By Bruce Kennett Wise and witty stories, they are a pleasure to read, but to savorthe line and color art is its own special experience. — Steve Heller The name W. A. Dwiggins will certainly be familiar to many FABS members. Dwiggins (1880–1956) was a quintessential maker, and a volcano […]
fabsadmin
26 posts
A Status Report on Bibliophiles and the Rare Book Market in Norway by Fredrik Delås Are book treasures and bibliophiles to be found among the mountains and fjords in the land of the midnight sun? Certainly. With a population of 5.4 million people we have 16 certified members of the […]
Editor’s Note: For the full article by Tim Inkster please visit https://www.devilsartisan.ca/ In 1981 Robin Skelton established the Malahat Awards for the Design of Poetry Books in Canada. I quickly recognized this as an opportunity to promote the quality of the contract book printing we were selling to a clutch […]
Editor’s Note: The following tribute to bibliophile and Friend of FABS Jerry Morris was published in The Florida Bibliophile, April 2022, Volume 38, No. 8. Thanks to Florida Bibliophiles President Charles Brown for permission to reprint. For Jerry’s final post, click HERE. Jerry Morris, Vice President of the Florida Bibliophile […]
Editor’s note: Jerry Morris of the Florida Bibliophiles, the guest author of this post, passed away on April 3, 2022. Jerry was a staunch supporter of his home book club and also of FABS. His enthusiasm for the Republic of Books and his genial personality will be missed by all […]
The FABS Virtual Collectors’ Showcase took place on June 6, 2021. Presenters are writer, curator and new Deputy Editor for The Book Collector, Victoria Dailey, who collects the cultural history of Southern California and Paris; Professor of English and Special Collections Coordinator at the University of Delaware, Jesse R. Erickson, […]