Event Information

With over 100 dealers offering tens of thousands of rare, collectable and second-hand books, maps, manuscripts and ephemera, 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.

The image is of Oxford City in the evening.

Key Details

Time & Date 18th August 2018, 12:00 - 18:00 18th August 2018, 10:00 - 16:00

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

Website http://www.oxfordbookfair.org

Organisers John Martin 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: 0-2 hours is free, 2-3 hours is £3, 3-4 hours is £6, 4-5 hours is £9 and 5+ hours is £12. Alternatively, Thornhill is the nearest park and 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 follow the link 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.

The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes, with h...

WILKES, John; ALMON, John (editor); WATSON, Caroline (engraver)

London: Printed for Richard Phillips, by T. Gillet

£85.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Gypsy's Parson *with letters from the author l...

The Rev. George Hall (Rector of Ruckland, Lincolnshire)

Sampson, Low and Marston & Co. Ltd.

£400.00

Offered by M Richardson Rare Books

Lady Chatterley's Lover

D.H. Lawrence

Privately Published in Florence Printed by Tipografia Giuntina

£499.00

Offered by M Richardson Rare Books

Drifter and Paddle Steamers.

FELIX KELLEY

School Prints Ltd.,

£180.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

Photo tinting outfit No 3

Winsor & Newton Ltd, London

Winsor & Newton Ltd, London

£100.00

Offered by Stewart & Skeels

Photo-Color. The pocket size "palette"

Photo-Color

£75.00

Offered by Stewart & Skeels

The Photographic Colourist: a manual for the use o...

J. W. Neville

Iliffe & Son

£125.00

Offered by Stewart & Skeels

Heathcliff's Tale [signed]

TENNANT, Emma

Leyburn: Tartarus Press

£20.00

Offered by Quair Books

Sweet Desserts

ELLMANN, Lucy

London: Virago Press Limited

£30.00

Offered by Quair Books

Towards Sex Freedom: A history of the women’s move...

CLEPHANE, Irene

London: John Lane The Bodley Head

£40.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Karroo: And other poems

SLATER, Francis Carey

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons

£40.00

Offered by Quair Books

Award-winning exhibition catalogue by The Designer...

STATON, Sarah; [JACEK, Nicole]

Wakefield: Bothy Gallery/ Yorkshire Sculpture Park

£45.00

Offered by Quair Books

A Memoir of the Paris Peace Conference 1919 [Autho...

HEADLAM-MORLEY, James; HEADLAM-MORLEY, Agnes (editor); [JAMESON, Storm]

London: Methuen & Co

£45.00

Offered by Quair Books

We Moderns : Enigmas And Guesses : With The Scarce...

Moore, Edward (Muir, Edward)

George Allen & Unwin, London

£495.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

The Old Huntsman : The Poet Edward Shanks’ Persona...

Sassoon, Siegfried

William Heinemann, London

£1750.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Signed photographic portrait of Marchese Marconi a...

[MARCONI]

£50.00

Offered by Quair Books

Prose Poems

WILDE, Oscar; McCORD, Margaret (illustrator & printer)

[Belfast]: Crannog Press

£85.00

Offered by Quair Books

Voyage of Discovery in ... Isabella and Alexander....

Ross, Capt John

John Murry

£2650.00

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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