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Bath Book Fair 2026

Join us at the ABA Bath Book Fair this weekend, from 31st July to 1st August, for a selection of rare books, prints, and manuscripts. Browse some of our favourites below.

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  • First edition, early issue, of Ackermann's The Microcosm of London, with an autograph letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to Thomas Bury.
    First edition, early issue, of Ackermann's The Microcosm of London, with an autograph letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to Thomas Bury.

    ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher); PUGIN, Augustus Charles, and ROWLANDSON, Thomas (illustrators).
    The Microcosm of London; or, London in miniature. [1808-10].
    £5,750.00

  • Fine copy of Selected Poems, 1946-1985, first edition, first printing, inscribed by author to his lover Peter Gillis
    Fine copy of Selected Poems, 1946-1985, first edition, first printing, inscribed by author to his lover Peter Gillis

    MERRILL, James.
    Selected Poems 1946-1985. 1992.
    £325.00

  • Instructions to Young Sportsmen and all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
    Instructions to Young Sportsmen and all that relates to Guns and Shooting.

    HAWKER, Lt. Col. P.
    Instructions to Young Sportsmen and all that relates to Guns and Shooting. 1824.
    £1,500.00

  • Fourth edition of Francis Orpen Morris's The History of British Birds, the classic standard text on British birds.
    Fourth edition of Francis Orpen Morris's The History of British Birds, the classic standard text on British birds.

    MORRIS, Francis Orpen.
    A History of British Birds 1895-1896
    £1,250.00

  • First editions of A Natural History of Birds by Eleazar Albin, the first British bird book illustrated with hand-coloured plates, published in 1731, 1734, & 1738.
    First editions of A Natural History of Birds by Eleazar Albin, the first British bird book illustrated with hand-coloured plates, published in 1731, 1734, & 1738.

    ALBIN, Eleazar.
    A Natural History of Birds. 1731, 1734 & 1738.
    £23,500.00

  • First US edition of The Labyrinthine Ways by Graham Greene, originally published in the UK as The Power and the Glory.
    First US edition of The Labyrinthine Ways by Graham Greene, originally published in the UK as The Power and the Glory.

    GREENE, Graham.
    The Labyrinthine Ways. 1940.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Records of Parrots Bred in Captivity by Arthur Prestwich, a scarce, comprehensive record of parrot breeding, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of Records of Parrots Bred in Captivity by Arthur Prestwich, a scarce, comprehensive record of parrot breeding, inscribed by the author.

    PRESTWICH, Arthur A.
    Records of Parrots Bred in Captivity [together with] Additions. 1950-1952 & 1954.
    £250.00

  • First edition of Poor Cow by Nell Dunn.
    First edition of Poor Cow by Nell Dunn.

    DUNN, Nell.
    Poor Cow. 1967.
    £65.00

  • First edition of Helena by Evelyn Waugh, with the original dustjacket and wraparound band.
    First edition of Helena by Evelyn Waugh, with the original dustjacket and wraparound band.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Helena. [1950].
    £750.00

  • The Schwerdt-Spitz-Bobins copy of this rare early Alken series, issued without a title-page and which Schwerdt says was 'One of the author's favourites'.
    The Schwerdt-Spitz-Bobins copy of this rare early Alken series, issued without a title-page and which Schwerdt says was 'One of the author's favourites'.

    ALKEN, Henry.
    The Right Sort. 1821-1822.
    £3,000.00

  • First English edition of Personae by Ezra Pound, printed in 1952.
    First English edition of Personae by Ezra Pound, printed in 1952.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Personae. 1952.
    £85.00

  • First edition of Selected Poems by Ezra Pound, with an introduction by T.S. Eliot.
    First edition of Selected Poems by Ezra Pound, with an introduction by T.S. Eliot.

    POUND, Ezra; ELIOT, T. S. (introduction)
    Selected Poems. 1928.
    £1,250.00

  • Kaempfer was with the VOC in Nagasaki as a physician. He made two extensive trips around Japan in 1691-2 collecting an astonishing amount of information.
    Kaempfer was with the VOC in Nagasaki as a physician. He made two extensive trips around Japan in 1691-2 collecting an astonishing amount of information.

    KAEMPFER, Engelbert.
    Histoire Naturelle, Civile, et Ecclésiastique de l'Empire du Japon: 1729.
    £5,000.00

  • First edition of Escape with Me! by Osbert Sitwell, inscribed by the author to his sister Edith Sitwell.
    First edition of Escape with Me! by Osbert Sitwell, inscribed by the author to his sister Edith Sitwell.

    SITWELL, Osbert.
    Escape with Me! 1939.
    £575.00

  • An excellent copy of The Winding Star by W.B. Yeats, in the distinctive T. Struge Moore binding, notable perhaps for the inclusion of the poem 'Byzantium'.
    An excellent copy of The Winding Star by W.B. Yeats, in the distinctive T. Struge Moore binding, notable perhaps for the inclusion of the poem 'Byzantium'.

    YEATS, W.B.
    The Winding Stair 1933.
    £875.00

  • Interesting association copy of the first US edition of Murphy by Samuel Beckett, with contemporary gift inscription of all-round far-out guy Jay Landesman
    Interesting association copy of the first US edition of Murphy by Samuel Beckett, with contemporary gift inscription of all-round far-out guy Jay Landesman

    BECKETT, Samuel.
    Murphy. 1957.
    £375.00

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