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Cecilie Gasseholm
Sotheby’s, The Book Rooms, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA
Highlights from Sotheby’s: 15th May Travel Sale

Monday May 14, 15.30-17.00
Dr Karen Attar
Senate House Library, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
Behind the Concrete Façade: Background & Highlights of Senate House Library, University of London

Monday May 14, 18.00-19.30
Three Centuries Gallery
Freemasons’ Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5AZ
Three Centuries of English Freemasonry: A Gallery Tour with Books

Tuesday May 15, 17.30-19.30
The Book Collector
Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
The Book Collector Presents: Modern First Editions

Wednesday May 16, 16.00-18.00
Katharine Hogg
Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ
Handel the Philanthropist: The Gerald Coke Handel Collection at the Foundling Museum

Wednesday May 16, 18.00-21.00
The University of London Bibliophiles
Room 106, 43 Gordon Square,
London, WC1H 0PD
Perspectives on Book-Binding

Thursday May 17, 18.00-21.00
Michael Wood
Khalili Lecture Theatre, Torrington Square, London, WC1H 0XG
The Chinese photographs of John Thomson (1837-1921)

Saturday May 19, 11.30-12.30
Betty Yao,
Brunei Gallery, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG
China & Siam through the Lens of John Thomson: Morning Gallery Tour

Sunday May 20, 13.30-15.00 & Sunday June 10, 11.00-12.30
Alice Ford-Smith, Bernard Quaritch Ltd
Senate House, Malet Street,
London, WC1E 7HU
Bloomsbury’s Lost Libraries: A Walk through Some Forgotten Book Collections

Sunday May 20, 14.30
Dr Simon Maguire
Sotheby’s, The Book Room, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA
Highlights from Sotheby’s: 22nd May Music Sale

Monday May 21 & Wednesday May 30, 15.30-17.00
Giles Mandelbrote
Lambeth Palace, London, SE1 7JU
Discovering Lambeth Palace Library

Monday May 21, 17.30-18.30
Giles Mandelbrote
Lambeth Palace, London, SE1 7JU
The Archive of the Incorporated Church Building Society

Tuesday May 22,18.30-20.30
Maggs Bros. Ltd.
48 Bedford Square,
London, WC1B 3DR
Refugees & Ambassadors: 20th Century Emigré Booksellers & Their Books

Wednesday May 23, 11.00-13.00
Wellcome Library
183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE
The Past Lives of Early Medical Books

Wednesday May 23, 15.00-17.00
Katie Birkwood
Royal College of Physicians, 11 Saint Andrews Place, London, NW1 4LE
Treasures of the Royal College of Physicians Library

Sunday May 27, 10.30-13.30
Anthony Davis of Booksteps
Meeting near Oxford Street
Love in Marylebone: A guided Literary Walk

Tuesday May 29, 18.00-21.00
The Alpine Club
55/56 Charlotte Road,
London, EC2A 3QF
The Summit of Knowledge, the Pinnacle of Alpine Collections

Wednesday May 30, 15.00-17.00
British Optical Association
Museum & Library
The College of Optometrists, 42 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NG
A Library of Sights & Visions

Wednesday May 30, 18.00-19.30
Maughan Library
King’s College London, 100-113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LR
Round the World in 20 Books

Wednesday May 31, 11.00-12.30
Middle Temple Library
Middle Temple Lane, London,
EC4Y 9BT
An Exclusive Tour of the Middle Temple Library

Wednesday May 31, 18.30-20.00
Bernard Quaritch Ltd
40 South Audley Street, London, W1K 2PR
Hawks & Doves, Bulls & Bears: Collecting Economics

Saturday June 2,10.30-12.00
Anthony Davis of Booksteps
St James’s Park Station, Petty France, London SW1H 0BD
From the Devil’s Acre to St Peter’s Gates

Monday June 4, 14.30-16.00
Ann Martin
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London, EC2V 7HH
The Whittington Collection of the Guildhall Library

Tuesday June 5, 17.30-19.30
Lambeth Palace Library
Lambeth Palace Road, London,
SE1 7JU
New Perspectives on Seventeenth-Century Libraries

Wednesday June 6, 17.30-19.00
Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London, EC2V 7HH
Bloods & Penny Dreadfuls: a tale of sensational Victorian fiction

Thursday June 7, 19.00-20.30
Celine Luppo McDaid
Dr Johnson’s House, 17 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DE
Dr Johnson and his Love of Books

Thursday June 14, 18.00-21.00
Richard Ovenden
University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG
Richard Ovenden - John Thomson: Master Photographer