Ann Lindsey on Poisonous Pigments in Books
Sponsored by The Caxton Club October Evening Program It is well known that copper arsenic compounds were used as a green pigment in textiles and home furnishings during the 19th […]
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Robinson Jeffers’ Tamar and Other Poems: A Centennial Appreciation
Sponsored by The Book Club of California When the California poet Robinson Jeffers published Tamar & Other Poems, his first major collection, in 1924, it struck reviewers as both timeless […]
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Manuscript Mondays: Six Steps of Digital Preservation
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Six Steps of Digital Preservation that Every Collector Should Know Manuscript Mondays – Free, Live Webinar Monday, October 7, 2024 8:00 PM Eastern Presenter: Lauren […]
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Virtual Symposium: Billy Budd at 100
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Join The Grolier Club for a livestreamed Symposium on Billy Budd in conjunction with Grolierite William Palmer Johnston’s exhibition, Melville’s Billy Budd at 100, running in the Club’s second-floor Gallery through November 9, […]
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Charles Johanningsmeier on Tauchnitz Editions
Sponsored by The Caxton Club EVENT DETAILS: October Midday Program “Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.” – Mark […]
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Creatures of Commerce: Animal Advertising Ephemera from the Bruce Shyer Collection
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Humans have been fascinated by animal imagery since the prehistoric era when cavemen painted images of animals on walls to symbolically capture their […]
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FABS Handpress Era: John Peckham’s Perspectiva Communis + Open Mic for 16th Century
Sponsored by FABS David DiLaura will speak on "John Peckham's Perspectiva Communis: An example of the transition from manuscript to the handpress." In the half-century after the appearance of moveable […]
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Virtual Tour and Curator Q&A for Billy Budd at 100 Exhibition
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Curator William Palmer Johnston leads a prerecorded tour of his exhibition "Melville's Billy Budd at 100" followed by a live online Q&A. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-tour-and-curator-qa-for-billy-budd-at-100-exhibition-tickets-1027617320067?aff=erelpanelorg […]
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS 19th Century Group (third Thursday of the month). Congenial conversation on all things 19th-century and bookish. You are welcome! To join the list contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
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The Sugar King of California
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Claus Spreckels (1828–1908) emigrated from his homeland of Germany to the United States with only seventy-five cents in his pocket, built a sugar […]
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Virtual Lecture: How a Grolierite Shaped the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Dr. Jonathan Conlin talks about former Grolier Club librarian Henry Watson Kent's role in shaping The Met into a great cultural institution. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-how-a-grolierite-shaped-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-tickets-1027694851967?aff=ebdssbdestsearch […]
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FABS Bindings Zoom: Renate Mesmer on the Folger Shakespeare Library
Sponsored by FABS Oct 21, 2024. 7:30 Eastern time, 4:30 Pacific time Renate Mesmer will talk about the Folger’s recent renovation and the challenges and improvements of such an undertaking. […]