Oxfam volunteers are well on their way to raising £3,000 to help people in Third World countries.

(RAWXML: <image large="22om10-330.jpg" small="22om10-80.jpg" type="landscape">Fair organiser Helen O'Neill with one of the items for sale, a first edition Beatrix Potter book</image>

On Saturday, the Oxford-based aid agency organised a book fair at Wesley Memorial Hall in New Inn Hall Street.

Books on a variety of subjects were donated by members of the public and local publishers.

She hopes selling books in Oxford will help to pay for school books in some of the poorest countries in the world.