FABS Living With Books Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS June 24: Join the FABS Living With Books group and your host Reid Byers for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
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FABS Handpress Group: John Windle and David Levy
Sponsored by FABS FABS Handpress Era Group will meet at 7:30pm EST on Zoom for an hour of talk about printed items before 1800. John Windle will speak on the intriguing topic “Adana to Vandercook” and David Levy will discuss two acquisitions from the latest Ricky Jay sale, dealing with two eighteenth-century pamphlets on Hoyle. […]
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FABS 19th Century Group
Sponsored by FABS The FABS 19th Century Zoom Group meets for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! You are invited. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
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FABS Bindings Zoom: Aaron Pratt on Horn Books and Early Learning Materials
Sponsored by FABS Aaron Pratt, a curator at the Harry Ransom Center, will show a clip on horn books and then turn to a discussion of early learning materials. All are welcome. Contact: Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
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FABS Living With Books Zoom: Book Boxes and Manuscripts in the Library
Sponsored by FABS July 22: Join the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. This month's topics: (1) Clamshell and other book boxes; (2) Manuscripts in the library. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
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FABS Handpress Era Zoom: Collecting John Speed, London Antiquary and Cartographer
Sponsored by FABS Join us for "Collecting John Speed, London Antiquary and Cartographer" with Martha Driver! Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org John Speed (d. 1629) was a prolific illustrator, cartographer, genealogist, historian and antiquary. Born into the middle class, Speed worked as a tailor, being admitted to the Merchant Taylor’s Company in 1580. He was […]
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FABS Bindings Zoom: Gabrielle Fox and Neale M. Albert
Sponsored by FABS August 18, 7:30pm EST Gabrielle Fox & Neale Albert: An Uncommon Collaboration Join us for this discussion on commissioning miniature book bindings and collaborative book publishing! Gabrielle is a bookbinder specializing in miniatures and Neale is a collector. They will discuss the process from both perspectives and look at how it led […]
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join us for congenial conversation about all things bibliophilic and 19th century, from collecting to printing processes and 19th century bookish trends. All are welcome. Contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
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FABS Living With Books Zoom Group, with Reid Byers
Sponsored by FABS Join the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. All are welcome. Contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join us for congenial discussion of all things 19th century and bibliophilic! To receive links and announcements, write Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
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FABS Living With Books
Sponsored by FABS All the pleasures and challenges of the private library: book furniture, bookmarks, catalogues, conservation, and much more. Join us for congenial discussion each month. Hosted by Reid Byers. For links and announcements write Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
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Collecting Shakespeare’s First Folio in America
Sponsored by The Grolier Club This talk by David Alan Richards, Grolier Club member (and former Council member), will cover centuries of Shakespeare's First Folios arriving in America. The first made its way to Boston in 1791, and the first offered by an American book dealer was at Astor House on Broadway in 1847. By […]