Senate House Library

Printed Special Collections

Senate House Library's printed special collections comprise printed books, pamphlets, periodicals and maps within 50 named collections and also within its general special collections sequences.

Printed Special Collections

Senate House Library's printed special collections comprise printed books, pamphlets, periodicals and maps within 50 named collections and also within its general special collections sequences.

Austin Dobson Collection

Around 620 volumes written and edited by the poet and critic (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921).

Bromhead Library

About 4000 items on the history of London from the 16th to the early 20th centuries, with some on the settlement of Australia.

Carlton Shorthand Collection

Approximately 18,000 books and periodicals covering the history of shorthand from the 16th to the 20th centuries in nearly 60 languages and dialects.

Chichester Cathedral Library Collection

About 100 17th- and 18th-century volumes on classics, law, philosophy, numismatics and antiquities, purchased from Chichester Cathedral.

Colin Smythe Terry Pratchett Archive

Comprehensive holdings of Terry Pratchett’s published writings, associated publications and merchandising.

Cory Collection

About 60 literary and other works printed from the 17th to the 21st centuries collected by Yvonne Cory (1928-2008) and her daughter Dr Emma Jane Robinson.

Craig Collection

About 500 books on sexual customs and practices and literary erotica from the collection of Alec Craig (1897-1973), mostly from the 20th century.

Crofton Collection

296 English and French little books from the 18th and 19th centuries, covering literature, theology and travel.

Cartonera Publishers Collection

Over 200 books from Latin America made of cardboard and recycled materials focusing on social and political justice, human rights and countercultural literature

Durning-Lawrence Library

About 5,000 15th-20th century volumes from the library of Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence (1837-1914), by or in some way relating to Sir Francis Bacon.

De Morgan Library

Approximately 3,800 mathematical and related works printed between 1474 and 1871 from the library of Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871), many with his annotation...

E.G.R. Taylor Collection of historic printed maps

A collection of over 900 map sheets, representing 96 individual and series titles, and dating between 1700 and 1900.

Eggar Collection

About 250 20th-century books relating to the attribution of Shakespeare’s plays to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.

Eliot-Phelips Collection

<p>About 3,500 Spanish imprints from the early 16th to the early 20th centuries, relating in particular to Madrid.</p>

Elzevier Collection

About 1,150 books printed by members of the Elzevier family and by other 17th-century Dutch presses.

EPCOM collection

About 400 Nazi school textbooks and related material.

Ethel M. Wood Biblical Collection

About 450 devotional works, mostly English and American Bibles, from the 15th to the 21st centuries.

Family Welfare Association Library

About 5,000 late 19th- and early 20th-century publications on poverty, the Poor Law, education, health and the blind.