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Book Review: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma
23rd October, 2026
Jeremy Knight The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma By Victoria Whitworth (London: Head of Zeus, 2025. 336 pp., colour illus, £35. isbn 9781788541800) Reviewed in The Book Collector Autumn…
Book Review: The Migrants: A Memoir with Manuscripts
16th October, 2026
Sheila Markham The Migrants: A Memoir with Manuscripts By Christopher de Hamel (London: Allen Lane, 2026. 320 pp., 63 illus, £25. isbn 9780241670125) Anyone in the world of rare…
Interview with Clare Marshall and Simon Finch: Weirdiana Catalogue
9th October, 2026
Weirdiana, an exploration of witchcraft, the occult, the mystical and the “out there”, is a collaboration between Clare Marshall of Marshall Rare Books and Simon Finch of Voewood Rare Books….
Highlights from the ILAB Symposium 2026
7th October, 2026
The Book Collector team had a very enlightening time at the ILAB Symposium, which was filled with lots of interesting talks and great networking opportunities. The first half of the…
Back Issues: Your PDF Archive Is Back
7th September, 2026
We’re pleased to announce a new addition to your My Account area: Back Issues — giving subscribers simple access to PDF copies of every issue of The Book Collector, from 1947 to the present. When…
Important Notice: Fraudulent Website Impersonating The Book Collector
15th May, 2026
We have recently become aware of a fraudulent website operating under the domain: www.thebookcollectorjournal.co.uk This website has no affiliation whatsoever with The Book Collector, The Collector Ltd, or our editorial team. It appears to…
Interview with Gordon Brough
10th April, 2026
Gordon Brough is chairman of Sotheran’s. He was born in Dunfermline but brought up in Dundee. He is a collector turned bookseller. When did you come to London? I…
To the Last Scratch of Ink
13th March, 2026
Just in time for International Women’s Month, Peter Harrington have published “To the last scratch of ink”: The Lives and Literature of Women. This catalogue is the third in a…
Spring has Sprung
6th March, 2026
Our Spring 2026 issue has just been published with a suitably daffodil-yellow cover containing a wealth of good things. Cathleen Baker chronicles the story of The Legacy Press, her unique…
Words in Flame
27th February, 2026
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, the toll on the country’s cultural infrastructure continues to unfold. Among the most poignant of these losses are Ukraine’s libraries —…
Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Ephemera
30th January, 2026
With the 125th anniversary of Oscar Wilde’s death only a couple of months ago, Bonhams is still very much on trend with its sale of the collection of Jeremy Mason on 18th February…
Science & Medicine: Interview with Laura Massey
14th January, 2026
This week Silke spoke with Laura Massey about her first catalogue since she joined Shapero Rare Books to set up the Science department. Science and Medicine features 110 items spanning…