The Grolier Club

America's oldest & largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic arts.

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“Imaginary Books” features fantastic works like A Plea for the Domestication of the Unicorn and Juan Villoro’s Wild Book, which can only be read by one person at a time. Final week to visit: Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, or view online: https://t.co/Q1gFV23TSv

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy spans 5,973,509 pages and is shown with Arthur Dent's towel. The Bene Gesserit Code from Dune, highlighted in Villeneuve’s films, details the order’s foundational principles. Visit "Imaginary Books" Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. https://t.co/Q1gFV23m2X

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@cnoocy Unfortunately, the exhibition will end February 15, but it will travel to the California Book Club of San Francisco, opening on March 18! You can also continue to view the exhibition online in perpetuity: https://t.co/Q1gFV23TSv

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"Imaginary Books" features volumes thought lost, like Hemingway’s One Must First Endure, stolen in 1922. Writers’ wives, like Burton's, also impacted literary history, sometimes by burning manuscripts.
Visit the show Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, or online: https://t.co/Q1gFV23TSv

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Please note: "A First-Class Fool" will close early to the public at 1pm today, January 22. We will reopen at 10am tomorrow, January 23.

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Please note: The Grolier Club is closed today, Monday, January 20, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We will reopen with regular hours tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21.

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Please note: "Imaginary Books" will be closed from 10am-12pm today, January 17. The gallery will reopen to the public at 12pm.

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Many books in "Imaginary Books" are bound in unique materials. Pratchett's Memories is bound in an Agatean winter’s night; while Vane's Death in the Pot is bound in arsenic and cyanide—handle with care!
Visit "Imaginary Books" Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, or online: https://t.co/Q1gFV23m2X

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Imaginary books for young readers, like The Songs of the Jabberwock from Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, are memorable for their strange language. Shakespeare in Baby Talk is an unwritten book Chandler jokingly planned to write. Visit in person or via https://t.co/Q1gFV23TSv

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After Lincoln’s assassination, the nation was engulfed in grief. Secretary Stanton persuaded Mary Lincoln to have a multi-stop funeral train, with services at military posts. This broadside documents that journey. More here: https://t.co/8l2pZqhER1

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Please note: The Grolier Club will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 24-Thursday, Dec. 26, and Monday, Dec. 30-Wednesday, Jan. 1.

The Exhibition Galleries will be open to the public on Monday, Dec. 23; Friday, Dec. 27; and Saturday, Dec. 28.

Wishing you a pleasant holiday season!

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Visit these treasures of American history through next Saturday, December 28. Open to the public free of charge, Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm.

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The Lincoln exhibit @GrolierClub in NYC is ending 12/28/24. Rare documents from Lincoln's presidency will excite and inspire you. Here is the first of two videos of me discussing Frederick Douglass and Ulysses Grant.

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“Sad News.” “Nation’s Calamity!” Newspapers quickly reported Lincoln’s assassination, leading to widespread grief and outrage. The president of print was chronicled in death just as he was in life. Explore more here: https://t.co/8l2pZqhER1

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"Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print" is open through Saturday, December 28. Visit us Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. No admission or registration required.

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If your holiday plans include New York City, please check out the Lincoln exhibit @GrolierClub. It contains rare documents from Lincoln's presidency. Here is the first of three videos of me discussing the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

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Fantasy books often have magical and enigmatic elements. "The Book of Sand" by Borges is infinite, adding new pages as it's read. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, known for its deadly powers, is sealed for safety. Visit "Imaginary Books" Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. https://t.co/Q1gFV23TSv

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Wouldn’t you love to read Hemingway’s “One Must First Endure”? Peruse the book Alice read on her way through the looking-glass? Page through Christopher Marlowe’s “The Maiden’s Holiday”? Head to @GrolierClub, where lost and imaginary books get a real show. https://t.co/qVqv70QnXS

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"Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive Works" by Reid Byers is now on display in our Second Floor Gallery! This intriguing exhibition features around 100 non-existent books, crafted by skilled artists. Visit us Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, or here https://t.co/Q1gFV23m2X

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We're thrilled to see "Imaginary Books" appear in the New York Times! Or did it...?

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You can’t judge a book by its cover -- unless it’s part of the Grolier Club’s exhibition “Imaginary Books.” In the show, over 100 works that were lost, invented or never written are brought to life with whimsical commentary. https://t.co/fg4sgIsGVC

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Our critic’s pick: Andrew Hui on Renaissance Libraries, hosted by the Grolier Club (December 3). @GrolierClub @PrincetonUPress

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