The 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Printing History Association will take place on Saturday, January 24 at 2 pm in the Trustees Room of the New York Public Library. Friends of the book arts past and present are urged to attend. APHA’s annual honorees will be present and make presentations:
The individual honoree is Paul F. Gehl, the George Amos Poole III Curator of Rare Books and the Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing at the Newberry Library, Chicago. Gehl has been Custodian of the Wing Foundation on the History of Printing since 1987 and has enriched that collection by his judicious acquisition of materials, exhibitions both of print & calligraphy, and sponsorship of public lectures on various aspect of the book. In doing so, he has also enriched the broader community of lovers of print, calligraphy and the book. [Read more]
This astounding floor to ceiling handmade paper installation, by Judy O’Shea and her husband Mike, greets conference attendees upon arrival at the San Francisco Center for the Book.
I’m pleased to announce that APHA and the Printing Historical Society of the UK have agreed to start offering reciprocal benefits to our memberships.
APHA members can attend most PHS events and purchase some PHS publications at the member price. PHS members will be invited to do the same with APHA events.
As it happens, PHS is about to stage a sizeable conference in honor of their 50th anniversary. It’s to be November 13 and 14 in London, and has an impressive array of speakers on a variety of topics. As an APHA member, you are entitled to attend at the rate of £95 (about $162 at today’s rates). The list of speakers and a link to an online registration page can be found here.
Current paid-up APHA members should have received the discount registration code in their email. If you’re not paid up, there’s no better time than the present to fix that.
We’re happy that we’re going to have a blockbuster fall conference in San Francisco October 16-18 as an enticement for PHS members to visit us.
Two masters: Theodore Low De Vinne and Stan Nelson. Photo by Paul Romaine.
There was plenty of printing history all over town during the first few days of April. The main attraction was the New York Antiquarian Book Fair from the 3rd through the 6th. But there was also a demonstration at the Grolier Club by type historian Stan Nelson, timed to go with the De Vinne exhibit there, curated by Irene Tichenor [APHA president 1998–2002] and Michael Koenig. And then, for current practitioners and collectors of letterpress, there was a Fine Press Book Fair (sponsored by FPBA) at the Altman building on Saturday and Sunday. [Read more]
