The Book Club of Detroit

11/01/2025

Click here for excellent presentation. What a collection Dr. Larson has!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5zZChUbfzXhlmwfV7_8iPg

10/01/2025

The Book Club of Detroit (BCD) was honored to have Dr. Jennifer Larson, Chairperson of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS), give us an online presentation last night - “Little Books and Big Ideas in the Handpress Era.”

You can now watch it on BCD’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5zZChUbfzXhlmwfV7_8iPg

Fascinating. Don’t miss it!

Sharing the love of books and book collecting since 1957! We are the Book Club of Detroit, an association of book collectors, antiquarians, and enthusiasts about all things books. Our events include tours of rare book rooms, private book collections, and presentations on book-related topics. Members...

20/12/2024

An open invitation to a Virtual Presentation!!

Jennifer Larson, PhD will speak on miniature formats and typography, and the authors and titles of small formats from the incunabular period through the early 19th century.

As soon as people in the West learned to print, they made little books. But what types of books were produced in very small formats, and why? Using examples from her collection, Jennifer Larson will describe the development of miniature formats and typography, and explore the literary authors and titles most often chosen for distribution in small formats from the incunabular period through the early 19th century. The presentation will conclude with a look at the history of traveling libraries in the Handpress Era. This is a free event, open to non-members as well as members of the Book Club of Detroit.

About our speaker: Dr. Larson is Professor of Classics at Kent State University. She earned her PhD in Classics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author of five books on ancient Greek religion and culture, as well as many scholarly articles, Dr. Larson is a lifelong antiquarian-book collector who has served as Treasurer and Chair of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies.

To register for this free event, click here or e-mail [email protected]. Log-in credentials for this virtual presentation will be provided to those who register.

There will be a Q&A following Dr. Larson's presentation. Questions may be submitted in the Zoom chat feature.

09/12/2024

Excellent!

Congress passed the 13th Amendment on in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United States.

Read about the long journey to abolition in our online exhibit, “Proclaiming Emancipation” here: https://myumi.ch/JwJ75

09/12/2024

Great news! A peaceful retreat in the midst of winter.

🔗: https://l.mlive.com/h86agd
Designed by Albert Kahn, of the oldest conservatories in the country reopens today after being closed for nearly two years. The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, located on Detroit’s Belle Isle, was closed to undergo $10 million in improvements. The building, which features one of the nation’s oldest turn-of-the-century glass houses still in existence, will officially welcome visitors again beginning on Wednesday, December 4.

06/12/2024

Click here to learn about a marvelous event that you can still reserve! Fellow lovers of the printed word gather for a Christmas luncheon at a historic venue this Saturday!

The official web site of the Detroit Book Club.

05/12/2024

THERE'S STILL TIME TO REGISTER! NON-MEMBERS WELCOME! The Book Club of Detroit will hold its Annual Meeting and Holiday Luncheon on Saturday, Dec. 7, starting 11:45 a.m. at the historic Longacre House in Farmington Hills!

Our featured speaker will be George Hagenauer, dubbed the "Comic Book Wizard of Ypsilanti." George will speak on "Collecting Art Related to the Print Matter You Love." George has collected true crime, and comics/cartoon history, plus the artwork that accompanied this huge assemblage. The result: A collection of 2,800 pieces of original art, some of which have been exhibited in museums! George will share highlights of his collection and also the process by which he created it.

For additional information on this fun Christmas event, contact [email protected].

Click below to register:

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19/11/2024

Interesting virtual event!!

Save the date for our next virtual book fair!

ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Holiday Edition
December 5-7, 2024

www.abaa.org/vbf

Doors open at 12 pm ET on Thursday, Dec. 5 and remain open continuously until 7 pm ET on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024.

24/10/2024

The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair has announced its special events and programs at this year’s fair, a three-day event celebrating the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America’s 75th anniversary.

04/10/2024

Thrilled to be selected for an author booth, joining other local authors at the fab Ann Arbor District Library Bookfest on November 3! Wayne State University Press SCBWI-MI Detroit Working Writers Women Writers, Women Books

04/10/2024

The 45th annual Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair is happening soon!

Sunday, October 13th, 2024
11am-5pm
$5.00 entry

Michigan Union (2nd floor ballroom)
530 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

This is a great show run by Jay Platt, the owner of West Side Book Shop, which has been in downtown Ann Arbor since 1975.

https://www.facebook.com/AnnArborAntiquarianBookFair/

https://annarborbookfair.com/

*photo by AAABF

04/10/2024

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29/09/2024

On Saturday, Sept. 21, Mark Bowden, Special Collections Coordinator at the Detroit Public Library (DPL), welcomed the Book Club of Detroit to DPL and showed us some of the treasures of DPL’s special collections, ranging from an ancient Sumerian clay cone to a a 1957 photo of Elvis with women officers of the Detroit Police Department! Other highlights included a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible (1454), George Washington’s diary (Oct. 1789 - March 1790), and the autobiography of Henry Bibb, a former slave who escaped to Detroit and settled in Canada.

The Detroit Public Library is home to five special collections of books and other materials: The Burton Historical Collection (Michigan/Old Northwest/Canada/New France history); the E. Azalia Hackley Collection (African-Americans in the performing arts); Ernie Harwell Sports Collection (history of baseball and other sports); National Automotive History Collection; and the Rare Book Collection (including first editions, illuminated manuscripts, and incunabula).

17/09/2024

Don’t miss out on this. Mark your calendars!

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16/09/2024

What a great opportunity to tour many interesting and historic Detroit landmarks. Be sure to click on link to see all of the many tours.

16/09/2024

The public is invited to this special Book Club of Detroit event!

The Detroit Public Library will share highlights of its special collections with the Book Club of Detroit on Saturday, Sept. 21! DPL's treasury of rare and special books ranges from ancient texts to sports memorabilia to automotive history -- and much more.

Our host will be Mark Bowden, Coordinator of Special Collections at DPL. This event is free and open to all members of Book Club of Detroit and their guests, as well as the general public. For reservations or questions, please e-mail [email protected].

01/09/2024

"Have you ever wanted to step inside one of the world's finest early American history libraries?

Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of the William L. Clements Library! Learn about the history and collections during a short presentation and experience the thrill of interacting with primary source materials. The tour then proceeds to the Avenir Foundation Room with its beautiful Albert Kahn architecture where you will view Benjamin West's iconic painting "Death of General Wolfe," a Revolutionary War-era trunk that once housed British General Thomas Gage's papers, and the current exhibit, "An Ungentle Art: Pat Oliphant and the American Tradition of Political Satire."
Claim your spot and register at: https://myumi.ch/x7WZ2