Event Information

The marvellous PBFA Christmas Book Fair, sponsored by T L Dallas insurance brokers, is a must for book lovers, collectors, and gift buyers alike! Thousands of second-hand books, rare manuscripts, vintage prints and posters, original artworks, and ephemera will be on offer from some of the best independent sellers across the country.

T L Dallas are the PBFA's approved specialist insurers for rare books and are one of the UK’s leading independent Insurance Broking and Risk Management groups.

At the fair find gems across a myriad of subjects and genres – secondhand, rare and unusual – priced to suit every pocket.

Everyone welcome. 

Cafes, bars and restaurants on site.

Key Details

Time & Date 2nd December 2023, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Holiday Inn London - Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London, WC1N 1HT

Organisers Andrew Saidi, White Eagle Books Tel: 07730 892206 Email: andrewsaidi54@gmail.com

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Parking

Herbrand Street car park or NCP London Brunswick Square car park

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Russell Square

Train

Euston or Kings Cross

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Highlights

If you are thinking of attending this fair, why not have a look at some of the books recommended by some of the Members who will be there.

Signed original watercolour and ink illustration

Stanley T Chaplin

Original artwork

£395.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

Travels in West Africa

Mary kingsley

Macmillan

£200.00

Offered by Temple of Fancy - Books and Ephemera

Reg and Ron Kray. Our Story ( Signed by the Krays...

Reg and Ron Kray with Fred Dinenage

Sidgwick and Jackson/Guild Publishing

£350.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

A Jubilee Thought

CRAWHALL

Mawson swan and Morgan

£85.00

Offered by Temple of Fancy - Books and Ephemera

CRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS

Tuer

LEADENHALL PRESS

£250.00

Offered by Temple of Fancy - Books and Ephemera

Original Watercolour and Gouache Painting

BARBIER, George

£4500.00

Offered by Jonkers Rare Books

Signed Original Artwork for Du Maurier's The House...

LE CAIN, Errol

£1200.00

Offered by Jonkers Rare Books

Original Watercolour for Little Grey Rabbit's Chri...

UTTLEY, Alison

£2500.00

Offered by Jonkers Rare Books

Signed Original Drawing for The Ingoldsby Legends

RACKHAM, Arthur

£3500.00

Offered by Jonkers Rare Books

Henry Moore: Work - Theory - Impact #101313

Christa Lichtenstern

Royal Academy of Arts

£60.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

The New York Trilogy. Limited Edition 647/1000 #1...

Paul Auster

S P Books

Reserved

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Polaroids #101311

Mapplethorpe

Prestel

£45.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Gehry Draws #101309

Mark Rappolt; Robert Violette

Mit Press

£20.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Frank Gehry in Pop-up #101308

Jinny Johnson & Roland Lewis

Thunder Bay Press

£30.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography #101304

Peter Barberie & Amanda N Bock, (editors)

Philidelphia Museum of Art

£50.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Edward Weston: The Form of the Nude #101303

Amy Conger

Phaidon

£70.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Jackson Pollock, Works, Writings, Interviews #1013...

Nancy Jachec

Ediciones Poligrafa

£75.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Outside Inside #101299

Bruce Davidson

Steidl

£95.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

The Snakes of India

Charpurey, K G Lieut-Colonel

The Popular Book Co

£85.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

54 Original Programmes (1963-1978)

THE NATIONAL THEATRE; [BRIGGS, Kenneth; CHENNELLS, Susan and BIRD, Richard (graphic designers)]

London: National Theatre

£195.00

Offered by Quair Books

A Childhood

ALLINSON, Francesca; MARX, Enid (dust jacket design & wood engravings)

London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press

£250.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Wood Beyond the World

MORRIS, William; [BENNETT, Arnold]

London: Lawrence and Bullen

£125.00

Offered by Quair Books

AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL. Translated from th...

KING. DR. WILLIAM. Late Lord Archbishop of Dublin. -- The Third edition corrected. By Edmund Law. M. A. Fellow of Christ College.

Printed for William Thurlbourn. Cambridge.

£500.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

MEN AT ARMS TRILOGY. Men at Arms. - Officers and G...

WAUGH. EVELYN.

Chapman & Hall. London.

£500.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Fair Exhibitors

If you would like to see which Members will be at this fair, you can browse through them all below. Just select the letter their name starts with and click their name to see their specific page.

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Guest Exhibitors

We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.

Sadia Azmat

Contact:

Telephone: 07908 418688
Patroulla Patsy Stelios
This book is aimed at the new cook, and has 42 international recipes that are traditional for particular countries worldwide. The recipes are fun and easy to follow, with hints and tips for safe cooking in the kitchen.

Contact:

J & S Wilbraham

Contact: John Wilbraham

Telephone: 0208 959 3709
Address

1 Wise Lane
Mill Hill
London
NW7 2RL

Resources

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