Event Information

The marvellous PBFA Christmas Book Fair 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.

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.

Please scroll to the bottom to download the floor plan and exhibitor list.

Key Details

Time & Date 1st December 2024, 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. Also street parking is free on Sundays.

Underground0

Underground

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.

We Die Alone

David Howarth

Collins

£50.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Manhattan '45

Jan Morris

Faber and Faber

£60.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Winter Sports

British Railways

British Railways

£180.00

Offered by Kiki Werth Posters

Tom Finney: My Autobiography

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Headline

£120.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Winter Holiday

Arthur Ransome

Jonathan Cape

£120.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Scandal

A.N. Wilson

Hamish Hamilton

£120.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Itinerant Lodger

David Nobbs

Methuen & Co Ltd

£140.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Diary of a Provincial Lady

E.M. Delafield

Macmillan and Company Limited

£120.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

British Empire Exhibition 1924 Site Map

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.

£155.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Sex, America and other Insights

Colin Wilson

Paupers Press

£140.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

India: It's Condition, Religion and Missions

Rev. J. Bradbury

John Snow

£140.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The O'Donoghue

Charles Lever

William Curry

£130.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

POEMS

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe; illustrated by BELL, Robert Anning; introduction by RALEIGH, Walter:

London: George Bell & Sons.

£200.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

POEMS

KEATS, John; illustrated by BELL, Robert Anning; introduction by RALEIGH, Walter:

London: George Bell & Sons.

£150.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PRESENTATION ADDRESS TO SIR...

[WOOD, Sir Howard Kingsley]; PRATT, W. B.:

[Original illuminated manuscript].

£475.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

[LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY SCOTTISH CYCLING SCRAPBOO...

COVENTRY, C. E.:

[Original manuscript / scrapbook].

£325.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

THE COLONY OF FIIJI 1874-1924

[FIJI]:

Suva, Fiji: S. Bach, Government Printer.

£250.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

[PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT O...

HUTCHINSON, James D.:

[Original manuscript].

£675.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

A Bend in the River

V.S. Naipaul

Andre Deutsch

£30.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Fourth Of June

David Benedictus

Anthony Blond

£30.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Lady. The Life and Times of Winnie Mandela & W...

Mandela, Winnie

Vintage/Zebra

£680.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Up The Junction ( Signed )

Dunn, Nell

MacGibbon & Kee

£300.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Independence Day

Richard Ford

Harvill

£40.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Uncle Rudolf

Paul Bailey

Fourth Estate

£60.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

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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Books Written By | Ben & Georgia Mullen Northampton

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Black Gull Books | Chris Overfield St Leonard's-On-Sea

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Love Rare Books | Deborah Davis St Leonards On Sea

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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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.

Stephen Miller

Contact:

Telephone: 07486 147596
Address

19 Clifden Road
Twickenham
TW1 4LU

Olivier Joly

Contact:

Telephone: 07747 085089
Address

14 Chadwell Street
London
EC1R 1XD

Dimitri Manthos

Contact:

Telephone: 07855 381519
Address

London

Resources

Please find some helpful links below. If you need anything else, do not hesitate to get in touch.

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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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