- The October Getman's Virtual fair starts on 6 October at noon.
- Everything on Oak Knoll's website is 20–50% off through 5 October.
- Twelve Romanians held responsible for the January 2017 London warehouse theft of rare books were each sentenced to 3–5 years in prison this week.
- Submissions are now being accepted for the 2020 SHARP DeLong Book Prize.
- Rebecca Rego Barry notes that two Audubon letters about his books are coming up for auction this week at Hindman.
- Over on the Leiden Special Collections blog, Doris Jedamski posts about a recent donation of several letters written during an 18th-century voyage to the Dutch East Indies.
- From the BL's Medieval Manuscripts blog, "The Bamberg Book of Relics."
- Among the Rare Book Monthly articles this month, Clarence Wolf offers a "personal history and perspective" of his decades in the book trade, and Michael Stillman has an obituary note for map collector and scholar Dr. Seymour Schwartz.
Upcoming Auctions
- Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Travel, Science & Engineering at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on 7 October.
- Maps & Atlases at Forum Auctions on 8 October.
- Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers on 8 October.
- Fine Literature – Science Fiction – Illustrated Books at PBA Galleries on 8 October.
- October Sale at Arader Galleries on 10 October.
