- Anne Bromley has a writeup of an extensive Mormon studies collection recently acquired by UVA.
- A digital version of the tenth-century Exeter Book is now available.
- Over on the BL's Medieval Manuscripts blog, "Murder most foul in the Cotswolds" and "The lost miracles of Wulfsige of Evesham."
- Alicia Petersen writes for The Collation on "Decoding Early Modern Gossip."
- Scott Ellwood has a post on the Grolier Club blog on "Tuskegee's Printing Office."
- The French government has acquired the manuscript of the Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom for €4.55 million.
- A copy of Roger L'Estrange's edition of Seneca is featured on Early Modern Female Book Ownership, as is a 1676 Book of Common Prayer.
- Over on the JHI Blog, Alexandra Montgomery on "Imagining Nova Scotia: The Limits of an Eighteenth-Century Imperial Fantasy."
- At Books & Borrowing, "Robert Chambers' Circulating Library Borrowing Register, 1828–1829" and "In Memoriam William St Clair."
- Adam Dalva writes for the New Yorker, "On the Trail of a Mysterious, Pseudonymous Author."
- The St Andrews special collections blog has begun a four-part series highlighting the recent USTC conference on gender and the book trades.
- From the Princeton Graphic Arts Collection blog, a look at the largest Government Printing Office job undertaken in the nineteenth century.
- Peter Steinberg has a rundown of the Plath sale at Sotheby's.
Upcoming Auctions
- Early Printing, Americana, Science, Prints & Ephemera at New England Book Auctions on 27 July.
- Books, Maps & Manuscripts at Tennants Auctioneers on 28 July.
- Books and Works on Paper at Forum Auctions on 29 July.
- Disneyana and Pop Culture at Potter & Potter Auctions on 30 July.
