Sponsored by the Grolier Club Plain Wrapper Press Redux publisher Mark E. Fischer, with Grolier Club member, printer and designer Jerry Kelly, and Plain Wrapper Press printer/publisher Gabriel Rummonds, will discuss the recent revival of a decades-old handpress known for its finely printed and illustrated limited editions of poetry and prose by contemporary authors. The […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Geoffrey Roberts, History Professor Emeritus at University College Cork (Ireland) and a member of the Royal Irish Academy, will discuss his latest publication, Stalin's Library: A Dictator and his Books (Yale University Press, 2022). Stalin was a surprisingly learned bookworm, as he analyzed and refracted the published ideas of his […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have rich archives documenting the faculty, students, staff, and often the surrounding Black communities, and scholarly and public awareness is growing of these research troves. Holly Smith will discuss the archival treasures of Spelman College, where she serves as College Archivist. A historically Black […]
Sponsored by the Manuscript Society. Monday, March 7, 2022, 8:00pm-9:00pm EST “What’s it worth?” is the question professional appraisers are asked more than any other. This live, interactive webinar will walk you through the appraisal research process and explain the credible appraisal approach. Manuscript Society Trustee, and Certified Appraiser Brian Kathenes, will share with you […]
Sponsored by the Caxton Club Join us in the run up to St. Patrick’s Day as we visit the Chester Beatty library and museum in Dublin, where Dr. Mary Redfern will draw on the Beatty’s collection to introduce us to a set of Japanese scrolls that illuminate storytelling in a remarkable way. From literary masterpieces […]
Sunday, March 13, 2022 2:00 PM | Zoom Webinar * Co-presented and co-hosted by the Book Club of Washington The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings—the dazzling handiwork of the city’s artists and architects. But equally important were geniuses of another kind: Florence’s manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars and booksellers, who […]
Sponsored by FABS Sunday, March 13, 2022 4:00-6:00 PM Eastern Time | Zoom In our FABS Spring Online Event, Boston-based Brattle Book Shop proprietor/television appraiser Kenneth Gloss talks about some of his favorite finds and describes some of the joys of “the hunt.” He explains what makes books and manuscripts rare and what determines whether […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Explore the physical materials, production process, ownership, and readership of medieval manuscripts from 800-1500 in Western Europe in this online presentation. Participants will learn about parchment-making, medieval ink and pigment ingredients, methods for illumination and decoration, and the culture of scriptoria with a special focus on women scribes. […]
Sponsored by the Caxton Club What if instead of waking up and demanding of ourselves more self-care, we demanded systemic change? Irvin Hunt discusses a movement that was based on collective care and a new system altogether, the black cooperative movement. In gripping detail, built from rarely before seen archival material, Hunt recounts how Ella […]
The Ticknor Society is now accepting submissions for the Fourth Annual George and Anna Eliot Ticknor Book and Book Culture Collecting Prize, which was created to encourage and recognize those in New England who have been inspired to form a book collection of their own. The Prize awards $1000 to a collector of books, manuscripts, […]
Hosted by the Florida Bibliophile Society. Boštjan describes himself as a “book collector, bibliomaniac, and book enthusiast.” Through his Fate of Books blog, he provides a Slovenian perspective on book collecting and on his special interest, libricide, i.e., the destruction of books. His blog comes with a moral: no matter how obscure the book, there […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California A financial manager, businesswoman, and reformer, Phoebe Apperson Hearst was one of the wealthiest and most influential women of the era and a philanthropist, almost without rival, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most people know her as the mother of William Randolph Hearst, the famed newspaper mogul, […]