]

Hag-Comitis [i.e. The Hague: Printed for Michael Sparke, London],

£375.00

Offered by Forest Books

The several Papers which were laid before the Righ...

OXFORD RIOTS.

London: Printed for J. Tonson,

£125.00

Offered by Forest Books

A Geographical Dictionary, In which are Described...

[DUVAL (Pierre)]

London: Printed by M. C. for Henry Brome,

Reserved

Offered by Forest Books

Historical Record of the Fifty-Second Regiment (Ox...

MOORSOM (W. S.)

London: Richard Bentley,

£120.00

Offered by Forest Books

Windows Of Night

Williams, Charles

Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, London

£650.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

The Well Of Loneliness

Hall, Radclyffe

Jonathan Cape, London

£1850.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

MACAO ET COSMAGE OU L'EXPERIENCE DU BON HEUR

Edy-LegranD

1st edition published in Paris by Nouvelle Revue Frnncaise

£380.00

Offered by Chantrey Books

Codex Exoniensis (with signature of William Morris...

Thorpe, Benjamin

Wm. Pickering for The Society of Antiquaries

£2500.00

Offered by Ariadne Books

SAILING-SHIPS AND BARGES of the Western Mediterran...

Edward Wadsworth. Introduction nnd Brief Descriptions by Bernard Windeler

Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald

£380.00

Offered by Chantrey Books

Recueil d'Etudes Progressives sur les fins de part...

Jean Preti

Paris: privately published

£150.00

Offered by Salsus Books

Cranford : The Scarce First Issue

Gaskell, Elizabeth & Hassall, Joan (Illus.)

George Harrap & Co. Ltd, London

£350.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

THE BALLAD BOOK A Selection of the Choicest Britis...

William Allingham (editor)

Macmillan and Co, London

£420.00

Offered by Chantrey Books

Concordantiae Bibliorum Hebraicae : significatione...

Johannis Buxtorfi [the elder]

Basileae : Sumptibus & typis Ludovici König

£400.00

Offered by Salsus Books

A Shelter Sketchbook

Moore, Henry

British Museum Publications

£45.00

Offered by Missing Books

A Biographical Register of the University of Oxfor...

A. B. Emden

Oxford: Clarendon Press

£150.00

Offered by Salsus Books

The Shooting Directory

Thornhill, R.B.

Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme,

£500.00

Offered by Missing Books

Down-Adown-Derry - a book of Fairy Poems (1st edit...

De La Mare, Walter

Constable & Co

£80.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Tales of Beedle the Bard - collectors edition

Rowling, J.K.

Childrens High Level Group

£275.00

Offered by Missing Books

Anacreontis Odaria ad Texts Barnesiani Fidem Emend...

Edward Forster, ed.

London: Bulmer, J. White & G. Miller

£300.00

Offered by Undercover Books

Maud, and Other Poems

Tennyson, Alfred

London: Edward Moxon

£1500.00

Offered by Undercover Books

The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems

Yeats, William Butler

London: T. Fisher Unwin

£1500.00

Offered by Undercover Books

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Thomas de Quincey

London: Taylor and Hessey

£500.00

Offered by Undercover Books

The Kingdom Of The Pearl : Deluxe Edition Signed B...

Rosenthal, Leonard & Dulac, Edmund (Illus.)

Nisbet & Co. Ltd, Londo

£2000.00

Offered by Ashton Rare 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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Ian Marr Rare Books | Ian Marr Edinburgh

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Kingsbridge Books | Paul Davies Kingsbridge

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Pablo Butcher | Pablo Butcher Dorchester on Thames

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Peter Harrington | Pom Harrington

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Peter Hill | Peter Hill Emsworth

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Peter Whetman | Peter Whetman Pinner

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Picture This | Christopher Bailey & Pamela Fung Sunningdale

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Paul Bostock Rare Books | Paul Bostock Winster

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Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

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Yesterday's Books | David Weir Bournemouth

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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