His more notable collections included:
- early colour printed books
- Victorian children’s books
- rare book bindings
- printed ephemera
- printed tins
- early architectural pattern books
- early postcards.
The Nigel Temple Collection of 4,965 early postcards of British Public Parks and Gardens can be seen on the Historic England website at http://viewfinder.historicengland.org.uk/search/results.aspx?index=0&form=advanced&collection=Nigel%20Temple%20postcards
Nigel Temple bookplate
Printed Tins