The Book Collector

Archived since No. 1, 1947
302 issues
Complete Archive Quarterly
 The Book Collector is a quarterly journal, in print and online, offering 192 pages per issue of wit, pleasure and knowledge on all aspects of the book through all ages. We have anything up to ten articles every time, book reviews, obituaries, prices at book auctions and a section on world-wide book chat. We’ve produced special issues on Ian Fleming (our founder), Polar Exploration and Women among Books. Our online archive, which goes back to 1947, is a resource for both students and academics that’s second to none.

Latest issue
Summer 2025 - Vol 74.2

  • The Next Chapter David Pearson
  • Chelsea Physic Garden: Books in Bloom Rosalind Lintott
  • ‘Other Properties’: Collecting and Collaboration in the Trade in Medieval Manuscripts in London c1880–1920 Laura Cleaver
  • Springhill: National Trust Libraries No. 12 Edwina Penge
  • Cruden’s Concordance and the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Cruden Stephen Clarke
  • Baskerville at the Cadbury Research Library and the ‘Great Baskerville Bible Crisis of 2020’ Caroline Archer-Parré and Martin Killeen
  • Her Book: A Passage Through Five Generations of American Women Jeremy Dibbell
  • Preserving History in Copper: Richard Rawlinson’s Collection of Printing Plates Chiara Betti
  • Wilde About Thornton’s Huon Mallalieu
  • Toni Morrison’s List at Random House: A Special Collection Awaiting Recognition Tessa Roynon
  • Profile of a Collector: Stuart Rose Michael P. Kuczynski
  • Lost Friends, Part 12 Brian Alderson

Subjects: Arts, Books, Culture, Literature

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  • First Issue: No. 1, 1947
  • Latest Issue: Summer 2025
  • Issue Count: 302
  • Published: Quarterly
  • ISSN: 2633-6316