The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature is an encyclopaedic bibliography of literature in English published by the Cambridge University Press.

It was first published in the 1940s, and a revised edition was issued from 1969 with the prefix New.^[1]

A third series was launched in 1999, without the prefix, but by 2022 only volume 4 had appeared.

First series[edit]

• Volume I, 600–1660, ed. F. W. Bateson (1940)
• Volume II, 1660–1800, ed. F. W. Bateson (1941)
• Volume III, 1800–1900, ed. F. W. Bateson (1940)
• Volume IV, Index, ed. F. W. Bateson (1940)
• Volume V, Supplement: A.D. 600–1900, ed. George Watson (1940)

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature[edit]

• Volume 1, 600–1660, ed. George Watson (1974)
• Volume 2, 1660–1800, ed. George Watson, Ian R. Willison, J. D. Pickles (1971)
• Volume 3, 1800–1900, ed. George Watson (1969)
• Volume 4, 1900–1950, ed. George Watson, Ian Willison (1972)
• Volume 5, Index, ed. George Watson, J. D. Pickles, Ian R. Willison (1977)

Third edition[edit]

• Volume 4, 1800–1900, ed. Joanne Shattock (1999)

Concise series[edit]

• Concise Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, ed. George Watson (1958)
• Concise Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, 600–1950 ed. George Watson (1965)

Notes[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• George Watson, C.B.E.L.: the Making of the Cambridge Bibliography (Cambridge University Press, 1965)