Sponsored by FABS The 19th Century special interest group will meet the third Thursday of the month from 4:30-5:30pm Pacific/7:30-8:30pm Eastern beginning September 21. This SIG offers “a broad look at the 19th Century bibliophilic world; presentations and discussion for collectors, scholars, creatives and other book professionals.” To register, contact […]
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Sponsored by FABS Members of this group show and discuss examples of “printed books and other printed works created before ca. 1800.” Open to all members of FABS societies and their guests. If you’re interested but not yet a member, contact us! We meet the second Monday of the month […]
Morris, Jerry. 2023. The 7 Book Blogs of Jerry Morris: Selected Posts. Edited by Charles Brown. St. Petersburg: The Florida Bibliophile Society. By Rebecca Rego Barry Jerry Morris was an exceptionally welcoming figure in the world of book collecting. I know this from personal experience, having begun a correspondence with […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club In recognition of Banned Book Week, Molly Manning will speak on censorship and propaganda in connection with the themes of her exhibition, “The Best Read Army in the World.” During World War II—a time of rampant propaganda, censorship, and Nazi book bans in Europe—the United […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington It’s always a pleasure to give this award to someone who has made a significant contribution to the culture of the book in our state, and fellow bibliophiles in attendance love hearing from the awardee how they got hooked on books and where […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Theater didn’t just spring to life with Shakespeare. Morality, mystery, masques and more trod the boards long before anyone conjured up the First Folio. You’ll want to be in the audience as Dr. Carol Symes explores the lively history of medieval plays. Among Caxton speakers, […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS) Ex-Pat Cookbooks: Community & Identity While Living Abroad with Dan Freidus Thursday, August 24th, 7-8:30pm EST NOBS member Dan Freidus has been collecting cookbooks for his entire adult life. He stumbled into collecting expat cookbooks when he found a community cookbook from an […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Mondays – Darwin’s Life in Autographs: The Evolution of a Collection Live, Free Webinar Monday, September 4th, 2023 8:00PM Eastern, 5:00PM Pacific Guest: Dr. Barton Smith Moderator: Brian Kathenes Join us for an insider’s look at the fascinating life of Charles Darwin, through the […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Buying and Building One of the World’s Greatest Libraries Presentation by Dr. Vanessa Wilkie Senior Curator of Medieval Manuscripts & British History at The Huntington Library Online Sunday, August 20, 2 pm PDT Register here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/buying-and-building-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-libraries Dr. Wilkie will take us back to […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Kim Bancroft will discuss the legacy of her great-great-grandparents, H.H. Bancroft, historian of the West and founder of The Bancroft Library at U.C. Berkeley, and his second wife, Matilda Bancroft, a writer and historian in her own right. After marrying H.H. in 1859, […]