Book fairs everywhere have assumed a gathering importance as shops have closed around the world. Experience has long shown that collectors and institutions will go great distances to find the objects of their passion and experience has proven that shows work for the trade and the collecting public when these events share a common time and place. So it is no surprise that the London fairs have coordinated their events to create in June an outstanding synergy by staging their affairs within a few days of each other.
On June 2nd in London at the Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury, Coram Street WCIN IHT an Ephemera Society Fair will be held from 1:00pm to 4:00pm for the public and from 10:00am for card carrying members. To quote the authorities, “A huge range of ephemera will be on display. Admission BP3.-
https://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique_fair/the_ephemera_society_fairs/af1856
Then beginning on Thursday 6th June at noon and extending to 7:00pm that evening, then followed on Friday the 7th from 10:00am to 7:00pm the PBFA London Antiquarian Book Fair will host more than 100 dealers showcasing rare books, maps, prints, ephemera and collector items at the ILEC Conference Centre, Ibis London Earls Court Hotel, 47 Lillie Road, London SW6 1UD. This event is free.
https://www.pbfa.org/fairs/london-antiquarian-book-fair-1
Then there is Firsts, a grander Rare Book Fair held over 3 days; Friday 7th June: 12 noon – 8pm; Saturday 8th June: 11am – 7pm, and Sunday 9th June: 11am – 5pm at Battersea Park, London SW8 4NW. This fair has a decidedly international cast.
https://www.firstslondon.com/tickets?mc_cid=3917032af0&mc_eid=313e9c1816
Here is a list of exhibitors:
Acanthus Antiquariaat
Alastor Rare Books Ltd
Alembic Rare Books
Allsworth Rare Books
Altea Gallery Ltd
Antikvariat Antiqua
Antiquates Ltd.
Aquila Books
Ashton Rare Books
John Atkinson Fine & Rare Books
Antiquariat Michael Banzhaf
Bas Books Ltd.
Bauman Rare Books
Simon Beattie
Beaux Books
Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography Ltd.
Gert Jan Bestebreurtje
Biblioctopus
Biblionne
Bibliopathos Libreria Antiquaria
Blackwell’s Rare Books
Bookvica
Edmund Brumfitt Rare Books
Pablo Butcher
Leo Cadogan Rare Books Ltd
Marcus Campbell Art Books
Carpe Diem Fine Books
Librairie Rodolphe Chamonal
Stephane Clavreuil Rare Books
Deborah Coltham Rare Books
Dean Cooke Rare Books Ltd
Librairie Pierre Coumans
Justin Croft Antiquarian Books Ltd
Daniel Crouch Rare Books LLP
James Cummins Bookseller
Antiquariaat De Roo
Demian
John Drury Rare Books
Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
Sothie Dupre
Christopher Edwards
Francis Edwards Antiquarian Books
Clive Farahar Rare Books & Manuscripts
Gilleasbuig Ferguson Rare Books
Fine Books Cellar
H M Fletcher
Foldvaribooks
Forest Books
Antiquariaat Forum BV
Paul Foster
Foster Books
Robert Frew Ltd
Jonathan Frost Rare Books Limited
Galerie bei der Oper
R. A. Gekoski Booksellers
Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books
Nicholas Goodyer
Michael Graves-Johnston
Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Peter Harrington
Paul Haynes Rare Books
Heartwood Books and Art
Thomas Heneage Art Books
HS Rare Books & Maps
Hyraxia Books
Imperial Fine Books, Inc.
Antiquariat Inlibris Gilhofer Nfg. DmbH
International Society of Bible Collectors
Domenico Jacono – Wonderland on Paper
Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Jonkers Rare Books
Kagerou Bunko
Karol Krysik Books
Jonathan Kearns Rare Books & Curiosities
The Keel Row Bookshop Ltd
Ben Kinmont, Bookseller
Antiquariat Michael Kuhn
Librairie Lardanchet
JF Letenneur Livres Rares
Steve Liddle
Antiquariat Hans Lindner
Lucius Books Ltd
Madoc Books
Maggs Bros Ltd
Librairie Nicholas Malais
Manuscryptum
Marlborough Rare Books
Ian Marr Rare Books
Marrin’s Bookshop
Bruce Marshall Rare Books
Mayfair Rare Books and Manuscripts Ltd
MC Rare Books BV
McConnell Fine Books
McNaughtan’s Bookshop
Meda Riquier Rare Books Ltd
Modern First Editions
Philip Morris Books
Antiquariat F. Neidhardt
Antiquariat Manfred Nosbusch
Omega Bookshop
Antiquariat Dasa Pahor GbR
Neil Pearson Rare Books
Pemberley Books
Nigel Phillips
James M. Pickard (Rare Books)
Picture This Gallery
PY Rare Books
Quadrille
Bernard Quaritch Ltd.
Paul Rassum
Janette Ray Booksellers
Reg and Philip Remington
Julian Roberts Fine Books
John Robertshaw
Rotes Antiquariat
Russell Rare Books
Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Antiquariaat Schierenberg
Sophie Schneideman Rare Books Ltd.
Shapero Rare Books Ltd
Sims Reed Ltd
Syndicat National de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne – SLAM
Antiquariaat de Slegte
Sokol Books Ltd
Antiquariat Michael Solder
Giuseppe Solmi Studio Bibliografico
Henry Sotheran Ltd
Benjamin Spademan
Stader Kunst-Buch-Kabinett
Robert D Steedman
Michael Steinbach Rare Books
Douglas Stewart Fine Books
Neil Summersgill Ltd
Temple Rare Books
Tindley & Everett
Roger J Treglown
Type & Forme
Richard V Wells
Whitmore Rare Books, Inc.
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
Worlds End Bookshop
Wykeham Books
York Modern Books
Graham York Rare Books
Lizzy Young Bookseller
Other Exhibitors
ABA Benevolent Fund
The Book Collector
Creative Computing
Institute of English Studies
International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, ILAB LILA
Andy Moore Calligraphy
Otter Bookbinding Ltd
RF Shipping Ltd
Richard Thompson Insurance Brokers
Royal Collection Trust
St. Bride Foundation
Studio 5 Book Arts
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