- Some modern first editions have gone missing from the Portland, OR area; see the ABAA theft report.
- Live Science follows up on the investigation into the theft of books from a London shipping warehouse in January 2017.
- Dennis Duncan joined David Attenborough at the ABA Rare Books Fair last weekend and reported on it for the TLS. Scott Reyburn also reported on the fair for the NYTimes.
- Sarah Thomas will retire as Harvard University Librarian at the end of the year.
- June's selection of Rare Book Monthly articles is posted.
- Posted on Exlibris, a letter of thanks from the BnF to ILAB for assistance in recovering some stolen books and prints.
- Not new, but passed along to me this week and very interesting, a 2012 Bookhunter on Safari post about the book catalogs of P. M. Barnard.
- "The paper that poisoned its printers" in the Economist.
- The manuscript of the Two Ronnies "Four Candles" sketch (watch on YouTube) sold for £28,000 this week at East Bristol Auctions.
- Weird bookmarks in the Guardian.
Reviews
- The Bodleian's new Tolkien exhibition; reviews by Samantha Shannon in the Guardian and John Garth in the Telegraph.
- Kirk Wallace Johnson's The Feather Thief; review by Joshua Hammer in the NYTimes.
- Matthew Pearl's The Dante Chamber; review by Patrick Anderson in the WaPo.
- C. D. Rose's Who's Who When Everyone is Someone Else; review by Michael Dirda in the WaPo.
- Stuart Kells' The Library; review by John Glassie in the NYTimes.
Upcoming Auctions
- Autographs, Manuscripts, and Certificates at Dorotheum on 4 June.
- Illustration Art at Swann Galleries on 5 June.
- Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books at Swann Galleries on 7 June.
- Fine Books & Manuscripts at Skinner (online) continues through 8 June.
