Event Information

This popular book fair is held in the centre of this Leicestershire market town, with over 20 book dealers selling second-hand, rare and antiquarian books, maps, prints and ephemera.  Come and say hello - everybody welcome!  

The fair is taking place on TUESDAY 30th December.

Full range of refreshments available 

Key Details

Time & Date 30th December 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Congregational Church Centre, High Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7JD

Organisers Phil Woolley, Black Cat Bookshop Tel: 07850 795207 Email: blackcatuk@aol.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Train

Just under a mile from Market Harborough railway station

Driving

A4304 is the nearest major trunk route

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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.

Maori Art.

Hamilton, A.

The Holland Press, London.

£120.00

Offered by Peter Moore

Shields of Melanesia.

Beran, Harry & Craig, Barry. (Eds).

Crawford House Publishing, Adelaide, Australia.

£150.00

Offered by Peter Moore

Papunya. A Place Made After the Story. The Beginni...

Bardon, Geoffrey and Bardon, James.

The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Publishing.

£45.00

Offered by Peter Moore

Thirty Years in the South Seas

Parkinson, R. (Ed. by Dr. B.Ankermann)

Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst, Australia.

£50.00

Offered by Peter Moore

Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia.

Sutton, Peter (and others).

Braziller Publishers + The Asia Society Galleries, New York.

£30.00

Offered by Peter Moore

Sumatra. Its History and People. AND: The Archaeol...

Loeb, Edwin M.

Verlag des Institutes fur Volkerkunde des Universitat, Wien.

£75.00

Offered by Peter Moore

Outlines of the Anthropology of the Timor-Archipel...

Bijlmer, H.J.T, (Dr).

Ibdisch Comite voor Wetenschappelijke Onderzoekingen, Batavia.

£100.00

Offered by Peter Moore

Architectural Notices of the Churches of the Archd...

Deaneries of Higham Ferrers and Haddon

John Henry Parker

£130.00

Offered by Books Written By

High Stakes - Britain's Air Arms in Action 1945-19...

Flintham, Vic

Pen & Sword

£12.50

Offered by Missing Books

Comet! - the world's first jet airliner

Simons, Graham M.

Pen & Sword

£12.50

Offered by Missing Books

GWR Handbook, The Great Western Railway 1923-1947

Wragg, David

Haynes Publishing

£10.00

Offered by Missing Books

Mapping the Railways - the journey of Britain's ra...

Spaven, David & Holland, Julian

Times Books

£10.00

Offered by Missing Books

Canaletto's Sketchbook (2 vol set)

Scire, Giovanna Nepi

Canal & Stamperia Editrice

£45.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Tempest

Shakespeare, William (illus Edmund Dulac)

Hodder & Stoughton

£110.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser

Macfall, Haldane

J. M. Dent

£45.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Penguin Book of Classical Myths

March, Jenny

Penguin

£10.00

Offered by Missing Books

A Month in the Country

Carr, J.L.

Folio Society

£25.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Raj - an eye-witness history of the British in...

Hudson, Roger (ed)

Folio Society

£15.00

Offered by Missing Books

Angela's Ashes & 'Tis (boxed set)

McCourt, Frank

Flamingo

£10.00

Offered by Missing Books

Creative Ink Drawing

Paul Hogarth

Pitman Publishing

£20.00

Offered by Books Written By

**Signed** Drawing on Life the Autobiography of Pa...

Paul Hogarth

David & Charles

£70.00

Offered by Books Written By

Armour - Armour: 4 issues of communications to the...

J. G. Mann

Society of Antiquaries

£75.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Emerson's Complete Works in 11 Volumes

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Riverside

£375.00

Offered by Books Written By

The Apple & Pear as Vintage Fruits

Robert Hogg

Hereford: Jakeman and Carver

£180.00

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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Claremont Books and Prints | Suzanne & Gordon Leete Market Harborough

85

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Images in Print | Jane Jaques Nottingham

0

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David Maynard | David Maynard Grantham

63

M & P Books | Peter Allen Buxton

276

Missing Books | Chris Missing Chelmsford

469

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Peter Moore | Peter Moore Cambridge

462

Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

233

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Salsus Books | David T Salt Kidderminster

103

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Guest Exhibitors

We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.

Steve Jayes
Books and ephemera.

Contact:

Telephone: 07847 144845
Address

48 Hawksbury Road
Leicester
LE2 8EP

Simon Warner

Contact:

Telephone: 07970 182184
Address

4 Ingarsby Lane
Hougton-on-the-Hill
Leicester
LE7 9JJ

Chris Newbold - Old Postcards

Contact:

Telephone: 07530 304565
Address

4A Main Street
Belton-in-Rutland
Rutland
LE15 9LB

Syston Bindery, Paul Dodge

Contact:

Telephone: 07804 150706
Address

Unit 5A, St Marks Works
Foundry Lane
Leicester
LE1 3WU

Resources

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