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  • PBFA Book Fair

    Follow the PBFA Brighton Book Fair on Facebook!

    I have set up a facebook group for the PBFA Brighton Book Fair. I’ll be posting all sorts of interesting material on the group page as well as the latest news and details about the fair. There has not been…

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  • Brighton In Books

    A Book Fair Comes To Brighton – October 30th, 2021

    Here is some good news! I am very pleased to announce that on Saturday October 30th there will be a PBFA Book Fair in Brighton at the Racecourse. A book fair is like a huge second-hand bookshop coming to town…

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  • Shoreham Bungalow Town

    Shoreham on Sea: Lights! Camera! Glamour!

    The story of Shoreham’s bohemian seaside village is well known but still remarkable. In the 1880s the shingle spit between the River Adur and the sea was used by fishermen, some working from old railway carriages bought from Brighton. One…

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  • Baxter colour print of the Lewes Avalanche

    The Lewes Avalanche of 1836, Colour Printed by George Baxter.

    On the 27th December 1836 a huge wall of snow slipped off the Cliffe above Lewes, killing eight people. This unusual event was portrayed by local printer and inventor George Baxter in the image here. At first glance it does…

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  • The Man Who Missed The Sixties

    From Monk To Punk: The Man Who Missed The Sixties.

    Last week I mentioned being out and about again, ‘meeting all sorts of interesting people.’ No sooner had I typed the words than the phone rang and I found myself speaking to one of the most interesting people on the…

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  • 2025 Book Collecting Competition

    Win Money For Collecting Books!

    16th June 2025

    Being paid for what you love doing sounds like a dream, but in this case it’s true. If you collect books, your collection could win you £250! The 2025 PBFA Book Collector of The Year Competition is now open, and…

  • See Bath by Electric Car

    Bath And District By Electric Car… in 1913!

    11th June 2025

    I was very excited when I found this little booklet at a book fair recently. The front cover is rather grandly titled ‘Visitor’s Guide to Bath and District by Electric Car and Motor Bus’ and it was issued by ‘The…

  • Oxford Guide, 1843

    Oxford, or, Paper Beats Stone.

    21st April 2025

    Just a brief post as we are in the middle of a particularly busy time for fairs. As the image suggests I am off to Oxford next week for the two-day PBFA Oxford Premier Fair, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th…

  • Estra Clark's 1947 map of York.

    The 2025 Book Fairs Begin – I’m On The Road!

    9th January 2025

    The 2025 P.B.F.A book fairs have begun, and there’s a clue in the map: I’m away at York until the 13th at a huge fair at the racecourse. This lovely pictorial map is by Estra Clarke, by the way, and…

  • Books I have bought recently.

    Books, maps, ephemera and more needed urgently – can you help?

    3rd November 2024

    The seasons change, but book fair season never seems to end! I have had one practically every weekend since September, including the Brighton fair last Saturday the 26th October. Next week I’m back in London for the ETC Bloomsbury Fair,…

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