- Rebecca Fishbein offers "A Brief History of the Strand," founded ninety years ago this year.
- David Laskin writes for the NYTimes Travel section on "The Hidden Treasures in Italian Libraries."
- A nicely illustrated 1819 ship's log sold at Swann last week for $20,800.
- Keith Houston highlights a new punctuation mark ("a Dutch interrobang") and interviews the typographer behind it.
- Tawrin Baker writes for the Huntington's blog on "Visualizing the Anatomy of the Eye."
- Maggs Bros. new shop gets the Architectural Digest treatment.
- Over at Past is Present, an interview with Chris Phillips about his research at AAS.
- Edward Whitley asks "Where did Leaves of Grass come from?"
- On 15 July, the Massachusetts Historical Society will host a "Transcribe-a-thon" to mark John Quincy Adams' 250th birthday.
- The Chicago Tribune reports on the upcoming $11 million renovation at the Newberry Library.
- Ellen G.K. Rubin's collection of movable books is featured in Atlas Obscura.
- Ian Ehling has been appointed Director of Fine Books & Manuscripts at Bonhams New York.
- Bookseller Garrett Scott offers up a really fascinating probate inventory featuring a detailed library list.
- In the TLS, Stuart Kelly on "Writing beyond the grave."
- If you have bought from or sold to ebay user davius-9srhw8rb, please contact the ABAA.
Reviews
- Yael Rice reviews the Sackler Gallery's recent exhibition "The Art of the Qu'ran" in the LARB.
- Erica Benner's Be Like the Fox; review by Edmund Fawcett in the NYTimes.
- Rüdiger Safranski's Goethe: Life as a Work of Art; review by Michael Hofmann in the NYTimes.
- Joe Berkowitz's Away with Words; review by Allan Fallow in the WaPo.
- The British Museum's exhibition and catalog on Hokusai; review by Peter Maber in the TLS.
Upcoming Auctions
- Books, Autographs and Works at Paper at Bloomsbury on 22 June.
- Fine Judaica at Kestenbaum and Company on 22 June.
- Books and Ephemera at National Book Auctions on 24 June.
