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Beloved by bibliophiles for nearly seventy years, The Book Collector is a quarterly journal and digital archive filled with erudite articles, beautiful illustrations, reviews, news, auction results and more.
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The Book Collector Podcast The Book Collector

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 6 Ratings

Beloved by bibliophiles for nearly seventy years, The Book Collector is a quarterly journal and digital archive filled with erudite articles, beautiful illustrations, reviews, news, auction results and more.
Subscribe at www.thebookcollector.co.uk

    Shaken and Stirred or The PMM Martini, by Victoria Dailey

    Shaken and Stirred or The PMM Martini, by Victoria Dailey

    This article, 'Shaken and Stirred or The PMM Martini', written by Victoria Dailey, was a popular inclusion in our Winter 2023 PMM special issue and is read by Kate Fleming. The podcast includes the full recipe for John Carter's Dry Martini read by James Fleming.

    • 22 min
    Visualising Dracula, by Simon Cooke

    Visualising Dracula, by Simon Cooke

    Written for our Summer 2021 issue, Visualising Dracula takes a look at the various illustrative interpretations of the iconic villain.

    It was written by Simon Cooke, and is read by Sarah Bennett

    • 18 min
    Bond Behind the Iron Curtain - Audiobook Teaser

    Bond Behind the Iron Curtain - Audiobook Teaser

    “One of the best things I have ever read on Bond” - The Guardian, 6/10/2021.

    Bond Behind the Iron Curtain, written and read by James Fleming.
    Ian Fleming's nephew explores previously unseen material translated from the languages of Russian and its communist satellites, detailing their attack on capitalism and the character and morals of the Western hero, 007.

    An astonishing story.

    • 9 min
    Shadowing Bond, by Philip Gooden

    Shadowing Bond, by Philip Gooden

    This article was published in The Book Collector's Summer 2023 issue.

    Written and read by Philip Gooden, it takes a look at some great works of Spy Fiction, the authors, characters and storylines that followed in the footsteps of Ian Fleming and James Bond.

    • 31 min
    Anthony Trollope and the Man from Wall Street, by John Saumarez Smith

    Anthony Trollope and the Man from Wall Street, by John Saumarez Smith

    Written by John Saumarez Smith for The Book Collector's Autumn 2009 issue. Read by James Fleming.

    Visit www.thebookcollector.co.uk for more information about our quarterly journals and how to subscribe.

    • 14 min
    Tools of Execution, by John Saumarez Smith

    Tools of Execution, by John Saumarez Smith

    The first article written by John Saumarez Smith for The Book Collector, from our Spring 2008 issue, looking at the library sales of some great collectors.

    • 13 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

Another Audible lover ,

Interesting and varied

I started listening to the first one and ended up listening straight though all of them. It’s great to be reminded to go look for the treasures that must be in the digital archive.

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