- From the ABAA, another request for information on items stolen from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, with contact information for the relevant law enforcement officials involved with trying to recover the stolen material.
- Coming up on 5 March 2019 at the Grolier Club, a symposium presented by ILAB, ABAA, and the Grolier Club: "Who Owned This? Libraries and the Rare Book Trade Consider Issues Surrounding Provenance, Theft and Forgery." Free registration is now open.
- New on JSTOR, Biblia and the Princeton University Library Chronicle.
- From Emily Isakson at Past is Present, "An AAS Curiosity: The Puzzle of the Mayan Mural Drawings."
- Alex Johnson in the Independent highlights the faux-titles Dickens used to decorate his bookshelves.
- New from Princeton, the Scott Husby Database of Bindings on Incunables. For background, see the PUL announcement.
- On the Leiden University Special Collections blog, "Mundus Inversus in a Chained Library."
Upcoming Auctions
- Summer Books at Chiswick Auctions on 22 August.
- Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Books & Relics at University Archives on 22 August.
- Americana & the Mexican-American War - Travel & Exploration - Cartography at PBA Galleries on 23 August.
- Summer Magic Auction at Potter & Potter on 25 August.
