The Philobiblon Club, founded in 1893, is Philadelphia’s club for Bibliophiles—Collectors, Librarians, Booksellers, Binders, Printers, Illustrators, and anyone else who loves Books.

The Philobiblon Club is exactly what its name implies: an association of book-lovers. It is not a literary club of writers, publishers, and illustrators of books and articles; nor is it a club of those who are interested primarily in the ideas and experiences that go into books; nor is it an association of bibliographers for whom the book is a tool for study and research. It is a club for those who love books—old, new, big, little, proud, quaint, rich, poor. For its true members (and admittedly there is much overlapping in all these interests) the book as book has a special mystique that can be extended only by courtesy to the vellum manuscript, the letter collection, the magazine or newspaper, the television or film.

From Robert Spiller, The Philobiblon Club of Philadelphia: The First Eighty Years, 1893-1973.

2024/2025 Season

Following upon the success this past winter/spring season of holding in person meetings in the Main Auditorium of the Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, we will be continuing to meet there during the 2024/2025 season, except for the December meeting, which may be held elsewhere. However, we will be moving our meetings to Tuesday evenings, between the months of October and May. Once again, they will begin at 5:30 pm with a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a talk at 6:15 pm. Attendance will be free, with annual dues covering the cost associated with these programs.

Go to the Current Season page to see the dates and speakers for this year's meetings.

For more information and to RSVP to attend a meeting, email philobiblonclub1893@gmail.com

The Philobiblon Club is affiliated with FABS, the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies.