Event Information

This is a new addition to this year's calendar of fairs.

Please scroll down to see the PBFA exhibitors, followed by the the Fine Press Book Association exhibitors.  The floor plan is available to download at the bottom of the page.

The Fine Press Book Association (FPBA) is an organisation of individuals interested in the art of fine printing, formed with the goal of promoting the appreciation of beautiful books and printing skills.

FPBA had its first official meeting and issued the first issue of Parenthesis in 1998. Today it has a worldwide membership of those interested in the fine book and contemporary fine printing: collectors, printers, artists, illustrators, museums, libraries, and dealers.

It publishes Parenthesis, a journal devoted to fine printing and book-making, issues an occasional e-newsletter, organizes events for members and non-members, and has run competitions in book design.

Parenthesis is published twice a year and is free to members. To bring vitality and variety to Parenthesis, its production alternates between North America and the UK. In the Americas, Robert McCamant of Sherwin Beach Press brings out the Fall issue, while production of the Spring issue is led by Sebastian Carter of Rampant Lions Press.

Each issue typically is 64 pages of articles and illustrations, many in colour. Up to 90 de luxe members receive a special limited edition of Parenthesis, which is case-bound and presented in a slip case with a parcel of items specially printed by presses from around the world.

For example, past parcels have included wood engravings by Gaylord Shanilec, Frank Martin, and Simon King, printing from Henry Morris and Nicolas McDowall, pochoir by Peter Allen and Ian Beck, and a poster for the Pennyroyal Caxton Press edition of the Holy Bible.

Refreshments available.

The image you see is from the Bawden mural at Blackwell's book shop in Oxford.

Key Details

Time & Date 9th December 2023, 12:00 - 17:00 10th December 2023, 11:00 - 16:00

Venue Oxford University Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BG

Organisers Henry Gott, Blackwell's Books Tel: 01865 333555 Email: Henry.Gott@blackwell.co.uk
Sian Wainwright, Blackwell's Books Tel: 01865 333555 Email: Sian.Wainwright@blackwell.co.uk

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Ticket Information

Adult Ticket (includes catalogue) £ 5.00

Travel Information

Parking

There is no parking on site. The nearest city centre car park is St Clements car park, about a 10 minute walk. It is open 24 hours a day and charges apply throughout the year. There are disabled car parking spaces opposite and also in Merton Street.

Train

Oxford is the nearest station, approx 20 minute walk.

Bus

The nearest bus stop and airport bus stops (Heathrow and Gatwick) are located on the High Street just outside the Examination Schools (Queen’s Lane stop).

Driving

We recommend using the Park & Ride system. The Thornhill (400) and Seacourt (400) Park & Ride services stop just outside (Queen’s Lane stop).

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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 Wolverhampton Wanderer : One Of 100 Special co...

Horovitz, Michael & Sir Peter Blake, David Hockney et al. (Illus.)

Latimer, UK

£995.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland : Signed by The I...

Carroll, Lewis & Van Sandwyk, Charles (Illus.)

Folio Society, London

£795.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Kynoch Press Note Book 1935 : Signed By Edward Baw...

Bawden, Edward (Illus.)

Kynoch Press, Witton, Birmingham

£1750.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Salvo for Russia : A Limited Edition of New Poems,...

Cunard, Nancy and John Banting (Eds.)

Privately Printed, London

£8500.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

English As She Is Spoke

Carolino, Pedro & Bawden, Edward (Illus.)

Lion and Unicorn Press, London

£1250.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Temples of Power : With the Scarce Wrapper

Stamp, Gavin & Boyd Harte, Glynn (Illus.)

Cygnet Press, UK

£1750.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Hertford College (Aula B Mariae Magdalenae)

David Loggan

David Loggan

£75.00

Offered by De Bry Rare Books

St Peter's College (Aula Novi Hospitii)

David Loggan

David Loggan

£75.00

Offered by De Bry Rare Books

The Kingdom Of The Pearl : Deluxe Edition Signed B...

Rosenthal, Leonard & Dulac, Edmund (Illus.)

Nisbet & Co. Ltd, Londo

£2000.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Seriatim – : Paintings, Places and Asides’

Graham, Rigby

Brewhouse Press

£3500.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

A Christmas Book : Signed By The Illustrator

Sandwyk, Charles Van

Heavenly Monkey, Vancouver

£650.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Hop-O’-Me-Heart: A Grown-up Fairy-Tale With illust...

Housman, Laurence & Guthrie, John (Illus.)

The Pear Tree Press, Flansham

£850.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Flowers and Faces : One Of 60 Specially Bound Copi...

Bates H.E. & Nash, John (Illus.)

The Golden Cockerel Press, UK

£2950.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Wood Engravings from La Vida Breve

John O'Connor

The Rocket Press, Blewbury, Oxfordshire

£650.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Gulliver’s Travels : Illustrated By Rex Whistler

Swift, Jonathan

The Cresset Press

£6950.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

A Machynlleth Triad : With The Publisher’s Complim...

Morris, Jan

Gwasg Gregynog, Newtown

£425.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

An Alderney Afternoon : A Brewhouse Jaunt

Graham, Rigby

Brewhouse, Wymondham

£1250.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

The Magic Forest : A Story Told, Printed And Illus...

Sandford, Christopher & Lettice

The Chiswick Press, London

£375.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

A Primer Of Birds : Signed By Hughes And Baskin :...

Hughes, Ted & Baskin, Leonard (Illus.)

The Gehenna Press, UK

£1000.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

The Prospectus For ‘The Rime Of The Ancient Marine...

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor & Jones, David

Douglas Cleverdon for the Fanfare Press, Bristol

£100.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Christmas Card 1962 : Signed By Edward Bawden

Bawden, Edward

Dawson Rossiter Limited, Slough

£425.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

The Graphic Work Of Edward Wadsworth: The Special...

Greenwood, Jeremy

Wood Lee Press, Woodbridge

£1500.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

Lud Heat : The First Issue : Signed By The Author

Sinclair, Iain

Albion Village Press

£550.00

Offered by Ashton Rare Books

These Things The Poets Said : With A Postcard Sign...

Eckert, Robert P. Jnr. (Foreword) And Guthrie, James

Pear Tree Press : 1935

£850.00

Offered by Ashton Rare 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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Ashton Rare Books | Les Ashton Market Harborough

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Julian Smith | Julian Smith Leicester

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Karen Jakobsen Art and Design Books | Karen Jakobsen Sturminster Newton

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Pete Fry | Peter Fry Grange-over-Sands

226

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Theoc Books | Lester Capon Tewkesbury

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Veronica Watts | Veronica Watts Cranleigh

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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.

The Blue Print Press

Contact: Janine Raedts

Victoria Hall Hand Decorated Papers
Victoria makes hand marbled and paste papers with a particular interest in historic papers which are available from stock or may be ordered. Requests to match old papers are welcome, as are enquiries for use in modern editions and other applications. Gift products. Established 1989.

Contact: Victoria Hall

Telephone: 01328 701381
Address

Hill Farm House, London Street
Whissonsett
Dereham
Norfolk
NR20 5ST

Andy Moore Calligraphy

Contact: Andy Moore

Fine Press Poetry

Contact: Andrew Moorhouse

The Mainstone Press

Contact: Tim Mainstone

Telephone: 01362 688395
Address

London
E3

parvenu press

Contact: Carolyn Trant

Telephone: 07906 868361
Address

Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1SB

MKB Editions/Belmont Hall Press

Contact: Philip Sharpe

Telephone: 01432 342252
Address

Ivy House
345 Kings Acre Road
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR4 0SL

Bonnefant Press

Contact: Hans van Eijk

Telephone: 0031 43 457 1916
Address

Pastoor Pendersstraat 21
6262 PB Banholt
The Netherlands

Altazimuth Press & Tom Paine Press

Contact: Peter Chasseaud

Hirundo Press

Contact: Caroline Saltzwedel

Telephone: 0049 40 494 546
Address

Woldsenweg 18
20249 Hamburg
Germany

Judd Street Gallery

Contact: Alan Powers

Telephone: 020 7387 3154
Address

99 Judd Street
London
WC1H 9NE

Editions Verdigris

Contact: Mark Lintott

Telephone: 0033 467 962 845
Address

3 rue de Reservoir
34800 Octon
France

Jennings Fine Art

Contact: Neil Jennings

St James Park Press

Contact: James Freemantle

Telephone: 07792 418373
Address

Petty France
London
SW1H 9HE

The Petrarch Press

Contact: William Bentley

Address

P O Box 488
Oregon House
CA 95962
USA

Fathom Five Press

Contact: Tracey Bush

Woodbridge Rare Books

Contact: Bill Woodbridge

Telephone: 01394 386800
Address

The Paddocks, Bealings Road
Martlesham
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 4RW

Nomad Letterpress

Contact: Patrick Randle

Telephone: 01242 820724
Address

Whittington Press
Nr Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL54 4HF

The Fleece Press

Contact: Simon Lawrence

Telephone: 01226 792200
Address

95 Denby Lane
Upper Denby
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD8 8TZ

Midnight Paper Sales

Contact: G Schanilec

Telephone: 001 952 529 6950
Address

St Paul
Wisconsin
Minnesota 55101
USA

BABEL

Contact: Kevin Perryman

Telephone: 0049 8243 961 691
Address

Straßäcker 1
86925 Fuchstal
Germany

Friederike von Hellermann

Contact:

Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd

Contact: Paul Kidson

Telephone: 01584 878110
Address

Unit 5
Lower Barns Business Park
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 4DS

Inky Parrot Press

Contact: Dennis Hall

Telephone: 01993 881260
Address

The Foundry
Church Hanborough
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX29 8AB

Chevington Press

Contact:

The Reading Room Press

Contact: Miles Wigfield

Telephone: 01285 750662
Address

Coneygar Lodge
Quenington
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
GL7 5BZ

Impress Publishing

Contact: Prof Phil Cleaver

Telephone: 07816 675178
Address

Editorial Department (156)
95 Wilton Road
London
SW1V 1BZ

Woodcraft Press

Contact: Owen Legg

Telephone: 01732 359206
Address

Woodcraft
152 Hadlow Road
Tonbridge
Kent
TN9 1PB

Russell Maret

Contact:

Telephone: 001 646 712 1784
Address

140 East 71st Street, Apartment 5B
New York
NY 10021
USA

Designer Bookbinders

Contact: Pippa Smith, Secretary

J Hewit & Sons Ltd

Contact: David Lanning

Telephone: 01506 444160
Website: http://hewit.com
Address

12 Nettlehill Road
Houstoun Industrial Estate
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 5DL

Mixolydian Editions

Contact: Richard Wagener

Elies Plana

Contact:

FIne Press Artists Books

Contact: Susan Allix

Linda Landers Fine Books

Contact: Linda Landers

Telephone: 07958 606856
Address

London
W14

Paekakariki Press

Contact: Matt McKenzie

The Old School Press

Contact: Martyn & Angela Ould

The Old Stile Press

Contact: Cressida Mayer

Incline Press

Contact: Graham Moss

Telephone: 0161 627 1966
Address

36 Bow Street
Oldham
Lancashire
OL1 1SJ

John Purcell Paper

Contact: John Purcell

Gwasg Gregynog

Contact:

Address

Gregynog
Tregynon
Newtown
Powys
SY16 3PW

Deep Wood Press

Contact: Chad Pastotnik

Telephone: 001 231 587 0506
Address

PO Box 726
Mancelona
MI 49659
USA

The Salvage Press

Contact: Jamie Murphy

Telephone: 00353 87 9626365
Address

Clonshaugh
Dublin 17
Ireland

Solmentes Press

Contact: David Esslemont

Hill Press

Contact: Stephen Heaver

Address

500 Woodlawn Road
Baltimore
MD 21210
USA

Claire Illouz

Contact:

Telephone: 0033 674 301031
Address

2 Impasse de la Clef des Champs
95510 Cherence
France

Lux Mentis
& suzanne@luxmentis.com

Contact: Ian Kahn & Suzanne Hamlin

Leslie Gerry Editions

Contact: Leslie Gerry

Harmatan Leathers

Contact: Marc Lamb

Telephone: 01933 412151
Address

Higham Ferrers
Northamptonshire
NN10 8AX

The Lone Oak Press

Contact: Abigail Rorer

Telephone: 001 978 724 6672
Address

16 Oliver Street
Petersham
Massachusetts 01366
USA

13 Edition

Contact: Alexandra Frohloff

Telephone: N/A
Address

Aechterhook 6
48691 Vreden
Germany

Jim Butler

Contact:

Telephone: 07913 815996
Address

Cambridge
CB1

Fox Ash Press

Contact: David Jury

Grant Street Editions

Contact: Mark Rutter

The Heavy Duty Press

Contact: Michael Koppa

Telephone: +1 608-606-5854
Address

107 S. Dunlap Ave.
Viroqua
WI 54665
USA

The p's and q's Press

Contact: Christine Tacq

Tudor Black Press

Contact: Hugh Macfarlane

Thin Ice Press
Tel. Helen Smith 01904 323352; J T Welsch 01904 324719

Contact: Helen Smith & J T Welsch

Address

Dept. of English & Related Literature
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD

Fine Press Book Assocation

Contact:

Design for Today

Contact: Joe Pearson

S P Tuohy

Contact: Steven Tuohy

Nancy Loeber

Contact:

Christine McCauley

Contact:

The Florin Press

Contact: Graham Williams

Cordes Press

Contact: Dr Kevin Cordes

Telephone: 07789 084209
Address

London
N9

Verso Press

Contact: Sue McLaren

Telephone: 07791 004265
Address

Liverpool
L25 6JR

Sarah Amatt

Contact:

Telephone: 07964 448203
Address

2 Mill Cottages
Caynham
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 3BH

Effra Press & Typefoundry

Contact: Nick Gill

Telephone: 07815 108672
Address

The Coach House
1 Beechfield
Newton on Ouse
North Yorkshire
YO30 2DJ

Corvus Works

Contact: Christopher Wakeling

Duet Books

Contact: Peter Lawrence

Rooksmoor Press

Contact: Katie Beard & Stan Lane

Telephone: 07791 887515
Address

Gloucester Typesetting
Unit 23E Bond's Mill
Stonehouse
Gloucestershire
GL10 3RG

Jeff Towns
Jeff is one of the world's leading Dylan Thomas experts, and has a wealth of knowledge, extensive contacts and many, many manuscripts, notes, letters, pictures and books by and about Dylan Thomas.

Contact:

Telephone: 07850 759199
Address

23 King Edwards Road
Swansea
DA1 4LL

Apulhed Originals

Contact: Pete Kennedy

Chisato Tamabayashi

Contact:

Il Buon Tempo

Contact: Lucio Passerini

Intima Press Editions

Contact: Mindy Belloff

Muttons & Nuts

Contact:

Plain Wrapper Press Redux

Contact: Mark E Fischer

Red Plate Press

Contact: David Armes

Ruth Martin

Contact:

Sophie Brudenell-Bruce/La Providence Press

Contact: Sophie Brudenell-Bruce

The Kelpie Press

Contact: Isobel Gillan

The Prototype Press

Contact: Mark Sarigianis

TOC Publishing Berlin

Contact: Birgit Schmitz

Wild Pangolin Press

Contact: Vladimir Zimakov

Sophie Schneideman Rare Books

Contact:

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