Sponsored by The Grolier Club A celebration of a new book, 100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. A pair of ruby red slippers. A medieval manuscript. A Yiddish folk medicine prescription. These and 97 other objects comprise a new centennial coffee-table-book, 100 Objects from the Collections […]
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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 […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club A new look at medieval monastic manuscript culture. Andrew Jotischky, Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London, will speak about the manuscript culture at the heart of his recent book, The Monastic World: A 1,200-Year History (Yale University Press, 2024). His talk will be […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club The debut of a new English translation of Yiddish novels starring the fictional Viennese detective Max Spitzkopf. In early 1900s pulp fiction, the Viennese detective Max Spitzkopf was an undefeated foe of villains and passionate defender of the Jewish people. When he is summoned, no […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Through an examination of Illustrated 18th century Hebrew manuscripts and decorated Scrolls of Esther we will explore the fascinating evolution of artistic Hebrew manuscript following the invention of the printing press. This lecture explores the fascinating evolution of decorated Hebrew manuscript following the invention of […]
Club member Richard Kopley, Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus, at Penn State DuBois, and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement and Service Award from the Poe Studies Association, will be in conversation with Grolier Club Council member Susan Jaffe Tane, a preeminent collector of Poe’s writings and artifacts, about his […]
Sponsored by the Bay Area History of Medicine Society with The Grolier Club The Bay Area History of Medicine Society and the Grolier Club of New York will hold their annual joint lecture and dinner meeting at the UCSF Library, Wednesday March 12, 2025. “Pioneers in 20th-Century Hematology featuring Drs. […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club In connection with the public exhibition: A First-Class Fool: Mark Twain and Humor, from the collection of Susan Jaffe Tane, which runs in the ground-floor Exhibition Hall from January 15 – April 5, 2025, Kevin Mac Donnell will speak on the history of Mark Twain collecting, beginning in […]
Panel discussion on the themes of the 2nd-floor gallery exhibition “Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive Works,” curated by Reid Byers. Featuring Earle Havens, Anthony Grafton, and Jeff Altepeter; moderated by the Club’s Executive Director, Declan Kiely. About Imaginary Books Part bibliophilic entertainment and part conceptual art installation, Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Join the Grolier Club for a video tour of the exhibition “Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print” with curator Mazy Boroujerdi, followed by live online Q&A. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-exhibition-tour-qa-abraham-lincoln-his-life-in-print-tickets-1044332595907?aff=ebdsoporgprofile