London Christmas Book Fair

1st Dec 2024

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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.

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.

[SCOTTISH MEDICAL PRESENTATION BINDING] PATHOLOGIC...

ABERCROMBIE, John:

Edinburgh: Printed for Waugh and Innes.

£275.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

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

FLASHLIGHTS ON CHINESE LIFE: Yellow Dragon Street...

PANTIN, Mabel:

London: Church of England Zenana Missionary Society.

£150.00

Offered by Sky Duthie Rare Books

WATERCOLOUR SKETCHBOOK OF AN ENGLISH SOLDIER IN EG...

WELLUM, Claude R.:

[Original manuscript].

£275.00

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

Jane Austen Set (7 Books in a Slip Case)

Jane Austen

The Folio Society

£100.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Lady The ife and Times of Winnie Mandela & Win...

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

The Truth About Kuwait

Iraq, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Baghdad: Al-Rabita, First Edition 1961.

£350.00

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

A Kind Of Loving

Stan Barstow

Michael Joseph

£65.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Granta Book of The African Short Story

Helon Habila (ed)

Granta

£100.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Twilight in Hong Kong

Ellen Field

Frederick Muller

Reserved

Offered by Books Written By

The Once and Future King

T H White

Collins

£595.00

Offered by Books Written By

The Tank Corps

WILLIAMS-ELLIS, MAJOR CLOUGH, AND A. WILLIAMS-ELLIS

Country Life

£150.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

Alfie

Naughton, Bill

Macgibbon & Kee

£250.00

Offered by White Eagle Books

The Golden Age

Kenneth Grahame

The Bodley Head

£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 Cat Bookshop | Philip & Karen Woolley Leicester

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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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Lycanthia Books | Stella Angwalas-Huson Newark

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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

Dimitri Manthos

Contact:

Telephone: 07855 381519
Address

London

Resources

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