The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club

The Club has published the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club since 1908. The 54 volumes make up a substantial body of historical articles and source material about Edinburgh’s history.

The latest issue

Click below for the contents of the latest issue of the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club (BOEC).

The Club has published the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club since 1908.

Back issues of BOEC

Find here the contents of all the back issues of the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club.

Download PDF copies of the 35 volumes of the Original Series published between 1908 and 1985 and individual articles from Volumes 1 to 7 of our New Series covering 1991 to 2008.

You can order physical copies of more recent issues.

Indexes

You can use indexes for to find names, places, events and all kinds of historical data contained in the articles published in the Book.

Combined indexes are available for volumes in the Original Series and for the first five in the New Series.

You can use our Google search function at the top of the page (or via the menu on small screens) to find what you want in more recent volumes, or further back.