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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.

An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King o...

STAUNTON. Sir GEORGE.

Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol. London.

£10500.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

54 Original Programmes (1963-1978)

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

London: National Theatre

£450.00

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

LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A SHORT RESIDENCE IN SWEDEN...

WOLLSTONECRAFT. MARY.

J. Johnson. London.

£1450.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

BRITISH SYNONYMY. Or, an attempt at regulating the...

PIOZZI. HESTER LYNCH.

G. G. and J. Robinson. London.

£850.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

The Wood Beyond the World

MORRIS, William; [BENNETT, Arnold]

London: Lawrence and Bullen

£125.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Scottish Women's Hospital at the French Abbey...

DE NAVARRO, Antonio; [McGREGOR, Eunice Jean]

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd

£225.00

Offered by Quair Books

WILDERNESS OMAN.

MACGREGOR. MALCOLM.

Ptarmigan Publishing Ltd, Devizes, Wiltshire.

£300.00

Offered by Paul Foster 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

THE TRIAL OF HER MAJESTY, QUEEN CAROLINE, CONSORT...

ANON.

Dobson and Co. London.

£475.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Mount Nebo: New Archaeology Excavations 1967-1997

Michele Piccirillo, Eugenio Alliata

Studium Biblicum Franciscanum

£100.00

Offered by Books Written By

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

WAUGH. EVELYN.

Chapman & Hall. London.

£500.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.

CARROLL. LEWIS ; POGANY, WILLY. Illustrates.

E. P. Dutton and Company. New York.

£1750.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Charlie Cook's Favourite Book

Julia Donaldson

Macmillan Children's Books

£180.00

Offered by Books Written By

Pisidian Antioch: The Site and its Monuments **SIG...

Stephen Mitchell, Marc Waelkens

Duckworth, Classical Press of Wales

£125.00

Offered by Books Written By

Nightwood

BARNES, Djuna

London: Faber & Faber

£850.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Mosaics of Jordan **SIGNED**

Michele Piccirillo

American Centre of Oriental Research

£300.00

Offered by Books Written By

The Woman Among Women [Blue Moon poem for Christma...

DAVIES, Rhys

[London]: [Blue Moon Press]

£75.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Letters of Virginia Woolf (six volumes)

WOOLF, Virginia; NICOLSON, Nigel (ed.); TRAUTMANN, Joanne (assistant ed.)

London: Chatto and Windus

£125.00

Offered by Quair Books

The New Temple Shakespeare (40 Volumes)

SHAKESPEARE, William; GILL, Eric (illustrator); RIDLEY, M. R. (editor).

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd

£250.00

Offered by Quair Books

Country Dancing: With illustrations by Peggy Whist...

EVANS, Margiad (pseud. Peggy WHISTLER)

London: Arthur Baker

£75.00

Offered by Quair Books

MARY POPPINS.

TRAVERS. P. L. --- Illustrated by Mary Shepard.

Gerald Howe Ltd. London.

£4250.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

Poems [Inscribed by “the American Mrs Hemans”]

SIGOURNEY, Lydia H.

New York: Leavitt & Allen

£120.00

Offered by Quair Books

Poems of the Land Army: An Anthology of Verse by M...

SACKVILLE-WEST, V.[ita] (compiled and with a Foreword by)

London & Bedford: The Sidney Press Limited

£175.00

Offered by Quair 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

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