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SUMMARY:Writing about San Francisco in the 1930s
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nAuthor and historian Robert Cherny is the author of seven monographs\, co-author of two monographs and of college-level textbooks in US history and California history\, co-editor of two anthologies\, and author of some forty articles in journals or anthologies. Nearly all of his published work deals in some way with the post-Civil War history of the western US\, and much of it deals with San Francisco and California. \nCherny will discuss how his research agenda changed in the mid-1980s\, when he began to focus on the 1930s in San Francisco. That change began when he agreed to write a biography of Harry Bridges\, the often controversial leader of what is now the International Longshore and Warehouse Union\, a union active in all the Pacific Coast states and British Columbia. He will talk about how this research\, and some subsequent extensions\, eventually led to several journal articles and four books Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art (2017)\, Harry Bridges: Labor Radical\, Labor Legend (2023)\, San Francisco Reds: Communists in the Bay Area\, 1919-1958 (2024)\, and The Coit Tower Murals: New Deal Art and Political Controversy in San Francisco (2024). His forthcoming book summarizes the history of San Francisco from the arrival of the first humans to the present. \nCherny will spend a good portion of his lecture on The Coit Tower Murals\, beginning with the context\, then the artists at work\, the murals\, and the subsequent controversies about those and other New Deal murals in the city. \nA virtual presentation by Robert W. Cherny\, author\, scholar\, professor emeritus of history at San Francisco State University. \nTo register\, click here. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/writing-about-san-francisco-in-the-1930s/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250613T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250613T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
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SUMMARY:Joseph Hone on The Book Forger
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Caxton Club. \nJune Midday Program \n \nJoin the Caxton Club and Joseph Hone for his presentation on “The Book Forger.” \nLet us clue you in. \nComposer Jerome Kern of Showboat and “The Way You Look Tonight” fame was an amazing book collector. And kern is going to figure prominently into the remarkable story you’ll be hearing … but it will be kern not Kern\, for the composer in this tale was no musician. \nInstead he was every bit a Wise man who conducted a daring swindle that caught eager bibliophiles in a net of fraud and deceit … bibliophiles who included a prominent Caxtonian. Here’s a tantalizing hint: there’s a Ransom note that says Wise materials are being held in Austin\, Texas. Talk about footprints — some fourteen feet are involved! Someone did a lot of boxing. \nAnother scrap of a clue about the forgery: a sonnet is on it. \nMore riddles than solutions. What we need is a clever Englishman to play Sherlock to our Watson. Ah! We’ve got one: Joseph Hone. \nDr. Hone is a reader in literature and book history at Newcastle University. With degrees from Oxford and Exeter he is much published. The Book Forger is his fourth bofok — and it’s the genuine article. \nIt’s elementary. If you enjoy true crime stories in which the only red is the blushing of all those who were taken in\, and if your appetite was whetted by Tom Danneberg’s terrific review of the The Book Forger in the March/April Caxtonian\, then you’ll want to forge ahead and register for this program today! \nLive attendance and optional lunch \nView Zoom program on eighth floor\, Steel Room\, Union League Club. Presentation begins at 12:00 PM CT. Optional lunch immediately following in the fourth floor Rendezvous. $35 includes non-alcoholic beverage\, a cup of soup\, and your choice of sandwich\, salad\, or hot entree\, tax\, and tip. \nZoom presentation is free and open to all. \nZoom begins at 12:00PM CT/1:00 PM ET. Preregistration required via website. \nPlease forward this notice to anyone who may find it of interest. \nEven if you can’t attend at the scheduled time\, if you’re interested\, please register. After the program\, we’ll send an email to all registrants\, asking if you’d like a link to the complete recording. That way you can see the program even if you couldn’t attend live\, ran into technical issues\, or simply wanted to watch it again. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/joseph-hone-on-the-book-forger/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Group: Karen Hanmer on the Biblio Tech models
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin us on Zoom for a talk by Karen Hanmer on the Biblio Tech models\, reverse-engineered historic and modern binding structures. See them here: https://karenhanmer.com/gallery/p/bibliotech \nNote the one-time date change to the second Monday of the month. \nTo receive a link and join the bindings Zoom group\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-group-karen-hanmer-on-the-biblio-tech-models/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
CREATED:20250523T174824Z
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SUMMARY:FABS Handpress: Dr. Eugene Flamm on Martin Lister
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJune 9: FABS Handpress Era Group will meet at 7:30pm EST on Zoom for an hour of talk about printed items before 1800. Dr. Eugene Flamm will speak on “Putative Provenance: Martin Lister as a Bibliophilic Iterist” regarding a volume perhaps given by Lister to the Earl of Portland\, with additional discussion of two Earls of Essex. (Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-dr-eugene-flamm-on-martin-lister/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250609T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250609T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
CREATED:20250325T162733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T163001Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Oscar Lewis Awards
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nThe Oscar Lewis Awards were established by the Book Club of California in 1994 in honor of Oscar Lewis (1893-1992)\, author\, historian\, and club secretary. Join us as we recognize this year’s honorees for their contributions to the Book Arts and to Western History. This is an in-person and virtual event. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/2025-oscar-lewis-awards/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
CREATED:20250325T162305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T163229Z
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SUMMARY:From Page to Stage and Back: The Theatrical Adventures of Writer and Illustrator Edward Gorey
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nEdward Gorey’s creations as a book artist are distinctive: sparse\, oblique story lines paired with intricate\, oblique drawings. Yet even his most ardent fans may not know that the author-illustrator of The Beastly Baby\, The Doubtful Guest\, and The Curious Sofa also directed these and dozens of unpublished texts on stages from Cape Cod to Los Angeles. Gorey’s comrade-in-arts Carol Verburg helped make it happen. Now\, with privileged access to his archives\, she’s chronicled her friend’s underground career as a dramatist in The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey. Verburg will talk about some of the hidden gems Gorey transformed from script to manuscript and vice versa\, and how his lifelong curiosity about form was shaped by his experiments with collaboration. \n An in-person and virtual presentation by Carol J. Verburg\, playwright\, theatre director\, and author. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/from-page-to-stage-and-back-the-theatrical-adventures-of-writer-and-illustrator-edward-gorey/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250527T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
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SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. \nTo join the list\, please contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-living-with-books-zoom-group-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
CREATED:20250425T140450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T173254Z
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom Group: Saul Rébora on Binding Morris's Chaucer
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nSol Rébora: Chaucer and Tomorrow’s Past \nJoin us for a discussion with binder Sol Rébora about binding William Morris’s Chaucer\, highlighting the balance between client expectations\, conservation principles and contemporary bookbinding. The presentation will include models\, process photos and a video of the finished work along with insights into the philosophy of Tomorrow’s Past. \nBindings: The Bindings Interest Group hosts discussions and presentations that share collections and information on bookbindings of all periods. Topics include\, but are not limited to\, history\, design and aesthetics\, innovation\, materials and craft techniques. \nTo receive announcements and links\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-group-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
CREATED:20250425T140321Z
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SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \noin us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet the third Thursday of the month. \nFor links and announcements\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-zoom-group-11/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T200000
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SUMMARY:Richard Kopley & Susan Jaffe Tane on Edgar Allan Poe
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\nClub member Richard Kopley\, Distinguished Professor of English\, Emeritus\, at Penn State DuBois\, and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement and Service Award from the Poe Studies Association\, will be in conversation with Grolier Club Council member Susan Jaffe Tane\, a preeminent collector of Poe’s writings and artifacts\, about his new critical biography\, Edgar Allan Poe: A Life”(University of Virginia Press). \nThis is a Virtual Lecture available on Youtube. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-richard-kopley-susan-jaffe-tane-on-edgar-allan-poe-tickets-1274320199019?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \n\n\n\n\nSupport \nWe appreciate your interest in the Grolier Club’s programming on the art and history of the book. For over 130 years we have offered our exhibitions and lectures to the public\, free of charge. If you have enjoyed these offerings\, and would like to support that tradition\, and help ensure that it continues\, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Grolier Club.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/richard-kopley-susan-jaffe-tane-on-edgar-allan-poe/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250512T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
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SUMMARY:The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle that Shook America
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nNora May French and Carrie Sterling arrive at Carmel-by-the-Sea at the turn of the twentieth century with dramatically different ambitions. Nora\, a stunning\, brilliant\, impulsive writer in her early twenties\, seeks artistic recognition and Bohemian refuge among the most celebrated counterculturalists of the era. Carrie\, long-suffering wife of real estate developer George Sterling\, wants the opposite: a semblance of the stability she thought her advantageous marriage would offer\, threatened now that her philandering husband has taken to writing poetry. \nAfter her second abortion\, Nora finds herself in a desperate situation but is rescued by an invitation to stay with the Sterlings. To Carrie’s dismay\, George and the arrestingly beautiful poetess fall instantly into an affair. The ensuing love triangle\, which ultimately ends with the deaths of all three\, is more than just a wild love story and a fascinating forgotten chapter. It questions why Nora May—in her day a revered poet whose nationally reported suicide gruesomely inspired youths across the country to take their own lives\, with her verses in their pockets no less—has been rendered obscure by literary history. It depicts America at a turning point\, as the Gilded Age groans in its death throes and young people\, particularly women\, look toward a brighter\, more egalitarian future. In an unfortunately familiar development\, this vision proves to be a mirage. But women’s rage at the scam redefines American progressivism forever. \nA virtual presentation by Catherine Prendergast\, literary scholar\, author\, and professor emerita\, University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/the-gilded-edge-two-audacious-women-and-the-cyanide-love-triangle-that-shook-america/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250509T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250509T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
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SUMMARY:Ian Gadd On A History of the Stationers Company
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \nMay Midday Program \n \nJoin Caxton Club members and Ian Gadd\, Professor in English Literature\, Bath Spa University\, UK\, for his talk on the “History of the Stationers Company.” \nWell\, here comes another of those Johnny-come-lately organizations that seem to pop up now and then. The Worshipful Company of Stationers in the City of London didn’t even get going until 1403 and wasn’t recognized with a royal charter until 1557. Practically yesterday. \nYet somehow this ragtag group of limners\, bookbinders\, booksellers\, and text writers seemed to make a go of it. They came up with this strange idea of a “copyright” and were early adopters of those new fangled moveable types. \nNot sure that there’s enough “English literature” produced since the fifteenth century to weave into a bookish tale\, but our speaker\, Dr. Ian Gadd from Bath Spa University will give it a go in a generously illustrated presentation about the History of the Stationers’ Company — of which he is a freeman. \nThough he was educated at Oxford and the University of Edinburgh he speaks enough American to be a faculty member of Virginia’s Rare Book School. He was editor of the first volume of The History of Oxford University Press and is general editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift. \nSo don’t be stationary! Get moving and register today to join us at the Union League Club or to slip into this hot bubble Bath of a program at the Caxton Zoom Spa. (Towels not provided.) \nTo register\, click here\, This is a hybrid event. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/ian-gadd-on-a-history-of-the-stationers-company/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250505T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250505T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
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SUMMARY:Information-Graphic Masterpieces: Designing Data Stories
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nInformation graphics transform data into compelling visual narratives\, illuminating insights that might otherwise remain hidden. From the earliest printed charts and maps to today’s innovative designs\, these visuals bridge art and science\, helping us engage with complex phenomena. Often featured within books—whether rare historical volumes or contemporary publications—information graphics elevate how we understand the world around us. \nThe presentation explores extraordinary examples of these visual tools\, spanning from rare Enlightenment works to monumental statistical atlases. Alongside examining their unique aesthetic flourishes\, this talk delves into the stories behind their creation and highlights key contributions from California. Many of the discussed publications will be on display for in-person attendees\, showcasing the remarkable craftsmanship and vision that bring data to life. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by RJ Andrews\, author of Info We Trust\, series editor of Information Graphic Visionaries\, and consulting data storyteller. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/information-graphic-masterpieces-designing-data-stories/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
CREATED:20250325T160538Z
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SUMMARY:Background Artist: The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nYou might not know the name Tyrus Wong\, but you probably know some of the images he created\, including scenes from the beloved Disney classic Bambi. Yet when he came to this country as a child\, Tyrus was an illegal immigrant locked up in an offshore detention center. How did he go on to a long and prosperous career drawing animation cels\, storyboards\, and greeting cards that shaped the American imagination? \nBackground Artist shares the inspiring story of Tyrus Wong’s remarkable 106-year life and showcases his wide array of creative work\, from the paintings and fine art prints he made working for Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration to the unique handmade kites he designed and flew on the Santa Monica beach. It tells how he came to the United States as a ten-year-old boy in 1920\, at a time when the Chinese Exclusion Act barred him from legal citizenship. Yet it also shows how Wong found American communities that welcomed him and nurtured his artistic talent. Covering everything from his work as a studio sketch artist for Warner Bros. to the best-selling Christmas cards he designed for Hallmark and other greeting card companies\, this book celebrates a multi-talented Asian American artist and pioneer. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Karen Fang\, film scholar\, cultural critic\, author\, and professor\, Department of English\, University of Houston. \nTo register\, click here. \n\n\n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/background-artist-the-life-and-work-of-tyrus-wong/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T153000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
CREATED:20250328T031428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250412T025530Z
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SUMMARY:Death of a Bookman: The Publishing Misadventures of Charles Rideal
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Book Club of Washington \nThe Annual Meeting encompasses a brief business meeting followed by a special presentation. A keepsake created for the occasion will also be featured and light refreshments served. The business portion includes electing officers\, approving new board members\, and presenting the Monroe Award and student book collecting awards. \nThis year’s speaker is Dr. Solveig C. Robinson\, who will be presenting “Death of a Bookman: The Publishing Misadventures of Charles Rideal”. \nIn January 1900\, the New York Times reported that Charles Rideal\, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a “[man] of ideas and enterprise\,” had established the Abbey Press to publish “fine and high-class works.” Not quite 30 years later\, the paper reported Rideal was dead in federal custody. What had happened? \nThis talk will trace the publishing misadventures of Rideal (1858–1929)\, an author and publisher on both sides of the Atlantic. Active in London in the 1890s\, he conducted two small publishing houses and served as editor of a range of periodicals\, from a leading nursing journal to magazines dedicated to palm-reading and lady bicyclists. And then\, under shadowy circumstances\, he abandoned London and decamped to New York\, where he began to recreate the literary world he had left behind. Initially successful\, Rideal’s new life also took a terrible turn\, leading to arson\, assault\, fraud\, and ultimately death in prison. \nDr. Solveig C. Robinson is an Associate Professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University and has been the Director of the Publishing & Printing Arts Program at PLU since 2001. She is the author of The Book in Society: An Introduction to Print Culture (2014) and A Serious Occupation: Literary Criticism by Victorian Women Writers (2003) and numerous peer-reviewed and invited articles.  \nFor more information and to register\, follow this link: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/annual-meeting-with-presentation-by-solveig-c-robinson \n  \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/death-of-a-bookman-the-publishing-misadventures-of-charles-rideal/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
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SUMMARY:Living With Books FABS Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin us and host Reid Byers (author of The Private Library) for convivial conversation on the pleasures and challenges of home libraries: acquisition; cataloging and photographing of collection materials; home libraries; book furniture; conservation and storage\, etc. \nTHIS MONTH’s TOPICS: Books we have kept for sentimental reasons\, and how to choose art for your library \nTo receive links and announcements for this group contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/living-with-books-fabs-zoom-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
CREATED:20250322T140649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250322T140649Z
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nBindings: The Bindings Interest Group hosts discussions and presentations that share collections and information on bookbindings of all periods. Topics include\, but are not limited to\, history\, design and aesthetics\, innovation\, materials and craft techniques. \nTo receive announcements and links\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-group-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom Group:
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nFABS Special Interest Group: Binding \nApril 21\, 2025 \n7:30pm eastern / 6:30pm midwest / 5:30pm mountain / 4:30pm pacific \nBRENDA GALLAGHER :: THE USE OF TYPOGRAPHY IN BESPOKE BINDINGS   \nJoin FABS members interested in Bindings for a Presentation and Discussion \nwith Brenda Gallagher on using typography as design in fine bindings. \nBrenda’s presentation will start the meeting\, \nwith time afterwards for discussion and questions. \nThis program is on Zoom; it will not be recorded. \n~ The FABS Special Interest Group: Binding meets every third Monday of the month ~ \nTo receive links and announcements\, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-group-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250421T180000
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SUMMARY:When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nWildness beats in the heart of California’s urban areas. In Los Angeles\, residents are rallying to build one of the largest wildlife crossings in the world because of the plight of one lonely mountain lion named P-22. Porpoises cavort in San Francisco Bay again because of a grassroots effort to clean up a waterway that was once a toxic mess. And on the Facebook campus in Silicon Valley\, Mark Zuckerberg and his staff have provided a home for an endearing family of wild gray foxes. Through actions as sweeping as citizen science initiatives and as instantaneous as social media posts\, a movement of diverse individuals and communities is taking action to recast nature as an integral part of our everyday lives. When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors explores this evolving dynamic between humans and animals\, including remarkable stories like the journey of the wolf OR-7 and how Californians are welcoming wolves back to the state after a ninety-year absence\, how park staff and millions of visitors rallied to keep Yosemite’s famed bears wild\, and many more tales from across the state. Written by Beth Pratt-Bergstrom of the National Wildlife Federation\, these inspiring stories celebrate a new paradigm for wildlife conservation: coexistence. \n An in-person and virtual presentation by Beth Pratt\, wildlife advocate\, author\, and California Regional Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/when-mountain-lions-are-neighbors/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T203000
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SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet the third Thursday of the month. \nFor links and announcements\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-zoom-group-10/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T190000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
CREATED:20241216T164146Z
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SUMMARY:April Oettinger on Goucher's Art & Artifacts Collection\, Women's College of Baltimore Museum
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles \nJoin April Oettinger and the Baltimore Bibs for a presentation entitled “Goucher’s Art & Artifacts collection and the Woman’s College of Baltimore Museum.” \nFor a link\, contact Binnie Syril Braunstein\, bsbgc@aol.com
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/april-oettinger-on-gouchers-art-artifacts-collection-womens-college-of-baltimore-museum/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T193000
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SUMMARY:FABS Handpress Zoom: Douglas Brown on Isaiah Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nIn the Cover of Darkness: Three Works from the Press of Isaiah Thomas. \nThis year represents the 250th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.  While our nation celebrates that momentous event\, few will be celebrating another significant event that happened three days earlier.  On April 16\, 1775\, Revolutionary patriot and printer Isaiah Thomas snuck his printing press out of Boston and into Worcester in the middle of the night to avoid British confiscation.  It remains there to this day.  Thomas would later go on to found the American Antiquarian Society\, which remains in Worcester today\, and is one of our nation’s most cherished treasures.  Early Americana Collector (and AAS Councillor) Doug Brown will share three fascinating items from his collection\, all relating to Thomas\, as a way to tell this important story.   These items include an issue of Thomas’s Massachusetts Spy from 1774\, a first edition of his book\, The History of Printing in America\,inscribed to a co-founder of AAS\, and Thomas’s book plate\, which was designed by Paul Revere.  These items will also be part of a new member Grolier Club exhibit later this Spring. \nDouglas S. Brown is a seasoned executive with over thirty-five years of senior leadership experience in law\, medicine and government. He currently is a partner at Manatt Health\, a multidisciplinary\, integrated professional services firm. Doug collects antiquarian books and manuscripts of early America\, and his entry Fighting for The Crown Jewel: America\, 1735-1775\, was selected as the winner of the 2024 Ticknor Society Book Collecting Prize. He is a member of the Grolier Club and the American Antiquarian Society\, and currently serves on the AAS Council. \nTo receive links and announcements from the FABS Handpress Group\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-zoom-douglas-brown-on-isaiah-thomas/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250329T160000
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SUMMARY:NOBS Akron Antiquarian Book Fair March 28 and 29
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by NOBS \nAkron Antiquarian Book & Paper Show\nMarch 28th\, Preview 5 – 8pm\, $25.00\nMarch 29th\, 10 -4pm\, $5.00 \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 39th Akron Antiquarian Book and Paper Show will be held March 28-29\, 2025\nPreview: Friday\, March 28\, 2025\, 5:00 – 8:00 PM \nTickets: $25\, includes two drink tickets\, hors d’oeuvres\, and entertainment. \nPurchase tickets here. You may also purchase tickets at the door. \n*** \nSaturday\, March 29\, 2025\, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM \nAdmission: $5.00 at the door/free for NOBS members. \nJoin NOBS \nVenue: \nThe John S. Knight Center\, 77 E Mill St\, Akron\, OH 44308 \nDealer Information:\nLetter \nContract \nQuestions? \nEmail Wendy: wwwasman@yahoo.com \nCall Ellie: (216) 231-0001
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/nobs-akron-antiquarian-book-fair-march-28-and-29/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T180000
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SUMMARY:Kevin Mac Donnell on the History of Collecting Mark Twain
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nIn connection with the public exhibition: A First-Class Fool: Mark Twain and Humor\, from the collection of Susan Jaffe Tane\, which runs in the ground-floor Exhibition Hall from January 15 – April 5\, 2025\, Kevin Mac Donnell will speak on the history of Mark Twain collecting\, beginning in the 1880s down to the present day. He will highlight the major collectors\, including two who communicated directly with Twain himself\, and talk about how various books\, letters\, and manuscripts entered the market (or did not). He will also discuss how Twain collecting trends have evolved\, and speculate on where Twain collecting might be headed. \nThis is a Virtual Lecture available on YouTube. Register to receive a link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-kevin-mac-donnell-on-mark-twain-collecting-tickets-1259663430229?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \nAbout the Exhibition \nA First-Class Fool: Mark Twain and Humor examines the humorist Samuel Clemens\, who crafted the great “Mark Twain” persona. Twain identified as a “first-class fool\,” capturing his dual literary role as a simple\, folksy author and speaker on the one hand\, and an intelligent\, cultured\, and nuanced literary craftsman on the other. Twain worked carefully to construct his public persona\, and his legacy continues to influence humorists to the present day. With more than 120 works drawn from the private collection of Susan Jaffe Tane\, A First-Class Fool presents first and rare editions of Twain’s published works\, including presentation copies\, first periodical appearances\, and uncommon variants; books from Twain’s library and other personal effects; autograph letters and manuscripts; photographs; and a wide variety of ephemera. Many of these items are displayed for the first time in this exhibition. An accompanying book\, published by the Grolier Club\, features scholarly essays edited by Kevin MacDonnell.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/kevin-macdonnell-on-the-history-of-collecting-mark-twain/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T203000
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SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nHosted by The Private Library author Reid Byers\, this group meets on Zoom\, on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Discussions will cover acquisition\, cataloging and photographing collections\, home libraries\, book furniture\, conservation and storage\, and much more. All are welcome to participate. \nThis month’s topics: \nReal and Dream Libraries Redux\n– a continuation of last month’s discussion of what we have and what we’d like \nLibrary Seating\n– chairs for work\, chairs for reading\, sofas\, daybeds\, window-seats\, etc \nTo receive links and announcements\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-living-with-books-zoom-group-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T203000
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SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet on the third Thursday of the month\, 4:30-5:30pm Pacific/7:30-8:30pm Eastern. To receive announcements and links\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org).
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-zoom-group-9/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T014413
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Group: Lang Ingalls on Design Bindings From Across the Pond
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nFABS Bindings Zoom Group: Join us for a presentation and discussion by Lang Ingalls on design bindings from European makers. Lang will show several bindings with visually engaging elements. Attendees are invited to share interesting bindings of their own. \nTo receive a link and join the mailing list for this group\, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-group-lang-ingalls-on-design-bindings-from-across-the-pond/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T193000
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SUMMARY:Imaginary Books: Lost\, Unfinished\, and Fictive Works Found Only in Other Books
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nA cross between a book exhibition and a conceptual art installation\, this exhibition consists of a collection of books that do not really exist. Curated by Reid Byers\, the exhibition includes approximately 100 books and associated arealia from his collection—all simulacra created with a team of printers\, bookbinders\, artists\, and calligraphers—of lost books that have no surviving example\, unwritten books that were planned but left unfinished\, and fictive works that exist only in fiction. Highlights of the exhibition include William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Won\, the lost sequel to Love’s Labour’s Lost\, and Ernest Hemingway’s first novel\, stolen in his wife’s valise at the Gare de Lyon in 1922 and never recovered. \nExhibition opening with remarks by Reid Byers\, author\, collector\, curator\, and president of the Baxter Society \n **An in-person event at the Book Club in San Francisco and streamed on Zoom. The exhibition will be on view through July 14\, 2025. \nTo register for the online event\, click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lsk2NMfRR0G632KHo2IOXg#/registration
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/imaginary-books-lost-unfinished-and-fictive-works-found-only-in-other-books/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250314T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250314T130000
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SUMMARY:Oren Margolis on Aldus Manutius
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Caxton Club. \nMarch Midday Program \nDr. Oren Margolis\, associate professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of East Anglia in Norwich \n \n“So\, are you going out with that Aldus guy again?” \n“I don’t know. Not sure I like that type.” \nAldus. Aldine Press. Italics. Octavo. All immensely influential in the history of printing innovations. So let’s Zoom to Venice in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to meet that fascinating and exacting printer\, publisher\, and nurturer of writing talent: Aldus Manutius. \nOur guide on this journey will be Dr. Oren Margolis\, associate professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of East Anglia in Norwich\, a UNESCO City of Literature. Much published\, Margolis created an exhibition called Aldus Manutius: The Struggle and the Dream at Oxford’s Bodleian Library and is the author of Aldus Manutius: The Invention of the Publisher (Reaktion Books\, 2023). \nEven though he was awarded his PhD from Oxford and his MA in Medieval History from King’s College London\, Oren speaks passable American\, having earned his BA from that traditional Big Ten school the University of Southern California. \nAldus printed incunabula\, was instrumental in publishing and printing works of Desiderius Erasmus\, and in a remarkable feat that outshone anything Nostradamus forecast\, once predicted that he would be the subject of a well-attended Caxton Club meeting. Don’t let Aldus down. \nEven if you can’t attend at the scheduled time\, if you’re interested\, please register. After the program\, we’ll send an email to all registrants\, asking if you’d like a link to the complete recording. That way you can see the program even if you couldn’t attend live\, ran into technical issues\, or simply wanted to watch it again. \nFor more information and to register\, click here: https://caxtonclub.org/event-5903263/Registration \nRegister today!
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/oren-margolis-on-aldus-manutius/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250312T191500
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SUMMARY:Dr. David Wolf on Pioneers of 20th Century Hematology
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Bay Area History of Medicine Society with The Grolier Club \nThe Bay Area History of Medicine Society and the Grolier Club of New York will hold their annual joint lecture and dinner meeting at the UCSF Library\, Wednesday March 12\, 2025. \n“Pioneers in 20th-Century Hematology featuring Drs. Janet Vaughan and George Minot.” \nDr David Wolf will address us on the rise of organized hematology in the US and Great Britain.  This includes biographies of the Nobel laureate George Minot and and the relatively obscure but extraordinary British hematologist Janet Vaughan.  She organized the emergency blood transfusion service during the London Blitz\, and then travelled to Belsen concentration camp after the WWII to refeed the surviving internees.  She was appointed Principal of Somerville College\,Cambridge\, was a life-long social activist\, and one of six women featured in the1984 BBC’s series Women of our Century. The presentation also features appearances by Lady Osler\, Virginia Woolf\, and Margaret Thatcher! \nDr David Wolf is clinical professor of medicine at Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyternian hospital.  He is a clinical hematologist oncologist whose long career has involved patient care\, teaching and research\, with a special interest in immune thrombocytopenic purpura. He is a governor of the American Osler Society\, and is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. In 2021\, he established the David J. Wolf\, M.D. Medical Archives Endowment which sponsors a Visiting Research Scholar Program at Weill-Cornell Medicine in New York.He has been a member of the Grolier Club since 2010 and has formed a large collection of medical books\, especially early works on anatomy\, pathology and hematology.  He recently bought three more incunables! \nThis is the seventh in the current series of joint meetings beginning in 2017\, annually except 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. The speakers have all been Grolier Club members who have distinguished themselves as librarians\, book collectors\, or historians of medicine. The previous lecturers were Christopher Lyons of the Osler Library at McGill\, Paul Kligfield\, M.D.\, Zlatko Pozeg\, M.D.\, Brian Morrison\, M.D.\, Jeremy Norman\, the publisher and antiquarian bookseller\, and Steven Lomazow\, M.D. \nThe lecture will be streamed live\, and archived by UCSF for later viewing. To receive a link contact Dr. Andrew Nadell: caius@caius.com \nThe lecture will begin at 7:15 pm Pacific and last for about 45 minutes\, plus question time from the audience and online viewers. \nIN PERSON ATTENDANCE: \nThe meeting will be held Wednesday March 12\, 2025 in the Lang Room\, at the Kalmanovitz Library\, 530 Parnassus Avenue\, San Francisco\, California. \nReception and drinks at 5:30 pm\, dinner at 6:15 pm. \nThe lecture will begin at 7:15 pm\, and last for about 45 minutes\, plus question time from the audience and online viewers. \n$100 per ticket in person includes dinner buffet\, wine\, and other beverages. \nPlease send checks drawn to BAHMS to: J.Gordon Frierson\, M.D.\, 140 Melville Ave\, Palo Alto\, 94301. \nTo reserve and pay by credit card\, text or phone Sally Kaufmann Cowan\, M.D.\, at 415-567-3535.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/dr-david-wolf-on-pioneers-of-20th-century-hematology/
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