The LONDON Paperback + PULP Fair - JULY 2023 - The Most AMAZING Vintage PAPERBACK Show Ever?

The LONDON Paperback + PULP Fair - JULY 2023 - The Most AMAZING Vintage PAPERBACK Show Ever?
In today's video we take a look back at the recent London Paperback & Pulp Fair that took place on the 30th July 2023.
The top UK paperback and pulp dealers were in attendance and I was there to film the show, meet fans of the channel and of course, buy some books. Paired with the adjacent ephemera fair, there was plenty to see.
I also got to interview, Stephen Jones, editor of countless books and the recent book on King Kong, fair organiser Neil and author and artist Rian Hughes talking about his recent book, Rayguns and Rocketships.
The highlight for me was meeting fans of the channel. If this was you, thanks so much!
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[@outlawbookselleroriginal]

Great to see this, Jules, I'd loved to have been there with you and Bob and Maurice, but next year, I will be- and am flattered to hear people were asking where I was. Steve Jones' stall looked amazing- and tonight another full view on the plasma will be the post-work highlight!

[@JulesBurt]

Excellent stuff Steve, next year wil be even better and it'll be great if you can make that one👍

[@user-rr2mn3cj1c]

Thank you Jules for drawing this show to my attention. I came along with my teenage daughter (who lowered the age average age massively lol) and bought lots of books. Saw you from a distance but didn’t get a chance to say hello. Maybe next time. Great and interesting paperback event!

[@JulesBurt]

Fantastic, thanks so much and really pleased you found some goodies. Hope to meet up at the next one then! You're right about the average age 🙂👍

[@captaingrumbletummies869]

I’m pretty sure heaven would look like this.

[@JulesBurt]

Ha! 👍🙂

[@IrvONeil-fn6cp]

Can't top a comment like this! 😅 Totally agree! Really enjoying the video, Jules.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Irv my friend 🙂👍

[@johnmooney9403]

Great video Jules looked like you had an awesome day. Great to see the public enjoying these paper back fair's .

[@JulesBurt]

It was a truly great show John. Everyone had a decent time 👍🙂

[@KiwiExpressCream]

It was really great to meet you and Dorset Bob, Jules. I have to say that Bob's stand was amazing, plenty of great Philip K Dick, most of which I bought! But it was so much fun going round all the stands and finding stuff I never thought I'd find in a million years. I stayed for about 4 hours and went round 3 or 4 times and I think mentally I was trashed after that and called it a day. I'm sure I missed some gems but hey-ho, I can't complain, I was very pleased with my little haul. Meeting Rian was a pleasure and of course I had to purchase a copy of Rayguns & Rocketships which is absolutely beautiful and worth every penny. Your video brings back very happy memories... of just 3 days ago! Until next time, take care Jules Jason

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Jason, so pleased you enjoyed the show. You're right, Dorset Bob's stall really was something quite special and he had a superb selection of goodies on offer. Yes, I wasn't aware Rian was going to be attending, that really was a pleasant surprise. His book is amazing, glad your grabbed yourself a copy. until next time!

[@FrankMillersEvilHat1]

This got me excited cause in about 50 days I am going to a book fair that I go to almost every year and last year I got a lot of old Edgar Rice Burroughs, Nick Carter adventure, and some vintage SciFi/Fantasy books so much it filled up my foldable buggy twice! Seeing this makes me anticipate my fair even more now!

[@JulesBurt]

Excellent, it gets the collecting juices running. I shall watch this again before next year's show to get me in the mood🙂

[@davidhyman7566]

Great to finally meet you at the show, Jules, and it's also great to watch this video which brings back many happy memories! I had a great day at the show, sold a lot, still have a lot left, and bought, well, not so much as I didn't get the time to leave my table unattended for long and have a proper look around the tables. Anyway, a couple of things to add to your video... At 1.06.17, you show the Penguin paperback edition of The Chase by Richard Unekis, which you may or may not know was adapted into the film Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, and which is a very different beast from the source novel. And at 1.06.57, The Jokers by Martin Sands is another move tie-in written by John Burke, although this time under a pseudonym. The film is also a rather jolly caper movie, which is also one of director Michael Winner's early funny ones.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks David, great to meet you too and fantastic photos, thanks for letting me use them. 🙂 Pleased you had a good day, your stock was outstanding. Thanks for the info on The Jokers, I should have guessed it was John Burke writing it!

[@theprofessor5253]

Many thanks for the vid, I missed the show due to a family commitment but it's on my list of events to attend and I will publicise it to friends. The only problem is the terrible agony of choice! So many wonderful books....

[@JulesBurt]

Definitely too much too choose from! As soon as next year's date is announced, I'll let everyone know on here👍

[@ludmillagee]

Great video Jules, I like the mix of books showing and interviews!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Ludmilla, shame it was a bit loud during the interviews👍

[@Christian-qu9ml]

Fantastic. Thanks. 😊

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Christian!

[@emilywhitfield2780]

This would be paradise for me!! I ❤❤❤❤ books❤❤!!!

[@JulesBurt]

It was paradise for me 🙂

[@vintagesf]

Paperback heaven! Thanks for taking us in and sharing some chats. Do you know if there is a website which might list events like this (particularly in North America)?

[@JulesBurt]

My pleasure 👍 I'm not sure about websites but there are many groups on Facebook that advertise these shows, there aren't many if then though🙂

[@glynstimpson]

Great video thanks very much very enjoyable

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Glyn👍

[@stuartrobertson696]

As always another excellent insightful and entertaining video. Great stuff.

[@JulesBurt]

Excellent! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@SubtropicBob]

Thanks for that tour. Looks like a great show.

[@JulesBurt]

It really was fantastic Bob👍🙂

[@johnnyjangles7521]

What a show indeed! Great to meet you and Bob - what a gent he is. Never mind every six months, can they do it every week? :D

[@JulesBurt]

That would be amazing but my wallet wouldn't stand it! Maybe twice a year?👍🙂

[@johnnyjangles7521]

@@JulesBurt I'd take that! :)

[@JulesBurt]

👍🙂

[@Merylstreep1949]

Oh man...those Danger Man books❤❤❤I'd definitely want those

[@JulesBurt]

They are really great. I've almost got them all ...👍

[@hognatius_valentine9057]

Brilliant video and a brilliant show! I had a great time, chatted with sellers and came away with a ton of books. The video is a bit like ‘here are the books you could have also bought’ 😄. I wasn’t looking for anything specific, but I did come away with bargains, including books I wanted but wasn’t expecting to pick up there. Also, really nice meeting you Jules. Can’t wait for the next one.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks so much Chris, great to meet you too. I'm already looking forward to the next one🙂 it's funny, going back over the video I'm seeing stuff I wish I'd bought too!

[@waltera13]

Great video. So much to see, so much to say! Interviews and cover flipping - brilliant! So many iconic covers, such good prices. Unbelievable. Where I live you don't have real old-school collectors, but you do have a lot of people with disposable income for novelty, so even if they had paperback shows here, they would just be dealers asking jackpot prices. I remember going to shows like that, that were a mix of rare finds and bargains. I liked finding out about the two new specialty books, and the interviews are great. The first interview was more metatextual than I expected! Enter Hall at the end with something else. That batch of science fantasies were really special. Thanks!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks on all those points. It was a terrific show and I'm really hoping for something similar in London soon👍

[@ladyxxmacbeth]

If I lived closer to London I'd have been there..thanks for the video 😊

[@JulesBurt]

It would have been great to meet you. Maybe at the next one?🙂

[@duncanskinner5008]

Awesome!!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks mate👍

[@neildaniels18]

Steve Jones table looks amazing

[@JulesBurt]

It certainly was. Which I bought a couple of bits off that table now👍

[@outlawbookselleroriginal]

Agreed, I;d have been all over that.

[@JulesBurt]

It was the first table I filmed, should have grabbed a few bits 🙂

[@outlawbookselleroriginal]

@@JulesBurt I'm not really big on Horror, but Steve's selection really took me back, if you have a contact detail for him, please let me know, mate!

[@gordonforbes6917]

Thanks for putting this Jules. I really wished I could have made it, especially so after seeing some of the gems I missed out. Probably for the best though because I think I might have emptied my wallet there...

[@JulesBurt]

It would have been very easy to do 👍 Next time....

[@AndrewBuckleBookReviews]

Great video, was looking forward to going to this book / pulp fair (most of the time it seems to be dominated by postcards etc over the last few months) but the trains from my hometown were totally hopeless on Sunday (good old special replacement bus service etc) so didn't make it. Really hope they have more of these combo pulp / paperback fairs as I intend to go the show. I would have definitely picked up some of those lovely condition Science Fantasy (New Worlds etc) and other SF ones. It was nice to see the show even if it was only on YT

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks, yes, the trains hampered a few potential visitors. Imagine how busy it would have been if they had been running as normal? Hopefully they'll be a similar event next year we can all attend. Bob's stall had some beautiful stuff, those New Worlds, lovely...

[@AStrang3r]

It was a great day - and like I said to you on the day, I wouldn't have been aware of it but for you and your channel. I picked up some great books that I'd been after for a while, including those PKDs you snapped me with. I didn't actually realise how big the fair was in the calendar. Hopefully next year won't be so much of a flying visit. Keep up the good work on the channel.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend, good to meet you too👍 Hopefully we'll have another fair early next year🙂

[@garylovisi357]

Jules, what a terrific video, you did the show proud. You also made my mouth water st the sight of so many cool books. Some UK eds i never saw. I wish i was there. I did my shows in NYC for 25 years but still miss not being at other shows, cheers!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Gary! I wish you could have been there👍 Pleased you enjoyed this one my friend 🙂

[@darren6768]

Great video.. sorry I couldn't make it .. hopefully I will get to the next one .. they will need to change the date for me ..🤣🤣 .. too many birthday that week ..

[@JulesBurt]

Fingers crossed for next time👍

[@friendsinmyheadtv3890]

I very much enjoyed this video, so thank you very much. You really covered a lot of ground. I was very interested in checking out some of the prices. The ones that caught my eye are far more favourably priced than what you see on the internet. Hopefully I and my wife will be able to pop over to the fair sometime. My main interest is comics, but in recent years have been picking up the odd pulp magazines. I am enjoying reading them and I of course I am a real sucker for the cover art:)

[@JulesBurt]

Excellent stuff, glad you enjoyed the video👍 yes, loads of pulps at the show. I love them too but not got that many in my collection 🙂

[@salahalselene4957]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JulesBurt]

🙂

[@sylvanyoung]

What a show . And for only one day ? I kept trying to influencing you into grabbing many 😅 . That place would have driven me crazy ..and i would have left with many.....alas sans transport / lunch money 😂 . SF, horror , naughty pulps . And the cover art . Love the interviews . It was great seeing some of your fans .A 1£ table 😮 . I can only watch😂 . That last interview 👍 .Cant wait for you reviews . I am seeing movie/ tv tie in , i never knew existed . Thank you for the take along

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Sylvan, really glad you enjoyed this one. So much to see, so little time, not enough money🙂

[@sylvanyoung]

👍🖖

[@Truegho]

Fantastic channel. I have subscribed. I love collecting horror books too. I also write them.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks so much, hope you enjoy the videos 👍

[@kennyrh9269]

What a great video Jules. I've been to very many comic book and video game fairs but knew nothing about this one. Would I be right in thinking that the science fiction selection was inferior to the crime and saucy stuff. Nevertheless should be well worth a visit when the next one rolls around.

[@JulesBurt]

That's a tough one to judge. I saw stacks of SF so I reckon it was a fair balance. The show was great, hope you can make the next one!

[@IrvONeil-fn6cp]

Finished watching this epic video, Jules. Enjoyed seeing your haul at the end, lots of sci-fi goodness, & also the stall of Mark from Belgium. He had lots of the kinds of noirish books I like. I'm sure I would have spent time at the 1 pound table too, just like at the old NYC shows I'd head to the $1 table! Anyway, thanks again for sharing this experience with us!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Irv, what a great show this was. I'm already looking forward to next year! I'd love to come to a NYC show or maybe even the LA show, that would be awesome 👍

[@IrvONeil-fn6cp]

@@JulesBurt There hasn't been a NYC show in several years unfortunately for us all here who absolutely loved it, but I've heard that the LA show is great!

[@JulesBurt]

I'd like to come along. I did the ny show in 1998!

[@IrvONeil-fn6cp]

@@JulesBurt If you did it in '98, I might've bought a book or two from you! I started going to the NYC show in '94, I believe. I remember the year because they announced Robert Bloch's death there, I guess he had just passed around the time of the show, which was held in September/October usually, and Bloch died 9/23/94.

[@JulesBurt]

I visited as a buyer Irv not as a seller. It was a great show as I recall👍

[@bertsbooks2505]

Ha ha just did a 'bargain finds' update from this event!

[@JulesBurt]

You got some good books my friend 👍

[@bertsbooks2505]

@@JulesBurt If only I had space!

[@RodneyAllanPoe]

Stephen Jones interview!!! Only in the UK. Where's the Outlaw Stephen?

[@JulesBurt]

You may well ask, he's coming along next year @outlawbookseller

[@RodneyAllanPoe]

@@JulesBurt I think he skipped this year due to recent spending sprees. 🙂

[@Netty_Noo]

Why didnt I know this existed !!! Will there be another one ??

[@JulesBurt]

I'm sure there will be 👍

[@tony1721]

Great vid, gonna try to get to the next show, one in edgbaston also

[@JulesBurt]

Excellent. Not heard of one in Edgebston though...

[@noelledeegan745]

Brilliant video Jules, good idea to have one long video, and what an amazing haul you had! What do you reckon the chances of another fair in 2023?

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend. I'd say the chances are high but I'm not the organiser of course. Certainly the book dealers I spoke to had a good day👍

[@noelledeegan745]

@@JulesBurt fingers crossed 🤞🏼

[@JulesBurt]

For sure 👍

[@AnthonyP73]

Fascinating video Jules, I really enjoyed it. A random Facebook post reminded me of an old adventure series Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators which I'd completely forgotten I'd read and enjoyed as a child. Are you familiar with those?

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Anthony, I am indeed and own the original twenty or so, video right here....kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6fEooxrf9Kcga8si=gLZ1HIRhf61Ew5Bf

[@williamramskill5488]

Is the Robert Silverberg book "Monsters and Things" getting a general release? would love to get a copy.

[@JulesBurt]

I believe it is now published, in slipcase hardback and trade paperback. Review coming soon👍

[@williamramskill5488]

@@JulesBurt I cant find a UK copy only Amazon US and Abebooks only has US sellers for it - both paperback.

[@JulesBurt]

It's published by PS Publishing, take a look at their website. I'm sure it's available worldwide.

[@RSEFX]

Argh! Frustrating to be here in LA, CA watching the "want of" and "interest in" so many paperbacks and old books. I have been dispersing a huge collection of books that were part of a bookstore stock that never came to be, stock at my brother and sister-in-laws garage and in storage. Lots of mystery, sf and the once popular (here) romance paperbacks. Have wound up giving away so much of them, and/or selling really cheaply. thanks for the tour of that show. fun to see book covers from overseas of familiar titles that are presented in the US with very different cover art (in most/many cases). One thing I've not understood, namely the keen interest in the Penguin books. I mean, they are generally very bland, repetitive-looking tomes, with much content that is available from other publishers with far more lively packaging. What is the "hook" that makes the Penguins so attractive to collectors? (Sorry for the rather unenlightened question. I have to assume there is something much more remarkable about those books that I am not aware of, ie am dumb about! (I should say that I DO very much value my 3 original QUATERMASS Penguins. But then, these feature text that was not available in any other form, plus featured super rare photographs, so their worth seems, to me, more overt.) Thanks for the video!

[@JulesBurt]

Understood! The Penguins are almost iconic here in the UK. They are fondly remembered, generally, fairly literate titles and of course they are numbered, almost encouraging you to get the set🙂

[@MrMush78]

Forgive me but what is ment "Pulp" ?

[@JulesBurt]

Pulps were early magazines that contained genre fiction. They were printed on pulpy, recycled paper, hence the name.

[@GraemeBell9864]

54 is not old! I AM 59!!

[@JulesBurt]

Totally agree😄