“It’s the people you meet.” For Kenneth Gloss, second-generation proprietor of Brattle Bookshop in Boston, the joy of book-hunting is in the people and the stories that come with rare books and papers. Gloss, an author, lecturer and expert appraiser who grew up in the bookshop, spoke to an appreciative […]
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The original concept behind FABS was for member societies to welcome each other at their events. The Book Club of California carried on this tradition in February 2022 by hosting a reception at the 54th California International Book Fair in Oakland. Guests from FABS societies included members of The Caxton […]
by Jennifer Larson Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. 2021. The Personal Librarian. New York: Random House. Heidi Ardizzone. 2007. An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene’s Journey from Prejudice to Privilege. New York: W. W. Norton and Co. In The Personal Librarian, authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray […]
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, […]