Sponsored by the Grolier Club. Collecting Sherlock Holmes. Grolier Club member Nicholas Basbanes in conversation with Glen Miranker, curator of the exhibition "Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects." Tues Jan 25, 4:00-6:00 EST Open to the public: register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grolier-club-virtual-conversation-on-sherlock-holmes-tickets-246493718347?aff=ebdsoporgprofile  

Sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. From 10:00 am EST. This special mini-antiquarian book fair, sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, will be open continuously from 10:00 am on Wednesday January 27 until 7 pm on Thursday January 28. N.B.: If you plan to visit this showcase, and would like participating […]

William S. Peterson will offer the Grolier Club's annual Bibliography Week Lecture on a topic related to the Daniel Press. This lecture is being offered in connection with our "The Daniel Press: Pioneer of the English Private Press Movement" exhibition, open in our second floor gallery December 2, 2021-February 12, 2022. This will be a […]

Sponsored by James Gray Booksellers and the Bibliographical Society of America. Please join Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA) co-editors Dr. Sarah Werner and Dr. Jesse Erickson for an online Q&A session on January 26. Drs. Werner and Erickson will discuss their vision for the journal and how it can be part of […]

Co-sponsored by Blue Mango Books and Manuscripts and Bruce McKittrick Rare Books; presented by the Bibliographical Society of America. The dominant practice in Western map studies has been to consider maps as “sovereign,” that is, as individual images separated from the material context of their production, circulation, and consumption. Book studies also have generally overlooked […]

Join Huntington Library curators and members of the trade, library, and collecting communities for a panel discussion on individual and institutional collecting today. Moderated by Claudia Funke and Erin Chase—curators of the Huntington exhibition "What Now: Collecting for the Library in the 21st Century"—the conversation will address the significance of collecting in this unprecedented period […]

Sponsored by the Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society 7:30-900pm EST Join NOBS for their annual first forum of the year, Show & Tell. Book lovers of all ages have their favorites, whether a treasured old copy of a classic or a lovely edition of a book that you splurged on over the holidays or a book […]

Sponsored by the Book Club of Washington The first of three presentations that Spencer Stuart will be making for the Book Club of Washington this year, "On Collecting" covers the fundamentals of collecting, with all new content and examples. Tips for novice and experienced book collectors alike. Online Sunday, January 30, 2022, 2 p.m. PST […]

Hosted by The Book Club of California. 5:00 PM PST - Live presentation via Zoom Webinar With over 400 officially designated local, state, and national landmarks, San Francisco is steeped in history. The city’s neighborhoods feature unique buildings and special places, some that are well known to residents and tourists but also structures and locations […]

Sponsored by the Caxton Club. 12:00pm CT It turns out that people were creating their own Facebooks long before the advent of the Internet. They would take apart a published book (gasp!), add illustrations, autographs, maps, and particularly portrait prints ... and then rebind the thicker volume to create a one-of-a-kind. Some called it literary […]