A Collection of Book Collectors
ZOOM opens the doors
The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS) is a loose association of book collecting clubs.
The Fellowship publishes an open source journal.1
The Grolier Club (New York) is the oldest club.2
The newsletters and websites of individual clubs report that during the pandemic many clubs held ZOOM meetings and often had great attendance.
Below are the individual Societies and websites. Many have their own publications.
The Aldus Society
The Ampersand Club
The Baltimore Bibliophiles
The John Russell Bartlett Society
The Baxter Society
The Bixby Club
The Book Club of California
The Book Hunters Club of Houston
The Caxton Club
The Colophon Club
The Delaware Bibliophiles
The Book Club of Detroit
The Ephemera Society of America, Inc.
Florida Bibliophile Society
The Grolier Club
Himes & Duniway Society
The Manuscript Society
Miniature Book Society
Movable Book Society
Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society
The Philobiblon Club
The Rowfant Club
The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco
The Book Club of Texas
DeGolyer Library SMU
The Ticknor Society
Book Club of Washington
Washington Rare Book Group
The William Morris Society in The United States
The Zamorano Club
The No. 44 Society
INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES.3
Presentation on the history of The Book Collector at the Caxton Club, Chicago.
Founded in 1884, the Grolier Club is America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic arts. Named for Jean Grolier (1489/90-1565), the Renaissance collector renowned for sharing his library with friends, the Club’s objective is to promote “the study, collecting, and appreciation of books and works on paper.” Through the concerted efforts of an international network of over eight hundred men and women—book and print collectors, antiquarian book dealers, librarians, designers, fine printers, binders, and other artisans—the Grolier Club pursues this mission through its library, its public exhibitions and lectures, and its long and distinguished series of publications. The Grolier Club has published or sponsored almost 500 books and exhibition catalogues - some of them now the standard references in their fields - on such subjects as photography, William Blake, Mayan writing, Albrecht Dürer's alphabet book, and the well-known "Grolier Hundred" selections in literature, science, and medicine.
Aberystwyth
Bibliographical Group
Aberystwyth, Wales
Nederlands Genootschap
van Bibliofielen
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Associació de Bibliòfiles de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Berliner Bibliophilen Abend E. V.
Berlin, Germany
National Union of Bibliophiles
Moscow, Russia
The Society of Bibliophiles in Capetown
Capetown, South Africa
Les Amis Du Livre Contemporain
Paris, France
The Private Libraries Association
Pinner, Middlesex, Endland
Maxmilian-Gesellschaft e.V. fur alte und neue Buchkunst
Stuttgart, Germany
Pirckheimer-Gesellschaft e. V.
Berlin, Germany
Book and Graphics Section (Russian Academy of Sciences)
St. Petersburg, Russia
Saint Petersburg Society of Bibliophiles
St. Petersburg, Russia
Biron Stables Bibliophile Club
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Société Royale des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique
Brussels, Belgium
Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Amateurs d’Ex-Libris (FISAE)
International Federation of Ex-libris Societies
Helsinki, Finland
Moscow Club of Bibliophiles
Moscow, Russia
Thanks for providing this list. Some of those clubs would be interesting to investigate a bit more.