Below is a preliminary list of bookish events happening in New York City
during Bibliography Week, January 19-24. Please let me know of any
additions, changes or corrections, and I'll produce updates as needed.
Eric Holzenberg
Director & Librarian
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
phone: 212/838-6690
fax: 212/838-2445
e-mail: ejh@grolierclub.org
website: <http://www.grolierclub.org/>www.grolierclub.org
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BIBLIOGRAPHY WEEK 2004
Preliminary schedule of events
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BIBLIOGRAPHY WEEK happens each year at the end of January when the
principal national organizations devoted to book history have their annual
meetings. Other groups plan interesting events, too, since so many
bibliophiles are in town. You do not need to be a member of the other
organizations to attend their annual meetings or events. Indeed, you are
encouraged to show up everywhere: get a sense of what is going on in the
book world, hear some interesting papers, schmooze over cocktails.
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Monday, 19 January
At the Grolier Club: Isabelle de Conihout (associate curator, Bibliothèque
Mazarine, Paris) and Pascal Ract-Madoux (antiquarian bookseller, Paris)
will speak on "Neither Grolier nor Mahieu: Laubespine," concerning their
discovery of the books and bindings of the hitherto unknown French
16th-century book-collector Claude III de Laubespine (1545-1570), a
contemporary and emulator of Jean Grolier. 6:00-7:00 pm. Reception to follow.
Tuesday, 20 January
At Butler Library, Columbia University: The Tenth Annual Book Arts Lecture:
Peter Stallybrass, Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, on
"Thrift and Recycling: Why First Editions Don't Count." 6:00 pm, Room 203.
Reception in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library following the lecture to
view "Columbia's Cornerstone," an exhibition of rare books and manuscripts
relating to Columbia's Core Curriculum. For more information, and to RSVP,
please call 212-854-4048.
Wednesday, 21 January
At the Grolier Club: Noon to 2:00 pm -- Grolier Club members' luncheon. 2
- 3 pm -- Nicolas Barker will speak on "The Pleasures of Bibliophily: Fifty
Years of the Book Collector." Luncheon open to Grolier Club members only;
lecture open to all.
At the Grolier Club: Opening reception of the Members' Exhibition, Charles
Darwin: The Evolution of the Man, from the collection of Garrett Herman.
Opening 5:30 pm. The Wednesday night reception is open to Grolier Club
members only, but beginning Thursday, January 22, the exhibition will be
open to all by appointment: call Eric Holzenberg at 212.838.6690,
x1. [Also on show at the Grolier Club in the public gallery is
The Winterthur Library Revealed: Five Centuries of Design & Inspiration.]
Thursday, 22 January
At the Grolier Club: The 120th Annual Meeting and Dinner. Grolier Club
members only, please.
At Booklyn, 37 Greenpoint Avenue, 4th Floor, Greenpoint, Brooklyn: Make
the trip to Booklyn Artist Alliance for a "Please Touch the Art" exhibition
of contemporary artist books ranging from the photocopied and stapled to
the letterpressed and handbound. Also: bookbinding demonstrations,
refreshments, and conversation with Booklyn artists and staff. Booklyn is
located in the up-and-coming arts neighborhood of Greenpoint -- Brooklyn's
Little Poland -- just north of Williamsburg, and just minutes from
Manhattan. Please call 718-383-9621 or visit www.booklyn.org for directions.
Friday, 23 January
In the Ames Auditorium of Lighthouse International, 111 East 59th Street:
The annual meeting of the Bibliographical Society of America. Papers from
new scholars at 2:00 pm, meeting at 4:00 pm, speaker: BSA President Hope
Mayo. Reception follows.
At the 25th Street Armory: Opening reception for a special Bibliography
Week Book Fair at the 69th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue at 25th
Street. The $10 admission is good for both days, Friday 4:00 pm-9:00 pm,
Saturday 11 am-5 pm.
Saturday, 24 January
At the New York Public Library, Trustees Room, 2nd floor: The annual
meeting of the American Printing History Association. 2:00 pm; reception
follows.
At the Grolier Club: Bibliography Week Farewell Tea. Immediately following
the APHA annual meeting, ca. 4:30 pm. Guests encouraged.
At the Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th Street, 3rd floor: Center for
Book Arts Winter Open House -- see free demonstrations by CBA Artist
Members and instructors, and try some simple bookbinding, printing and
paper decoration techniques yourself. 11:00 am -- 4:00 pm. Call Rory Golden
at (212) 481-0295 for more details. Details on other Center for Book Arts
programs can be found on their website: http://www.centerforbookarts.org.