Previous Programme 2005 – 2006

Meetings are at 5:45 p.m., either in the Board Room of the National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, or, on 3 November, in the Brenda Moon Room, Edinburgh University Library, George Square. Tea available from 5:15 p.m.

Tuesday 4 October 2005 (at NLS).
Joint meeting with the National Library of Scotland JOAN WINTERKORN, Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London On first looking into the John Murray Archive.

Thursday 3 November 2005 at EUL
Joint meeting with the Friends of Edinburgh University Library STUART BENNETT, Stuart Bennett Rare Books, Mill Valley, California Trade bookbinding in the British Isles 1660-1800.
Stuart Bennett, Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles 1660-1800 (Oak Knoll Press, the British Library, 2004).

Thursday 8 December 2005 (at NLS)
ALAN BELL, Edinburgh Lord Cockburn in his letters. Alan Bell, Lord Cockburn’s Letters: A Selection (John Donald, October, 2005)

Thursday 19 January 2006 (at NLS)
BARRY McKAY, Barry McKay Rare Books, Appleby-in-Westmoreland Chapbooks of Northern England and their Scottish connexion.

Thursday 16 February 2006 (at NLS)
Dr RICHARD BUTT, Queen Margaret University College Films of Scotland: preserving our cultural history in the digital age.

Thursday 16 March 2006 (at NLS)
Dr JOHN SCALLY. Edinburgh University Library William Drummond of
Hawthornden and his books.
Preceded by the annual business meeting; please notify the Secretary if you wish to attend the dinner afterwards.

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