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.

Brazilian Adventure

Peter Fleming

Jonathan Cape

£200.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Crowds And Power

Elias Canetti

Victor Gollancz Ltd

£520.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Rome

Emile Zola

Bibliotheque-Charpentier

£600.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Windmill Land, More Windmill Land, Windmill Land S...

Allen Clarke

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd and Palatine Books Co

£315.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

THE FAITHFUL BULL.

HEMINGWAY. ERNEST. -- Michael Foreman Illustrates.

Hamish Hamilton. London.

£450.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

La Maison - The History Of Prunier's, Signed

Madame Prunier

Longmans

£120.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Soldiers Of Misfortune

P.C. Wren

John Murray

£236.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4

Sue Townsend

Methuen

£240.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Humming Bird

Eleanor Farjeon

Michael Joseph

£600.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Fingersmith, Signed

Sarah Waters

Virago

£96.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Carrie's War

Nina Bawden

Victor Gollancz Ltd

£600.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

J.K. Rowling

Bloomsbury

£280.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts

Louis de Bernieres

Secker & Warburg

£72.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire By W. Chambers Lefr...

W. Chambers Lefroy

Seeley Jackson & Halliday

£325.00

Offered by Neil Summersgill

The all-but dedication copy: Radclyffe Hall at the...

LOVAT DICKSON, [Rache]; [RUBINSTEIN, Michael]; [RUBINSTEIN, Harold]

London and Toronto: Collins

£500.00

Offered by Quair Books

THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. A story for...

LEWIS. C. S. ; BAYNES. PAULINE. Illustrates.

Geoffrey Bles. London.

£1875.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Skin Deep in Soho ( Signed )

Wortley, Richard

Jarrolds

£325.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK.

LANG. ANDREW. (Leonora Lang - uncredited), Edit. ; FORD. Henry. Justice. Illustrates.

Longmans, Green and Co. London.

£600.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Camera Studies in Iraq

A Kerim. Hasso Brothers

A Kerim Hasso Brothers

£365.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

The South Polar Times Vol III (Limited Edition 256...

Ed. Cherry-Garrard, Apsley

Smith Elder

£1850.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

[FRANKLIN EXPEDITION] The Land of the White Bear :...

Innes-Lillingston, Lieut F G

J Griffin

£1750.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

BRONZE FIGURE - SEATED GIRL, LAUGHING

EDWARD ARDIZZONE

£6500.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

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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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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