As part of its mission to promote the art and history of the book, the Grolier Club is happy to host the public lectures and events of other bookish organizations, and to open some of its own events to the public: 

Spring/Summer 2008

Unless otherwise indicated below, all RSVPs and reservations are to be made through Maev Brennan at the Grolier Club, tel. 212-838-6690, ext. 7, or e-mail: mbrennan@grolierclub.org.

• March 26   -- American Printing History Association Lecture: John Ross on “Romano & Ross: 60 years of Art and the Tipoteca Italiana,” recounting a decade of collaboration with Tipoteca Italiana in Cornuda, Italy. 6 pm. Reception follows. Co-sponsored by the New York chapter of the American Printing History Association.
   

• April 1 -- Lecture: Margaret Stetz and Mark Samuels Lasner will speak about the exhibition Facing the Late Victorians: Portraits of Writers and Artists from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection. 6 pm, reception follows.
   

• April 8     -- Lecture: Alan Fern will speak on British portraiture, in connection with the exhibition Facing the Late Victorians: Portraits of Writers and Artists from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection. 6 pm, reception follows.
   

• April 17   -- American Printing History Association J. Ben Lieberman Memorial Lecture: Sue Allen on "A Doubly Fascinating Book: Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Walter Crane." 6 pm, reception follows.
   

• May 19 -- Lecture: William M. Voelkle, Curator and Head of the Department of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at The Morgan Library & Museum, will give a talk entitled “Between Papyrus and Paper: Manuscript Treasures of the Morgan Library & Museum.”  Co-sponsored by the Society of Scribes. 6:00 pm at the Club. Reception follows. R.S.V.P. 212-452-0139, or
  info@societyofscribes.org.
   

• May 20   -- Third Annual Bernard H. Breslauer Lecture in Bibliography: David Alan Richards on his forthcoming Kipling bibliography. 6 pm. Reception follows. Co-sponsored by the American Trust for the British Library. No charge for ATBL or Grolier Club members; non-members $25.00. RSVP by May 9, 2008 to: Seana Anderson, Executive Director, The American Trust for the British Library, e-mail:  atbl@verizon.net, or phone:  718-623-0933.
   

• May 29   -- American Printing History Association Lecture: Gordon Bond on “James Parker (1714-1770): A New Jersey Printer on the Eve of Revolution.” 6 pm. Reception and book signing to follow. Co-sponsored by the New York chapter of the American Printing History Association.

LOCATION: The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York City (between Park and Madison Avenues). Click here for a street map of New York showing the Club's precise location.

For more details, contact the Grolier Club.