Special & Themed Fairs

Check this space regularly for details of our 2026 Events. So far this year we have had the  Bloomsbury Summer Book Fair, and the Bloomsbury Christmas Book Fair, we are hoping to add the Bloomsbury Photograph Fair and the Pulp and Paperback fair very soon.   If you want to exhibit at  any of our fairs, please email us using the contact page for details.

These special fairs are our most popular events. If you’re planning a visit to London during the year these could make for the perfect break from the hot metropolitan hustle & bustle…find out more.

At the end of the year, as usual, we have our  Christmas Bloomsbury Book Fair, on December 13th 2026. This fair is always designed to bring some seasonal cheer and often a great resource for those looking for something special, unusual or unique as a Christmas present. From Victorian chromolithographed Christmas Cards to modern Private Press publications, signed autobiographies or even classic modern fiction in first edition, you’ll be amazed how inspirational our Christmas Fairs can be!

Fairs for all Seasons & Collectors – Themed & Special Fairs

 

 

Our  next themed fair will be the Bloomsbury Photograph Fair which will take place on Sunday 11th October. This event is very popular, if you would like to exhibit do get in touch to secure your stand.

 

 

Admission to all our events is £4 which entitles visitors entry to both events. Open as usual from 9.30-3pm.

We are also looking to develop various ideas for more themed fairs dedicated to books, ephemera, postcards, manuscripts, maps, photographs, small antiques etc. relating to various themes/collectors/subjects more information will follow as these ideas develop into events!

SUMMER FAIR 2025 EXHIBITOR LIST

This list of exhibitors is for the next BLOOMSBURY SUMMER BOOK FAIR, which will take place on Sunday, May 10 from 9:30 am - 3:00 pm. Once uploaded the exhibitor list will be updated regularly in the lead up to the fair. Please check regularly for any updates. if an exhibitor has HIGHLIGHTS you can click on the link at the end of their entry to view them!

 

Exhibitor Information

 

  • LIN JOHNSON
  • PABLO BUTCHER
  • TONY CROMBIE
  • JULIE DRUMMOND-HAY
  • KIKI WERTH
  • BOB BRUNDISH
  • CLIVE MOSS
  • CHRIS MOORE
  • SYSTON BINDERY
  • SIMON FINCH
  • HARRIS LECHTZIER
  • STEVE MORRIS
  • JAMES EATON
  • ANDY BRIEN
  • JOHN WILBRAHAM
  • PETER HILL
  • MIKE KEMP
  • TOM LINTERN-MOLE
  • PETER WHETMAN
  • BARNABY CHARI
  • ANDREW SAIDI
  • SHAPERO RARE BOOKS
  • HEREWARD BOOKS
  • JEREMY CARSON
  • RICHARD KLEVAN
  • ROBERT FREW
  • STEVE BURAK
  • JULIAN ROBERTS
  • ALAN GIBBARD
  • DAVID TOBIN
  • JAKE FIOR
  • LUKE OXLEY
  • ANDREW BERKI
  • MATTHEW NUTT
  • OUAHID MESLEK
  • ANTONIO PULITI – INTERAMNI AP
  • SIMON ROUTH
  • TED IRWIN
  • SD
  • JIM PENINGTON
  • CHRIS CORBETT
  • PAUL EISLER
  • CHRIS WHITE
  • JIM HINE
  • STEPHEN MILLER
  • PHILIP SHARPE
  • JENNY ALLSWORTH
  • ADRIAN BECKHAM
  • CHRIS OVERFIELD
  • JANE JAQUES
  • CONOR PATTENDEN
  • PHIL TYLER
  • GEORGE JEFFERY

 

 

ALLSWORTH RARE BOOKS

Jenny Allsworth

TEL: 07884 054114

EMAIL: jenny@allsworthbooks.com

SPECIALISMS: Travel, Exploration, Photographs, Archives.

 

ALASTOR RARE BOOKS

James Eaton

EMAIL: alastorrb@btinternet.com

 

ANTIQUATES

Tom Lintern-Mole

TEL|: 07921 151496

EMAIL: sales@antiquates.co.uk

SPECIALISMS: Antiquarian books

 

ANTIQUARIAN BOOK COMPANY

Jeremy Carson

TEL: 07769 318895

EMAIL: jeremy@antiquarianbookcompany.com

WEBSITE: www.antiquarianbookcompany.com

SPECIALISMS: Publisher’s bindings, manuscripts.

 

 

BLACK GULL BOOKS

Chris Overfield

TEL: 07790786351/0208 8897112

 

PABLO BUTCHER

TEL: 01865 341445

EMAIL: pablobutcher@wannado.fr

SPECIALISMS: Asia, Travel, Photography

 

CORVUS BOOKS

Chris Corbett

EMAIL: corvusbooks@btinternet.com

 

TONY CROMBIE

EMAIL: tcrombie@btinternet.com

 

BARNABY CHIARI  RARE BOOKS

Barnaby Chiari

TEL: 07760 323967

SPECIALISMS: General Antiquarian, Fine Bindings and Social History

 

JULIE DRUMMOND-HAY

EMAIL: drumhay@gmail.com

 

JAKE FIOR

TEL: 07715677825

EMAIL: jake@alicelooking.com

SPECIALISMS:  Alice

 

ROBERT FREW RARE BOOKS

Robert Frew

Tel: 0207 596 6650

EMAIl: shop@robertfrew.com

WEBSITE: www.robertfrew.com

SPECIALISMS: Antiquarian books, maps, prints

 

GAGE POSTAL BOOKS

Simon Routh

TEL: 07828 861677

EMAIL: gagebooks@clara.net

WEBSITE: www.gagebooks.co.uk

SPECIALISMS:  Theology, Religion, Antiquarian

 

ALAN GIBBARD

Alan Gibbard

TEL: 01323 416211

EMAIL: wildsidebooks@hotmail.com

SPECIALISMS: Natural History, Travel, General Antiquarian

 

HEREWARD BOOKS

Roger Pratt

TEL: 01353 740821

EMAIL: sales@herewardbooks.co.uk

WEBSITE: www.herewardbooks.co.uk

 

PETER HILL

TEL: 07703 533866

EMAIL: peterhill.books@btinternet.com

SPECIALISMS: Travel

 

HOLYBOURNE RARE BOOKS

Stephen Dick

TEL: 01420 82808

EMAIL: Stephen@holybournebooks.com

WEBSITE: www.holybournebooks.com

SPECIALISMS: First Editions, General Antiquarian, Jane Austen

 

TED IRWIN

EMAIL: irwintia@aol.com

 

JANE JAQUES

EMAIL: janejaques@btconnect.com

 

GEORGE JEFFERY BOOKS

George Jeffery

TEL: 01992 641234/07836292034

EMAIL: gjbooks@btinternet.com

WEBSITE: www.georgejefferybooks.com

SPECIALISMS: General books, antiquarian

 

MICHAEL KEMP

TEL: 01795 663675/07711856075

EMAIL: mike@kempbooksellers.co.uk

WEBSITE: www.michaelkemp.co.uk

SPECIALISMS: Mervyn Peake

 

RICHARD KLEVAN BOOKS

Richard Klevan

TEL: 07780708110

EMAIL: tigbog@internet.com

 

OUAHID MESLEK

TEL: 07939 819241

EMAIL: omeslek@googlemail.com

SPECIALISMS: Modern First editions and Antiquarian

 

STEPHEN MILLER

EMAIL: stephenmillerbooks@gmail.com

 

STEVE MORRIS

EMAIL: steve_stcuthberts@hotmail.com

 

CLIVE MOSS

EMAIL: clive.moss@chiswickauctions.co.uk

 

MATTHEW NUTT ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS

Matthew Nutt

TEL: 07813 705074

EMAIL: mjnutt@outlook.com

WEBSITE: www.matthewnutt.com

SPECIALISMS: Antiquarian Books,  Maps, Ephemera.

 

LUKE OXLEY

TEL: 0772 0849305

EMAIL: lukeoxley1@btinternet.com

SPECIALISMS: Art, prints

 

JIM PENINGTON

EMAIL: info@aloesbooks.co.uk

 

RATTLESNAKE BOOKS

Andrew Berki

TEL: 07447 346377

EMAIL: andrewberki@gmail.com

SPECIALISMS: Maps, military, literary fiction, art.

 

JULIAN ROBERTS FINE BOOKS

Julian Roberts

EMAIL: jrfinebooks@aol.com

 

SHAPERO RARE BOOKS

Julian Mackenzie

TEL: 0207 493 0876

EMAIL: rarebooks@shapero.com

 

PHILLIP SHARPE

EMAIL: pjbsharpe@gmail.com

 

 

SYSTON BINDERY

Paul Dodge

TEL: 0116 253 9552

 

WALDEN BOOKS

David Tobin

TEL: 07983 615548

WEBSITE: www.waldenbooks.co.uk

SPECIALISMS: History of Art, Literature.

 

KIKI WERTH POSTERS

Kiki Werth

TEL: 02072297026

EMAIL: kiki@kikiwerth.com

WEBSITE: www.kikiwerth.com

SPECIALISMS: Original vintage posters.

 

PETER WHETMAN

Peter Whetman

Tel: 0208 868 7968

EMAIL: pwhetman1@waitrose.com

SPECIALISMS: History of topography of London.

 

WHITE EAGLE BOOKS

Andrew & Lidia Szaflarski-Saidi

TEL: 0208 979 9894

EMAIL: andrew@szaflarskisaidi.fsnet.co.uk

SPECIALISMS: World Travel, Modern First Editions.

 

CHRIS WHITE

TEL: 07986 351054

 

J & S WILBRAHAM

John Wilbraham

TEL: 0208 959 3709

EMAIL: john@wilbraham.demon.co.uk

WEBSITE: www.wilbrahambooks.co.uk

SPECIALISMS: Antiquarian, Children’s Literature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibitor: ANDREW SAIDI

Summer Book Fair Highlights

THE ARAB OF THE DESERT

£450

The Arab of The Desert. Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1949. 648pp. 8vo (170 x 236 mm). 664 pp. With frontispiece portrait of HH Sheikh Sir Ahmad al Jabir al Sabah, contemporary Ruler of Kuwait, and numerous plates and text illustrations. Elegantly bound in full black calf gilt. Internally fine. Maps etc in [...]

Exhibitor: LIN JOHNSON

Summer Book Fair Highlights

CHARLES GOODALL CHRISTMAS CARD

A Victorian Charles Goodall lift the flap dead /drunk robins Christmas card

Exhibitor: JAKE FIOR

Summer Book Fair Highlights

THE NIGHT LAND — WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON

£1,850

Here’s a first edition of William Hope Hodgson’s The Night Land which will be on my stand.

Exhibitor: ANDREW SAIDI

Summer Book Fair Highlights

WESTERN ARABIA & THE RED SEA

£285

Western Arabia and The Red Sea. 1st 1945.

Exhibitor: MIKE KEMP

Summer Book Fair Highlights

THE PROTESTANT MISSIONARY MAP OF THE WORLD

£750

The Protestant Missionary Map of the World, hand-coloured twin-hemisphere world map engraved by Edward Gover, 4 smaller maps (British North America; South Africa; India; Guiana and West Indies, hand-coloured in outline) in corners, with colour coding chart, dissected into 36 sections and laid on linen, folding into original slipcase, printed lettering label on upper cover, [...]

Exhibitor: BOB BRUNDISH
£850

R. Bowdler Sharpe Lloyd’s Natural History Full Set of 16 Volumes 1st Edition 1896 Blue cloth hardback with gilt lettering to the Spines Chromolithograph plates through out. A complete set in VG+ condition.

Exhibitor: MIKE KEMP

Summer Book Fair Highlights

HIDDEN MINATURE PISTOL

£800

Hidden Miniature Pistol [decommissioned] in a hollowed out copy of Archdeacon Paley’s View of the Evidences of Christianity. 1836. Binding needing some attention, front board detached.

Exhibitor: Kiki Werth

Summer Book Fair Highlights

CUNARD CRUISES ARTWORK

Original Artwork for Cunard Cruises Nassau, c 1950s 76.5 x 56.5 cm (30 x 22 inches)

Exhibitor: LIN JOHNSON

Summer Book Fair Highlights

SELECTION OF DE LA RUE GREETINGS CARDS

A selection of De La Rue greetings cards. The company published these between 1875 to 1885.

Exhibitor: ANDREW SAIDI

Summer Book Fair Highlights

LONDON SCENE

£250

London Scene. Seuss. 1969

Exhibitor: LIN JOHNSON

Summer Book Fair Highlights

VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CARD

A late Victorian 3 fold Christmas card