Great night at the Baxter...

We just attended an wonderful presentation at the Baxter Society. The speaker was Thomas Lange, the retired Curator of Rare Books at the the Huntington Library and an avid collector. He told great stories and, best of all, brought some really wonderful show and tell items (e.g. a first, second and third edition of Lear’s, Nonsense Stories). Prior to the Huntington, he did stints in Princeton’s Special Collections and at the Morgan Library.

Also in attendance this evening was Roger Stoddard (retired Head of Rare Books at Harvard’s Houghton Library), Priscilla Juvelis (ex head of the ABAA and noted dealer of rare books and book art) and usual crew of Maine book and book arts lovers. It is a really great group of people. It is so great to spend time with so many people who just love everything about the book…and to have something that is such fun to look forward to each month.