Lots to catch up on; I took some time away from the computer for a while so I'm sure I've missed a few things here - feel free to send them along.
- The LDS Church has paid $35 million for the printer's manuscript copy of the Book of Mormon.
- From the Princeton Graphic Arts Collection blog, "How many copies of Birds of America does a family need?" and "Havell's Copper."
- At The Collation, "Consuming the New World."
- From Rachael Herrmann at The Junto, "How not to write your first book."
- The BL is asking for crowdsourcing help with its 19th-century playbills.
- Sandra L. Brooke has been appointed Avery Director of the Library at the Huntington Library.
- The winner's of this year's National Collegiate Book Collecting Competition and the inaugural Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize have been announced.
- From the Village Voice, "Keepers of the Secrets."
- The AAS has launched an illustrated inventory of their watch paper collection.
- A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold for $81,000.
- John Crichton will deliver the inaugural Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trade in California and the West at the Book Club of California on 30 October.
- From Erin Schreiner at JHIBlog, "You Should Learn Descriptive Bibliography."
- In the TLS, Dimitra Fimi asks "Why build new worlds?"
- Now on display at Yale's Beinecke Library, "Making the Medieval English Manuscript."
- Another Voynich Manuscript "solution" has been proposed.
- Jonathan Senchyne's identification of a George Moses Horton essay at the NYPL is featured in the NYTimes.
- From Jot101, "Fakery, forgery and the fore-edge painter."
- At American Book Collecting, "Book Hunter Bypaths Explored & Exposed."
- The OUP Blog has an excerpt from Kevin Hayes' new book George Washington: A Life in Books.
- Prince Rupert's Drops are the order of the day at The Collation.
- The Library of Congress' collection of James K. Polk papers are now available online.
- The Junto has a Q&A with Coll Thrush about his new book Indigenous London.
- Over at Notes from Under Grounds, a look at early UVA library shelfmarks.
- Emily Yankowitz writes for JHIBlog on "William Plumer and the Politics of History Writing."
Reviews
- A new film on the NYPL, "Ex Libris"; review by Jordan Hoffman in the Guardian.
- Michael Sims' Frankenstein Dreams; review by Genevieve Valentine for NPR.
- Walter Stahr's Stanton; review by David Holahan for the CSM.
- Coll Thrush's Indigenous London; review by Sara Georgini at The Junto.
Upcoming Auctions
- Fine Books and Manuscripts Featuring Exploration & Travel at Bonhams New York on 26 September.
- The Vivien Leigh Collection at Sotheby's London on 26 September.
- The Library of John and Suzanne Bonham at Sotheby's London on 26 September.
- The Yeats Family Collection at Sotheby's London on 27 September.
- Printed and Manuscript Americana at Swann Galleries on 28 September.
