Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies




FABS mourns the loss of our dedicated secretary and Aldus Society founding member, Ron Ravneberg, 1948-2009.
Please visit his obituary from the Columbus Dispatch and read a tribute to him by Nick Basbanes.

FABS Officers


Chair
Robert H. Jackson
The Rowfant Club

Vice-Chair
Paul T. Ruxin
The Caxton Club

Treasurer and Chair of the International Affilliates Committee
John F. McClatchey
The Rowfant Club

Acting Secretary
David Culbert

Study Tours
Lawrence N. Siegler
The Rowfant Club

Membership
Arthur S. Cheslock
The Baltimore Bibliophiles

Conference Chair
Robert H. Jackson
The Rowfant Club

Chairs Emeritus
John C. Carson, MD
The Zamorano Club
Lawrence N. Siegler
The Rowfant Club
Arthur S. Cheslock
The Baltimore Bibliophiles

Newsletter Publisher
Kay Michael Kramer
The Bixby Club
editor@fabsbooks.org
314 821-1465
1717 Winesap Lane
Kirkwood, Missouri 63122


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The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies is an organization with a goal of keeping member clubs informed of news, events, publications, and activities that take place during the year. The FABS Newsletter is published twice a year to facilitate that goal.

The Newsletter publishes on September 1 and January 1. Member clubs are requested to submit all information to the Publisher 45 days in advance of the publication date, preferably in Microsoft Word as an e-mail attachment. Single subscriptions to institutions and individuals are not available at this time. Back issues may be ordered through the Editor based on availability.

The submission of articles for the FABS Newsletter is encouraged. All correspondence should be sent to the Newsletter Editor.



Member Clubs

Click above for participating Clubs and contact information.

Articles

FABS: The First Ten Years
Lawrence N. Siegler

Hocus Pocus:
The Perfection of the Whole Art of Legerdemain

David D. Meyer

Collecting Gilbert & Sullivan:
The Early American Librettos

Hal Kanthor

The Mysterious Mr. Morris:
I Paid the Fare and Ran!

Jack Walsdorf

Why I Collect What I Collect
George Chapman Singer


Book Review

A Modest Collection: Private Libraries Association, 1956-2006


Fifteenth Annual FABS Trustees Meeting

The 2009 Annual Meeting at the Grolier Club will be held Thursday afternoon, April 2, immediately preceding the opening of the New York Antiquarian Book Fair at the Armory.



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