Women and the Book - Free Exhibition
Tuesday August 5, 2008
Date: Friday 8 August to Tuesday 20 August 2008
Times: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun 11am-5 pm
Venue: The Exhibition Room, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 8 Lower John Street, Golden Square, London W1F 9AU
Nearest Tube Station: Piccadilly Circus
Women and the Book is a free exhibition curated by The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association in collaboration with The Women's Library. The exhibition includes 370 items consigned by over 50 members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association in the UK and overseas colleagues, making this a truly international event.
Women and the book includes books and related items by, for or about women, or printed, illustrated and bound by women: from an example of Dame Juliana Berners' Boke of St Albans printed by Caxton's successor Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496 to a 1997 proof copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
Alongside first editions by Jane Austen, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Virginia Woolf are ephemeral items such as Suffragette board games and presentation and association copies, such as a copy of Notes on Hospitals inscribed by Florence Nightingale. The price range is £40-£75,000.
The Women's Library will be displaying a selection of highlights from its special collections. A catalogue and two free lectures accompany the exhibition. Find out more at: www.abasummer.com.
UPDATE - CATALOGUE NOW AVAILABLE
The 178 page catalogue can now be downloaded from the home page of the ABA website: www.aba.org.uk. Printed copies may be ordered through the ABA office: admin@aba,org.uk, cost £GBP10 plus postage.
Times: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun 11am-5 pm
Venue: The Exhibition Room, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 8 Lower John Street, Golden Square, London W1F 9AU
Nearest Tube Station: Piccadilly Circus
Women and the Book is a free exhibition curated by The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association in collaboration with The Women's Library. The exhibition includes 370 items consigned by over 50 members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association in the UK and overseas colleagues, making this a truly international event.
Women and the book includes books and related items by, for or about women, or printed, illustrated and bound by women: from an example of Dame Juliana Berners' Boke of St Albans printed by Caxton's successor Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496 to a 1997 proof copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
Alongside first editions by Jane Austen, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Virginia Woolf are ephemeral items such as Suffragette board games and presentation and association copies, such as a copy of Notes on Hospitals inscribed by Florence Nightingale. The price range is £40-£75,000.
The Women's Library will be displaying a selection of highlights from its special collections. A catalogue and two free lectures accompany the exhibition. Find out more at: www.abasummer.com.
UPDATE - CATALOGUE NOW AVAILABLE
The 178 page catalogue can now be downloaded from the home page of the ABA website: www.aba.org.uk. Printed copies may be ordered through the ABA office: admin@aba,org.uk, cost £GBP10 plus postage.
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