The Wonderful (and Weird) Winterthur Library, with Allie Alvis
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington A virtual visit with a terrific guide (Allie Alvis, Curator of Special Collections) to get the back story on the formation of the […]
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From Treasure Room to Reading Room: The History of Special Collections
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Cassie Brand, Curator of Rare Books at Washington University Libraries in St. Louis will present a talk to The Baltimore Bibliophiles. Her topic is: "From […]
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Virtual Talk by Ken Gloss of Boston’s famed Brattle Book Shop
Sponsored by The Book Club of Detroit Kenneth Gloss, internationally known rare book specialist, appraiser, and proprietor of Boston's famed Brattle Book Shop, will give a virtual presentation for The […]
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FABS Bindings Group: Sophia S. W. Bogle on Book Restoration Unveiled
FABS Special Interest Group: Binding 26 February, 2024 7:30pm eastern / 6:30pm midwest / 5:30pm mountain / 4:30pm pacific (*please note that this program has been moved due to the […]
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FABS Living With Books Group
Sponsored by FABS A new FABS group on Living with Books will hold its first meeting this month. Hosted by The Private Library author Reid Byers, this group will meet […]
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A History and Virtual Tour of the Collections of the Washington State Library
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Dating from 1853, the Washington State Library is the state's oldest cultural institution, preserving for decades items not duplicated elsewhere that hold the […]
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Bibliophiles Beware: The Situationist International and the Art & Politics of Cultural Hijacking
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Active between 1957 and 1972, The Situationist International (S.I.) was a revolutionary alliance of artists, intellectuals, architects and political theorists that is hailed […]
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Photography Collections That Bring History to Life — Lorenzo Lorain and Images of the Oregon Coast, 1857–1861
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Lieutenant Lorenzo Lorain is remembered in part by some historians as the first officer from Oregon to be wounded in the Civil War. But we’ll […]
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Empress San Francisco: The Pacific Rim, The Great West, and California at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Sponsored by The Book Club of California When the more than 18 million visitors poured into the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco in 1915, they encountered a vision […]
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FABS Handpress Era Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS All are welcome to join us for an hour of presentations and discussion of printed books and other materials before 1800. The Handpress Group meets the second […]
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Miniature Commissioned Bookbindings with Arno Gschwendtner and Pat Pistner
Sponsored by The Miniature Book Society The Miniature Book Society presents the next in their zoom series on March 17 at 8am PST, 11am EST. Members Pat Pistner and Dr. […]
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Redemptive Dreams: Engaging Kevin Starr’s California
Sponsored by The Book Club of California An essential piece in California Studies, Redemptive Dreams: Engaging Kevin Starr’s California offers the first critical engagement with the vision of California’s most […]