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Sep 27 - Dec 30 2023 - 20 days left

During World War II—a time of rampant propaganda, censorship, and Nazi book bans in Europe—the United States military sent troops into battle armed not only with weapons, but with ideas.

Nov 30 - Feb 10 2024 - 62 days left

Whodunit? Key Books in Detective Fiction features selections from Grolier Club member Jeffrey Johnson’s more than 400-piece collection of detective novels from the nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Jan 17 - Apr 13 2024

Judging a Book by Its Cover highlights selections from seven centuries of the Grolier Club’s collection of bindings, largely donated and built by the Club’s members over the course of its 140-year history.

Feb 29 - May 11 2024

Language, Decipherment, and Translation celebrates the role of books and related objects in transferring information and knowledge through time.

May 01 - Jul 27 2024

Samuel Johnson, creator of the first great English dictionary, wickedly mocked his own trade when he defined lexicographer as “A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.”