The Caxton Club brings together archivists, authors, binders, book artists, booksellers, collectors, conservators, designers, editors, librarians, printers, publishers, scholars, and others. Members from these diverse backgrounds form a community that shares a love of printed, handwritten, and digital books and related textual objects, such as pamphlets, broadsides, maps, and ephemera. The club provides a forum to learn about the arts, history, and technologies of these materials, as well as a space to share the joys of appreciating and collecting them.

Sarah M. Pritchard, President....... Rudy Altergott, Vice-President...... Leslie J. Winter, Secretary....... Jeffrey Jahns, Treasurer......
CAXTONIAN.ORG: A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONLINE ARCHIVE OF THE FIRST 27 YEARS OF THE CAXTONIAN.
L–R: Cynthia Walls, Sarah Pritchard, and Nora Brooks Blakely
Caxton Club Grants Recipients Artist’s books
The Caxton Club proudly salutes the winners of the 2024 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize.
CHICAGO 101 AUTHORS: Each of the 101 titles is the focus of an essay by a leading scholar, writer, or bibliophile.

Caxton Members: Submit your item to our online exhibit, Caxtonians’ Collections.
Exhibit is open to all.



UPCOMING CAXTON PROGRAMS

Caxton Club programs run from September through June with a second Friday daytime program at Noon CT and a third Wednesday evening program at 6:30 PM CT. Please see detailed descriptions for available programs.

Virtual programs will consist of quality Zoom presentations with real-time Q&A features immediately following. All programs — virtual or in-person — require advance registration on the club’s website. This allows Zoom instructions to be sent before programs, and for planning for in-person programs where space is limited. As usual, we will record all programs and make them available for viewing in the Past Programs section of our website’s Members Only section.

Only registrants who miss a program or wish to view it again will be given the opportunity to request a link to a recording of the program.

  • Elyse Graham on Book and Dagger

    • 09/12/2025
    • 12:00 PM
    • Fri 09/12/2025 12:00PM CT Zoom presentation is free and open to all. Preregistration required via website. ULCC live attendance–Zoom presentation and optional lunch ($35) following. Seating limit is 24. Reservations required by 12PM CT 9/10.
    Register

    September Midday Program




    Remember why we chose you for this assignment. You’re a reader. September 12 is the day all your training is put to the test.

    The code will be included in the special communique you’ll receive after you register. Memorize it and make it your own.

    It will be vital as you rendezvous with the other Caxton agents to interrogate the author of Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II (Ecco Books – An Imprint of Harper Collins).

    Who is this phantom? It’s Elyse Graham, codename Seawolf.

    Her cover story? Historian. Professor. Ivy covered halls of Stony Brook University, which cleverly hides in plain sight … in Stony Brook, New York. Graduate of Princeton. MIT. Yale.

    This is your chance to unmask crafty saboteurs like Adele Kibre – medievalist. Sherman Kent – Yale historian. And more. You know the types. A chilling glance. A penetrating question. They knew how to wound.

    Location. Steel Room. Eighth Floor. Union League Club. Noon. September 12. A big screen on the wall followed by a luncheon that will challenge the very fabric of your will power. (The soup alone could do in your diet.)

    Or, if your cover’s been blown, head for your safe house and login. Zoom will be your handler and using Chat to ask questions has a way of making speakers talk.

    Gathered at the Union League Club or hunkered down in your safe house, trench coats are optional.

    Live attendance and optional lunch

    View Zoom program on eighth floor, Steel Room, Union League Club. Presentation begins at 12:00 PM CT. Optional lunch immediately following in the fourth floor Rendezvous. $35 includes non-alcoholic beverage, a cup of soup, and your choice of sandwich, salad, or hot entree, tax, and tip.

    Zoom presentation is free and open to all.

    Zoom begins at 12:00PM CT/1:00 PM ET. Preregistration required via website.

    Please forward this notice to anyone who may find it of interest.

    Even if you can’t attend at the scheduled time, if you’re interested, please register. After the program, we’ll send an email to all registrants, asking if you’d like a link to the complete recording. That way you can see the program even if you couldn’t attend live, ran into technical issues, or simply wanted to watch it again.

    Transportation to the Union League Club at 65 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago.

    The Union League Club is easily accessible through many public transportation methods. Additionally, the following options are available for those who wish to travel by cab or car.

    The Union League Club front desk offers a connection to cab service through Curb. The desk will call cabs for members and all guests while allowing riders to remain inside until the cab arrives. No curbside wait. Cabs will accept all payment forms, following the payment procedures you experience with a street-hailed cab.

    If you are traveling by car, the Union League Club offers valet parking for Caxton events at $35.00. You must register and prepay in advance through the Caxton Club. Valet parking options will now be included as an option with all event registrations.

    Spot Hero is an independent parking option, generally offering spots at the 318 S. Federal Street garage adjacent to the Union League Club. You may reserve and pay for a guaranteed parking spot through the Spot Hero app or website (spothero.com).

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