The Deserts of California: A California Field Atlas
Sponsored by The Book Club of California MONDAY, October 23, 2023 The Deserts of California, a California Field Atlas 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Pacific Virtual presentation With climate breakdown […]
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Bibliophilic Delights from the Gennadius Library in Athens
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Maria Georgopoulou on the latest discoveries of how the Gennadius Library in Athens came to be. With highlights including early editions of Homer’s Iliad and […]
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The Poison Book Project: Arsenic & Other Heavy Metals in 19th-C. Bookbinding
Sponsored by The Book Club of California MONDAY, October 30, 2023 The Poison Book Project: Arsenic & Other Heavy Metals in 19th-C. Bookbinding 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Pacific Virtual […]
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Paul Elder: A Literary Life in Seven Bookstores
Sponsored by The Book Club of California MONDAY, November 6, 2023 Paul Elder: A Literary Life in Seven Bookstores ** Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book […]
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Deborah Caldwell-Stone on Defending the Freedom to Read
Sponsored by the Caxton Club November Evening Program Direct from the headlines and media screens comes news of the latest efforts to ban or restrict certain books from school […]
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Manuscript Mondays: Rare Book Collecting With Ken Gloss
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society November 6th, 2023 8:00PM Eastern, 5:00PM Pacific Guest: Ken Gloss Moderator: Brian Kathenes Ken will discuss growing up in the book business and show […]
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Historic First Editions in African American Literature
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Virtual lecture, free and open to the public CBS Producer Alvin Patrick shares his collection of African Americans' books with frontispiece author portraits. Club member […]
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Nicholas Basbanes: “Before Paper: A Work in Progress”
Sponsored by The Baxter Society Free and open to the public via Zoom. To register contact: baxtersociety@gmail.com Nicholas Basbanes, NEH Public Scholar and beloved author of A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, […]
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Esmeralda Kale on the Herskovits Library of African Studies
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Maybe you’ve read The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu. Or recall an article by David Easterbrook in the Caxtonian about a superb collection of stunning and […]
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FABS Handpress Zoom: David Levy on The Game of Trictrac and Eugene Flamm on Vigo’s 1514 Practica in arte chirurgica
Sponsored by FABS The FABS Handpress Zoom Group meets the second Monday of the month from 7:30-8:30pm Eastern to discuss printed works before 1800. All are welcome. David Levy: Three […]
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I. B. Singer’s ‘Writings on Yiddish & Yiddishkayt’
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Scholars David Stromberg and Aaron Lansky will discuss a new book,Isaac Bashevis Singer's Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt, The War Years, 1939-1945 (White Goat Press). November 11 […]
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS November 16 The 19th Century special interest group meets the third Thursday of the month at 4:30-5:30pm Pacific time and 7:30-8:30pm Eastern time. This informal and friendly group […]