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.
BRAZILIAN FLOWERS - PROOF BEFORE LETTER
NORTON, Edith Holland
£12500.00
Offered by Michael S Kemp Bookseller
'Dangerous Work', Diary of an Arctic Adventurer. F...
Arthur Conan Doyle. Edited by Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower.
The British Library
£500.00
Offered by Lanna Antique
The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-191...
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley.
London: Constable and Company Limited
£2750.00
Offered by Meridian Rare Books
Nineteen Eighty Four. First Edition/First Impressi...
George Orwell
Secker & Warburg
£3499.99
Offered by Endpaper Books
AN INTERESTING NINETEENTH CENTURY COOKERY MANUSCRI...
Mrs Farrer
None
£245.00
Offered by Celsus Books
THE ART OF ILLUMINATING. As Practised in Europe Fr...
W. R. TYMMS. and WYATT. M. D(igby). -- Fine binding by The Ashley Bindery.
Day and Son. Lithographers to the Queen. London. Published April 2nd 1860.
£1750.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire By W. Chambers Lefr...
W. Chambers Lefroy
Seeley Jackson & Halliday
£325.00
Offered by Neil Summersgill
An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a Vie...
Malthus, T.R.
London: Printed for J. Johnson by T. Bensley
£1600.00
Offered by Celsus Books
Gewerbe-Festzug zur Feier des funfzig jahrigen Jub...
HEINRICH, A.; BAUER, E.
Leipzig: HEINRICH, A.; BAUER, E.
£1500.00
Offered by Celsus Books
Specimens of Ornamental Art Selected from the Best...
Gruner, Lewis
London: Thomas M'Lean
£1250.00
Offered by Celsus Books
Little Dorrit, with illustrations by H. K. Browne
DICKENS, Charles.
London: Bradbury & Evans
£400.00
Offered by Celsus Books
FROM FAR EAST TO FAR WEST STRICTLY PRIVATE A VOYAG...
R. B. P.
Unpublished
£650.00
Offered by Celsus Books
Nouveau dictionnaire Francois-Italien: compose sur...
Alberti de Villeneuve, F.
Venice: Remondini
£245.00
Offered by Celsus Books
Picturesque Tour from Geneva to Milan, by Way of t...
[Lory, Gabriel & Mathias-Gabriel.] Schoberl, Frederic.
London: Published by R. Ackermann, at his Repository of Arts
£2250.00
Offered by Meridian Rare Books
Gedichte (rare first private printing)
[GOETHE] ECKERMANN, Johann Peter.
Privately printed
£500.00
Offered by Celsus Books
A PICTURE OF ST. PETERSBURGH (St. Petersburg).
MORNAY. Illustrates.
Printed for Edward Orme. London.
£18750.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
A COMPLETE ANALYSIS, OR ABRIDGMENT OF DR. ADAM SMI...
JOYCE. JEREMIAH. - ADAM SMITH.
G. & W. B. Whittaker. London. 1821.
£575.00
Offered by Paul Foster Books
TEN YEARS IN AN OPEN NECKED SHIRT. And Other Poems...
CLARKE. JOHN COOPER.
Arena. Published by Arrow books. London.,1983
£3250.00
Offered by Paul Foster 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