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 LORD OF THE RINGS. The Fellowship of the Ring...

TOLKIEN. J. R. R.

George Allen & Unwin. London.

£1350.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

On The Black Hill

Bruce Chatwin

Jonathan Cape

£40.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Life Of Mammals (Signed)

David Attenborough

BBC Books

£200.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Lord Of The Rings (3 Vols)

J.R.R. Tolkien

Harper Collins

£395.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Cloughie: Walking On Water (Signed)

Brian Clough with John Sadler

Headline

£180.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Arabian Adventurer

Stanton Hope

Robert Hale Ltd

£1200.00

Offered by Books Written By

The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Including the...

Robert Burns

T Cadell and W Davies

£450.00

Offered by Books Written By

**Signed** Sword and Blossom Poems from the Japane...

Shotura Kimura, Charlotte M. A. Peake (Translated by)

T Hasagawa, Tokyo

£525.00

Offered by Books Written By

THE CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, Etc, Etc...

FROISSART, SIR JOHN.

Edward Lumley. London. No date.

£175.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

The Flight From The Enchanter

Iris Murdoch

Chatto & Windus

£140.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

A History Of The English-Speaking Peoples

Winston S. Churchill

Cassell

£180.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

BRAVE NEW WORLD. --- Huxley.

HUXLEY. ALDOUS.

Chatto & Windus. London. 1932

£1000.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

ALICE`S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With the origina...

CARROLL. LEWIS. ; TENNIEL. JOHN. Illustrates.

Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, for the Riccardi Press, London.

£975.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A SHORT RESIDENCE IN SWEDEN...

WOLLSTONECRAFT. MARY.

J. Johnson. London.

£1350.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

COLLECTED POEMS.

LEWIS. C. DAY.

Jonathan Cape with The Hogarth Press. London.

£750.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

MERCATOR WORLD ATLAS C1637 EDITION 180 MAPS

GERARD MERCATOR

£8995.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

The Secret Seven Adventure

Enid Blyton

The Brockhampton Press Ltd

£125.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

THE WINCHESTER EDITION C12 VOLUMES C1911

JANE AUSTEN

JOHN GRANT

£495.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in...

Frances Anne Kemble

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York

£175.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The Fellowship of the Ring...

TOLKIEN. J. R. R.

George Allen & Unwin. London. 1971

£425.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE MOSQUITO COAST. -- Theroux.

THEROUX. PAUL.

Hamish Hamilton. London. 1981

£225.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

For the Flag. First British edition.

Jules Verne, translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey.

Sampson Low, Marston & Company Limited, London.

£275.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

Sir Toady Crusoe

S.R. Crockett

Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., London.

£100.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

MANSFIELD PARK. A Novel. -- Austen

AUSTEN. JANE.

Richard Bentley. London.

£1450.00

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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Claremont Books and Prints | Suzanne & Gordon Leete Market Harborough

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Ian Marr Rare Books | Ian Marr Edinburgh

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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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