BY PAT GRAHAM (AUTHOR) & PHIL HARBOUR (AUTHOR)
July 1, 2026
A WONDERFUL BOOK FOR BEATLES MEMORABILIA COLLECTORS
Two UK based Beatles memorabilia collectors, Pat Graham and Phil Harbour have put together a fabulous new book for both Beatles collectors and those who are fascinated with the products generated by the cultural phenomenon of the world’s most historic and celebrated musical band. Due for release July 1, 2026, it promises to be a welcome addition to every Beatles book library. I know I will be purchasing my copy very soon. Through the kindness of the authors, we have been presented with a few sample pages from the book and on the back cover of the book you can read the testimonials of what several prominent Beatles historians are saying about the forthcoming title:
Beatlebilia Publishing – 377 pages
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Please note that the book will be available through Amazon US once it’s been released for general sale.
This post will be amended to reflect & include the Amazon US link once it is ready to be published.
Front cover of the book:
Beatlebilia: The Ultimate Beatles Memorabilia Reference Guide is a comprehensive guide to all the original 1960s memorabilia that was manufactured and sold to fans of The Beatles during that era and still widely sought after today.
We have trawled our archives, as well as those from our fellow collectors and the wonderful authors before us, to bring you a complete (or as close to as possible) memorabilia guide to all the original, 1960s Beatles memorabilia items from around the world!
The items are loosely categorised into themes and we hope, bring to life the breathtakingly vast array of merchandise that was created to celebrate, promote and of course, ‘cash in’ on that little boy band from Liverpool.
The book presents over 3000 colour images, detailing more than 1000 individual items, including:
- Toys & Games
- Toy Instruments
- Bags, Cases & Carriers
- Purses & Wallets
- Clothing & Accessories
- Stationery
- Calendars, Clocks & Watches
- Glass & Ceramics
- Homeware
- Hair & Beauty
- Jewellery
- Food & Drink
- Trading Cards, Boxes & Wrappers
- Pennants, Badges & Vending Items
- Yellow Submarine
- Fakes, Copies & Reproductions
So, whether you’re a Beatles fan, a collector or simply intrigued by music history, this book is sure to take you on a magical mystery tour, across the universe of Beatles memorabilia!
Back cover of the book:
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
About the Authors
PAT GRAHAM, LEEDS (UK)
My interest in all things ‘BEATLES’ started when I was just six years old, in 1964; my sister, who was thirteen at the time, had pestered my mother for us to all go and see The Beatles live in Scarborough, a seaside town in the UK, whilst we were on holiday there in August of that year. Unfortunately, my mother was unable to get tickets for us to see them live, but instead bought us all tickets to see their film, ‘A Hard Days Night’, newly released at the cinema. So, on Sunday the 9th August 1964, whilst the Beatles were performing in the Futurist Theatre on Scarborough seafront, we all went to see the film at the Odeon Cinema; it was the closest I ever got to seeing the Beatles ‘live’. After this first taste of The Beatles, I was hooked! My sister, Trish, was a member of the Official Beatles Fan Club and when she left home in 1969, she gave me a few bits of Beatle memorabilia… and so began my hobby/ passion/ obsession of collecting Beatles memorabilia. My very first ‘piece’ was a Fan Club cloth patch which I am proudly wearing at six years old after my return from holiday in Scarborough… I still have it to this day!
PHIL HARBOUR, LEICESTER (UK)
My father (Harold Harbour) was and still is a huge Beatles fan and passionate about their music, so I guess it has always been a part of my life, possibly even before I was born! I remember singing along to the music as a child with my sister from as young as six years old but as I became a teenager, I started to understand and appreciate just how important the band were, not only musically, but just how groundbreaking they were in so many other ways. And this fascinated me. But it was when the Anthology TV series was released in late 1995 that I became hooked, as it helped to really bring to life just how amazing and pivotal the band were and what an impact they had during that brief eight-year window.
This is when my collecting passion began and I quickly became desperate to own and collect anything Beatle related. Most of my early collecting consisted of small, affordable, modern pieces but I always aspired to own ‘the good stuff’… the items that were actually ‘there’ at the time; owned and loved by those fans who went before me and formed the backdrop to Beatlemania. In the early 2000s, I was able to start adding some original items to my collection, but it wasn’t until I found the Beatlebilia website and then met the founder Pat Graham in 2019, that my passion and collecting of 1960s memorabilia really kicked in. Today, in 2026, I am privileged to be part of the Beatlebilia organisation and more importantly, have a true friend and mentor in Pat.
A FEW SAMPLE PAGES FROM THE BOOK: Courtesy of of the book authors:
I would like to express my thanks to both authors, Pat Graham and Phil Harbour for their kindness in allowing us to share some of the details of this wonderful forthcoming book with you!
Would love to see in the comments section, what special items do you have in your Beatles memorabilia collections?
Do you have a special WANT that you are desperately looking for in your personal Beatles collections? Let us know what they may be!
Be healthy and be happy!
Buzz
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