- The American Antiquarian Society has unveiled plans for a three-story, 7,000-square foot addition to Antiquarian Hall. See the September Almanac for details.
- Over on the OUP blog, Cóilín Parsons writes on "Big data in the nineteenth century."
- At The New Antiquarian, an "In Memoriam" post for bookseller David Holmes, and Rich Rennicks offers up "Ten Reasons to Attend the Boston Book Fair."
- From Mark Oppenheimer on the New Yorker's Page Turner blog, "The Lost Virtue of Cursive."
- Rare Books Digest offers an analysis of the second- and third-quarter book auctions.
- Alison Flood reports for the Guardian about a House of Lords debate this week in which numerous peers criticized the Government for cuts to libraries over the last several years.
- It's that time again: Megan Rosenbloom writes about anthropodermic bindings for Lapham's Quarterly.
- Hay-on-Wye, perhaps the most famous "book town" in the world, could lose its public library, the BBC reports.
- Florence Fearrington has given $5 million to the Wilson Special Collections Library at UNC Chapel Hill.
- Phoenix Alexander writes for the Beinecke's blog about an apparently unrecorded pamphlet found during cataloging of a large collection of slavery tracts.
- I'm not at all just how newsy this is, but the Washington Post reported this week on analyses of the manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence which suggest that twentieth-century conservation efforts may have caused damage to the manuscript.
- The Museum of London has acquired a manuscript account of a January 1667 report to the House of Commons by Sir Robert Brooks, chairman of the committee charged with investigating the origins of the Great Fire of London.
- Book collector Howard Knohl, a selection from whose collection will be sold at Sotheby's this week, is profiled in the Orange County Times.
Reviews
- Richard Holmes' This Long Pursuit; review by Daisy Hay in the Guardian.
- Ronald C. White's American Ulysses; review by T.J. Stiles in the NYTimes.
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Links & Reviews
- Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending my first Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair (and given the weather reports, it sounds like they picked the right weekend for it!). Kate Mitas has a writeup for the Tavistock Books blog. Good venue, decent crowds, and as always a real delight to be among friends from around the biblio-community.
- As Boston approaches, Rich Rennicks has a posted on the ABAA blog offering advice on attending your first book fair.
- Speaking of Boston, the ABAA-RBS seminar series on Thursday, 27 October (right before the fair) still has some spaces available. If you'll be in the area and are interested in a concentrated day of bookish seminars, please join us!
- I missed this announcement in early August: the Berger-Cloonan collection of decorated papers has been acquired by Texas A&M.
- Gavriel Hundiashvili has been charged with the theft of two rare books from the PRPH Books in Manhattan, and has reportedly confessed both to the theft and to mailing the books to the police in September.
- See also, from the NYTimes, Sarah Maslin Nir's piece on rare book theft and booksellers' efforts to combat it.
- The BL and BNF are working on a joint project to digitized some 800 manuscripts from before 1200 CE. Please see Dot Porter's response to this announcement.
- Conservators Frank Mowery and Sonja Jordan-Mowery are profiled in the Lakeland Ledger.
- New letters by Sir Peyton Skipwith at William & Mary's Swem Library include one in which Skipwith mentions his wife Jean's "small, but well-chosen library." (See the library here).
- Matthew Carter will deliver APHA's Lieberman Lecture on 3 December at the Museum of Printing in Haverhill, MA.
- Items from the collection of the Great Evanion (Harry Evans) will go on display at the British Library this week.
- PBA Galleries will sell an extensive archive of Civil War letters this week.
- The NYPL is digitizing its collection of New York city directories from 1786 through 1922/3. Good background and context on the project in the linked post.
- Arizona State University has acquired the Robert A. Lawler collection of sixteenth-century English literature.
- New from Cambridge: Fleuron: A Database of Eighteenth-Century Printers' Ornaments.
- There's a new exhibition on rare book provenance at the University of Adelaide.
- Michael Danaher is currently on trial in Oxford Crown Court for the April murder of rare book dealer Adrian Greenwood. Prosecutors claim the murder was "part of an attempt" to steal a first edition of The Wind in the Willows. The book was found in Danaher's house, along with lists of "people of means" the defendant allegedly planned to kidnap or rob.
- Jonathon Green's Dictionary of Slang is now available online.
- Over at The Collation, Abbie Weinberg and Elizabeth DeBold take a look at the "other" First Folio (Jonson's Workes), published four hundred years ago.
- Ben Cort writes for the Harvard Crimson about a project to digitize Native American petitions in the collections of the Massachusetts State Archives.
- Atlas Obscura visits the hidden apartments inside the NYPL's branch libraries.
- The National Library of Israel has acquired a collection of manuscripts related to the Silk Road.
- From Bookhunter on Safari, a profile of Clara Millard, "the most successful book-huntress in the world."
- More Rare Books of Instagram on the Fine Books Blog.
- Google and Monotype have launched Noto, an open-source typeface family designed to be used for any language.
- Sotheby's will sell the Bible collection of Charles Ryrie in December.
- John Pipkin writes for Lithub about bookseller James Lackington and his Temple of the Muses bookshop.
Reviews
- Zara Anishanslin's Portrait of a Woman in Silk; review by Alyssa Zuercher Reichardt at The Junto.
- Shakespeare & Company, Paris (edited by Krista Halverson); review by Frances Spalding in the Guardian.
- Corey Mead's Angelic Music; review by Eugenia Zukerman in the WaPo.
- Alan Taylor's American Revolutions; review by Louisa Thomas in the WaPo.
- Colin Dickey's Ghostland; review by Tom Zoellner in the LATimes.
- The current Grolier Club exhibition, "The Centaur Turns One Hundred"; review by Allison Meier at Hyperallergic.
- As Boston approaches, Rich Rennicks has a posted on the ABAA blog offering advice on attending your first book fair.
- Speaking of Boston, the ABAA-RBS seminar series on Thursday, 27 October (right before the fair) still has some spaces available. If you'll be in the area and are interested in a concentrated day of bookish seminars, please join us!
- I missed this announcement in early August: the Berger-Cloonan collection of decorated papers has been acquired by Texas A&M.
- Gavriel Hundiashvili has been charged with the theft of two rare books from the PRPH Books in Manhattan, and has reportedly confessed both to the theft and to mailing the books to the police in September.
- See also, from the NYTimes, Sarah Maslin Nir's piece on rare book theft and booksellers' efforts to combat it.
- The BL and BNF are working on a joint project to digitized some 800 manuscripts from before 1200 CE. Please see Dot Porter's response to this announcement.
- Conservators Frank Mowery and Sonja Jordan-Mowery are profiled in the Lakeland Ledger.
- New letters by Sir Peyton Skipwith at William & Mary's Swem Library include one in which Skipwith mentions his wife Jean's "small, but well-chosen library." (See the library here).
- Matthew Carter will deliver APHA's Lieberman Lecture on 3 December at the Museum of Printing in Haverhill, MA.
- Items from the collection of the Great Evanion (Harry Evans) will go on display at the British Library this week.
- PBA Galleries will sell an extensive archive of Civil War letters this week.
- The NYPL is digitizing its collection of New York city directories from 1786 through 1922/3. Good background and context on the project in the linked post.
- Arizona State University has acquired the Robert A. Lawler collection of sixteenth-century English literature.
- New from Cambridge: Fleuron: A Database of Eighteenth-Century Printers' Ornaments.
- There's a new exhibition on rare book provenance at the University of Adelaide.
- Michael Danaher is currently on trial in Oxford Crown Court for the April murder of rare book dealer Adrian Greenwood. Prosecutors claim the murder was "part of an attempt" to steal a first edition of The Wind in the Willows. The book was found in Danaher's house, along with lists of "people of means" the defendant allegedly planned to kidnap or rob.
- Jonathon Green's Dictionary of Slang is now available online.
- Over at The Collation, Abbie Weinberg and Elizabeth DeBold take a look at the "other" First Folio (Jonson's Workes), published four hundred years ago.
- Ben Cort writes for the Harvard Crimson about a project to digitize Native American petitions in the collections of the Massachusetts State Archives.
- Atlas Obscura visits the hidden apartments inside the NYPL's branch libraries.
- The National Library of Israel has acquired a collection of manuscripts related to the Silk Road.
- From Bookhunter on Safari, a profile of Clara Millard, "the most successful book-huntress in the world."
- More Rare Books of Instagram on the Fine Books Blog.
- Google and Monotype have launched Noto, an open-source typeface family designed to be used for any language.
- Sotheby's will sell the Bible collection of Charles Ryrie in December.
- John Pipkin writes for Lithub about bookseller James Lackington and his Temple of the Muses bookshop.
Reviews
- Zara Anishanslin's Portrait of a Woman in Silk; review by Alyssa Zuercher Reichardt at The Junto.
- Shakespeare & Company, Paris (edited by Krista Halverson); review by Frances Spalding in the Guardian.
- Corey Mead's Angelic Music; review by Eugenia Zukerman in the WaPo.
- Alan Taylor's American Revolutions; review by Louisa Thomas in the WaPo.
- Colin Dickey's Ghostland; review by Tom Zoellner in the LATimes.
- The current Grolier Club exhibition, "The Centaur Turns One Hundred"; review by Allison Meier at Hyperallergic.
Monday, October 03, 2016
Links & Reviews
A warning: timing on these posts may be wonky for the next month or so, as I've got a heavy travel schedule; I'll try to keep up with things and will post when I can.
- Oak Knoll Fest XIX this past weekend seemed a grand success: excellent panel discussions and lectures, a very well-attended fine press showcase, and some unbeatable sales at Oak Knoll Books. I know I'm not alone in looking forward to the next one!
- The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair is coming up this weekend, and the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held from 28 to 30 October.
- The ABAA reports the theft of "a number of maps and prints focused on Arctic Exploration, Ethnography, and Circumpolar Navigation" from Juneau, Alaska.
- Christopher de Hamel's Guardian piece about the potential identification of a psalter as once belonging to St. Thomas Becket is a must-read.
- From Eureka Books, a good rundown of the consequences of a new California law governing the sale of autographed books and artwork.
- Jay Moschella writes for the BPL's Collections of Distinction blog about a forged Shakespeare signature. Also see his previous post on the 1598 Richard II quarto.
- From Don Skemer at Princeton, an overview of the library's holdings of William Henry Ireland's Shakespeare forgeries.
- John Lancaster posted on ExLibris on behalf of Elly Cockx-Indestege, who is looking for books from the collection of the 8th Duke of Arenberg. See the post for images of the relevant provenance marks.
- There's a survey (open until 1 November) asking "What I Did Not Learn in Library School" - if it applies, you might consider helping out the researchers. See this post for more details.
- A new exhibition at Trinity College's Watkinson Library celebrates the library's 150th anniversary.
- The catalog of Yale Law Library's current exhibition, "Representing the Law in the Most Serene Republic: Images of Authority from Renaissance Venice" is now available as a PDF, and a selection of photos from the show are up on Flickr.
- Sotheby's posts about a Lewis Carroll manuscript coming up for sale later this month which includes a list of friends the author intended to receive copies of his 1890 work The Nursery of Alice.
- October's Rare Books Monthly articles are up: they include a profile of bookseller Kurt Sanftleben.
- Lew Jaffe has posted a number of interesting bookplates he's willing to exchange for others not currently represented in his collection.
- AbeBooks.com has introduced a new "Collections" section, themed lists curated by member booksellers.
- See a video about the University of Iowa Center for the Book's attempt to make 2,000 sheets of chancery paper in a single day
- Rich Rennicks posts for The New Antiquarian about the "wordless novels" of Lynd Ward.
- Over at The Junto, Joe Adelman proposes a massive but very useful resource on how the Bible was used and interpreted in early America.
- A major Poe exhibition opens this week at John Hopkins' Peabody Library.
- Sarah Werner posts on "researching while unaffiliated."
- Heywood Hill is running a Library Lifetime Prize Draw: tell them the book that has meant the most to you, and you could win a book a month, for life!
- Christie's profiles Glenn Horowitz.
- Christopher Minty talks to Carolle Morini of the Boston Athenaeum at The Junto.
- For their "Mystery Monday" post, the folks at the Provenance Online Project have a monogram bookplate for us to puzzle out.
- Lisa Fagin Davis posts on Manuscript Road Trip about the ongoing Beyond Words exhibition in Boston. More on this on the Fine Books Blog.
- There's a Vandercook SP-20 that could be yours ... and Josef Beery has developed a new tabletop letterpress, the Book Beetle (see the video).
- A new exhibition at the V&A explores David Garrick as a book collector.
Reviews
- Krista Halverson's Shakespeare and Company, Paris; review in The Economist.
- Elizabeth Yale's Sociable Knowledge; review by Katherine Walker for the British Society for Literature and Science.
- Ruth Franklin's Shirley Jackson; reviews by Elaine Showalter in the WaPo and Scott Bradfield in the LATimes.
- Mark Kurlansky's Paper and Keith Houston's The Book; review by Dennis Duncan in the TLS.
- Oak Knoll Fest XIX this past weekend seemed a grand success: excellent panel discussions and lectures, a very well-attended fine press showcase, and some unbeatable sales at Oak Knoll Books. I know I'm not alone in looking forward to the next one!
- The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair is coming up this weekend, and the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held from 28 to 30 October.
- The ABAA reports the theft of "a number of maps and prints focused on Arctic Exploration, Ethnography, and Circumpolar Navigation" from Juneau, Alaska.
- Christopher de Hamel's Guardian piece about the potential identification of a psalter as once belonging to St. Thomas Becket is a must-read.
- From Eureka Books, a good rundown of the consequences of a new California law governing the sale of autographed books and artwork.
- Jay Moschella writes for the BPL's Collections of Distinction blog about a forged Shakespeare signature. Also see his previous post on the 1598 Richard II quarto.
- From Don Skemer at Princeton, an overview of the library's holdings of William Henry Ireland's Shakespeare forgeries.
- John Lancaster posted on ExLibris on behalf of Elly Cockx-Indestege, who is looking for books from the collection of the 8th Duke of Arenberg. See the post for images of the relevant provenance marks.
- There's a survey (open until 1 November) asking "What I Did Not Learn in Library School" - if it applies, you might consider helping out the researchers. See this post for more details.
- A new exhibition at Trinity College's Watkinson Library celebrates the library's 150th anniversary.
- The catalog of Yale Law Library's current exhibition, "Representing the Law in the Most Serene Republic: Images of Authority from Renaissance Venice" is now available as a PDF, and a selection of photos from the show are up on Flickr.
- Sotheby's posts about a Lewis Carroll manuscript coming up for sale later this month which includes a list of friends the author intended to receive copies of his 1890 work The Nursery of Alice.
- October's Rare Books Monthly articles are up: they include a profile of bookseller Kurt Sanftleben.
- Lew Jaffe has posted a number of interesting bookplates he's willing to exchange for others not currently represented in his collection.
- AbeBooks.com has introduced a new "Collections" section, themed lists curated by member booksellers.
- See a video about the University of Iowa Center for the Book's attempt to make 2,000 sheets of chancery paper in a single day
- Rich Rennicks posts for The New Antiquarian about the "wordless novels" of Lynd Ward.
- Over at The Junto, Joe Adelman proposes a massive but very useful resource on how the Bible was used and interpreted in early America.
- A major Poe exhibition opens this week at John Hopkins' Peabody Library.
- Sarah Werner posts on "researching while unaffiliated."
- Heywood Hill is running a Library Lifetime Prize Draw: tell them the book that has meant the most to you, and you could win a book a month, for life!
- Christie's profiles Glenn Horowitz.
- Christopher Minty talks to Carolle Morini of the Boston Athenaeum at The Junto.
- For their "Mystery Monday" post, the folks at the Provenance Online Project have a monogram bookplate for us to puzzle out.
- Lisa Fagin Davis posts on Manuscript Road Trip about the ongoing Beyond Words exhibition in Boston. More on this on the Fine Books Blog.
- There's a Vandercook SP-20 that could be yours ... and Josef Beery has developed a new tabletop letterpress, the Book Beetle (see the video).
- A new exhibition at the V&A explores David Garrick as a book collector.
Reviews
- Krista Halverson's Shakespeare and Company, Paris; review in The Economist.
- Elizabeth Yale's Sociable Knowledge; review by Katherine Walker for the British Society for Literature and Science.
- Ruth Franklin's Shirley Jackson; reviews by Elaine Showalter in the WaPo and Scott Bradfield in the LATimes.
- Mark Kurlansky's Paper and Keith Houston's The Book; review by Dennis Duncan in the TLS.
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