Sponsored by FABS Join the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. To join the list, please contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Book Collecting
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Sponsored by FABS Sol Rébora: Chaucer and Tomorrow’s Past Join 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 […]
Sponsored by FABS oin us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet the third Thursday of the month. For links and announcements, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
Sponsored by FABS Bindings: 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. To receive announcements and links, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
Sponsored by FABS Join us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet the third Thursday of the month. For links and announcements, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
Club 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 […]
Sponsored by NOBS Akron Antiquarian Book & Paper Show March 28th, Preview 5 – 8pm, $25.00 March 29th, 10 -4pm, $5.00 The 39th Akron Antiquarian Book and Paper Show will be held March 28-29, 2025 Preview: Friday, March 28, 2025, 5:00 – 8:00 PM Tickets: $25, includes two drink […]
Sponsored by the Bay Area History of Medicine Society with The Grolier Club The 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. “Pioneers in 20th-Century Hematology featuring Drs. […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club In 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 […]
Sponsored by FABS Join 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).