Event Information

This year the London Summer Fair is a one-day event at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury hotel.  There will be around 60 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.

Admission free.

Please scroll to the bottom to download the floor plan.

Photo: The nearby British Museum

Key Details

Time & Date 19th May 2024, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Holiday Inn London - Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London, WC1N 1HT

Organisers Andrew Saidi, White Eagle Books Tel: 020 8997 9894 Email: andrewsaidi54@gmail.com

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Travel Information

Parking

RCP Car Park, Entrance: Herbrand Street, Tel: 0207 833 9956. Also street parking is free on Sundays.

Underground0

Underground

Russell Square

Train

Euston or Kings Cross

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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 INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, or Mirth and Marvels by Tho...

[ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT BINDING]; [BOURNVILLE SCHOOL OF ART]; INGOLDSBY, Thomas; illustrated by RACKHAM, Arthur:

London: William Heinemann.

£650.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

L'ART DE SÉDUIRE LES HOMMES. [The Art of Seducing...

UNE FEMME CURIEUSE; [MAGRE, Maurice, attrib.]; illustrated by FABIANO, Fabien:

Paris: Société d’Édition et de Publications Librairie Félix Juven.

£300.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

Jardine’s last tour. Signed cricket 1st

Tim Heald

Methuen

£185.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the A...

[BOWER (Robert)]

London: Printed by T. Bensley and Son,

£375.00

Offered by Forest Books

The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematized...

HAY (David Ramsay)

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons,

£595.00

Offered by Forest Books

Sex and Seditionaries

WESTWOOD, Vivienne, & Malcolm McLaren - Punk Pistol.

First Edition Publishing, 2006

Reserved

Offered by White Eagle Books

The Sherbo and Its Hinterland (FIRST)

Alldridge, TJ

Macmillan

£245.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

From Russia With Love, Diamonds Are Forever, On He...

Fleming Ian

Garzanti

£650.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Alice's avonturen in Wonderland illustrated by Rie...

Lewis Carroll

G. B. Van Goor & Zonen

£300.00

Offered by Deverell Books

Blackie's Diary for 1921

Florence Harrison

Blackie

£250.00

Offered by Deverell Books

Black Bunnies

Charles Robinson

Blackie

£500.00

Offered by Deverell Books

Cathy Come Home

Sandford Jeremy

Marion Boyers

£125.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Azuma asobi - Amusements of the Eastern Capital

Hokusai

Tsutaya Juzaburo

Reserved

Offered by De Bry Rare Books

Poster ( I Love the Life of Freedom )

Al Wafd

Al Wafd

£450.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Iraq Royal Family. Collection of Photographs Recov...

LAYER, William, and Ali WAHAB.

Dar Alrafidain

£150.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

POLAR EXPLORATION BOOKS CATALOGUE 2024

Davies, Paul

£0.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

The Gulf. Arabia's Western Approaches. ( Signed )

Izzard, Molly

John Murray

£125.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Christopher Shakespeare - the man behind the plays...

Malcolm Elliott-SIGNED 1st

The book guild

£25.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

[SLAVERY] Extract of a letter to a gentleman in M...

Granville Sharp

Phillips and Fardon

£225.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

Catalogue of Printed Books and Bookbindings: The J...

BARBER (Giles)

Published for the Rothschild Foundation,

£365.00

Offered by Forest Books

The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts. Part I....

[DARWIN (Erasmus)]

London: Printed for J. Johnson,

£1200.00

Offered by Forest Books

Histoire de la Laponie, sa description, l’origine,...

SCHEFFER (Johannes)

Paris: chez la Veuve Olivier de Varennes,

£1395.00

Offered by Forest Books

Collected Poems. Limited & Numbered

Brooke, Rupert

Philip Lee Warner for Medici Society

£245.00

Offered by Kingsbridge Books

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

Ed. Cherry-Garrard, Apsley

Smith Elder

£1850.00

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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Forest Books | W R H Laywood Grantham

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Kingsbridge Books | Paul Davies Kingsbridge

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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Resources

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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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