- Less than a month now until the Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair, which will feature more than 110 dealers this year plus a full weekend of exhibitions, seminars, &c. Very much looking forward to it!
- From the Swann Galleries blog, "What—exactly—is the Swann Shelf Sale?" (It's coming up on 22 August).
- Another "Missing in Transit" alert from the ABAA - if you can help, please do!
- Israel's national library has opened another tranche of Kafka's papers recently returned from Germany.
- Jamie Quatro writes for the New Yorker on "The Hidden Life of a Forgotten Sixteenth-Century Female Poet."
- A.N. Devers' The Second Shelf is highlighted in a piece by Mareesa Nicosia for Barron's.
Upcoming Auctions
- Angling & Miscellaneous Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson (online) at Doyle New York, ending on 13 August.
- The Glynn and Suzanne Crain Science Fiction Collection at Heritage Auctions on 13–14 August.
- Printed Books, Maps & Documents at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on 14 August.
- Rare Books and Ephemera at Addison & Sarova on 17 August.
