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

Bidwell, John - "Industrial Hubris: A Revisionist History of the Papermaking Machine" 03.10.2019

Lecture 432 (4 August 1999)

Hill, W. Speed - "Where are the Bibliographers of Yesteryear?" (2 August 1999) 03.10.2019

Lecture 431 (2 August 1999)

Wieck, Roger S. - "Visionary Books of Hours" (26 July 1999) 03.10.2019

Lecture 428 (26 July 1999)

Belanger, Terry - "1998 State of the Bibliographical Nations" (6 August 1998) 03.10.2019

Lecture 419 (6 August 1998) Similar versions of this talk were given as lectures 410, 413, and 416.

Winship, Michael - "Uncle Tom Goes Public: Copyright and the Literary Marketplace" (3 August 1998) 03.10.2019

Lecture 417 (3 August 1998)

Krummel, D. W. - "Praise the Lord! We Are a Musical Nation: The Bay Psalm Book of 1698" 03.10.2019

Lecture 415 (29 July 1998)

Wendorf, Richard - "A Tale of Two Libraries" (27 July 1998) 03.10.2019

Lecture 414 (27 July 1998)

Dunlap, Ellen S. - "Changing to Stay the Same: Innovation as Tradition" (22 July 1998) 03.10.2019

Lecture 412 (22 July 1998)

Allen, Greer - "'The Hunting of the Snark' Illustrated" (20 July 1998) 03.10.2019

Lecture 411 (20 July 1998)

Traister, Daniel - "Dead Books" (15 July 1998) 03.10.2019

Lecture 409 (15 July 1998)

Tanselle, G. Thomas - "A Rationale of Collecting" (13 March 1998) 01.10.2019

Lecture 408 (13 March 1998)

Belanger, Terry - "Twenty-Five Come Sunday: The Book Arts Press, 1972–" (7 August 1997) 01.10.2019

Lecture 402 (7 August 1997) Similar versions of this talk were given as lectures 393, 396, and 399.

Charbeneau, Brett - "How to Succeed in Bibliography Without Really Trying" (6 August 1997) 01.10.2019

Lecture 401 (6 August 1997)

Stoddard, Roger E. - "Such White Words; Such Black Signs: Question the Books of Edmond Jabès" 01.10.2019

Lecture 400 (4 August 1997) Note: The end of this lecture is cut off; apologies!

Graham, Peter S. - "Post-Modernism and the Barriers to Library Preservation" (30 July 1997) 01.10.2019

Lecture 398 (30 July 1997)

Barlow, William P. - "Book Dealers Are from Mercury/Book Collectors Are from Pluto" (28 July 1997) 01.10.2019

Lecture 397 (28 July 1997)

Tanselle, G. Thomas - "The Bibliographical Analysis of Book Design" (14 July 1997) 01.10.2019

Lecture 391 (14 July 1997)

Belanger, Terry - "1996 State of the Bibliographical Neighborhood Address" (8 August 1996) 25.09.2019

Lecture 389 (8 August 1996) Similar versions of this talk were given as lectures 380, 383, and 386.

Charbeneau, Brett - "How to Succeed in Bibliography Without Really Trying" (7 August 1996) 25.09.2019

Lecture 388 (7 August 1996)

Graffagnino, J. Kevin - "Only in Books: Writers, Readers and Bibliophiles on Their Obsession" 25.09.2019

Lecture 387 (5 August 1996)

Miller, Daniel J. - "Books Go to the Rotunda: Reflections of a First-time Curator" 25.09.2019

Lecture 385 (31 July 1996)

Winship, Michael - "Pirates, Shipwrecks, and Comic Almanacs" (24 July 1996) 25.09.2019

Lecture 382 (24 July 1996) Full title: "Pirates, Shipwrecks, and Comic Almanacs: Charles Ellms Packages Books in 19th-Century America"

Allen, Greer - "Berthold Wolpe: The Typographic Artist and the Man" (22 July 1996) 25.09.2019

Lecture 381 (22 July 1996)

Tanselle, G. Thomas - "Studies in Bibliography on Its Fiftieth Anniversary" (15 July 1996) 25.09.2019

Lecture 378 (15 July 1996)

Belanger, Terry - "1995 Bibliographical State of the Nation Address" (10 August 1995) 24.09.2019

Lecture 377 (10 August 1995) Similar versions of this talk were given as lectures 365, 368, 371, and 374.

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