The Newly Discovered Notebook of Isaac Newton
Co-presented and hosted by The Book Club of California, The Bibliographical Society of America and the American Trust for the British Library Jan 17, 6:00pm Pacific Time The newly discovered […]
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Aldus Manutius: The Invention of the Publisher
Sponsored by The Grolier Clbub Aldus Manutius invented italic type and issued more first editions of the classics than anyone before or since. He also printed the mysterious Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, the […]
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS January 18 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 […]
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Kenneth W. Rendell on “Hidden Themes in Collecting”
Sponsored by The Grolier Club The second annual Kenneth W. Rendell Lecture on the Importance of Historical Letters and Documents. Grolier member Kenneth W. Rendell will speak on "Hidden Themes […]
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George Fletcher: Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of the Grolier Club, 1470s-2020
Sponsored by The Grolier Club H. George Fletcher, Curator of "Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of the Grolier Club, 1470s-2020," will lecture on the Club's […]
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Selby Kiffer on the Bibliotheca Brookeriana: Renaissance Books and Bindings
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Please join us at the Caxton Club’s January 24 evening Zoom program to celebrate Caxtonian T. Kimball Brooker’s extraordinary collection of Renaissance books and bindings. […]
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Who Owns This Sentence? Copyright Then and Now
The Grolier Club Copyright today controls a vast range of created things, from songs to software, fancy dress costumes and semiconductor chip designs; it also provides a neverending income stream […]
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Virtual Exhibition Tour and Q&A: Jeffrey Johnson on “Whodunit?”
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Free and Open to the Public; virtual tour Feb 5, 6:00pm -7:30pm Eastern Time Whodunit? Key Books in Detective Fiction features selections from Grolier Club member […]
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Rebecca Rego Barry: “The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells” [mystery fiction and more]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Whodunit, you ask? Carolyn Wells—82 times between 1909 and 1942. Yet she is all but unknown today, unless it’s for her bibliomystery classic, Murder in the […]
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Andrew Pettegree: The Book at War
The Caxton Club How would you answer if someone were to ask you to tell them about when German language books were being tossed into bonfires? Before you attend this […]
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The Life, Motto, and Library of William Walker (1570-1642), Vicar of Chiswick
Co-presented and co-hosted by The Book Club of California, The Bibliographical Society of America and the American Trust for the British Library. Feb 12, 6:00pm Pacific Time An in-person and […]
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FABS Handpress Era Group
Sponsored by FABS The Handpress Era group meets for presentations and discussion of printed books and materials before 1800. This month features presentations by FABS Chair Jennifer Larson (a 16th […]