Old Book-Table (Club)

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Founded in New York in 1931 and originally named the Book Table, the Old Book Table is a social club composed of antiquarian booksellers and those engaged in professions related to antiquarian bookselling. The club meets regularly throughout the year to transact business and to enjoy social amenities. Guests, chiefly collectors, rare books librarians, and colleagues in the antiquarian book world, are frequently invited to meetings. In the course of its first seventy-five years, the club had 88 members and over 450 guests. Included in its membership have been many of the leading antiquarian booksellers in the northeastern United States.

From the description of Records, 1931- (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79458554

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creatorOf Old Book-Table (Club). Records, 1931- Grolier Club
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associatedWith Antiquarian Booksellers Fund. corporateBody
associatedWith Antiquarian Booksellers Provident Fund. corporateBody
associatedWith Book Table. corporateBody
associatedWith Drake, James J. person
associatedWith Felcone, Joseph J. 1946- person
associatedWith Gee, Ernest R. b. 1878. person
associatedWith Goldsmith, Alfred F. person
associatedWith Gomme, Laurence J. 1882- person
associatedWith Hackett, Edmond Byrne, . 1879. person
associatedWith Lazare, Edward J. person
associatedWith Lubrecht, Heinz D., 1908-1997. person
associatedWith MacDonnell, Thomas P. person
associatedWith Newton, A. Edward 1864-1940. person
associatedWith Parsonage, Douglas G., 1907-1983. person
associatedWith Schatzki, Walter, 1899-1983. person
associatedWith Witten, Laurence C. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--New York
Subject
Booksellers and bookselling
Antiquarian booksellers
Antiquarian booksellers
Antiquarian booksellers
Book collecting
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Antiquarian booksellers

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Active 1931

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