Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Cassie Brand, Curator of Rare Books at Washington University Libraries in St. Louis will present a talk to The Baltimore Bibliophiles. Her topic is: “From Treasure Room to Reading Room: The History of Special Collections.” The ZOOM program begins at 7:00 pm eastern (US and […]
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Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Dating from 1853, the Washington State Library is the state’s oldest cultural institution, preserving for decades items not duplicated elsewhere that hold the answers to so many questions about the past. Come along on our virtual guided tour of this research playground! Register […]
Editor’s note: This review is reprinted from the Jan/Feb 2024 issue of The Caxtonian with the kind permission of John Hoover and The Caxton Club. by John Hoover Virginia Kramer and Timothy Hawley. A Bibliography of The Printery: The Private Press of Kay Michael Kramer. St. Louis: Mercantile Library Association, 2023. Limited […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club H. George Fletcher, Curator of “Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of the Grolier Club, 1470s-2020,” will lecture on the Club’s collection of fine and historic bookbindings in conjunction with Bibliography Week. This lecture will be live webcast. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-annual-bibliography-week-lecture-tickets-796218158947?aff=ebdsoporgprofile If […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club The second annual Kenneth W. Rendell Lecture on the Importance of Historical Letters and Documents. Grolier member Kenneth W. Rendell will speak on “Hidden Themes in Collecting: What I Discovered About My Own Collecting.” This program will be live webcast. Registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-kenneth-w-rendell-on-hidden-themes-in-collecting-tickets-796214989467?aff=ebdsoporgprofile If you […]
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Our Tuesday, January 16 ZOOM program features Margaret D. Stetz and Mark Samuels Lasner on “Max Beerbohm: The Price of Celebrity” Margaret D. Stetz: “What Would Beerbohm Do?” Mark Samuels Lasner: “A Lifelong Attack of Maximania: Collecting Max Beerbohm” The time as usual is 7:00 […]
Sponsored by FABS Jan 15 7:30-8:50pm eastern / 6:30-7:50pm midwest / 5:30-6:50pm mountain / 4:30-5:50pm pacific BINDING STONE SOUP :: RING IN THE NEW YEAR! Join FABS members interested in Bindings for Presentations and Discussions on two of their favorite works. We invite all members to chose one or two […]
Sponsored by FABS January 18 The 19th Century special interest group meets the third Thursday of the month at 4:30-5:30pm Pacific time and 7:30-8:30pm Eastern time. This informal and friendly group offers “a broad look at the 19th Century bibliophilic world; presentations and discussion for collectors, scholars, creatives and other […]
Sponsored by FABS Jan 8: Your Favorite Book of 2023 What book in 2023 was most interesting or memorable for you? Perhaps it was a gift, a purchase or even the one that got away! Join us to tell your story (up to 5 minutes) or just to enjoy the […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Whodunit, you ask? Carolyn Wells—82 times between 1909 and 1942. Yet she is all but unknown today, unless it’s for her bibliomystery classic, Murder in the Bookshop (1936). In the early 20th century, she was an immensely popular author, excelling at country house and locked-room novels of […]