Xenophile Bibliopole & Armorer, Chronopolis: History of SF and Fantasy
2022-10-23 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington
Sun Oct 23, 2:00pm Pacific Time
Book Club of Washington member Steven Woolfolk opened Xenophile Bibliopole & Armorer, Chronopolis with Brian Sheldon in December 2019. We’ve arranged a virtual visit with them to learn about its special contents. The exterior alone suggests that this establishment is something out of the ordinary, with globe street lamps imported from Brooklyn, New York, and five-foot twin gargoyles flanking the driveway.
This store (www.xenophilebooks.com) boasts one of the most comprehensive Science Fiction and Fantasy collections for sale anywhere in the galaxy. Mysteries and history are other strengths, in addition to movie posters, art, and ephemera. There is also a large nuclear technical area and, in the conference room, a micro-museum celebrating the Manhattan Project, featuring letters from General Leslie Groves, Robert Oppenheimer, and Albert Einstein, along with other fascinating ephemera.
The presentation by the proprietors will emphasize the history of Science Fiction and Fantasy illustrated by rare and unique items from the store’s extensive inventory.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/introducing-xenophile-bibliopole-armorer-chronopolis?utm_campaign=b9bfef5e-5096-4e57-b546-4576f96a88e7&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=1291030c-f5cd-4f28-ac2a-0f1daf7824dd
Steven Woolfolk is a physicist who spent 50 years as a Health Physicist/Radiological Engineer, primarily in the management/disposal of nuclear waste. An avid book collector for decades and a bookseller at various conventions for more than a decade, he transitioned to bookstore owner after he retired.
Brian Sheldon previously owned the local bookstore Sheldon Library, which closed after his deployments as a military advisor in Iraq and Afghanistan. Initially, he was an alternative high school teacher but eventually went through several transitions before arriving at project management, all the while collecting books.

National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest Prize Ceremony, with Mark Dimunation
2022-10-21 15:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by the ABAA
October 21, 3:00pm Eastern time
Please join us to honor this year’s prizewinners of the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest’s Susan Tane Prize for Student Book Collectors, via Zoom. In addition to the awards, the Library of Congress’ Chief of Rare Books and Special Collections Division, Mark Dimunation, will interview each winner.
First Prize
Daria Rose Evdokimova (Harvard University)
“Ardis Publishers and the Immigrant Identity”
Second Prize
Francesca Mancino (Case Western Reserve University)
“Reassessing Modernism: Women Writers and Publishers of the Lost Generation”
Third Prize
Austin Benson (University of Virginia)
“The Little Office[s] of Our Lady, 1599-1966: Online Book Collecting During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
Essay Prize
Elizabeth Propst (Harvard University)
“How Much Am I Bid for the Moon?: Collecting Poetry on the Cheap”
With thanks to our colleagues and judges from the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS), the Grolier Club, and the Center for the Book and the Rare Books and Special Collections Division (the Library of Congress) for making the contest happen once again, and to Susan Tane for funding the prizes.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Open to the public. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XhFzukY8TYmnSOiXZ-lcWw

Ed Papenfuse: The Enterprising Roach Family of Baltimore, 1819-1830
2022-10-20 19:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles
A saga of marketing Books, Stationery, Musical instruments, Umbrellas, Printing, and Sign Painting, mixed with Millerites and fisticuffs with the Constabulary!
Wednesday, October 20, 2021. 7:00 pm. Eastern Time on Zoom. To register contact Binnie Syril Braunstein at bsbgc@aol.com

Frank H. Wu on his Collection of Anti-Asian Propaganda
2022-10-17 18:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Grolier Club
Oct 17, 6:00pm New York time
About this event
A talk by Grolier Club member Frank H. Wu, president of Queens College and distinguished law professor, scholar and author, on his collection of anti-Asian propaganda, with examples on hand.
This will be a live online event, and all attendees will receive an email with the link the day of the event. If you’ve not received a link by 9:00 am Eastern time, please check your spam folder.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-anti-asian-propaganda-tickets-412252276657?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=Virtual+Lecture%3A+Anti-Asian+Propaganda&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail
For those unable to join us for the session, the lecture will be recorded and made available a few weeks after the event on the Grolier Club’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user4535612.

Rare Books LAX: Discounted Admission for FABS Member Societies
2022-10-14 17:00 - 2022-10-16 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
DISCOUNT ADMISSION TO RARE BOOKS LAX FOR FABS
RARE BOOKS LAX takes off October 14-16, 2022, at The Proud Bird, just minutes from LAX. The FABS community will receive discount admission.

Sponsored by Biblio.com, RBLAX brings rare booksellers from throughout the world together to share their love of books, fine prints, maps, ephemera, and more. In conjunction with Rare Books LAX, the 47th Annual American Printing History Association (APHA) conference will also be held at The Proud Bird, located at 11022 Aviation Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90045. The organization encourages the study of the history of printing and related arts and crafts, including calligraphy, typefounding, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, illustration, and publishing.
The International Printing Museum (Carson, California) is the Rare Books LAX cultural partner. Proceeds from opening night tickets benefit the non-profit, which is devoted to bringing the history of printing and books to life. The Museum is home to one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of antique printing machinery and graphic arts equipment. Its mission is to interpret and present the collection for a contemporary audience through demonstrations of working machinery, historic reenactments, and hands-on workshops.
To receive 50% off admission, please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rare-books-lax-2022-tickets-354333690607?aff=FABS
Click on tickets and enter the promo code FABS to reveal a 50% discount for all three days on the book fair.
THE PROUD BIRD
11022 Aviation Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045
October 14: 5pm – 8pm/PT
October 15: 10am – 6pm/PT
October 16: 11am – 4pm/PT

Devin Fitzgerald on Leonardo da Vinci and the Elmer Belt Collection of Vinciana
2022-10-14 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Sponsored by The Caxton Club
When/Where: 10/14/2022 Zoom begins promptly at Noon Chicago Time (Central). Preregistration required via website. Zoom (only) option is free and open to all.
October Midday Program
Let’s get a jump on college football and visit new Big Ten member UCLA before it starts regularly engaging in gridiron tilts in New Jersey, Maryland, and other midwestern venues.
UCLA Special Collections boasts an outstanding array of books and materials centered on da Vinci and the Italian Renaissance. The collection began with a donation from Dr. A. Elmer Belt – who was born in Chicago. Before he donated it to UCLA, Belt’s da Vinci collection had grown to include, for example, all printed editions of da Vinci’s Treatise on Painting as well as two important manuscript versions of the Treatise that preceded the first printed edition.
We’ll set the time machine and travel back to Florence and other locales in the company of an outstanding guide – Devin Fitzgerald, curator of rare books and the history of printing at UCLA.
Fitzgerald, whom you may have seen profiled in Fine Books & Collections’ Bright Young Librarians feature, received his Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard. He actively uses twelve languages in his work, including Italian, Latin, and Spanish. He received additional training at both the University of Virginia and the California Rare Book Schools.
Register today for this masterpiece of a program … no codebreaking required! Click here: https://caxtonclub.org/event-4914474
Zoom begins promptly at Noon CT. Registration required via website. Zoom presentation is free and open to all.

David R. Godine: Maine Books and Authors, and for Good Measure, Some Nautical Titles
2022-10-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Baxter Society.
Open to all members of FABS Societies. Email baxtersociety@gmail.com to request a link, which will be sent on the morning of the event.
Wed. Oct 12 at 7:00pm Eastern Time.
David R. Godine, independent publisher, will speak on Maine books and authors together with some nautical titles.

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair Reception for Members of FABS Societies
2022-10-08 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington and FABS
Open to all members of FABS Societies
Members of FABS Societies visiting the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair are cordially invited to a reception on Saturday October 8, 2022 from 5:00-6:30 Pacific Time at McHugh’s on 21 Mercer Street, west of the Exhibition Hall. Hope to see you there for inter-club fellowship and comparing notes on bibliophilic finds!

Virtual Curator Talks on the Grolier Club's Aubrey Beardsley Exhibition
2022-10-07 18:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Grolier Club
About this event
Join us for two illustrated talks by the Curators of our “Aubrey Beardsley: 150 Years Young” exhibition, on view in our second floor gallery through November 12: “In Bed with Beardsley,” by Margaret Stetz; and “Beardsleyophily,” by Mark Samuels Lasner.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-curator-talks-on-aubrey-beardsley-tickets-412243540527?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=Virtual+Curator+Talks+on+Aubrey+Beardsley&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail

This will be a live online event, and all attendees will receive an email with the link the day of the event. If you’ve not received a link by 9:00 am Eastern time, please check your spam folder.
For those unable to join us for the session, the lecture will be recorded and made available a few weeks after the event on the Grolier Club’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user4535612.

Manuscript Mondays: The Warren G. Harding–Carrie Fulton Phillips Correspondence: A tangled tale of ownership rights, romance, and archival ethics
2022-10-03 20:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society
Manuscript Monday – Free Live Webinar – Monday, October 3, 2022 – 8PM Eastern Time
Guest: Karen Linn Femia, Archivist (Library of Congress)
Host: Brian Kathenes
“The Warren G. Harding–Carrie Fulton Phillips Correspondence: A tangled tale of ownership rights, romance, and archival ethics”
On July 22, 2014, the Library of Congress opened the Warren G. Harding-Carrie Fulton Phillips Correspondence. The papers, which had been closed for fifty years, include almost one thousand pages of love letters between Harding and Carrie Phillips, the wife of a good friend of Harding from his home town of Marion, Ohio. Their affair lasted 15 years, ending the year Harding became president. Carrie Phillips kept her letters from Harding secret, hidden in a box in her home in Marion, Ohio. When her health failed in 1956, she was admitted to a nursing home. A lawyer, appointed as her guardian, discovered the letters in 1956 and took them home and kept them, even after her death in 1960.
The presentation will tell the tale of how this manuscript collection followed a crooked path that finally led to the Library of Congress as well as provide an overview of the contents of the papers.
Guest Speaker: Karen Linn Femia, the archivist for the Harding-Phillips papers, has been a processing archivist in the Preparation Section of the Manuscript Division since 1991. [Previous to that she earned a PhD in ethnomusicology from Brown University, received a fellowship at the Smithsonian, and then took a contract position as an archivist working on music collections at the American History Museum, starting her on the path to a career in archives.]
​This Manuscript Monday Event is a ZOOM event. Mark your Calendar! Here is the link for this Manuscript Monday:
Join the Zoom Meeting:
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Virtual Panel Discussion on "The Books of Oz"
2022-10-03 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Grolier Club
Oct 3, 6:00-8:00pm New York time
Jane Lahr, Michael Hearn, and Stephen Schwarz will present on “The Books of Oz.”
About this event
Presentations by Jane Lahr, author, editor, literary agent and daughter of Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion in the film version of “The Wizard of Oz;” L. Frank Baum scholar Michael Hearn; and “Wicked” (the Broadway musical based on the Oz books) composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, among other experts. Q&A to follow.
This will be a live online event, and all attendees will receive an email with the link the day of the event. If you’ve not received a link by 9:00 am Eastern time, please check your spam folder.
For those unable to join us for the session, the lecture will be recorded and made available a few weeks after the event on the Grolier Club’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user4535612.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-panel-discussion-on-the-books-of-oz-tickets-412009520567?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=Virtual+Panel+Discussion+on+%22The+Books+of+Oz%22&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail

Virtual Lecture on Samuel Johnson
2022-09-29 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Grolier Club
A talk exploring the life, work, and home of lexicographer Samuel Johnson by Celine Luppo McDaid, for the past decade Donald Hyde Curator and Director of Dr. Johnson’s House in London.
McDaid is responsible for managing the only UK museum dedicated to the history of the English language, curating three exhibitions a year, and creating and running a vibrant education and events program. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), the great writer, wit and man of words, built a reputation through his regular contributions to “The Gentleman’s Magazine” as an authority on language and literature, and today he is remembered chiefly for his authorship of a ground-breaking dictionary. Over the course of nearly 50 years in his dearly-beloved capital city, Johnson would have more than 17 addresses, almost all located in and around Fleet Street, so that he would always be on hand to receive work from the numerous printers and publishers located in that area. Of these, only one now remains – 17 Gough Square, the grandest home he would ever live in, a charming 300-year-old townhouse nestled among a maze of courts and alleys in the historic city of London. Operating as a museum since 1911, it is dedicated to celebrating the life and work of Johnson.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grolier-club-virtual-lecture-on-samuel-johnson-tickets-391977323727?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=Grolier+Club+Virtual+Lecture+on+Samuel+Johnson&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail
This will be a live online event, and all attendees will receive an email with the link the day of the event. If you’ve not received a link by 9:00 am Eastern time, please check your spam folder.
For those unable to join us for the session, the lecture will be recorded and made available a few weeks after the event on the Grolier Club’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user4535612.

Jill Gage on “The Best Penman of our Age”: The Lettering of George Salter
2022-09-27 18:30 (America/Chicago)
Sponsored by The Caxton Club
Zoom event open to the public.
September 27, 6:30pm Chicago time
George Salter (1897–1967) was a German-born and, from 1940 on, American calligrapher, book and book jacket designer, illustrator, and teacher who revolutionized the world of book jacket design. His design work ranged from best sellers for Alfred A. Knopf to serial mystery magazines. The Newberry Library holds Salter’s papers, which include original artwork, proofs, and notes related to many of his designs. Jill Gage, Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing and Bibliographer for British Literature and History at the Newberry Library will discuss Salter’s work, focusing on the creative and adroit lettering styles that lead the calligrapher Lloyd Reynolds to call him “the greatest penman of our age.” Gage will also lead a tour of the Newberry exhibition, A Show of Hands: Handwriting in the Age of Print, for Caxtonians.
Register for this program here: https://caxtonclub.org/event-4937579

We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival, Rebellion, and Reconstitution in Nineteenth-Century California
2022-09-26 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California
Sept. 26, 5:00-6:30 Los Angeles/Pacific time
By examining historical records and drawing on oral histories and the work of anthropologists, archaeologists, ecologists, and psychologists, We Are Not Animals sets out to answer questions regarding who the Indigenous people in the Santa Cruz region were and how they survived through the nineteenth century. Between 1770 and 1900 the linguistically and culturally diverse Ohlone and Yokuts tribes adapted to and expressed themselves politically and culturally through three distinct colonial encounters with Spain, Mexico, and the United States. In We Are Not Animals Martin Rizzo-Martinez traces tribal, familial, and kinship networks through the missions’ chancery registry records to reveal stories of individuals and families and shows how ethnic and tribal differences and politics shaped strategies of survival within the diverse population that came to live at Mission Santa Cruz.
We Are Not Animals illuminates the stories of Indigenous individuals and families to reveal how Indigenous politics informed each of their choices within a context of immense loss and violent disruption.
A virtual presentation via Zoom by Martin Rizzo-Martinez, author and historian
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JNjb1YusSwqbFvFFFaWDoA?mc_cid=e039041088&mc_eid=55809a2ee8

Spencer Stuart on A Collection's Coda: Deaccessioning Strategies
2022-09-23 19:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles
For Zoom link please email Binnie Syril Braunstein: bsbgc@aol.com

The Intimate Art of Altered Books with Phylis Brody
2022-09-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society
Sep 22, 7:00pm-8:30 New York/Eastern time
Phylis Brody is a life-long experimenter and doer of arts and crafts, including dimensional quilts and textiles, encaustic painting, assemblage, and altered books. In her words, “Each book is a small and intimate work of art that compels the viewer to pay attention and, hopefully, come away with a new perspective.” Join us as we learn from Phylis about altered books and see some spectacular examples of her art.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89199111520?pwd=[REDACTED]
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For those of you who have not had the opportunity to view an Altered Book Show, Loganberry Books hosts one annually in May. These are truly amazing works of art.

Virtual Salon on Black Bibliography
2022-09-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Presented by the Bibliographical Society of America
The June 2022 issue of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA) is devoted to the traditions and futures of Black Bibliography. Join guest Editors Jacqueline Goldsby and Meredith McGill, together with authors and contributors to the volume, for a Virtual Salon on September 22, 2022 (7-8:30 p.m. ET)! Speakers include:
+Laura Helton, Assistant Professor of English and History at the University of Delaware
Samantha Sommers, Assistant Professor in Residence in the English Department at University of Connecticut
+Derrick Spires, Associate Professor of Literatures in English and affiliate faculty in American Studies, Visual Studies, and Media Studies at Cornell University
+Michael Winship, Iris Howard Regents Professor of English II (emeritus) at the University of Texas at Austin

Join them in a conversation led by Professors Goldsby and McGill to discuss and exchange ideas, and to share new developments and directions raised by the provocative essays and book reviews included in this volume.
Registration is free and open to all; closed captioning in English and ASL interpretation will be provided.

Read the Full Announcement: https://mailchi.mp/bibsocamer/bbp-salon-invite

Register: https://bit.ly/bsa-bbp-salon

Erin McGuirl (she/her/hers)
Executive Director
The Bibliographical Society of America
erin.mcguirl@bibsocamer.org
www.bibsocamer.org

Virtual Lecture on Photographer George Platt Lynes
2022-09-20 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Grolier Club

Allen Ellenzweig will speak on photographer George Lynes.
September 20, 6:00pm New York time

About this event

Virtual talk by Allen Ellenzweig, author of George Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye [Oxford]. Lynes (1907-1955) was the lover of, and collaborator with, Grolier Council member Monroe Wheeler, an exhibition curator and art book designer long affiliated with the Museum of Modern Art. Volumes from private collections and that of the Grolier Club will be on view.
This will be a live online event, and all attendees will receive an email with the link the day of the event. If you’ve not received a link by 9:00 am Eastern time, please check your spam folder.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grolier-club-virtual-lecture-on-george-lynes-tickets-391979199337?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=Grolier+Club+Virtual+Lecture+on+George+Lynes&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail

Jane Austen Mondays at the Rosenbach Library and Museum begin September 19
2022-09-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Presented by the Rosenback Library and Museum
Selected Mondays September-November, 7:00-8:30pm Eastern Time
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!”
A continuation of our Sundays With … series, our new Austen Mondays series will focus on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Join us on Mondays from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. for an exciting adventure into this classic novel for 24 weeks beginning September 19.
For the first half hour of every episode host Edward G. Pettit will interview scholars and Janeites about all things Austen, then will lead a conversational annotation of a chapter or two of Pride and Prejudice. Together we’ll examine why and how Pride and Prejudice continues to be one of the most beloved books of readers everywhere. This program is FREE and held online.
Austen Mondays is sponsored by Lisa Washington
Register here: https://rosenbach.org/events/austen-mondays/?mc_cid=267b25c883&mc_eid=5c1f180f4c

Outlaw Printing: How Discontents, Troublemakers, Organizers, and Visionaries Published for Social Change
2022-09-19 18:00 - 19:15 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California and The Northern California Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America
Sept. 19, 6:00pm-7:15pm Los Angeles/Pacific time
Every movement needs a voice, and ever since Gutenberg systematized the concept of movable type posters have been one of the media of choice for discontents, troublemakers, poets, organizers, and visionaries. Posters have served as the poor person’s pulpit for a very long time in this country. Benjamin Franklin’s network of print shops helped “stick it to the man” before this was even a country. When the rich and powerful control the major media, one could still find someone who knew how to put ink on paper to fire up a provocative and inflammatory message. These early broadsides – a single-sided newspaper sheets, usually (but not exclusively) featuring bold headlines and bold statements – were aptly named after the effect of a full row of cannon fire from a warship. Posters can make an impact.
In the US, there have been several moments when radical posters ruled. They were popular in the movement against slavery in the early 1800s, they were rediscovered in the 1930s when artists were hired by the Federal Arts Project. But after World War II they dropped off the radar for 20 years. The 1950s Cold War chill of McCarthy made such a medium too dangerous, and several paid the price. It may be hard to imagine now, but before 1964, the poster selection was bleak, mostly about travel, movies, or fine art. But four years later the range of subjects and styles had proliferated exponentially. Sex, drugs, rock and roll, and revolution could adorn your wall for only a few dollars.
Underground newspapers and comics advanced at the same time, as did radical poetry books and political tracts. This presentation explores the lively alternative West Coast publishing scene of the “long 1960s” and shows how that legacy continues to influence new generations of troublemakers.
An in-person and virtual presentation via Zoom by Lincoln Cushing, archivist and author
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tBA2TJ1FT3eMHkapRlW5Vg?mc_cid=e039041088&mc_eid=55809a2ee8

Jennifer Larson on Little Books and Big Ideas in the Seventeenth Century
2022-09-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Baxter Society.
On Zoom, Wed. Sept. 14 at 7:00pm Eastern Time
Jennifer Larson, Chair of FABS, will give an illustrated lecture on her collection of miniature and small format books printed in the 17th century, their relationship to the intellectual currents of the time, and the reasons for the production of tiny books. She will also explain “What’s New With FABS.”
Open to all members of FABS Societies. Send email to baxtersociety@gmail.com to request a link, which will be sent on the morning of the event.

Bookplate Collecting in America
2022-09-12 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California and The American Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers
Sept. 12 , 6:00pm Los Angeles/Pacific time
A celebration of the centenary of organized bookplate collecting in the United States.
An in-person and virtual presentation via Zoom by William E. Butler, bibliophile, editor, and exlibrist.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LElQfNxlRBOqAEuJxEl90A?mc_cid=e039041088&mc_eid=55809a2ee8

Finding Nura: Rediscovering an American Modernist from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection (Eric Carle Museum)
2022-09-12 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Grolier Club
Sept 12, 12:00-1:30 New York time
Zoom tour of this exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum.
About this event

A Zoom tour of “Finding Nura: Rediscovering an American Modernist from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection,” on display at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (Amherst, MA) through November 6, 2022. Drawn from the remarkable holdings of the Daniels, and curated by H. Nichols B. Clark, this exhibition re-establishes the reputation of long-forgotten but highly esteemed Nura Woodson Ulreich.
Known simply as “Nura,” this artist specialized in alluring and very individualized interpretations of childhood. Her modernist approach, acquired from her time in Paris in the 1920s, resulted in stylized images of children, whom she portrayed with animals, books, and musical instruments, but rare adults. Her figures are distinguished by their rounded forms, rosy cheeks, and wavy hair, shown in ethereal landscapes and indistinct interior settings. Nura’s compositions captured an essence of childhood imbued with innocence and enigma.
This will be a live online event, and all attendees will receive an email with the link the day of the event. If you’ve not received a link by 9:00 am Eastern time, please check your spam folder.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grolier-club-virtual-tour-of-book-art-exhibition-tickets-400092787297?aff=erelpanelorg
For those unable to join us for the session, the lecture will be recorded and made available a few weeks after the event on the Grolier Club’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user4535612.

Alex Johnson & James Oses on "Rooms of Their Own - Where Great Writers Write"
2022-09-09 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Sponsored by The Caxton Club
Sept 9, noon Chicago time
“Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.” – Dorothy Parker
A blunt assessment indeed … but Hemingway would not have stood for sitting while Proust would gladly have taken her injunction lying down. Where and how fifty writers wrote (and write) is the subject of Alex Johnson’s delightful prose and James Oses’s beautiful illustrations. Their book, Rooms of Their Own, brings to life the settings which inspired authors from Emily Dickinson to Haruki Murakami. Join us to step into rooms where visitors were often not welcome. (Steinbeck kept only a single chair in his office to discourage any but the briefest interruptions.) London-based Alex Johnson is a journalist and author whose work you may have seen in Fine Books & Collections, The Independent, and in popular blogs about garden offices and creative bookcase designs. Among his works is Book Towns – 45 Paradises of the Printed Word. Also joining us from London will be James Oses, whose captivating illustrations reveal the look and feel of each author’s workspace. He has created illustrations for Penguin Random House, Marks & Spencer, The Guardian, and a host of other clients. Make a date and then choose where you’ll watch this delightful glimpse into the rooms where it happened!
Register here: https://caxtonclub.org/event-4914464

A Mind in Exile: Thomas Mann in Princeton, featuring Stanley Corngold
2022-09-07 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
From the Friends of the Princeton University Library
A Mind in Exile: Thomas Mann in Princeton, featuring Stanley Corngold
Wednesday September 7:00 at 4:00pm Eastern time
On September 7, the Friends of Princeton University Library Small Talk series returns with Professor Stanley Corngold, an emeritus professor of German and Comparative Literature, and a discussion about Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann’s pivotal time in Princeton. Mann fled Nazi Germany in September 1938, settling in Princeton, where, for nearly three years, he was stunningly productive as a novelist, university lecturer, and public intellectual. In Princeton, Mann exercised his “stupendous capacity for work” in a circle of friends, all highly accomplished exiles, including Hermann Broch, Albert Einstein, and Erich Kahler.
In this Small Talk, Professor Corngold will provide a vivid portrayal of this crucial station in Mann’s journey from arch-European conservative to liberal conservative to ardent social democrat.
Registration is required.
The talk is open to all via Zoom.
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Manuscript Society: Reading Marks on Silver Free Webinar
2022-09-06 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society

‘Reading’ Silver – How to identity those marks. Sterling or silverplate? Domestic or foreign?
Free – Live Webinar, Special Date – Tuesday, September 6, 2022

8:00 PM Eastern [one hour], Question and Answers at the End
Hosted by Brian Kathenes
Great Grandmother’s Silver. Now it is your silver, and you don’t know anything about it. What is its value? How is it valued? What do those marks mean on the base?
Appraiser Leon Caster, ISA CAPP, will share a brief, understandable, and entertaining guide to help you tell whether something is silver, silverplate, or something else. Discover how easy it is to identify both domestic and foreign silver, and decipher marks used by makers. You don’t have to be a silversmith to get it.
Guest: Leon Caster, ISA CAPP
Leon is a lifelong appraiser having been almost literally born in the antique and auction business in northern New Jersey. After gaining educational degrees (B.A. and M.T.S.) he joined the family firm in Branchville in 1974 as auction manager and appraiser. A few years later he joined the International Society of Appraisers at their inception. He quickly became accredited with both ISA and AAA (Appraisers Association of America) receiving his certification in Antiques & Residential Contents.
He has held almost every position within ISA including being one of the original board members, chair of the Foundation for Appraisal Education, and Director of Education. In the past, hehas been an Adjunct Professor at Centenary College (University) and for the University of Washington. He is currently a USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) certified instructor and teaches classes, webinars, and seminars across the US.
Currently, he is Senior Partner of National Appraisal Consultants. His specialty is ever expanding from the mundane to the unusual and weird. His expertise has been used by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board, the Department of US Homeland Security, the FBI, US Marshall’s Service, and provides appraisals on a regular basis that go before the IRS, the US Federal and State Courts, and insurance arbitration umpires.
Leon enjoys sharing his knowledge and likes to make it enjoyable and understandable. He co-hosted the lively and entertaining “Value This with Brian and Leon” – a nationally syndicated public radio antiques and collectibles radio talk show.
Link to register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4506431294785604619

"International Escapades of a Book Lover" with Professor Art Seto
2022-08-28 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington
Online Sunday, August 28, 1 p.m. Los Angeles time
Register for this event on our website: www.bookclubofwashington.org
Professor Art Seto will introduce us to some of the museums, libraries and other book and printing centers that he has been motivated to experience by his fifty-year love of print and books. His academic career has taken him to conferences all over the world, where he constantly discovers new bookish opportunities. He will highlight visits to such institutions as the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany, The Getty Museum, The Huntington Library, The Library of Congress, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and other select venues across the USA, Canada, and Asia.
Art Seto
Professor Seto’s love of print began during two years of graphic arts classes in high school, where he was fortunate to have after-school access to the printing shop. This early exposure was followed by 23 years working full time in the printing industry, beginning with an indentured bindery apprenticeship.
For the past 17 years, Associate Professor Art Seto has been teaching bookbinding, letterpress printing and other courses at the Graphic Communications Management program at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). In addition to teaching, and researching and disseminating scholarly information on print and book topics, Professor Seto is a hands-on practitioner as a letterpress printer and book artist. His related research interests are in the areas of historical and modern street literature, chapbooks, and zines.

Scores & More with Andria Hoy, Cleveland Orchestra Archivist
2022-08-25 19:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society
Thursday, August 25, 7-8:30 pm Eastern Time
Ta dum. Hands clapping for Franz Welzer-Most approaching the Director’s podium.
Join us for a behind-the-scenes peek into the Archives of the Cleveland Orchestra as Archivist Andria Hoy shares stories about the scores, photos, programs, and objects that reside inside Severance Hall.
We will be meeting in person with the option of attending via zoom. Masks required.
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
2022-08-22 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Los Angeles time | A live online via Zoom and in-person event
Join us in-person or online via Zoom to view seldom seen photographs from the Book Club archives and help us identify the members and guests pictured at various events.

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On Collecting and Legacy with Spencer Stuart
2022-08-14 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington
Register for this event on our website: www.bookclubofwashington.org
August 14, 2:00pm Los Angeles time
Collectors are custodians. The materials that make up their collections are, in most cases, temporarily orbiting around the ideas that ground the collection.
“On Collecting and Legacy” deals directly with late stage collecting and available strategies for those considering “what’s next” for their collections based on the contents, intentions, and timeframes available.
This presentation will explore when one is ‘ready’ to consider these questions and what one must do to prepare for the process. Below are links to three short articles to read prior to attending the presentation.
On Legacy: What Time Affords
On Legacy: Redistributions
On Legacy: Conclusion
Spencer W. Stuart
Spencer W. Stuart provides advisory services to private collectors as well as institutions aiding in the design and execution of collection development, inventories, catalogues and collection appraisals as well as deaccession strategies.
Spencer Stuart holds a master’s degree in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute in London, England (recipient of the Director’s Award). Upon graduation he took a position with Bonhams Auctioneers where he worked closely with the North American Rare Books and Manuscripts department in Toronto and New York.
Spencer is an alumnus of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminars and completed course work through the Rare Book School (University of Virginia).
In concert with his advising, Spencer is an active writer and lecturer on histories of the printed word for a variety of publications including The Book Collector, Manuscripts, and Amphora as well as occasionally with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio: http://spencerwstuart.ca/media/
