Rare Book School Lectures

Rare Book School

Since 1972, the Book Arts Press and Rare Book School have offered more than 600 public lectures on a wide variety of bibliographical topics.

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Rare Book School Lectures

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Education

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rarebookschool.org

Latest episode

Jun 16, 2026

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Episodes

de Hamel, Christopher - "Cutting Up Manuscripts for Pleasure and Profit" (10 July 1995) 08.09.2015

Lecture 363 (10 July 1995). The 1995 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture

Rota, Anthony - "The Changing Face of Bookselling" (3 August 1994) 08.09.2015

Lecture 358 (3 August 1994). The 1994 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture

Schiller, Justin G. - "Collecting Collectible Children’s Books: The First Hundred Years" 08.09.2015

Lecture 338 (13 July 1993). The 1993 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture

Belanger, Terry - "The Future of Rare Book Libraries (16 December 1991) 08.09.2015

Lecture 326 (16 December 1991). The 1991 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture

Tanselle, G. Thomas - "Libraries, Museums, and Reading" (17 December 1990) 08.09.2015

Lecture 309 (17 December 1990). The 1990 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture

Scheide, William H. - "A 125-Year-Old Librarian" (26 July 1990) 08.09.2015

Lecture 303 (26 July 1990)

Kristeller, Paul Oskar - "In Search of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts" (17 July 1990) 08.09.2015

Lecture 301 (17 July 1990)

Oyens, Felix de Marez - "Two Hundred Years of Transatlantic Trade in Incunables" (16 July 1990) 08.09.2015

Lecture 300 (16 July 1990)

Goldschmidt, Lucien - "The Scenery Has Changed" (18 December 1989) 08.09.2015

Lecture 287 (18 December 1989). Full title "The Scenery Has Changed: Purpose and Potential of the Rare Book Trade." The 1989 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture

Allen, Sue - "Images on Endpapers: Evolving Roles" (6 July 1989) 08.09.2015

Lecture 275 (6 July 1989)

Stoddard, Roger E. - "‘Put a Resolute Hart to a Steep Hill'"(12 December 1988) 08.09.2015

Lecture 269 (12 December 1988). Full title "‘Put a Resolute Hart to a Steep Hill': William Gowans, Antiquary and Bookseller." The 1988 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture

Allen, Sue - "Crêpe Paper Fairy Tales" (30 November 1987) 08.09.2015

Lecture 251 (30 November 1987)

Warner, Michael D. - "English Literature and the History of the Book" (13 July 1987) 08.09.2015

Lecture 239 (13 July 1987)

Rosenthal, Bernard M. - "The Gentle Invasion" (15 December 1986) 08.09.2015

Lecture 226 (15 December 1986). Full title "The Gentle Invasion: The Impact of the Immigration of German and Austrian Booksellers in the 1930s." The 1986 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture

Lancaster, John - "Innovation, Imitation, and Piracy" (20 October 1986) 08.09.2015

Lecture 222 (20 October 1986). Full title "Innovation, Imitation, and Piracy: The Books of Peter Parley and His Creator, Samuel Goodrich"

Barker, Nicolas - "Bibliotheca Lindesiana" (29 September 1986) 08.09.2015

Lecture 219 (29 September 1986). Full title "Bibliotheca Lindesiana: The Lives and Collections of the 25th and 26th Earls of Crawford"

Stoddard, Roger E. - "Looking at Books / Learning From It / Passing It Along" (22 July 1986) 08.09.2015

Lecture 216 (22 July 1986)

McKenzie, D.F. - "From Book to Text: Pushing Bibliography On?" (27 January 1986) 08.09.2015

Lecture 205 (27 January 1986)

McKitterick, Rosamund - "Carolingian Book Production in the Later Ninth Century" (7 May 1990) 08.09.2015

Lecture 296 (7 May 1990)

Rosenthal, Robert - "The Crerar Caper" (9 December 1985) 08.09.2015

Lecture 203 (9 December 1985)

Kirshenbaum, Sandra - "Why Buy Fine Press Books?" (30 July 1985) 08.09.2015

Lecture 195 (30 July 1985)

Scheide, William H. - "The Scheide Library at Princeton" (17 July 1985) 08.09.2015

Lecture 191 (17 July 1985)

Rendell, Kenneth W. - "The Hitler Diaries and the Information Industries" (18 February 1985) 08.09.2015

Lecture 181 (18 February 1985). Full title "The Hitler Diaries and the Information Industries: The Failure of Professionalism"

Witten, Laurence - "Microcomputers in My Rare Book Business" (15 August 1984) 08.09.2015

Lecture 168 (15 August 1984)

Wynne, Marjorie Gray - "On the Beinecke Library" (26 July 1984) 08.09.2015

Lecture 159 (26 July 1984)

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