Chiefly original letters to Hayward and typescript carbon copies of letters from him. Some other letters forwarded or copied to him are also included. Some letters here relate to articles not published. A small number are unrelated to the Book Collector at all. A few other papers of Hayward's, not correspondence, are in items 78 and 80. Hayward's correspondence with advertisers is generally in series E.

Includes correspondence between Fleming and the Monotype Corporation.

The collection contains correspondence of the two editors John Hayward and Nicolas Barker; 'article files'; various other editorial files; and business papers mainly relating to The Collector Ltd. (a holding company created in 1955).

Carter was on the editorial board of the Book Collector 1955-64 and he returned to it in 1965 after the death of the editor John Hayward The correspondence in this series relates to business and editorial matters, and also includes some correspondence with contributors. Correspondents throughout the series include Ian Fleming and John Hayward.