- Marc Wortman writes for the April issue of Vanity Fair, "Cracking the Case of London's Elusive, Acrobatic Rare-Book Thieves."
- From the UK National Archives blog, "Playing cards captured at sea," highlighting a cool find in the Prize Papers collection.
- Over at Books and Borrowing, "Women Borrowers at Westerkirk Library."
- The Princeton University Library blog highlights Emma Sarconi's work on the Her Book project, identifying and cataloging ownership markings by women in books from the Princeton collections.
- Over on the FB&C blog, Emily Wells is in the "Bright Young Collectors" spotlight.
- A new edition of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series will include the author's own illustrations.
- Charlotte Higgins reports for the Guardian on the retraction of a chapter about the provenance of Sappho fragments announced in 2014.
- Meghan Constantinou will give a talk on 4 May, "Private Library Catalogues as Sources for Library History: An Apprecation." Free but registration is required.
- In El Pais, "Why Spain's National Library covered up the theft of a Galileo original work."
- The Boston Public Library has received a $2.1 million gift for preservation and cataloging of some 400,000 volumes. Excellent news!
- Over on the BL's Medieval Manuscripts blog, "The colour purple."
- Stephen Durchslag has announced that he will bequeath his collection of some 4,500 Passover Haggadot to the University of Chicago. The bequest also includes support for cataloging, endowed collections funds, a curatorship, and fellowships.
Upcoming Auctions
- Autographes & Manuscrits at Aguttes on 29 March.
- Fine Books and Manuscripts Online at Bonhams ends on 30 March.
- Rare Books and Incunabula at Lark Mason Associates ends on 30 March.
- Travel & Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson on 30 March.
- Fine Books and Manuscripts at Bonhams London on 31 March.
- Americana – Travel & Exploration – World History – Cartography at PBA Galleries on 1 April.
