- Getman's Virtual Bibliophilic Holiday Gift Fair is open through tomorrow, 7 December, with new items to be added tomorrow morning.
- The manuscript volume of Donne poems identified at Melford Hall in 2018 has been acquired by the British Library, Dalya Alberge reports for the Guardian.
- Rebecca Romney's recent University of Delaware talk, "Building Bridges: Expanding the Reach of Rare Books in the Next Generation" is now available to watch, as is her Hollyer Lecture for the Toronto Public Library, "Sherlockian Collecting: A Tour of Creative, Clever, and Weird Pursuits."
- Michelle Taylor writes for the New Yorker on "The Secret History of T.S. Eliot's Muse."
- The ABAA has posted a "Missing in Transit" notice of books gone astray in Kentfield, CA.
- Jamie Cumby is in the "Bright Young Librarians" spotlight this week.
- The ABAA Women's Initiative has launched an ABAA Mentorship Program.
- From Books and Borrowing, Alex Deans on "The World in Print: Borrowings of Voyages and Travels."
- Over at Medieval Manuscripts Provenance, "Sotheby Manuscripts at Sotheby's."
- Nikki Tompkins writes for the Jesus College Libraries blog about a recent conservation project undertaken on a 1674 Bodleian Library catalogue used as a working copy to compare the Bodleian's holdings with those of Jesus College.
Upcoming Auctions
- The Otto Penzler Collection of Mystery Fiction, Part IV at Heritage Auctions ends on 7 December.
- Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts including Fine Bindings and Science Books from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune part II at Bellmans on 8 December.
- English Literature, History, Science, Children's Books and Illustrations at Sotheby's ends on 8 December.
- Valuable Books and Manuscripts at Christie's London on 9 December.
- Christmas Rare Book Sale at Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers on 9 December.
- Highlights from the Medical Library of the Late James Tait Goodrich at Bonhams New York on 10 December.
- Comics at PBA Galleries on 10 December.
- Fine Books and Manuscripts at Bonhams New York on 11 December.
