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Paul Foster Books. Paul Foster Books. Private address. Open strictly by appointment only. . Rare Books bought and sold.

Please take the time to search or browse my inventory of Antiquarian, out of print, used, and rare books on my secure website; www.paulfosterbooks.com . I carry a stock of Rare First editions of all ages as well as early, interesting and unusual collectable books relating to most subjects.

We are set up now at the York National Bookfair at York Racecourse. The bookfair opens tomorrow at Noon and Saturday at ...
10/09/2026

We are set up now at the York National Bookfair at York Racecourse. The bookfair opens tomorrow at Noon and Saturday at 10am. We are on stand 3.
York Book Fair PBFA

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. This impressive 3 volume set, published in London in 1751, is Illustrated with 32 f...
08/09/2026

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. This impressive 3 volume set, published in London in 1751, is Illustrated with 32 fine copper engraved plates by William Kent and has just been listed for sale on the Paul Foster Books website. In contemporary mottled calf leather boards, they have been re-spined to match in recent calf with red and black Morocco leather labels. For more photos and details of this lovely set please visit paulfosterbooks.com . PBFA ILAB Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association York Book Fair

Another book we plan to take to the York bookfair next weekend. The Wealth of nations by Adam Smith. This three volume e...
06/09/2026

Another book we plan to take to the York bookfair next weekend. The Wealth of nations by Adam Smith. This three volume edition was published in Edinburgh in 1811 and has been rebound in period style full mottled calf leather with red and green Morocco labels. For more photos and information about this scarce title, plus details of the York bookfair, please visit paulfosterbooks.com .
York Book Fair PBFA Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association ILAB

Another book we plan to take to the York bookfair next week: Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara. This is a first English l...
04/09/2026

Another book we plan to take to the York bookfair next week: Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara. This is a first English language edition of his work La Guerra de Guerrillas, published in New York in 1961. For more photos and information about this scarce title, plus details of the York bookfair, please visit paulfosterbooks.com .
York Book Fair PBFA ILAB Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association

Another book we plan to take to the York bookfair next week: Ulysses by James Joyce. This is the first American edition,...
02/09/2026

Another book we plan to take to the York bookfair next week: Ulysses by James Joyce. This is the first American edition, published in New York in 1934 and here finely bound in full Morocco leather with gilt tooling. This edition contains a synopsis of the District Court decision allowing publication in America, and Joyce’s letter to his publisher about this edition. . For more photos and information about this scarce title, plus details of the York bookfair, please visit paulfosterbooks.com .
York Book Fair PBFA 43rd ILAB Congress Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association

If by Rudyard Kipling. This miniature edition of one of the most popular poems ever written was published in New York in...
28/08/2026

If by Rudyard Kipling. This miniature edition of one of the most popular poems ever written was published in New York in 1945 and is in the publishers attractive faux leather binding with gilt tooling. Just listed on the Paul Foster books website, and another book we plan to take to the York National Bookfair in a couple of weeks. To find out more about this scarce title, plus details of the York bookfair, please visit paulfosterbooks.com .
York Book Fair PBFA Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association ILAB

The Trial by Franz Kafka. This is a first edition of the English translation, published in London in 1937 and finely bou...
27/08/2026

The Trial by Franz Kafka. This is a first edition of the English translation, published in London in 1937 and finely bound in recent full black Morocco leather with gilt tooling. Just listed on the Paul Foster books website, and another book we plan to take to the York National Bookfair in a couple of weeks. To find out more about this scarce title, plus details of the York bookfair, please visit paulfosterbooks.com .
York Book Fair PBFA Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association ILAB

Carry on, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse. This 1925 First edition has just been listed on the Paul Foster books website. A co...
25/08/2026

Carry on, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse. This 1925 First edition has just been listed on the Paul Foster books website. A collection of short stories featuring Jeeves and Wooster it includes such delightful stories as Jeeves and the hard-boiled egg. This is one of the books we plan to take to the York national bookfair next month. For more photos and details of the bookfair, this, and other P. G. Wodehouse first editions, please visit paulfosterbooks.com.
York Book Fair PBFA Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association ILAB

Booksellers, Ebayers, Vinted sellers: please pack your books properly. This heavy book arrived today, sent by a book and...
22/08/2026

Booksellers, Ebayers, Vinted sellers: please pack your books properly. This heavy book arrived today, sent by a book and zine dealer in the US to me in London with nothing but a paper envelope around it. No protective wrapping at all for a transatlantic journey.

One of the books we will be taking to the PBFA York Bookfair next month (unless it sells beforehand obviously) is this 1...
20/08/2026

One of the books we will be taking to the PBFA York Bookfair next month (unless it sells beforehand obviously) is this 1849 edition of Robert Burton’s classic treatise on depression, The Anatomy of melancholy in an attractive leather binding of half brown calf with blind and gilt tooling and marbled paper on the boards. For more photos and details of this book, and the York Bookfair (full details on the Events page), please visit paulfosterbooks.com .
PBFA York Book Fair ILAB Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association

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