Foster Books

11/06/2026

Our Bedford Park and Chiswick window for the 60th kicking off this weekend.

The world’s first garden suburb, once a fashionable home to artists such as W.B. Yeats and Camille Pissarro, was saved from demolition by the first Bedford Park Festival in 1967.

The Festival’s first patron, poet and architectural critic, John Betjeman, described Bedford Park as ‘the most significant suburb built in the last century, probably the most significant in the Western world.’

17/05/2026

The Kings Road is shaping up for the Chelsea Flower Show. Fantastic displays.

15/05/2026

12/05/2026

Get your ticket in the shop or in the link in our bio!!

12/05/2026

Marking the first major European exhibition of Whistler’s work in thirty years, opening at the Tate Britain later this month, here is a study of Whistler’s art, printed at the Chiswick Press, and housed in a gorgeous aesthetic calf binding with a blind peacock design.

You can view the highlights of what we will be bringing to the book fair this weekend in the link in our bio. If you’re around the Saatchi this weekend, pop by and see us!

07/05/2026

Taking this absolutely gorgeous to next weekend. It’s a Zaehnsdorf exhibition binding adorned with Sacred Heart motifs, gilt edges and silk endpapers, with 12 colour maps of the ancient and biblical world at the rear.

Come see us, we will be on stand J87 on the second floor of the from Thursday to Sunday. Tickets available in the link in our bio.

27/04/2026

Enjoying these illustrations of fish this Monday morning. Taken from the 1904 two volume British Fresh and Salt Water Fishes…

20/04/2026

They just don’t make like this anymore…

A bit of damage on this one, but this scarce first edition belonged to John Quinn. He was a major collector of art and manuscripts, who’d helped T. S. Eliot with his manuscript of The Waste Land, as well as supporting W. B. Yeats with his founding of the Abbey Theatre. Quinn’s bookplate was designed by the younger Jack B. Yeats.

BTW we will be taking this to Firsts fair at the Saatchi Gallery next month (14th-17th May 2026). Link in bio for a free ticket!

16/04/2026

The weather’s getting better and it’s the perfect time to explore London. Here is the less common c. 1905 Guide to London with five thoroughfares to follow by foot or bus. With 16 colour plates.

02/04/2026

🌷Easter opening hours 🌷

Wishing you a restful Easter!