Event Information

One of our largest premier antiquarian book fairs featuring almost a hundred UK and international booksellers showcasing rare books, maps, prints, ephemera, collector items and more to suit all pockets.  There will be a range of specialisms, from Modern First Editions, Children’s Literature, History, Travel, Sport,  and Religion, to name but a few.

Fair kindly sponsored by Forum Auctions,

FREE admission, but you can download the 'complimentary ticket' with the fair details. 

Refreshments available at the venue.

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Key Details

Time & Date 17th May 2025, 13:00 - 19:00 18th May 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue ILEC Conference Centre, IBIS London Earls Court, 47 Lillie Road, London, SW6 1UD

Organisers Hereward Books Tel: 01353 740821 Email: sales@herewardbooks.co.uk

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Travel Information

Train

West Brompton - 5 minute walk to Ibis London Earls Court

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Underground

Earls Court underground

Driving

The venue is a quarter of a mile (400m) from the A4, providing easy access to the M4, M5 and M40

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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.

Chapter House Dune | Signed First Edition/First Im...

Frank Herbert

Victor Gollancz

£1249.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

The Tales of Beedle The Bard | Signed First Editio...

J. K. Rowling

Bloomsbury

£1499.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Winnie the Pooh | 1926 1st Edition / 1st Impressi...

A. A. Milne

Methuen

£1199.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold | 1963 & 2013 (S...

John Le Carre

Victor Gollancz

£1999.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Eleven Poems | First Edition/Second Impression (UK...

Seamus Heaney

Festival Publications, Queen’s University, Belfast

£1999.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

The Carpet People | Signed by Sir Terry Pratchett...

Sir Terry Pratchett

Colin Smythe Gerrards Cross

£2999.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets | Signed by...

J.K Rowling

Bloomsbury

£3499.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Wolf Hall Trilogy | Signed, Lined & Dated | 1st E...

Hilary Mantel

Harper Collins

£3499.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Signed 1st Edi...

J.K Rowling

Bloomsbury

£3499.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Nineteen Eighty Four. First Edition/First Impressi...

George Orwell

Secker & Warburg

£3499.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

A CROW HYMN.

HUGHES. TED.

Sceptre Press, Frensham, Surrey.

£825.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

The Second World War (6 Volumes)

Winston S. Churchill

Cassell

£395.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Seven Seas

Rudyard Kipling

Methuen & Co

£1200.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE.

WHITE. GILBERT. - Bewick. Thomas. Illustrates.

Swan Sonnenschein and Co, Ltd. London. -- No date.

£375.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

RELATIVITY. The special and the General Theory. A...

EINSTEIN. ALBERT.

Methuen & Co. Ltd. London.

£1450.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE POETICAL WORKS. -- Mauchline ware style bindin...

COWPER. WILLIAM. --- Cameron, Hugh, illustrates.

William P. Nimmo and Co. Edinburgh.

£225.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

A SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE HOUSE OF COM...

CHURCHILL. WINSTON. S.

Baynard Press. London.

£225.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

The Blind Watchmaker

Richard Dawkins

Longman Scientific & Technical

£60.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Book Of Dust Volume Two: The Secret Commonweal...

Philip Pullman

David Fickling Books

£70.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Bafut Beagles

Gerald Durrell

Rupert Hart-Davis

£80.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

I CAPTURE THE CASTLE.

SMITH. DODIE.

Little, Brown and Company. Boston. U.S.

£850.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Kuwait and Her Neighbours

Dickson H R P

George Allen & Unwin,

£680.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Harold Macmillan Autobiography (6 Volumes)

Harold Macmillan

Macmillan

£300.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

With the Allied Armies in Italy

Edward Seago

Collins

£68.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

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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Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

149

Wilfrid de Freitas | Wilfrid de Freitas Quebec, Canada

121

Finecopy | David Brown Westbury

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Kingsbridge Books | Paul Davies Kingsbridge

259

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Resources

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