# Event Details - **Event Name**: Lecture | Books, Luv, and Envy - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: with Christine NelsonAbout this EventAlmost exact contemporaries, Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) and A. S. W. Rosenbach (1876–1952) were luminaries of the twentieth-century rare book world. Both were elite collection-builders, savvy professional operators, ambitious self-mythmakers, indefatigable bons vivants, and brilliant bibliophiles. By the late 1920s, Greene was director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, overseeing what was arguably the nation’s finest institutional collection of rare printed books and bindings, medieval manuscripts, and literary and historical manuscripts. Rosenbach was the country’s leading antiquarian bookseller, his firm headquartered in Philadelphia with a New York showroom located not far from the Morgan on East 51st Street. While both were shrewd enough to capitalize upon each other’s stature and connections, they were also fortunate to find, and enjoy, a friendship that matured during the twilight of their lives.This talk is a preview of the essay “‘A Race Apart: The Bibliophilic Networks of Belle da Costa Greene and A. S. W. Rosenbach,” to be published in a forthcoming book on Greene and the antiquarian book trade (eds. Laura Cleaver and Natalia Fantetti).CHRISTINE NELSON is the former Drue Heinz Curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum, where she curated exhibitions on such topics as the journal of Henry David Thoreau, the life and work of Charlotte Brontë, and the creation of The Little Prince. She curated the exhibition J. Pierpont Morgan: Building the Bookman’s Paradise and contributed to the catalog, which received the 2025 book award from the Victorian Society in America. She was the 2025–26 Faith Andrews Fellow at Winterthur in support of a forthcoming project related to Shaker women’s reading practices.RegistrationIf you are a Grolier Club member, please register yourself and your guests via the Club website. Do not register via Eventbrite.SupportWe appreciate your interest in the Grolier Club’s programming on the art and history of the book. For over 130 years we have offered our exhibitions and lectures to the public, free of charge. If you have enjoyed these offerings, and would like to support that tradition, and help ensure that it continues, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Grolier Club. AccessibilityAn ADA-compliant lift from street level to the lobby is available to anyone with mobility issues. All desk staff should be ready and able to assist you in operating the lift, with or without advance notice.A “T-Coil” assisted listening system is available to anyone attending a lecture in the Exhibition Hall. Visitors with hearing aids should turn their devices to the “T” setting in order to access the system; visitors without hearing aids may request a “loop receiver” with earphones.EnvironmentThe temperature and humidity in the exhibition hall are tightly controlled for the sake of the valuable items on display, and this may cause the room to feel chilly, particularly in warmer weather, to those coming in from outside. Members and visitors are advised to bring a light wrap when visiting an exhibition, or attending an event in the hall. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/lecture-books-luv-and-envy/100001993629193585 - **Event Categories**: exhibitions, art, nonprofit, literary-art, sports, it - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: The Grolier Club - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: The Grolier Club - **lat**: 40.7640195 - **long**: -73.9699171 - **full address**: The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Lecture | Books, Luv, and Envy - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/9120de1c64495a5463186ec9908a2d5a22a905795fe12a0860e0d11ec9d07b02-rimg-w1180-h591-dcfcfbe6-gmir.jpg?v=1783777222 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Lecture | Books, Luv, and Envy being held? - **A:** Lecture | Books, Luv, and Envy takes place on Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Lecture | Books, Luv, and Envy? - **A:** Lecture | Books, Luv, and Envy is organized by The Grolier Club. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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