The following command downloads all files pdf files from http://www.host.com/some/path/ to currenct directory
wget -r -l1 -nd -nc -A.pdf http://www.host.com/some/path/
The options are:
-r Makes it recursive for subfolders
-l1 set maximum recursion, 1 levels of subfolders
-nd no directories — copies all matching files to current directory, discards directory information
-nc Do not download it file already exists
-A.pdf Accept only certain files (with pdf suffix in this case). Specify comma-separated lists of file name suffixes or patterns.