- Two notices from the ABAA about missing/stolen books: a copy of the first English edition of Melville's The Confidence Man, and an original photo album of the construction of the Madeira-Mamore Railroad.
- Rebecca Rego Barry highlights some key lots from the 15 June Christie's sale of the ornithological library of Dr. Gerald Dorros.
- NPR ran a story this week about Lovecraft-inspired board games.
- From Heather Wolfe at The Collation, "Imagining a lost set of common-place books."
- At Libraria, a report about recent research which has revealed forty sealskin binding over-covers on manuscripts from the library of Clairvaux Abbey, with indications that the practice may have been even more widespread in the collection.
- Over at the Princeton Graphic Arts Collection blog, "The Shakespeare that almost didn't happen."
- Rare Books Digest takes a look at the Vinegar Bible.
- Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney write for the TLS about the long-distance friendship between Harriet Beecher Stowe and George Eliot.
Book Reviews
- Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent; review by Ron Charles in the WaPo.
- Mike Rapport's The Unruly City; review by Russell Shorto in the NYTimes.
Upcoming Auctions
- Art, Press & Illustrated Books at Swann Galleries on 13 June.
- Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana at Sotheby's New York on 13 June.
- Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs at Bonhams London on 14 June.
- Printed Books, Maps & Documents at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on 14 June.
- The Metropolitan Opera Guild Collection at Christie's New York on 15 June.
- The Ornithological Library of Gerald Dorros, MD at Christie's New York on 15 June.
- Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Including Americana and the Eric C. Caren Collection at Christie's New York on 15 June.
- Rare Books & Manuscripts at PBA Galleries on 15 June.
- Books & Manuscripts at Freeman's on 16 June.
