Registration

• We are requesting a flat fee of $200 per guest to offset the associated costs of the weekend’s activities. Please reach out to Laura Janosik at ljanosik@wpsite.rosenbach.org with any questions.)

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• This program is for Delancey Society Members only. Not a member of The Delancey Society? Read more here or contact the Rosenbach’s Director of Advancement, Megan McCarthy at mmccarthy@rosenbach.org for more information)

Description

The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is one of the world’s most important marketplaces for the buying and selling of rare books, manuscripts, and printed artworks. It is also one of the book world’s leading annual social occasions. Booksellers, private collectors, and institutional representatives converge at the Park Avenue Armory to shop, converse, and immerse themselves in bookish community. To visit the fair is to see the rare book world at work and play. 

Every year, Rosenbach staff and our Delancey Society journey north to New York, to experience the antiquarian book fair, visit the city’s cultural institutions, and get up close and personal with the Rosenbach’s collection development strategy. This year, the Delancey Society will kick off the weekend on Friday, April 4 with an exclusive visit to the private collection of Susan Jaffe Tane, followed by a cocktail reception at Freeman’s|Hindman auction house. On Saturday, April 5, we will enjoy a group brunch at The East Pole followed by a curated tour of the Fair with members of the Rosenbach’s Department of Outreach & Engagement, stopping at the booths of leading booksellers for insights into the book trade—past, present, and future. 

Itinerary

Friday, April 4 

4:30 p.m.  

• Private Collection Visit with Susan Jaffe Tane 
  Upper East Side 
  (address shared upon RSVP) 

 6:30 p.m. 

• Cocktail reception at Freeman’s | Hindman 
  32 East 67th Street 
  (Between Fifth and Madison) 

Saturday, April 5

10:00 a.m. 

• Brunch at The East Pole 
  133 E 65th Street 
  (between Park and Lexington) 

12:00 p.m.  

• Curated tour of the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair with Edward Pettit and Bryn Michelson-Zeigler
  Park Avenue Armory 
  643 Park Avenue 
  (Between 66th and 67th) 

Image: Former Rosenbach Director Derick Dreher, current Rosenbach Director Kelsey Bates, Director of Outreach & Engagement Alex Ames, and Curator & Senior Director of Collections Judith Guston review materials at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, March 2020. Photo by Rosenbach Registrar Jobi Zink.