19th Century FABS Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join us for convivial discussion of all things bibliophilic and 19th century! Meets on the third Thursday of the month. Contact Jennifer at info@fabsocieties.org
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Deborah A. Green and Aaron Lansky: “The First Yiddish War Reporter”
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Join The Grolier Club as Translator Deborah A. Green and Aaron Lansky, Yiddish Book Center founder and president, have a conversation to celebrate the release of a […]
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Home Library Audits and Lending Books: FABS Living With Books Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS The Living With Books group meets via Zoom on the fourth Tuesday of the month for convivial chat about home libraries. This month's topics are Book Audits […]
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Lynda Mugglestone on Samuel Johnson’s Garret Lexicography
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Join The Grolier Club for a live webcast lecture by Lynda Mugglestone, Professor of the History of English and Tutorial Fellow at Pembroke College, Oxford, in conjunction […]
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The New Suburbia: How Diversity Remade Suburban Life in Los Angeles after 1945
Sponsored by The Book Club of California America’s suburbs have been transforming. The conventional story of suburbs as bastions of white, middle-class homeowners no longer describes suburban realities. Today they […]
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A Rare Book Summer Picnic: Conversations on Food, Cultural History and The Dining Table
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Live, Free Webinar Monday, July 1, 2024 – 8:00 PM Eastern , 5:00 PM Pacific (US and Canada) Presenters: Christine von der Linn of Honey & Wax […]
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Movable Mayhem: Pop-Up Books through the Ages
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Prepare to be captivated by these print wonders that move. Volvelles, flaps, and pop-ups, oh my! Renaissance pop-up book expert Suzanne Karr Schmidt […]
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Al Martinez in the Korean War: A Future Columnist Hones His Craft
Sponsored by The Book Club of California For more than twenty years, the Los Angeles Times columnist Al Martinez (1929-2015) delighted, and enriched the lives of, thousands of readers across […]
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FABS Handpress Era Zoom: First Edition Hoyle on Whist and 18th Century Open Mic
Sponsored by FABS July 8: Handpress Era (second Monday of the month). This month we will hear from David Levy about a trip to Aberdeen to visit one of four known copies of […]
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California: A Slave State
Sponsored by The Book Club of California California owes its origins and sunny prosperity to slavery. Spanish invaders captured Indigenous people to build the chain of Catholic missions. Russian otter […]
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FABS Bindings Zoom: The Prince of Binders: Joseph Altemus and the Apex of Publishers’ Bindings in the Nineteenth Century
Sponsored by FABS The Prince of Binders": Joseph Altemus and the Apex of Publishers' Bindings in the Nineteenth Century" Todd Pattison. July 15, Monday, 7:30 Eastern, 4:30 Pacific. Zoom Todd […]
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David Pearson: Looking at Bookbindings from Cambridge and Elsewhere
Sponsored by The Grolier Clubng Renowned scholar David Pearson will lecture on findings that culminated in his recent book, Cambridge Bookbinding 1450-1770 (The Legacy Press, 2023). It provides an overview of the […]