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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.

Black Money

MACDONALD, Ross [MILLAR, Kenneth]

London: Collins/ The Crime Club

£45.00

Offered by Quair Books

Playback

CHANDLER, Raymond.

London: Hamish Hamilton

£50.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Sin-Eater: And other tales.

Macleod, Fiona [i.e. SHARP, William]

Edinburgh; Chicago: Patrick Geddes & Colleagues; Stone & Kimball, Chicago

£70.00

Offered by Quair Books

Babel Tower [SIGNED]

BYATT, A. S.

London: Chatto & Windus

£30.00

Offered by Quair Books

Opus 7 [SIGNED TWICE BY STW]

TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia; "E.B." [BAWDEN, Edward] (illustrator)

London: Chatto & Windus

£250.00

Offered by Quair Books

A Spirit Rises

TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia; BARKER, Carol (DJ illustrator)

London: Chatto & Windus

£65.00

Offered by Quair Books

Bishop's Wife—But still myself [SIGNED]

WILLIAMS, Cicely [Mountaineering writer]

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd

£75.00

Offered by Quair Books

Poems for Shakespeare (Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney,...

ed Fawcett, Graham

Globe Playhouse Trust

£295.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

MAP OF OXFORDSHIRE

JOHN HARRISON

1

£65.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

CAMBRIDGE POCKET LIBRARY X14

SHAKESPEARE

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

£75.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

A General History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick

Edward Walker

£295.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Atlas of the Chinese Empire

Edward Stanford

China Inland Mission

£350.00

Offered by David Whittaker

THE WRONG CHALET SCHOOL

ELINOR M. BRENT DYER

CHAMBERS

£75.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Bohemia in London

Arthur Ransome

Amazon

£78.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Aubrey beardsley

Robert Ross

Jack Brussel

£78.00

Offered by Pete Fry

Inaugural Address Delivered At The Cambridge Schoo...

John Ruskin

Goerge Allen

£168.00

Offered by Pete Fry

1923 Prize Winning Portfolio of 200 fabric samples

Compiled by William Young for The Textile Institute, Manchester

n/a

£495.00

Offered by The Antiquarian Book Company

SOUTH (FIRST EDITION)

Shackleton, EH

Heinemann

£950.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Story of Captain Scott

Macgregor, Mary

TC & EC Jack

£50.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

JAPANESE FOLK FESTIVALS ILLUSTRATED

HIDEO HAGA

MUIRA PRINTING COMPANY (JAPAN)

£20.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

THE IRON HAND OF MARS

LINDSEY DAVIS

HUTCHINSON

£15.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

SHADOWS IN BRONZE

LINDSEY DAVIS

SIDGWICK & JACKSON. London

£50.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

The German Army

Rosinski, Herbert

The Hogarth Press, London

£675.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

A Hand Book To The Abbey Of St. Mary Of Furness ,...

Furness Abbey

Stephen Soulby

£135.00

Offered by Pete Fry

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

101

Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

188

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Yesterday's Books | David Weir Bournemouth

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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