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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.

There will also be a new one-day fair, also at this venue, on Saturday 21st October.

Key Details

Time & Date 22nd April 2023, 12:00 - 18:00 23rd April 2023, 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
Tom Lintern-Mole, Antiquates Ltd Tel: 01929 556656, 07921 151496 Email: tom@lintern-mole.com

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Ticket Information

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.

Guthrie XI V Selangor Club 1936

N/A

N/A

£150.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Raquel Welch. Sex symbol To Super Star.

Haining Peter

W H Allen

£125.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Nursing history: Album of photographs of Cedar Law...

Nurse

n/a

£295.00

Offered by Wool House Autographic

Sketches of Indian Field Sports: with Observations...

Johnson, Daniel

Robert Jennings, London, 1827

£350.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

My Kenya Days ( Signed )

Thesiger, Wilfred

Harper Collins

£125.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT WITH EXTENSIVE MS REVISIONS

HENRY WILLIAMSON

£2500.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

The Old Man and the Sea

Hemmingway, Ernest

Jonathan Cape

£185.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Love in Our Time ( Signed )

Collins, Norman

Collins

£125.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

The Ascent of Everest ( Multi-Signed )

Hunt J

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1953

£450.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Paddington Takes The Air ( Signed )

Bond Michael

Collins

£325.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Hong Kong Annual Report 1959

Govt of Hong Kong

Govt Printer

£200.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Guide to Messing in the Middle East (Revised Editi...

Army Catering Corps

[Cairo:] Printed by the Printing and Stationery Services, M.E.F.

£300.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Ben Kendim. A Record of Eastern Travel. ( Associat...

Herbert, Aubrey Lt-Col The Hon

Hutchinson & Co

£300.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Playpower

Neville, Richard

Jonathan Cape, 1970

£225.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Duffy ( Signed )

Kavanagh, Dan ( Julian Barnes )

Jonathan Cape

£150.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Cambridge Nightclimbing

Hederatus'

Chatto & Windus

£125.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

The Home of the Blizzard: being the story of the A...

Mawson, Douglas

Heinemann

£625.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

A SUMMER ON THE NENE (Signed )

"BB"

Kaye Ward

£250.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Drawn From Memory ( Signed )

Shepard Ernest H

Methuen & Co

£250.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Two Men in the Antarctic

Bagshawe, Thomas Wyatt

CUP

£575.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

(Longbow Archery) Toxophilus, The Schole, or Parti...

Ascham, Roger

E Marsh, Wrexham

£160.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Little Nugget

Wodehouse, PG

Methuen

£25.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

History of the Society of Dilettanti (Limited Edi...

Cust, Lionel

Macmillan

£275.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Nansen Photographs (NEW BOOK)

Klover, Geir

Fram Musuem

£90.00

Offered by Kingsbridge 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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Keel Row Bookshop | Anthony J Smithson North Shields

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Pablo Butcher | Pablo Butcher Dorchester on Thames

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Peter Hill | Peter Hill Emsworth

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Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

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Pocock Rare Books | Grace Barham Shaftesbury

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Yesterday's Books | David Weir Bournemouth

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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Resources

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