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Performing Arts Book & Ephemera Fair 2010Saturdays · 10 April & 9 October · 10.30-19.00Specialist dealers will display for sale books and ephemera including playbills, posters, autographs, programmes, prints and photographs, ballet, dance, circus, memorabilia, and much more at prices ranging from a few to several hundred pounds. The Performance on Stage & Screen Fair is unique and attracts collectors from all over the UK and is a bonus feature for those attending performances at the National Theatre. The fair is organised by the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association and the Ephemera Society. All are welcome.
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Book History WorkshopLyon, 31 August - 3 September 2010For the eighth edition of its Book History Workshop, organised in collaboration with the Rare Book School (University of Virginia), the Lyon-based Institut d'histoire du livre is offering four advanced courses in the fields of book and printing history. Courses on offer this year are:
The Book History Workshop is aimed at book and printing historians and at the many other specialists who encounter questions related to book and printing history in the course of their work: researchers, teachers, archivists, librarians, museum curators, antiquarian booksellers, collectors, designers, etc. The four-day courses offered by the Institut d'histoire du livre cover various aspects of the history of the book and graphic communications. Subjects are dealt with from both theoretical and practical points of view through illustrated lectures, discussions and close study of original documents. The courses make abundant use of the collections of Lyon City Library, Museum of Printing and City Archives.
The courses will take place in Lyon from the 31 August to the Tuition fee: 490 euros (mid-day meals included).
In order to facilitate access to collections of original documents, the number of participants is limited to twelve per class.
Full details of the courses and registration can be found at:
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 The Ministry of FoodUntil 3 January 2011Seventy years ago the wartime government announced the introduction of food rationing - a control that was to remain in force for the next fourteen years. To mark this event Imperial War Museum London is opening The Ministry of Food, a major new exhibition to show how the British public adapted to a world of food shortages by ‘Lending a Hand on the Land’, ‘Digging for Victory’, taking up the ‘War on Waste’, and being both frugal and inventive on the ‘Kitchen Front’. Visitors will discover that growing your own food, eating seasonal fruit and vegetables, reducing imports, recycling and healthy nutrition were just as topical in 1940 as they are today.
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Japantastic: Japanese-inspired patterns
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Ephemera/3019-21 March 2010 On Friday 19 March Valerie Jackson-Harris, chairman of the UK Ephemera Society, will address questions about English ephemera, including identifying and dating items. More information: www.ephemerasociety.org
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Seattle Book and Paper Show 2010Saturday 22 May · 10-18.00
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Salon du Livre et Papiers Anciens8-11 April 2010In the region of 200 European dealers will be offering a profusion of handwritten and printed documents of every sort and kind for this acclaimed paper fair. The metro is an easy ride from central Paris to Porte De Champerret. The theme on this occasion is Le Printemps.
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Victoria & Albert: Art & Love19 March - 31 OctoberThis major exhibition is the first ever to focus on the unique partnership of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their shared enthusiasm for art. Bringing together more than 400 items from the Royal Collection, it celebrates the royal couple’s mutual delight in collecting and displaying works of art, from the time of their engagement in 1839 to the Prince’s untimely death in 1861. The exhibition also challenges the popular image of Victoria – the melancholy widow of 40 years – and reveals her as a passionate and open-minded young woman. A fantastic exhibition that shouldn't be missed by the collector of royalty ephemera.
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OUTBREAK 1939Until 5 September 2010Seventy years after the announcement that signified the start of the Second World War and changed the lives of millions, this special exhibition explores how being a nation at war shaped the lives of ordinary men and women as well as those who were actively involved in the political negotiations and their aftermath. Historical material and personal memorabilia will illustrate the build-up to war and the early months of the conflict.
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Revolution on paper: Mexican prints 1910–1960Until 5 April 2010 Free admissionThis exhibition is the first in Europe to focus on the great age of Mexican printmaking in the first half of the 20th century. It features 130 works by over 40 artists including prints by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Between 1910 and 1920, Mexico was convulsed by a socialist revolution that aimed to topple the elite ruling class and improve conditions for society at large. The left-wing government which emerged laid great emphasis on art as a vehicle to promote the values of the revolution. Walls of public buildings were covered with vast murals, and workshops made prints for mass distribution.
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The Ephemera Society of America's 30th annual Conference and Paper Show will once again convene at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Old Greenwich, CT.  
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