- A new Virtual Research Environment for the the Dutch Prize Papers has been released.
- Don Skemer has a checklist of Middle English manuscripts at Princeton.
- A long-missing volume of autobiographical writings by Alice Wandesford Thornton has been identified in the collections of Durham Cathedral.
- A Bible presented to Lincoln in 1864 and given by his widow to a Springfield minister in 1872 will soon go on display at the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum after being donated by descendants of the minister.
- From Siel Agugliaro on the Penn SCPC blog, "The 'Theatricals in Philadelphia' Scrapbooks: Or, How Yesterday's Old Stuff Became the Treasure Trove of Today."
- Another update on that dismembered Book of Hours over at Medieval Manuscripts Provenance.
- The BL's Medieval Manuscripts blog has an updated list of recently-digitized manuscripts.
- The presentation copy of Darwin's Origin sold at Bonhams last week for $500,075, setting a new auction record for the book.
- Over at the Princeton Graphic Arts blog, a post about Audubon's request of Havell to re-engrave several of the Lizars plates of his birds.
- Russ Davidson has donated his extensive collection of George Orwell to the University of New Mexico Libraries.
- In the LARB, the first chapter of Ilan Stavens' The Return of Carvajal: A Mystery, forthcoming in October from Penn State University Press. Looks like a book to watch for!
- Kurt Zimmerman has a second installment of his Book Hunter's Bibliocatechism.
Upcoming Auctions
- Dans la Bibliothèque de Jacques Attali at ALDE on 25 June.
- Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases & Historical Photographs at Bonhams London on 26 June.
- The Library & Picture Collection of the late Martin Woolf Orskey at Dominic Winter on 26 June.
- Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Photos & Books at University Archives on 26 June.
- Books & Works on Paper at Chiswick Auctions on 27 June.
- Fine Literature with Mystery & Detective Fiction at PBA Galleries on 27 June.
- Livres & Manuscrits at Aguttes on 28 June.
