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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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.

Shout At The Devil

Wilbur Smith

Heinemann

£140.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Dark Of The Sun

Wilbur Smith

Heinemann

£140.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

When The Lion Feeds

Wilbur A. Smith

Heinemann

£128.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, HarperCollins miniature b...

J.R.R. Tolkien

HarperCollins Publishers, London

£120.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

Kokushi Daijiten [國史大辭典] – The Great Historic...

Hayashi Yū 早川 純 ・ Sugiura Kuni 萩野 由 八 (共同編集)

Yoshikawa Kōbunkan [吉川弘文館]

£500.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

Unique NASA Astronaut Correspondence Archive, 1963...

NASA

NASA

£1500.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

Edmund Dulac's Picture Book

Various

Hodder and Stoughton

£25.00

Offered by Books Written By

The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men at Arms, Officers...

Evelyn Waugh

The Folio Society

£28.00

Offered by Books Written By

Winston S. Churchill Biography (8 Vols)

Rudolph Churchill & Martin Gilbert

Heinemann

£315.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

African Adventures: Allan Quartermain, She, King S...

H Rider Haggard

The Folio Society

£70.00

Offered by Books Written By

Le Morte D'arthur

Sir Thomas Malory

Studio Editions

£50.00

Offered by Books Written By

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

Ulysses

James Joyce

The Bodley Head

£75.00

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

The Second World War (6 Volumes)

Winston S. Churcill

Cassell

£315.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

The Second World War (6 Volumes)

Winston S. Churchill

Cassell

£235.00

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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Zetetic Books | Conor Pattenden Berkhamsted

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