- Getman's Virtual Book & Paper Fair for July opens at noon on Tuesday, 7 June. And the Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair goes virtual - it will be held 11–13 September.
- Ashley Cataldo from AAS is in the "Bright Young Librarians" spotlight this week.
- Yale's Beinecke Library has acquired the incredible Frederick Douglass collection of Dr. Walter Evans (I am in the middle of David Blight's wonderful biography of Douglass at the moment, which makes clear just how important this collection is). See also Michael Morand's announcement for Yale.
- A biblio-deal alert: A. Franklin Parks' William Parks: The Colonial Printer in the Transatlantic World of the Eighteenth Century (Penn State University Press) is available at $7.95 from Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller (the list price was $84.95). It looks like they've also got Roderick Cave and Sara Ayad's The History of the Book in 100 Books for $7.95 too, which is also a very good deal.
- Over at Philobiblon, the 2020 Bind-o-Rama, of fish-skin bindings!
- There's a new "Crocodile Mystery" from the Folger this week.
- Rick Stattler has a new basic collector's guide to the Declaration of Independence for Swann.
- Over on the Grolier Club blog, Meghan Constantinou writes about a "Fifteenth-Century Manuscript Wrapper on a Rare Incunable" in the club's library.
- Rebecca Rego Barry notes a large collection of bookplates being offered at Swann this week.
- From the Bodleian's Conveyor blog, "Alice in Medieval Oxford."
- Another interesting provenance/marginalia mystery from the Middle Temple Library blog.
- July's Rare Book Monthly articles include Michael Stillman's report on the Schulman/Priore sentencing and a "brief update on the field" from Bruce McKinney.
- The National Library of Scotland has released datasets drawn from the library catalogs of the Advocates Library covering 1692 through 1878.
- Will Hansen is collecting contributions for his second issue of a zine about dreams concerning rare books and special collections.
Upcoming Auctions
- Fine Books and Manuscripts at Bonhams ends on 8 July.
- Livres de la Bibliothèque du Docteur Henri Polaillon: Livres Anciens et de Costumes Militaires at Binoche et Giquello on 9 July.
- Livres de Voyages – Atlas – Cartes at ALDE on 9 July.
- Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books at Swann Galleries on 9 July.
- Fine Art – Photography & Prints – Food & Drink – Illustrated Books at PBA Galleries on 9 July.
