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| February 25 - September 26, 2010 |
A World Mapped by Stories: The Salman Rushdie Archive
An exhibition celebrating the opening of the Salman Rushdie papers. Curated by Deepika Bahri.
Atlanta, GA
| Educational Programs | South |
| March 12 - October 24, 2010 |
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Science Museum of Minnesota
Experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century—The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the earliest known Biblical writings. Sun-Wed 9:30 a.m. - 7 p.m Thu-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m St. Paul, MN
| Exhibit | Midwest |
| March 12 - December 31, 2010 |
One Hundred Years Hence: Science Fiction & Fantasy at Texas A&M
Cushing Library
This exhibition will feature pieces from Cushing's Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection, including manuscripts, first editions, pulp magazines, and other items that effectively capture science fiction's influence on literature, media, and popular culture. Original manuscripts, letters, and other material by such genre luminaries as George R. R. Martin, Robert Heinlein, Andre Norton, J.R.R. Tolkien, and others will be on display for the first time. Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm College Station, TX
| Exhibit | Southwest |
| March 16 - September 12, 2010 |
Charles Darwin: A Portrait Biography
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Fort Hays State University "Charles Darwin: A Portrait Biography" sneaks a peek at the thoughts of Charles Darwin surrounding the history of the publication of his 13 books on the biology of animals and plants as well as the geology of coral reefs. Sun 1:00pm - 6:00pm Tues-Sat 9:00am - 6:00pm Hays, KS
| Exhibit | Midwest |
| April 23 - October 08, 2010 |
Known to Everyone - Liked by All: The Business of Being Mark Twain
Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University On display will be books, manuscripts, letters, photographs, and other materials that celebrate the life and work of this American icon. Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (March 6 and 13, April 3, 10, 17, and 24, and May 1 only) Ithaca, NY
| Exhibit | Mid-Atlantic |
| April 30 - November 28, 2010 |
Everyday Adventures Growing Up: Art from Picture Books
The Art Institute of Chicago
The works of Nancy Carlson, Peter McCarty, & Timothy Basil Ering, are featured in the exhibition. Monday–Wednesday 10:30–5:00 Thursday, 10:30–8:00 (Free Admission 5:00–8:00) Friday, 10:30–5:00 Saturday–Sunday, 10:00–5:00 Chicago, IL
| Exhibit | Midwest |
| June 05 - November 28, 2010 |
Animal Fair: Birds, Beasts, and Bugs in Children's Book Illustrations
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
Featured artists Adrienne Adams, Maginel Wright Barney, Roger Duvoisin, Jill Kastner, Kimberly Bulken Root, Petra Mathers, John Schoenherr, Ward Schumaker, Art Seiden, Catherine Stock, Lynd Ward, and others exploit a range of media and techniques to animate creatures of all sorts. Subject matter ranges from realistic description of animal life through fable and fantasy, expressed in a wide range of styles. Underlying all is each artist’s perception and understanding of his or her fascinating animal subjects. Tues-Fri 10:00am-4:30pm Weekends Noon-5:00pm New Brunswick, NJ
| Exhibit | Mid-Atlantic |
| June 12 - September 19, 2010 |
The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis
Portland Museum
Tue, Wed, Sat 10:00am – 5:00pm Thu, Fri 10:00am – 8:00pm Sun 12:00pm – 5:00pm Museum Members- free Portland, OR
| Exhibit | West |
| June 12 - October 09, 2010 |
Cooking with Books; Historic Cookbook Collection
Birmingham Historical Museum & Park
Mon-Wed 1-4 pm $2.00 for Adults, $1.00 for Seniors and Children 5-18 Birmingham, MI
| Exhibit | Midwest |
| July 01 - December 31, 2010 |
On the Road Around the World
The Beat Museum
The Jack Kerouac Collection Tues-Sun 10:00am - 7:00pm San Francisco, CA
| Exhibit | West |
| July 31 - October 10, 2010 |
Great Illustrations: Drawings and Books from The Walters’ Collection
The Walters Art Museum
This focus show unearths treasures of illustration hidden in the permanent collection of the Walters Art Museum. Featuring preparatory drawings for Gustave Doré’s Bible and Paul Gavarni’s lively sketches of the London underworld, the exhibition explores the variety of ways in which 19th-century artists approached the art of illustration. Wednesday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free admission Baltimore, MD
| Exhibit | Mid-Atlantic |
| August 03 - December 31, 2010 |
In Pursuit of Natural History
An Exhibition of Works on Natural History from the Redwood Library Collections Rovensky Room Display Case Exhibition.
Newport, RI
| Exhibit | New England |
| August 04 - November 29, 2010 |
Material Meets Metaphor: A Half Century of Book Art
At Yale University. The exhibition covers 50 years of Richard Minsky’s work — from a 1960 sample book, used when he started his first letterpress printing business at age 13, to “Self-Portrait 2010,” a book that documents the evolution of a canvas, from pencil sketch through many layers of oil paint.
New Haven, CT
| Exhibit | New England |
| August 18 - September 01, 2010 |
Old World Auctions
Antique Maps, Charts, Atlases, Books, Prints & Incunabula
sale #133 Internet or Mail Only
| Auctions | International |
| August 18 - November 08, 2010 |
Experimental Women in Flux: Selective Reading in the Silverman Reference Library
In the spirit of MoMA’s new publication of "Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art," the Museum Library features experimental works by women that form part of the newly acquired Silverman Fluxus Collection Reference Library. With a focus on artists’ books, event scores, exhibition catalogues, periodicals, and examples of the alternative press, the exhibition includes publications by Alison Knowles, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, Yoko Ono, Dorothy Iannone, and others.
New York, NY
| Exhibit | Mid-Atlantic |
| August 20 - November 14, 2010 |
Emily Dickinson’s Gardens: The Poetry of Flowers
Emily Dickinson, a famous American poet, was significantly influenced by her horticultural knowledge as seen in her usage of plants and flowers in poetic metaphors. A portion of a traveling exhibit created by New York Botanical Garden’s Mertz Library will display illustrated books, manuscripts and rare nursery catalogs.
Glencoe, IL
| Exhibit | Midwest |
| August 24, 2010 - February 06, 2011 |
Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands
During the Middle Ages, the area occupied today by Belgium and the Netherlands flourished economically and artistically. By the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the towns of Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, and Utrecht participated in one of the greatest flowerings of book illumination in Europe. This exhibition surveys the Getty Museum's holdings of medieval manuscripts from this region, including masterworks made for such influential patrons as the dukes of Burgundy—Philip the Good and Charles the Bold—and the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. After eleven weeks the books' pages will be turned to reveal further illuminated riches.
Los Angeles, CA
| Exhibit | West |
| September 01 - 30, 2010 |
Civil War Ballads
At the Providence Public Library.
Providence, RI
| Exhibit | New England |
| September 02 - 05, 2010 |
30th Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show
At the Baltimore Convention Center. For more information call the Palm Beach Show Group at 561-822-5440.
Baltimore, MD
| Book Fairs | Mid-Atlantic |
| September 10 - 12, 2010 |
Libraries in the History of Print Culture
Center for the History of Print Culture/Library History Seminar XII
Madison, WI
| Educational Programs | Midwest |
| September 11, 2010 | Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair
At the Minett Hall, Monroe County Fairgrounds. For more information email sean@faganbooks.com.
Rochester, NY
| Book Fairs | Mid-Atlantic |
| September 11, 2010 | Rib Fest and Antiques
Rib Fest-Jeff Greenberg Antiques
10:00 am - 5:00 pm $75 a booth, the Friends of the Lincoln Library are having the vintage and antique book concession Antique dealers and collectors welcome to have a booth. Lincoln, CA
| Book Fairs | West |
| September 12, 2010 | •36th Annual New Hampshire Antiquarian Book Fair
AAB Productions
Grappone Conference Center 70 dealers in scarce, rare and out-of-print books, maps, prints, autographs, postcards and ephemera will offer their best for sale 9:30 am - 4:00 pm Admission $5.00 Concord, NH
| Book Fairs | New England |
| September 15, 2010 - January 02, 2011 |
Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement
Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and nationally premiering at the Newark Museum, is the first exhibition to focus on the career of one of the most influential figures to arise within the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States in the early 20th century.
Newark, NJ
| Exhibit | Mid-Atlantic |
| September 16, 2010 | PBA Galleries
Rare Books & Manuscripts: A Private San Francisco Library with Important Angling & Sporting Books
San Francisco, CA
| Auctions | West |
| September 16, 2010 | 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings
Swann Galleries
Sale 2221 10:30 am & 2:30 pm Illustrated Catalogue $40 in U.S. / $50 elsewhere New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| September 16, 2010 | The Book History Colloquium at Columbia University
Thursday, September 16, 2010 6:00 - 7:30pm
523 Butler Library Oliver Harris, Professor of American Literature, American Studies, Keele University "Confusion's Masterpiece": re-editing William Burroughs' First Trilogy New York, NY
| Lecture | Mid-Atlantic |
| September 17, 2010 - January 02, 2011 |
Mark Twain: A Skeptic's Progress
The Morgan Library & Museum
A joint exhibition with the New York Public Library, Mark Twain: A Skeptic's Progress captures the essence of the author's wit, humor, and philosophy towards his era's great changes in all their guises with examples of his work as a novelist, short story writer, fabulist, critic, lecturer, and travel writer. Tues - Thur: 10:30 am - 5:00 pm Fri: 10:30 am - 9:00 pm Sat: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Sun: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm Free to members New York, NY
| Exhibit | Mid-Atlantic |
| September 18, 2010 | Sacramento 2010 Fall Antiquarian Book Fair
Scottish Rite Temple
You will shop over 50 exhibitors, representing thousands of rare and collectible books, maps, photos, postcards and ephemeral items. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Admission $5.00 Free Parking Sacramento, CA
| Book Fairs | West |
| September 21, 2010 | Scenes Of The City: Prints, Drawings & Paintings Of New York City 1900 - 2000
Swann Galleries
Sales 2222 1:30 pm Illustrated Catalogue $35 New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |
| September 22 - 26, 2010 |
•46th Annual Big Book Sale
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
Fort Mason Center's Festival Pavilion Opening a day early to accommodate this year’s epic haul of books! Over 100,000 more books than last year, bringing the sale’s offerings to nearly one million books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media. All books are $5 or less and all books remaining on Sunday are $1 or less. Tues. Sept. 21: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. (Members Preview & Reception) Wed. Sept. 22 - Sat. Sept. 25: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m Sun. Sept. 26: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Free admission and all proceeds benefit the San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco, CA
| Book Sale | West |
| September 24 - 26, 2010 |
•Friends of the Seattle Public Library Fall Book Sale
Magnuson Park, Hangar in Building #30
Over 200,000 books & other items. NEW THIS YEAR! Audio Visual materials (videos, CDs and audio books) in The Brig, directly east of Hangar 30. Proceeds go to benefit The Seattle Public Library. Friday, Sept. 24, 6:30 – 9:30 pm Member Preview -- members may buy up to 25 items each. Saturday, Sept. 25, 9 am – 5 pm Sunday, Sept. 26, 11 am – 4 pm Seattle, WA
| Book Sale | West |
| September 24 - 26, 2010 |
•Baltimore Book Festival
Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts
Mount Vernon Place The 15th annual Baltimore Book Festival welcomes more than 100 celebrity, nationally known and local authors including Holly Robinson Peete, Rodney Peete, Barbara Bradley Hagerty, Nigel Barker and Spike Mendelsohn. Fri, Sat 12 noon - 8:00 pm Sun 12 noon - 7:00 pm Free admission Baltimore, MD
| Book Fairs | Mid-Atlantic |
| September 25, 2010 | Mission Viejo Reader's Festival
Friends of the Mission Viejo Library
Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center & Oso Viejo Park on the Village Green Over 2 dozen authors and illustrators are attending and showcasing their books. Author panels, entertainment, food, and vendors. Featuring a collection of best-selling authors and notable personalities including Laura Ling and her TV journalist sister, Lisa, the Readers' Festival will continue to put Mission Viejo on the literary map. The fun-filled family festival features food vendors, activities, book signings and much more. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Free admission Mission Viejo, CA
| Lecture | West |
| September 26, 2010 | The Maine Book & Paper Show
One Of Best Book & Ephemera Shows in New England. Fine, Rare & Unusal Old Books, Plus Maps, Autographs, Prints, Posters, Playbills, Ephemera and More.
Portland, ME
| Book Fairs | New England |
| September 26 - December 10, 2010 |
Musings of Mystery and Alphabets of Agony: The Work of Edward Gorey
University of Hawai'i Art Gallery
The University of Hawai'i Art Gallery will present work by celebrated, prolific American author and artist Edward Gorey (1925–2000), revered for his distinctly elegant, enigmatic, and eerie black and white illustrations. This exhibition will include approximately 500 books, book jackets, prints, posters, drawings, postcards, handmade dolls, and other collectibles from The Edward Gorey Collection donated to the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library. Mon - Fri 10:30 - 5:00 Sun 12:00 - 5:00 Free admission Honolulu, HI
| Auctions | West |
| September 28, 2010 | The Book History Colloquium at Columbia University
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:00 - 7:30pm
523 Butler Library Peter Stallybrass, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English and of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania "Authorship, Attribution, and Anonymity" New York, NY
| Lecture | Mid-Atlantic |
| September 29, 2010 | Dominic Winter
Medals & Militaria, Military History Books
South Cerney, ENGLAND
| Auctions | International |
| September 30, 2010 | Printed & Manuscript Americana
Swann Galleries
Sale 2223 1:30 pm Illustrated Catalogue $35 New York, NY
| Auctions | Mid-Atlantic |


