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Downstairs Events| 14.00 - 14.30 |
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Venue: Downstairs Lecture Theatre |
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Venue: Downstairs Lecture Theatre |
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Book Collecting for Beginners - followed by a guided tour around the Fair Mr Jolyon Hudson, Marlborough Rare Books Jolyon Hudson started as an auction porter in 1976 eventually becoming a director and auctioneer for Christie’s. In 1992 he left Christie's to become manager of Pickering & Chatto and in 2006 he also became manager of Marlborough Rare Books. This lecture can be an ideal starting point for the new collector. Venue: Downstairs Lecture Theatre |
ABA Roadshow - Saturday 11 June
1pm, 2pm and 3pm
Downstairs Lecture Theatre
Would you like to know more about your old or antiquarian books, photographs, letters or manuscripts?
If so, then why not bring them to the book fair for appraisal by a panel of experts on the Saturday of the Fair?
Experts:
Adam Blakeney
Adam Blakeney is a specialist in 20th-century literature and photography.
He began his career as an independent bookseller in 1986 and joined
Peter Harrington Antiquarian Bookseller six years ago.
Justin Croft
Justin Croft is a specialist in the sale and purchase of rare antiquarian books.
He has an enviable reputation in the development of private and institutional collections in the
United Kingdom and abroad.
Justin Croft has extensive experience of developing collections in the traditional fields:
literature, human sciences, science, medicine, art and architecture.
Clive Farahar
Clive Farahar is a British dealer and expert on books and manuscripts.
He is best known as the book expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow,
which he joined in 1986.
Brian Lake
Brian Lake runs Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers in London’s Great Russell Street
and is one of the leading specialists in 18th and, particularly, 19th century English Literature & History.
Bookbinding & Calligraphy Taster Sessions
Saturday 11th June
Shepherds Bookbinders are planning an unusual and interesting initiative to introduce younger people to the craft of bookbinding.
In conjunction with the V&A Museum, Shepherds have recently devised a bookbinding kit which serves as a quick and creative way to get a taste for this fascinating craft.
Shepherds will be demonstrating how this kit works and invite customers who are bringing their families to the book fair to sign up their children (10 years or older) to this quick course – each session will last around 30 minutes.
The bookbinding kits will be on sale for just £15 each and on-site tuition is free.
Similarly, Sharon Shaw, a freelance calligrapher will be on hand to teach visitors (especially children) how to write their name in italics. Those who have just bound their first book on the Shepherds stand, could even title it with Sharon’s help.
These services will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Parents and guardians that are not participating can watch their children from the comfort of the adjoining café, enjoying a coffee or perhaps something stronger from the bar if preferred!
ABOUT SHEPHERDS:
Shepherds is home to two of London's oldest and most prestigious bookbinding companies, Zaehnsdorf (est.1842) and Sangorski & Sutcliffe (est.1901). The binderies were taken over by Shepherds in 1998 and the bindery now trades under the single name of Sangorski & Sutcliffe. These two old London binderies are widely acknowledged as two of the most important hand-bookbinding companies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. For more information, please visit: www.bookbinding.co.uk
ABOUT SHARON SHAW
Sharon is a freelance calligrapher with a BA Hons in Calligraphy from the Roehampton Institute. Sharon is also a Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators. For more information, please visit www.sharonshaw.co.uk
