Sponsored by Heritage Auctions (FABS partner) View all lots and bid at HA.com/6253 Highlights include a first edition of Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Wealth of Nations (1776), a Gutenberg Bible leaf, and a signed Marc Chagall Pseaumes de David (Geneva 1979).
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have rich archives documenting the faculty, students, staff, and often the surrounding Black communities, and scholarly and public awareness is growing of these research troves. Holly Smith will discuss the archival treasures of Spelman College, where she serves as […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club In 2019, medieval manuscript fragments containing an Arthurian text surfaced unexpectedly at England’s Bristol Central Library and made headlines. Seven folios of a 13th-century copy of the “Suite Vulgate du Merlin” were discovered inside the binding of a four-volume copy of the works of the […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club This panel discussion will focus on books about tattooing and tattooed people. Panel discussion by tattoo historians Derin Bray and Margaret Hodges and tattoo scholar/practitioner Aarom von Hemmersbach, a Grolier Club member. Bray, an art and antique dealer based in Portsmouth, NH, and an admirer […]
Sponsored by the Grolier Club Curator Glen Miranker will offer a pre-recorded guided tour of his “Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects” exhibition, open in our ground floor gallery January 12 – April 16, 2022. The tour will be followed by a live Q&A. All attendees will receive an email with […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Geoffrey Roberts, History Professor Emeritus at University College Cork (Ireland) and a member of the Royal Irish Academy, will discuss his latest publication, Stalin’s Library: A Dictator and his Books (Yale University Press, 2022). Stalin was a surprisingly learned bookworm, as he analyzed and refracted […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Dr. Melanie Chambliss and Laurel Davis will speak on “Black Archives as Sites and Symbols of Black Liberation” About this event Two scholars will explore recent discoveries about how Black community libraries, activists and bibliophiles have preserved and advocated for deeper understanding of Black history. […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Curator Glen S. Miranker will give a lecture on “Arthur Conan Doyle at 35,” offered in connection with our “Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects” exhibition, open in our ground floor gallery January 12 – April 16, 2022. This will be a live online event, and […]
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 […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society. March 24, 7:30 PM 8:45 PM EST via Zoom Join Herb Ascherman on an illuminating journey into his experiences as Cleveland’s most prominent portrait photographer. Since opening his portrait studio in 1975, Herb has photographed international leaders such as Henry Kissinger and Presidents Carter, […]