In 2004, the distinguished book dealer and collector Bernard H. Breslauer bequeathed a generous endowment to the ATBL for the acquisition of rare books. To honor the memory of Dr. Breslauer, the ATBL has established a lecture series in his name. This series has become an annual event in cooperation with the Grolier Club, a locus of serious bibliophiles and collectors. With the British Library as their cornerstone, these lectures incorporate a transatlantic bibliophilic theme.
The following lectures have been published into booklets, available for purchase for $25 for non-members, and $12.50 for ATBL and Grolier Club members. Please email atblus[at]gmail.com or call 718-623-0933 to purchase a booklet.
- 2019 R. Dyke Benjamin, John Ruskin: No Idle Dreamer
- 2018 Edward L. Widmer, Pilgrim’s Progress: Lincoln’s Life in and Around Books
- 2017 Winston Tabb, My Life in Libraries: Collections, Characters, Collaborators, and Challenges
- 2014 Sarah E. Thomas, Transatlantic Perlustrations: Observations on Two Great Libraries, the Bodleian and the Harvard Library
- 2011 Baroness Blackstone, From Bones to Bytes: The Development of our Great Libraries
- 2010 Robert Darnton, The History of Books and the Digital Future
- 2009 William J. Zachs, Re-Collecting Donald and Mary Hyde: Untold Stories from Their Private Archive
- 2008 David Alan Richards, The Books He Left Behind: A New Bibliography of Rudyard Kipling
- 2007 David J. Supino, Collecting Henry James: A Translatlantic Journey
- 2006 Roger E. Stoddard, B.H.B. in Retrospect
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