London Christmas Book Fair - change of venue

7th Dec 2025

Novotel -Xmas 2025. New venue

Event Information

Due to circumstances beyond our control the fair has had to move from the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury and will now be held at the Novotel Hotel in Hammersmith. 

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. 

Refreshments available at the cafe.

Please scroll to the bottom to download the floor plan.

Key Details

Time & Date 7th December 2025, 10:00 - 15:30

Venue Novotel London West Hotel, 1 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London, W6 8DR

Organisers Steven Morris Tel: PBFA Office - 01763 248921 Email: info@pbfa.org

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Parking

Some parking on site. May be charged for - TBC.

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Underground

Piccadilly, District and Hammersmith & City lines are within 3 minutes' walk.

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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.

The Enchanted Forest

Rentoul Outhwaite, Ida; Outhwaite, Grenbry

A. and C. Black Ltd

£950.00

Offered by Peter Foster Books

The Works of Jane Austen in Six Volumes - the Chaw...

Austen, Jane

Allan Wingate

£1250.00

Offered by Peter Foster Books

THE BOOK OF THE FIRE BRIGADE. A record of Fire-Fig...

HAYDON. A. L.

The Pilgrim Press. London. No date. 1912

£200.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

POETICAL WORKS.

ARNOLD. MATTHEW.

Macmillan and Co, Limited. London. 1903

£425.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

The Famished Road

Ben Okri

Jonathan Cape

£80.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

At Home in Thrush Green -Signed

Miss Read

Michael Joseph

£32.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Precipice - Signed

Robert Harris

Hutchinson

£32.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Second World War (6 Volumes)

Winston S. Churchill

Cassell

£315.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Fear Index - Signed

Robert Harris

Hutchinson

£35.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

V2 - Signed

Robert Harris

Hutchinson

£32.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Second Sleep - Signed

Robert Harris

Hutchinson

£40.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Munich - Signed

Robert Harrs

Hutchinson

£40.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Brighton Rock

Graham Greene

William Heinemann Limited

£280.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

A Rose For Winter: Travels In Andalusia

Laurie Lee

The Hogarth Press

£40.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Eagle Has Landed

Jack Higgins

Collins

£80.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Hydrogen Sonata - Signed

Iain M. Banks

Orbit Books

£100.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Zoo Quest To Guiana

David Attenborough

Lutterworth Press

£160.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Emerson's Complete Works in 11 Volumes

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Riverside

£375.00

Offered by Books Written By

THE THREE MUSKETEERS.

DUMAS. ALEXANDRE. ; Wheelwright. Roland. Illustrates.

George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. London.

£475.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

POEMS. Illustrations by Robert Anning Bell and int...

KEATS. JOHN. ; BELL. ROBERT ANNING. Illustrates.

George Bell & Sons. London.

£425.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

The New Apocalypse

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The Fortune Press

£60.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Origin Of Cells

O.B. Lepeshinskaya

Foreign Languages Publishing House

£400.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Testament Of Youth - Signed

Vera Brittain

Victor Gollancz Ltd

£1000.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

Harvill Secker

£80.00

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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Claremont Books and Prints | Suzanne & Gordon Leete Market Harborough

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Cheltenham Rare Books | Mark Skipper Cheltenham

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Ian Marr Rare Books | Ian Marr Edinburgh

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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