The London PAPERBACK + PULP Book Fair - March 24th 2024 - Possibly The Most AMAZING Show Ever!

[@johnmooney9403]

Amazing Paper back book fair show Jules. So fabulous that people like you have got people back to reading vintage and rare books. Credit to you Jules.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks John, this fair was really well attended, people were having a great time🙂

[@GeraldineRowe]

I was there! Got myself three corking SFs. I would've come up and said hello, but every time I saw you, you were chatting to someone and I didn't want to interrupt. So I'll say hello now 👋👋

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Geraldine, next time please come and say hi. I did get a bit besieged a couple of times. Glad you found some juicy SF to get stuck into!

[@snowysnowyriver]

Now that is what I call *paradise!!!*

[@JulesBurt]

It was incredible!

[@peter2359]

Thanks for sharing! I saw lots of great books.

[@JulesBurt]

There were many thousands on sale 👍

[@Emily-Whitfield]

This is HEAVEN to me!!! Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤ Emily from Missouri 😊😊😊😊

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Emily, glad you enjoyed this one🙂

[@squashchefan]

Great video. I'd love to go one day

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks, next is on November 24th 2024🙂

[@squashchefan]

@@JulesBurt I am looking into it. Bit of a trek for me

[@JulesBurt]

@squashchefan for sure although people do come from overseas...

[@outlawbookselleroriginal]

Really great seeing all this again, Jules. Next time I'm leaving the camera at home and staying overnight the day before to get in on time. I missed so much stuff on the day.

[@JulesBurt]

It was just impossible to see it all, especially when it got really busy. It is indeed an art to shop at these events.

[@RichardGalliers]

Nice to finally get to say hello to you in the long queue. Brought my daughter again this year, lowering the age dramatically 😂 but glad I did as we had plenty to carry away! A great morning.

[@JulesBurt]

Great stuff, always appreciate an extra pair of hands🙂

[@grantross2609]

very nice seeing some of the guys i"ve been dealing with for years !

[@JulesBurt]

Excellent, I'll try and interview a few more next time. It was just so busy!

[@rickkearn7100]

A good deed done, Jules, spending so much time capturing the goings on! Very much liked it, especially the interviews. I do wish there were events like this in the region where I live. Always on the lookout, never see anything advertised so, it was good to see what a real book fair actually looks like! Cheers.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks my friend, so pleased you enjoyed it. Alas, events like this are very few and far between😔

[@GypsyRoSesx]

Excellent video, Jules! You’ve enticed me… only problem is I live on the other side of the globe ha!

[@JulesBurt]

That is a small drawback....

[@GypsyRoSesx]

@@JulesBurt a minor detail..

[@JulesBurt]

@AhGvx17-gkT5-6vU3- 👍

[@paulmagrs-g8n]

i really liked watching this. It was like actually being there and having a rummage in the old books! I'm going to watch out for something similar happening in Manchester!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Paul, really enjoying your new channel btw. There's really nothing like this outside of London, so maybe you could plan a visit to the next one? November 24th is looking good. It's well worth the trip.

[@paulmagrs-g8n]

@@JulesBurt Many thanks, Jules - i'm touched that you're watching my little talks! Is there really nothing like that outside London..?! I must really make sure i get down to visit.

[@JulesBurt]

@paulmagrs2474 Afraid not Paul, it's pretty barren outside the capital but two good venues to visit, by appointment, if you can get to Dorset. Guaranteed about 125,000 books to look through😘

[@Cwhitey1967]

I was just in London the first of February for a week. I searched all the used book stores i could find and i was shocked at how little used pulp books i could find. I was looking for the 70s Conan books and only found a couple. I was honestly shocked there was less comic book stores in London than in Halifax Canada. The used book stores only had small sections. Wish i knew about this book fair, i might have delayed my trip.

[@JulesBurt]

It's moving to twice a year going forward as it's so well attended. November 24th appears to be the next one.

[@grahamgosling5646]

OMG I would love to know when the next one is and I can time my next visit, it looks amazing

[@JulesBurt]

It was. I think it's going to be November 24th👍

[@grahamgosling5646]

@@JulesBurt Thanks Jules

[@sylvanyoung]

Great . My fave are the mixed box , you have no notion what you would find . Alas i would buy and buy , spending both lunch & transport funds 😊 . I saw some KZbin channel folks . Kenny for example .The books, the books , and the company . Love the interviews . What can be better to a reader/hoarder than people talking books, there was something for every one and the prices were great . I could gush on and on , but " nuff said " Thank you .Ps Steve's video was also great . Nice haul .

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Sylvan! I agree on all fronts. Great to see and chat to the other KZbinrs, books for everyone, from just a £1.00. It was a fantastic show!

[@kennyrh9269]

Hi Jules. Wonderful video of a great day. Haven't had such a good time in ages. This will serve as a permanent record in case I ever forget it - fat chance 😅. Lot of good interviews as well (although the bald bloke with the checked shirt and cockney accent was a bit iffy). It was good to meet you all and I hope you had as brilliant a day as I did.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks so much Kenny! It was great to meet you. What a day eh?! Exhausting but great fun. Your interview was.the highlight of course 🙂

[@garylovisi357]

Jules, terrific video of an amazing show. Wish i could have been there! I was at the first London show in 1990, but that was a while ago. Thanks for doing this video!

[@JulesBurt]

My pleasure Gary, hope you're well my friend 🙂

[@andrewb.3076]

That show did look like a lot of fun, you've picked up some nice paperbacks yourself... Recognised "The Space Merchants" in there... read that one and its sequel last year and thought it's a cracking story. Also found out that there was a radio broadcast based on that novel in two episodes, which you can listen to here on KZbin as well. I thought that adaptation was enjoyable too.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Andrew, I'll check those adaptations out🙂

[@UKDark_Mark]

Great video, thank you. I had planned to go for some months but alas work commitments got in the way. It is lovely to see so many people there ……. although quite a ‘mature’ crowd 🙂

[@JulesBurt]

It's a fantastic show. I think the slightly older audience were for the ephemera fair rather than the paperbacks which was much more a mixture. Certainly younger readers were hunting the SF books in a big way.

[@hognatius_valentine9057]

Marvellous video, really captured the whole spirit of the day and what a day. It was a great book fair and I got quite a tidy haul of books, but the books you picked up were pretty great. Nice chatting with some sellers and some I met last time, and talking to you again, albeit very briefly, and Sci-fi Scavenger too! Can’t wait for the next one, which may require some planning on my part so I can make the most of the day and get me some of those books going for a quid. Already took away two bag load of books as it was.

[@JulesBurt]

What a day indeed, thanks my friend. Great to meet the other KZbinrs as well as so many paperback fans. Planning the day isn't a bad thing but things were so frantic from the moment the doors opened ....next one rumoured to be November 24th. 👍

[@hognatius_valentine9057]

@@JulesBurt I couldn’t believe the queue when I got there. It was insane. I usually end up leaving the fair after a couple of hours, but next time I want to hang around till closer to the end to see if I can pick up sum bargains. I’ll be definitely pencilling in 24th November in my calendar.

[@JulesBurt]

@hognatius_valentine9057 there were bargains to be had right until the end. Maurice from Zardoz with his stall full of £1 books. It's madness!

[@davidhyman7566]

Great video from a great day, Jules, and I even pop up init a couple of times as incidental detail! I found some amazing books at amazing prices, even towards the end of the show when I made two of my best buys of the day, and it was also great to be able to take time out with friends at the pub across the road for Sunday lunch, and where a few other show customers also pitched up. It was also interesting to attend as a customer rather than a seller because I had far more time to browse the dealers' tables and to chat. As you say, there were some great bargains to be had, and generally at far lower prices than online asking or sold prices, and the shows have now become 'Can't Miss' events for vintage paperback and pulp fans. Roll on the next one, whether I attend as a buyer or seller (Or maybe both!)!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks for those great words David. I'm glad we had time to chat and catch up, must interview you next time mate. I saw you were pretty much front of the queue. I wish i'd had time to take a break for lunch but it was a pretty full on day but incredible fun. Glad you found some bargains. I could easily have continued shopping till five o'clock if given the time. See in you November my friend 👍

[@PAUL-ge1kl]

Didn't know it was still taking place. Salut!

[@JulesBurt]

Yep, next one is November 24th 2024.

[@paulcampbell6003]

Great to see Stephen Jones! 👍 I love his books! Last time I saw him was at a convention in Scarborough two years ago. I live in Scotland: really hope he comes along to the SF Worldcon in Glasgow this August. I know he came to the previous two Glasgow Worldcons...

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Paul, Stephen is great. No idea if he'll be at Worldcon though.

[@outlawbookselleroriginal]

I talked to Steve and he is planning to go as he is meeting up with Silverberg there. He asked me if I'm attending, but costs, time of year and a general bad feeling I get about cons these days means it's a No for me.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks for the info Steve. We could always go together for a laugh! Roadtrip! 🚗🚗

[@outlawbookselleroriginal]

@@JulesBurt I think we owe ourselves a 'non-shoot shop'- but would the book-crazed public ever forgive us? LOL

[@JulesBurt]

@@outlawbookselleroriginal They would not mate!

[@theprofessor5253]

Once again, many thanks for this video and for signal boosting the event. It just looks like manna from heaven. Would you suggest attending with a wish-list because I'm sure I could go away from this event thoroughly depressed that I couldn't buy the whole place up.

[@JulesBurt]

Well, I have my lists on my phone but in all the excitement and the thought of moving onto the next table, it's tough to refer to them. I sort of have a pretty good idea what I have though👍

[@Merylstreep1949]

That was amazing, i would have gone broke there! When i see those older titles like Frankenstein all jazzed up in exciting covers, i think of Seven Year Itch and Tom Ewells' character and his job repackaging old titles 😂sometimes with racy covers for books like Little Women 😅😅😅

[@JulesBurt]

That was definitely a thing back in the fifties. Lots of that available here. What a great show it was🙂

[@exploringandwalking.r]

Great video! Was hoping to go, but it didn't happen. Hopefully next time, although might be too busy for me 😅

[@JulesBurt]

I think it's going to be November 24th, a date for your diary👍🙂

[@exploringandwalking.r]

@@JulesBurt excellent, thanks for letting me know. Looking for vintage horror and ghost stories amongst other genres.

[@JulesBurt]

@exploringandwalking.r it was definitely there at the show👍

[@danjameson1572]

John Player Special Collection - was a box set also included Farewell to Arms, Gatsby, Far From Madding Crowd, Cider with Rosie, Sons and Lovers.

[@JulesBurt]

A great line up!

[@adrianmadden]

Just came across this video on KZbin..........do you know when the next one in London will be. Thanks.

[@JulesBurt]

It's looking to be November 24th 👍

[@daveac]

Great video thanks! And for the America fans watching - the very last section - the video is being shot from the passengers side of the car! Thr driver sits in the right-hand seat in the UK :-)

[@JulesBurt]

Well pointed out Dave, Dorset Bob was assistant cameraman 🙂

[@paulshiersfineart]

Really wish I’d been here. Looks like reasonable prices for really great books. Does Dorset Bob have an online catalogue anywhere?

[@JulesBurt]

No catalogue but you can email him wants at [e-mail]

[@paulshiersfineart]

@@JulesBurt thanks

[@JulesBurt]

@shiersart 🙂👍

[@danjameson1572]

I noticed the Joel Townsley Rogers "Red Right Hand" in there. I have a strange HC of this published by the University Extension Service of the University of California, San Diego, under their "Mystery Library" imprint. That's how mammoth the UC system is, their extension program has (had) its own publisher. 11 in the series, old hides like Buchan, Queen, Rinehart, etc. This is definitely one of the more interesting entries. Ira G. Wolff donated 6,500 mystery books (132 cartons) to UCSD in the seventies. There's also a Dr,. Seuss library there.

[@JulesBurt]

Fantastic information, thanks my friend 🙂

[@danjameson1572]

the dust jackets are quite attractive you can see them online.

[@JulesBurt]

👌

[@ShuggsComicsandStatues]

Hi, Great Video! When is the Next Fair?

[@JulesBurt]

I believe it's pencilled in for November 24th 👍

[@ShuggsComicsandStatues]

@@JulesBurt Many Thanks, is there a website to go on, so I don’t miss it? Many Thanks

[@bad_brains_horror3613]

Great video! Not sure we have SF pb fairs over here. Hi from Philadelphia, USA. Just getting back into SF and fantasy. I loved the original run of Elric series. Are all the books canon or did Moorcock expand the series? Having trouble finding this info. Thanks!

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks. I'm no Moorcock expert alas but there are some dedicated videos devoted to him and his Elric series.

[@reading_MOVIES]

Looks amazing, just a shame i can't afford the trip to London. I did look onto it and Greater Anglia were doing works that very weekend with a coach service only which would have got me to Liverpool St at lunh time. Regarding 70s sleaze; i came across by chance the novelisations of all three 'Adventures of a...' movies by Stanley Long. Plus another title from that era and genre. Terrible movies but are products of their time and part of British cinema history.

[@JulesBurt]

Yes, a few people reported that the coaches and trains don't get into London until well after the show has started. People were still finding and buying books well into the last hour though. Next time!

[@reading_MOVIES]

@JulesBurt I like to be there reasonably early, fear of missing out. After lunch would have felt too late. I have pencilled in November date though!

[@mr_reborn]

When is the next one? I might fly over.

[@JulesBurt]

It's rumoured to be 24th November 2024.

[@mr_reborn]

@@JulesBurt Ooh, perfect timing for a Christmas shopping trip.

[@davidbateman-fe8vu]

I haven't properly watched this...will sometime in the near future...any ideas about the prices?

[@JulesBurt]

There were books from just a £1.00!

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Bank balance take a battering? Best wishes.

[@Savoy1984]

Have you ever seen an Ed Wood book at one of these events?

[@JulesBurt]

Not that I can remember, no.

[@danjameson1572]

another odd one - UK HC of "1984" published as a premium, I assume, from John Player cigarettes. Order 6500 cartons of cigs and you get a copy of Orwell. Pretty grim.

[@JulesBurt]

Never seen that edition!

[@danjameson1572]

@@JulesBurt ironic because Orwell was a crazy heavy smoker.

[@JulesBurt]

Ah yes!

[@Christian-qu9ml]

No teenagers in that que. 😅

[@JulesBurt]

True, but there were people in the twenties upwards, which is something 🙂

[@UraniumMilk]

Is there some small evil part of you that wants to squirt a bit of lighter fluid around and set it all ablaze, or is that just me? 🙂 Haha, just kidding Jules. 😉 I daresay I'd like to speak to that sleeve vendor to see what he thinks is best for those larger paperbacks.