Sponsored by the Book Club of California Community, heritage, architecture—oh yes, and stiff pours: these are the hallmarks of San Francisco’s Legacy Bars. High Spirits leads readers on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood pub crawl in search of the city’s most remarkable nightspots. Atmospheric photographs accompany descriptions of each bar’s colorful history, unique architectural features, idiosyncratic owners, and […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Date: Monday, Sept. 8, 8pm EST Guest Presenter: Leonard Augsburger, Newman Numismatic Portal, Washington University in St. Louis Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore Title: The Role of Manuscripts in Numismatic Literature & Research Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7uMHKoNLRVmkHTz0uxIKIQ Overview: This presentation will provide an overview of the numismatic literature field and highlight significant manuscript […]
Sponsored by the Caxton Club. Remember why we chose you for this assignment. You’re a reader. September 12 is the day all your training is put to the test. The code will be included in the special communique you’ll receive after you register. Memorize it and make it your own. It will be vital as […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Two publications, both published by Heyday, bookend and frame Tony Platt’s talk. One book begins in a remote area of northwest California, the other in the Bay Area’s metropolis. In Grave Matters: The Controversy over Excavating California’s Buried Indigenous Past (2011, 202) Platt investigated the global trade in everything Indian […]
Sponsored by FABS Join us for presentations and discussions of the craft of bookbinding. To receive links and announcements, email Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org This month: Suzanne Moore on the beauty and necessity of limp paper bindings--when to use them, and details that help protect the book-block.
Sponsored by FABS Join us for congenial discussion of all things 19th century and bibliophilic! To receive links and announcements, write Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by the Book Club of California In the early twentieth century, the Bay Area Outing Program coercively recruited over a thousand Native girls and women from boarding schools to labor as live-in domestic workers across the San Francisco Bay Area. In exchange for room, board, and meager pay, Native women and girls as young […]
Sponsored by FABS All the pleasures and challenges of the private library: book furniture, bookmarks, catalogues, conservation, and much more. Join us for congenial discussion each month. Hosted by Reid Byers. For links and announcements write Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by The Grolier Club This talk by David Alan Richards, Grolier Club member (and former Council member), will cover centuries of Shakespeare's First Folios arriving in America. The first made its way to Boston in 1791, and the first offered by an American book dealer was at Astor House on Broadway in 1847. By […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. The lecturers have studied about 120 books that are entirely or partially encrypted. In this talk, they introduce the most fascinating ones. This includes the famous Voynich Manuscript, a 15th century tome that has never been deciphered, and the Rohonc Codex, a 17th century creation that was recently […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society The Special Collections and University Archives at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is home to more than 20,000 volumes of rare books and incunabula, dating from the 12th to the 21st centuries. The Spanish Illuminated Manuscript is a bound vellum manuscript of approximately 200 pages that are each handwritten by […]
Sponsored by the Caxton Club. October Midday Program Caxtonians do love to go searching after a first. A first edition. A first printing. A first of its kind. Especially when the prize is a one-and-only. Now here’s a chance to realize that quest. We’ll be taking you to New York’s Hispanic Society of America Library, which […]