From 1895, the year he published his first signed article, to four days before his death in 1970 when he wrote his last, Bertrand Russell was a powerful force in the worlds of philosophy, mathematics, human rights and the struggle for peace. During those years he published 70 books, almost as many pamphlets and more than 2,000 articles. He also contributed pieces to some 200 books.

A Bibliography of Bertrand Russell has been compiled from the Bertrand Russell Archives at McMaster University which was the source for the volumes in The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell series. Fully annotated, the bibliography is textually oriented and provides a guide to the authoritative editions of Russell's works. It includes references to the locations of known manuscripts for all the works cited, reports of all known speeches and interviews, and reproductions of the jackets of Russell's books. The three volumes of the bibliography are sold as a boxed set.