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, The Formation of a Private Collection for the Public Good: John Ruskin and his Transatlantic Inspiration (forthcoming)
• 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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