Sponsored by FABS November 16 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 book […]
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Sponsored by FABS NOVEMBER 20 The Bindings special interest group meets at 4:30-5:50pm Pacific/7:30-8:50pm Eastern on the third Monday of the month. THE TREVELYAN MISCELLANY WITH PETER GERATY Join FABS members interested in Bindings for a Presentation and Discussion about the Trevelyon Miscellany with Peter Geraty. The facsimile limited edition […]
Sponsored by FABS Next meeting: October 19 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. 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, […]
Sponsored by FABS Interested in the early age of print? Join us on Zoom! Members of this group show and discuss examples of “printed books and other printed works created before ca. 1800.” For the meeting of October 9: Elizabeth Canning: “The Worst Fate Bookes Have”: How Margaret Cavendish Shaped […]
Sponsored by FABS 16 October, 2023 7:30-8:50pm eastern / 6:30-7:50pm midwest / 5:30-6:50pm mountain / 4:30-5:50pm pacific ANATOMY OF A BOOK/BINDINGS FROM A PERUVIAN PENITENTIARY Join FABS members interested in Bindings for a discussion about the Anatomy of a Book with lang ingalls, and about bindings that were created in […]
Sponsored by FABS FABS Special Interest Group: Binding 18 September, 2023 7:30-8:50pm eastern / 6:30-7:50pm midwest / 5:30-6:50pm mountain / 4:30-5:50pm pacific MINIATURE BINDINGS: Discussion and Show & Tell Join FABS members interested in Bindings for an informal Discussion about MINIATURE BINDINGS, followed by a Show & Tell. The program will […]
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 […]
by James P. Keenan, Director, ASBCD What is a Bookplate? Since the mid-fifteenth century, distinguished artists and their patrons have given serious attention to this art form. A bookplate represents pride in the ownership of books. It is a miniature graphic art print developed to adorn books providing a convenient, […]
by Jennifer Larson Berger, Sidney E. 2023. The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others. Second Edition. Lanham MD: Rowman and Littlefield. Do you know what a quaternion is? A chronogram? The study of filigranology? Do you know what distinguishes lithographic from intaglio printing? […]
Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with BSA Executive Director Erin McGuirl for a Zoom conversation about bibliography. What follows is a revised version of our conversation about the academic discipline and its professional association, the Bibliographical Society of America. JL: What should collectors know about bibliography? EM: […]