- The four Transylvania University book thieves talked to Ben Machell of the Times.
- Jessica Leigh Hester writes for Atlas Obscura about "The Crack Squad of Librarians Who Track Down Half-Forgotten Books."
- From Mary Beard in the TLS, "Where do the books belong?"
- Over at Exeter Working Papers in Book History, "Sir Thomas Bodley: Commemorating a Great Exonian."
- Princeton University Library hosted students from several HBCUs in July for the first installment of an Archives Research and Collaborative History program, designed "to introduce students to the archival field, the importance of diversity in archival collections, how to use primary-source documents and potential career opportunities. The program also encouraged students to make connections between historical narratives and present-day social justice issues."
- Alison Flood reports for the Guardian on recent work to identify and create a database of poems written in response to the Lancashire Cotton Famine.
- A 14th-century manuscript has been returned to the Egyptian national library after it was identified in the catalog for a Bonhams sale in April. The manuscript had disappeared from the library in the 1970s.
Review
- Philippe Costamagna's The Eye; review by Alexander C. Kafka in the WaPo.
Upcoming Auctions
- Hunting Books from the Collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson at Doyle on 14 August (online only).
- Printed Books, Maps & Documents at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on 15 August.
- Rare Books & Ephemera at Addison & Sarova on 18 August.
