Event Information

With around 70 dealers offering tens of thousands of rare, collectable and second-hand books, maps, manuscripts and ephemera, the Oxford Premier 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 one-day fair at this venue, on Saturday 17th October. 

Key Details

Time & Date 18th April 2026, 12:00 - 18:00 19th April 2026, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP

Organisers Tom Lintern-Mole, Antiquates Ltd Tel: 01929 556656 or 07921 151496 Email: tom@lintern-mole.com
Grace Barham, Pocock Rare Books Tel: 07528 159007 Email: contact@pocockrarebooks.co.uk

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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. 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.

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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.

South with Shackleton (with inscription by author...

Hussey, Dr LDA

Sampson Low

£475.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Asparagus(Illustrated & Limited)

Eliot, TS

Friends of Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables ( LIMITED ONE OF 200)

£65.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Magic Currant Bun #101591

John Symonds

Faber & Faber

£75.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

The Battle of Waterloo, with Those of Ligny and Qu...

George Jones

L. Booth, London

£450.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

William Burgess and the high Victorian dream.

Crook. J. Mordaunt

France’s Lincoln limited.

£95.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

The Great Edwardian gardens of Harold Peto

Whaley. Robin

Aurum press. London

£45.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Gothic for the steam age- George Gilbert Scott ill...

Stamp. Gavin

Aurum press. London

£65.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

The Orators: An English Study

W.H. Auden

Faber & Faber

£80.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

A Shropshire Lad

A.E. Housman

Grant Richards

£100.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Seven By Five

H.E. Bates

Michael Joseph

£20.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Dostoevsky's Occasional Writings

David Magarshack

Vision Press Limited §

£25.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Peeping Tom

Howard Jacobson

Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press

£20.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

H Is For Hawk

Helen Macdonald

Jonathan Cape

£100.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The World Of Lawrence: A Passionate Appreciation

Henry Miller

Capra Press

£30.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Letters To Emil

Henry Miller

Carcanet

£30.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Second World War Boxed Set (6 Vols)

Winston S. Churchill

Penguin

£45.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Opus Pistorum

Henry Miller

W.H. Allen

£75.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Dostoevsky Reminiscences

Anna Dostoevsky

Wildwood House

£30.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

A Writer's Diary Volume 1 1873 - 1876

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Quartet Books

£75.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Nexus

Henry Miller

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

£60.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Fat Man In History

Peter Carey

Faber and Faber

£50.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Abbess Of Castro And Other Tales

C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Stendhal)

Chatto & Windus

£40.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Coming From Behind

Howard Jacobson

Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press

£40.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Grounds of the Old Religion: or Some General A...

[Richard Challoner] 'a Convert'

no publisher Augusta [London]

£160.00

Offered by Salsus 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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David Ford Books | David Ford Cley-next-the-Sea

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Donald Munro | Donald Munro St Albans

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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 Hill | Peter Hill Emsworth

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Paul Hughes | Paul Hughes Bishop Auckland

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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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