Rare Book School

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

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The podcast currently has 682 episodes available.

Rare Book School episodes:

August 29, 2019 Wieck, Roger S. - "Time Sanctified" (30 January 1989)
Lecture 270 (30 January 1989)
Full title: "Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours; or How an Exhibition of Illuminated MSS Nearly Killed Its Curator"
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1h 11min
August 28, 2019 Ridgway, Christopher L. - "The Sociology of the English Country-House Library, 1700–1918"
Lecture 268 (24 October 1988)
Note: The audio on this recording is mono only, on the left side.
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1h 3min
August 28, 2019 Zeidberg, David S. - "Growth in the Face of Prosperity: Special Collections at UCLA"
Lecture 267 (17 October 1988)
Note: The audio on this recording is mono only, on the left side.
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51min
August 28, 2019 Downer, John - "Lecture / Demonstration on Glass Gilding" (30 June 1988)
Lecture 265 (30 June 1988)
Note: The audio on this recording is mono only, on the left side.
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55min
August 28, 2019 Landon, Richard - "The Outcast Prophet and Other Tales of Rarity from the North" (22 June 1988)
Lecture 263 (22 June 1988)
Note: The audio on this recording is mono only, on the left side. The lecture ends abruptly, but as the recording is nearly complete, we offer it as at least a partial recording.
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45min
August 28, 2019 Belanger, Terry - "Lunacy and Pictures in Books: An Extra-Illustrated Lecture" (14 June 1988)
Lecture 261 (14 June 1988)
Note: The audio on this recording is mono only, on the left side.
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41min
August 28, 2019 Oyens, Felix de Marez - "Dutch Book Auctions, 1599–1824" (13 June 1988)
Lecture 260 (13 June 1988)
Note: The audio on this recording is mono only, on the left side.
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1h 12min
August 14, 2019 Benson, Charles - "The Fate of the Irish Book Trade, 1801–1850" (2 May 1988)
Lecture 258 (2 May 1988)
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57min
August 14, 2019 Belanger, Terry - "English Collectors and American Libraries, 1876–1911" (25 April 1988)
Lecture 257 (25 April 1988)
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1h 2min
August 14, 2019 Johnston, Alastair - "Nineteenth-Century American Type Specimens" (12 April 1988)
Lecture 255 (12 April 1988)
Note: The audio on this recording is mono only, on the left side.
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1h 5min

FAQs about Rare Book School:

How many episodes does Rare Book School have?

The podcast currently has 682 episodes available.