London Rare & Antiquarian Book Fair

17th May 2025, 18th May 2025

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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.

Sharpe's Eagle

Bernard Cornwell

Collins

£315.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Ian Hamilton's March

Winston Spencer Churchill

Longmans & Co

£360.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Sense And Sensibility

Jane Austen

Macmillan

£795.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

THE WORLD CRISIS. 1911-1914, 1915, 1916-1918-parts...

CHURCHILL. WINSTON. SPENCER.

Thornton Butterworth Limited. London.

£4000.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

WAR SPEECHES. Into Battle; The Unrelenting struggl...

CHURCHILL. WINSTON. S.

Cassell and Company. London.

£2500.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE - DAME. --- Bound with: THE WAR...

HUGO. VICTOR. ---- Reid. Captain Mayne.

Thomas Hodgson. London. 1st work and; J. and C. Brown. London. 2nd work. - No date.

£875.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Roumeli

Patrick Leigh Fermor

John Murray

£100.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Charm of Kashmir (FIRST)

O'Connor, V C Scott

Longmans Green

£125.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Sunshine and Storm in the East or Cruises to Cypru...

Brassey Mrs

Longmans

£395.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Lights and Shades of hill Life in the Afghan and H...

Gore, F St J

John Murray

£120.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Charters of the City of London (1738 FIRST ED...

J. E.

D Farmer

£60.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

ENGLISH LYRICS FROM SPENSER TO MILTON. Introductio...

BELL. ROBERT ANNING. Illustrates.

George Bell & Sons. London.

£850.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

How To Play Your Best Golf All The Time (Signed)

Tommy Armour

Hodder & Stoughton

£200.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Bridge On The River Kwai

Pierre Boulle

Secker & Warburg

£315.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Winston S. Churchill Biography (8 Volumes) + 13 Co...

Randolph Churchill and Sir Martin Gilbert

Heinemann

£1500.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Condor and the Cows

Christopher Isherwood

Methuen & Co Ltd

£50.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Tom Finney: My Autobiography (Signed)

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Headline

£120.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Scandal (Signed)

A.N. Wilson

Hamish Hamilton

£120.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Diary of a Provincial Lady

E.M. Delafield

Macmillan and Company Limited

£120.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Sex, America and other Insights (Signed)

Colin Wilson

Paupers Press

£140.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Fourth Of June

David Benedictus

Anthony Blond

£30.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Lady. The Life and Times of Winnie Mandela & W...

Mandela, Winnie

Vintage/Zebra

£680.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Independence Day (Signed)

Richard Ford

Harvill

£40.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Uncle Rudolf (Signed)

Paul Bailey

Fourth Estate

£60.00

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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Francis Edwards | G J Coombes & D Clark Hereford

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Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

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Wilfrid de Freitas | Wilfrid de Freitas Quebec, Canada

121

Finecopy | David Brown Westbury

3

Fine Book Cellar | Christian Havlik Colchester

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Kingsbridge Books | Paul Davies Kingsbridge

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Resources

Please find some helpful links below. If you need anything else, do not hesitate to get in touch.

Download Complimentary Ticket

Have a ticket on us! Just click the download button below and print out this ticket - do not forget to bring it with you to the fair.

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Friends of the PBFA

For £10 get free entry to our fairs, updates from the PBFA and more.

Please email info@pbfa.org for more information

Join PBFA

Membership of the PBFA is open to anyone who has been trading in antiquarian and second-hand books for a minimum of two years subject to certain criteria.

Email info@pbfa.org to find out more, or complete the enquiry form.

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