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Sponsored by the Book Club of California. Come along on a collector’s journey as Claudia Smukler takes you through the fascinating world of bookplates, also known as ex-libris. The term ex-libris refers to all marks of provenance in a book, including stamps, labels, and names written on the inside cover. Book owners have been doing this […] Sponsored by The Grolier Club The debut of a new English translation of Yiddish novels starring the fictional Viennese detective Max Spitzkopf. In early 1900s pulp fiction, the Viennese detective Max Spitzkopf was an undefeated foe of villains and passionate defender of the Jewish people. When he is summoned, no matter how dangerous or seemingly […] |
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club A celebration of a new book, 100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. A pair of ruby red slippers. A medieval manuscript. A Yiddish folk medicine prescription. These and 97 other objects comprise a new centennial coffee-table-book, 100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for […] |
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Sponsored by The Book Club of California. California’s 1849 gold rush triggered creation of the “instant city” of San Francisco as a base to exploit the rich natural resources of the American West. City of Wood examines how capitalists and workers logged the state’s vast redwood forests to create the financial capital and construction materials needed to […] |
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Sponsored by Ohio State University Libraries with The Aldus Society Margaret Armstrong was one of the most celebrated and prolific book cover designers of the late 19th and early 20th century, with more than 300 known designs published over her 40-year career. Madison Good, of The Ohio State University's Thompson Library Special Collections, will discuss […]
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Sponsored by the Caxton Club. In this program, Lauren Hewes will introduce Caxton Club members to the Stephen D. Paine Collection of American Ephemera at the American Antiquarian Society, a national research library located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The talk will include an overview of the 18,000 objects in the Paine Collection – a private collection […] |
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club A new look at medieval monastic manuscript culture. Andrew Jotischky, Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London, will speak about the manuscript culture at the heart of his recent book, The Monastic World: A 1,200-Year History (Yale University Press, 2024). His talk will be followed by a conversation with […] |
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Sponsored by The Book Club of California. In 1891 while still teens in Portland, Oregon, Maurice and Peter Binford started an influential career as publishers. They went on to found the Binfords & Mort publishing company focused on Pacific Northwest literature. This talk will explore how this mostly forgotten company, once the largest publisher west […]
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Sponsored by FABS David Levy will present "The Earliest Hoyles: what a bibliographer can learn from examining multiple copies." From 1742-1747 there were three authorized publishers of Hoyle's pamphlets on popular games of the day. Each publisher had a characteristic binding, from a richly tooled deluxe morocco at the high end, to drab paper wrappers […] |
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club Jordan Ross will explore the collecting habits of African American bibliophiles in Philadelphia during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Bibliophiles and organizations examined will include William Still, Robert Purvis, Robert Adger, William Bolivar, and the American Negro Historical Society of Philadelphia. To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-a-black-bibliophile-tradition-in-philadelphia-tickets-1661331470149?aff=ebdsoporgprofile |
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Sponsored by The Caxton Club. Have you stretched an animal skin lately? Prepared its surface to accept ink? Collected oak galls to make ink? Scribed? Added rubrics and colored initials? How about applied gesso and then adhered gold to it? Painstakingly painted on vellum? Our guest Sara Charles has. To paraphrase the movie Pulp Fiction, she […] |
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Sponsored by the Book Club of Washington. Author Eric Marshall White will share his fresh insights into Gutenberg's life and accomplishments, including correctives to old legends and conjectures. Dr. White's presentation about his recently published book Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books will focus on what we really know about Gutenberg and how we know […] |
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Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Monday - A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society Date: Monday, Nov. 17, 8pm EST Guest Presenter: Dr. Deborah Parker Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore, The Manuscript Society Pre-recorded presentation followed by a LIVE Q & A with Dr. Deborah Parker. Title: A Sensuous Education: Belle da Costa Greene’s […] |
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club About this event Italian-born, Paris-based artist Raffaella della Olga will speak with Clark Art Institute curator and historian Robert Wiesenberger about her works on view in the exhibition "Typescripts" opening Nov. 22. Raffaella della Olga (b. 1967) uses modified typewriters and multicolor ink ribbons on various materials—including tracing paper, photo paper, […] |
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club Prof. David Kraemer will explore what the books produced by Jewish communities through the ages teach us about their experiences in various diasporas. Jews have lived in homes around the world from antiquity to the present. What do the books they produced and what they said in those books teach […] |
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Sponsored by FABS Presentations and discussion on the art and craft of bookbindings. Nora Epstein of the Newberry Library will speak, highlightinh some of the remarkable bindings that have made their way into the Newberry’s extraordinary collections. While exploring items such as a medieval tacketed binding and a 16c. girdle book, we will also discuss […]
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Sponsored by FABS Join the FABS 19th Century group on Zoom for congenial discussion of all things bibliophilic and 19th century. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org. |
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Sponsored by FABS Join us and host Reid Byers to discuss the delights and challenges of the private library. This month's topics: (1) How do we care for archives and manuscripts? (2) Ornamenta Biblioteca: What things other than books do we collect? Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org |
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