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.

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

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Travel Information

Train

West Brompton - 5 minute walk to Ibis London Earls Court.

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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.

Antikamnia Calendar for 1900

ANTIKAMNIA

£650.00

Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller

A SELECTION OF MINIATURE BOOKS

Various

Reserved

Offered by Neil Summersgill

Chagall’s DLM 182 in original wrapping ~ UNREAD ~...

Chagall

Maeght editeur

£1500.00

Offered by Celsus Books

The Saint in New York

CHARTERIS, Leslie

Hodder and Stoughton

£5500.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

Toujours Chic

JOUMARD, Germaine Paule [Editor]

Joumard

£1750.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

Journal of the G-s Being Letters from J. G. to his...

GREGO, Joseph

£4500.00

Offered by Rainford & Parris

The Maxim Nordenfelt Guns

Maxim Nordenfelt

Maxim Nordenfelt

£700.00

Offered by Hereward Books

MARCH FOR A NUCLEAR FREE BRITAIN

CND POSTER

£125.00

Offered by Hereward Books

SHOOTING FOR LADIES

Winans Walter

G P Putman's Son

£250.00

Offered by Hereward Books

THE FIRST PRINTED GRAMMAR OF THE ZULU LANGUAGE....

Schreuder, H.P.S. ordinert Praest og norsk Missionnaer i Sydaafrika Med Fortale og Anmaerkninger C.A. Holboe

W.C.Fabritius, Christiania, Norway.

£125.00

Offered by Neil Summersgill

An IMPORTANT 18 cent. CHESS GAMBIT NOTEBOOK ~ in a...

Richard Penn [bookplate]

Unpublished manuscript

£12000.00

Offered by Celsus Books

Entwurf einer Verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheori...

EINSTEIN, Albert

Leipzig und Berlin Druck und Verlag von B.G. Teubner

£1200.00

Offered by Celsus Books

1705 ~ THE TRUE FIRST APPEARANCE OF HALLEY's COMET...

HALLEY, EDMUND

Philosophical Transactions: Smith and Walford

£9000.00

Offered by Celsus Books

LE MORTE DARTHUR. The history of King Arthur and o...

MALORY. Sir THOMAS. ; Russell Flint. William. Illustrates.

Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to The Medici Society Ltd. London. 1920.

£650.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

CARROLL. LEWIS. ; STEADMAN. RALPH. Illustrates.

Dennis Dobson. London. 1967.

£400.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

COOKERY MANUSCRIPT OWNED BY MRS BEETON

[Mrs Beeton] Elizabeth Bainbridge, Fishergate

Unpublished

£2450.00

Offered by Celsus Books

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory #101601

Roald Dahl

George Allen & Unwin

£695.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

The High History of The Holy Graal #101600

Sebastian Evans (translator) Illustrations by Jessie M. King

J. M. Dent

£1500.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

CARTE DE L’INDOSTAN OU DE L’EMPIRE MOGOL; D’APRES...

James Rennell

Grave par Tardieu l’aine, rue de Sorbonne, N.385

£2500.00

Offered by Marrin's Bookshop

'Winnie'

Roo Waterhouse

Original Oil Painting

£2100.00

Offered by Roo Waterhouse Art

'Southern Lights'

Roo Waterhouse

Original Oil Painting

£1800.00

Offered by Roo Waterhouse Art

A FINE COLOURED MEZZOTINT PORTRAIT OF THACKERAY

HUNT, George Sydney; LAURENCE, Samuel.

HUNT, G. Sydney

£125.00

Offered by Celsus Books

Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landsca...

REPTON, Humphry

London: printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, For J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, High Holburn.

£7500.00

Offered by Celsus Books

NAVAL LOG OF HMS ROYAL OAK 1863-1865

CAPTAIN A.W.HAMILTON ROYAL NAVY

N/A

£595.00

Offered by World War 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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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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