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Article: The Grolier Club collects: Books, Manuscripts, & Works on Paper from the Collections of Grolier Club Members.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
- Article date:
- September 22, 2003
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New York: The Grolier Club, 2002. 192 pp.; US $50.00 (hardcover). ISBN 0 919672 44 X.
This is the catalogue of the Grolier Club's exhibition held between December 2002 and February 2003. The exhibition presented items from Grolier Club members' private collections, obviously not regularly available to the general public. In its way the exhibition was a survey of book collecting today, illustrating the many and varied interests of bibliophiles. Although the catalogue is beautifully produced and the items illustrated and described are rare and sometimes unique, this is not a collection of untouchable treasures but rather a collection of books, manuscripts, and ...