THE RARE BOOKS GROUP

ANNUAL STUDY CONFERENCE
on
TWENTIETH CENTURY BOOKS

PROGRAMME FACILITIES and VENUES BOOKING FORM

A RESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE RARE BOOKS GROUP OF THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh
Wednesday 10 September-Friday 12 September 1997


For its annual study conference in 1997 the Rare Books Group has chosen as its subject the twentieth-century book. The fast- approaching end of the century reminds us that many of these books are now far from "current"; many were rare when printed, and many others have become rare. The problems they pose for the rare books librarian may not be the same as those posed by earlier books, but they are still real problems. Our conference is designed to promote the curatorship of twentieth-century books by bringing together as speakers those with expertise in these fields and by providing an opportunity for all those who attend to exchange information, within and outside the formal sessions.
PROGRAMME:


Wednesday 10 September (Pollock Halls):
1700 Registration
1930 Dinner
2030 Simon Eliot: Keynote address
(Simon Eliot is on the editorial board of A History of the Book in Britain and has published widely on 19th- and 20th-century booktrade history)

Thursday 11 September (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art):
0900 Buses leave for SNGMA
0930 Barry Bloomfield: Bibliographical Description
1015 Sebastian Carter: Typography and Book Design
(Barry Bloomfield is the author of bibliographies of W.H. Auden and Philip Larkin, and Sebastian Carter is a fine printer and author of Twentieth-Century Type-designers)

1100 Coffee

1130 Sue Bradbury: The Folio Society & Book Illustration
(Sue Bradbury is Educational Director of The Folio Society)
1215 Tours and Lunch

1430 Ian Rogerson: The Art of the Dustwrapper, 1925-1975
1515 Clive Phillpot: Recent Art and the Book Form
(Ian Rogerson has written widely on book illustration and design in the 20th century, and Clive Phillpot is co-editor of the forthcoming Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists' Books)
1600 Tea

1630 [to be arranged]: Children's Literature
1730 Buses leave for Pollock Halls
(Delegates are requested to make own way to the Playfair Library, Old College)

1900 Reception
2000 Dinner (after-dinner speaker: Peter Davison on Impediments to Scholarship)
(Peter Davison, formerly editor of The Library, is editing the works of George Orwell in 20 volumes)

Friday 12 September (Pollock Halls):
0915 Alistair McCleery: Fine Presses
1000 Anthony Rota: Collecting Modern Authors
(Alistair McCleery is a historian of The Porpoise Press and other presses who teaches at Napier University, and Anthony Rota is a distinguished London bookseller specializing in books of the 19th and 20th-centuries)
1045 Coffee

1115 Tim Rix: Educational publishing: The Last Twenty-five Years
1200 [to be arranged]: Preservation Issues
(Tim Rix, former Chairman and Chief Executive of Longmanžs Group Ltd, is currently a member of the Finance Committee of Oxford University Press)
1300 End of Conference: snack lunches will be available at the Pollock Halls on an individual basis

1430 Optional visit (to be booked in advance) to Print Makers Workshop or Napier University Library

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CONFERENCE FACILITIES and VENUES


The conference is based at the Pollock Halls, the University of Edinburghžs main halls of residence, about 10 minutes journey from the centre of the city and adjacent to Holyrood Park and Arthuržs Seat. All rooms have en-suite facilities.

Thursday's sessions take place at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art where the extended lunch period will enable delegates to view the Galleryžs collections as well as its summer exhibition, from the Keiller Collection, of surrealist art including artists' books.

The dinner on Thursday will be held in the Playfair Library, Old College, University of Edinburgh, a very fine classical interior built to the designs of W.H. Playfair in 1826-1827 as the Upper Library of the University Library. It continued in this function until 1967 when the collections moved to a new building.

Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Britainžs first open-access print studio, is a thriving organization which provides studio facilities at reasonable cost for any artist who wishes to work in etching, lithography, screenprinting or relief printing. There is also a Gallery (admission free) with a wide range of contemporary prints for sale.

At Napier University Library (Merchiston Campus) delegates will be able to view items from the Edward Clark Collection, which was assembled to demonstrate the development of typefaces and the history of typography, and has good holdings of private press books.

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CONFERENCE BOOKING FORM

To reserve a place at the Conference, please print off and complete this booking form.

The number of residential places is limited and they will be allocated strictly in order of receipt of the booking forms.
PLEASE BOOK AS EARLY AS YOU CAN.
Two rates are shown, one for LA members (who must supply their LA membership number) and one for non-members.
All prices shown are in pounds sterling and include VAT.

LA rate Others
Full conference , residential (en-suite facilities) with meals, from dinner on 10th to breakfast on 12th, inclusive - single room 152.75 164.50
Full conference , residential (en-suite facilities) with meals, from dinner on 10th to breakfast on 12th, inclusive - double room, per person (5 only available) 141.00 152.75
Bed & Breakfast (en-suite facilities), night of 10th
(Dinner on 10th for those not booking a full residential place will be available (cost 20.00/21.15) subject to space. *Please indicate below if you wish to book this, and we will contact you later) 		39.95 41.10
Conference at SNGMA on 11th, with morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea (Those booking this separately must make their own way there.) 23.50 25.85
Dinner on 11th, Playfair Library 23.50 25.85
Bed & Breakfast, night of 11th 39.95 41.10
Conference on morning of 12th, with morning coffee 11.75 12.95

Optional extras (no charge), afternoon of 12th
(Pleae tick ONE only):
Visit to Printmakers Workshop ......
Visit to Napier University ......

* I wish / do not wish (delete as applicable) to book dinner on the 10th September (cost 20.00 / 21.15)

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The appropriate fee must be paid before the conference begins, and a remittance should be enclosed with the booking form, unless payment is being made through an institution and a separate invoice is required.

I enclose a cheque made payable to Library Association Rare Books Group / please invoice me (delete as applicable).

My LA Membership number is ....................................

Now please send this form to:

Dr M.C.T. Simpson,
LA Rare Books Group,
Department of Special Collections,
Edinburgh University Library,
George Square,
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ
tel: 0131 650 3412; fax: 0131 650 6863
email: M.Simpson@ed.ac.uk

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