London Rare & Antiquarian Book Fair
16th May 2026, 17th May 2026
Event Information
The fair is kindly sponsored by Forum Auctions.
FREE admission, but you can download the 'complimentary ticket' with the fair details.
Please scroll down to the bottom for the link to the floor plan.
Refreshments available at the venue.
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Key Details
Time & Date 16th May 2026, 13:00 - 19:00 17th May 2026, 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
Travel Information
Train
West Brompton - 5 minute walk to Ibis London Earls Court.
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.
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.
FOX's HISTORY OF HUMAN TEETH ~ 1803
FIRST BOOK ON ORTHODONTICS
London: Thomas Cox
£850.00
Offered by Celsus Books
MANUSCRIPT from the Phillips collection
The Visitation of Middlesex. Began in the year 1663
£750.00
Offered by Celsus Books
Little Dorrit, with illustrations by H. K. Browne
DICKENS, Charles. 1st Edition
London: Bradbury & Evans
£395.00
Offered by Celsus Books
HENRY MORE's Enchiridion metaphysicum ~ 1st ed ~ 1...
A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON NEWTON
Londini: typis E. Flesher. Prostat apud Guilielmum Morden, bibliopolam Cantabrigiensem.
£750.00
Offered by Celsus Books
Evelyn's Acetaria ~ First edition
THE FIRST RECORDED BOOK ON SALADS
London: printed for B. Tooke at the Middle-Temple Gate in Fleetstreet,
£495.00
Offered by Celsus Books
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestic...
DARWIN, Charles
London: John Murray
£1250.00
Offered by Celsus Books
Origine des Especes ~ APPROVED BY DARWIN HIMSELF
DARWIN, Charles
Paris: Reinwald
£625.00
Offered by Celsus Books
A Natural History of Birds
ALBIN, Eleazar
London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, Printers to the Royal Society, at the West-End of St Paul
£12000.00
Offered by Celsus Books
Progymnasmata. The Inn-Play: or Cornish-Hugg Wrest...
PARKYNS (Sir Thomas, of Bunny Park)
London: Printed for Tho, Weekes, and sold by Humph. Wainwright, at Bunny, Nottinghamshire,
£850.00
Offered by Forest Books
[Photographs of] Welbeck Abbey.
[WHITE (Robert)]
Worksop: Published by Robert White,
£475.00
Offered by Forest Books
Attractive Folio volume with four suites of French...
VERY RARE - Modeles de Batiments
Reserved
Offered by Celsus Books
THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW.
LEWIS. C. S. --- BAYNES. PAULINE. Illustrates.
Bodley Head. London. 1955.
£3000.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
Philosophical Transactions Vol. XLVII. For the yea...
FRANKLIN FLIES A KITE AND CHANGES THE PHYSICAL WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
London: Printed for C. Davis, Printer to the Royal Society, over-against Gray's Inn-Gate in Holbourn. MDCCLIII
£3995.00
Offered by Celsus Books
Panorama. A Panorama of the Coronation Procession...
A VERY ATTRACTIVE LONDON CORONATION PANORAMA ~ LIMITED EDITION
London: Chiswick Press
£595.00
Offered by Celsus Books
THE FIRST EDITION OF THE GENEVA BIBLE 1560
THE BIBLE THAT INSPIRED SHAKESPEARE AND THE PILGRIM FATHERS
Geneva: Rouland Hall
£12000.00
Offered by Celsus 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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Rainford & Parris | Philip & Helen Parris, and Justin Rainford Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford
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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.
DownloadFloor Plan & Exhibitors
Please click on the button below to see the floor plan for this fair.
ExploreFriends of the PBFA
Please email info@pbfa.org for more information