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.

An Old Fashioned Christmas Day

Washington Irving

Hodder & Stoughton

£64.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

Now We Are Six | 1st Edition / 1st Impression 1927

A.A Milne

Methuen

£500.00

Offered by Endpaper Books

The House at Pooh Corner | 1st Edition / 1st Impre...

A.A Milne

Methuen

£500.00

Offered by Endpaper Books

Chapter House Dune | Signed First Edition/First Im...

Frank Herbert

Victor Gollancz

£1249.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Winnie the Pooh | 1926 1st Edition / 1st Impressi...

A. A. Milne

Methuen

£1199.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Eleven Poems | First Edition/Second Impression (UK...

Seamus Heaney

Festival Publications, Queen’s University, Belfast

£1999.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

The Carpet People | Signed by Sir Terry Pratchett...

Sir Terry Pratchett

Colin Smythe Gerrards Cross

£2499.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Wolf Hall Trilogy | Signed, Lined & Dated | 1st E...

Hilary Mantel

Harper Collins

£2499.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Signed 1st Edi...

J.K Rowling

Bloomsbury

£3499.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

Nineteen Eighty Four. First Edition/First Impressi...

George Orwell

Secker & Warburg

£3499.99

Offered by Endpaper Books

The Seven Seas (Limited Edition 150 Handmade Paper...

Rudyard Kipling

Methuen & Co

£1200.00

Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club

I CAPTURE THE CASTLE. -- Dodie Smith.

SMITH. DODIE.

Little, Brown and Company. Boston. U.S.

£850.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

DOYLE. ARTHUR CONAN.

George Newnes, Limited. London.

£1350.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY. And its connection...

RUSSELL. BERTRAND.

George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London.

£375.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

FOLIO SOCIETY 14 VOLUME COMPLETE SET !!!!

IAN FLEMING

FOLIO SOCIETY

£795.00

Offered by Claremont Books and Prints

MANSFIELD PARK. With an introduction by Austin Dob...

AUSTEN. JANE. ; Thomson. Hugh. Illustrates.

Macmillan and Co. London.

£475.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT INTEREST AND MONE...

KEYNES. JOHN MAYNARD.

Macmillan and Co. Limited. London.

£1250.00

Offered by Paul Foster Books

The Prince and The Pauper

Mark Twain

Chatto & Windus

£30.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Tim All Alone

Edward Ardizzone

Oxford University Press

£45.00

Offered by Topeka Books

The Rupert Annual

Alfred Bestall

Daily Express

£35.00

Offered by Topeka Books

Death Is No Sportsman

Cyril Hare

Faber & Faber

£50.00

Offered by Topeka 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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