The winners of the 2013 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest are: First Prize: Elias Serna, University of Califonia-Riverside, The Chicano Movement Second Prize: Ashley Young, Duke University, ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from August 2013
This item is still missing as of 5/25/2019. The following autograph is missing: Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (1860-1903) Autograph Note Signed on visiting card (business card size), both sides, signed... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from July 2013
JAMES CUMMINS BOOKSELLER of New York City is seeking an experienced antiquarian book cataloguer and rare bookseller, familiar with the full range of material handled by the firm: printed books, manusc... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Felpham home that William Blake lived in is currently on the market for £650,000 (or approximately $988,000). Blake lived in the charming cottage from 1800-1800 while he worked on several illustra... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
It's been an exciting few days for baseball fans here in NYC with the various All-Star events, which culminate in the big game tonight. (Did you see Céspedes in the Home Run Derby last night?!) It's ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
George Washington's personal copy of Acts of Congress is currently on display at Southern Methodist University's DeGolyer Library in Dallas, TX. The leather-bound book was published by the official pr... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Manuscripts for a previously unknown novel by Pearl Buck were discovered in a storage locker in Texas. The novel, entitled The Eternal Wonder, appears to have been completed just prior to Buck's deat... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from June 2013
The NY Times recently reviewed a new book by Travis McDade, the curator of rare books at the University of Illinois College of Law. Thieves of Book Row: New York's Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and th... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Two Illinois State University math professors recently authenticated that two math-notebook pages belonged to Abraham Lincoln. The pages were found in the archives of Harvard's Houghton Library and we... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Russ Davidson, the former University of New Mexico Libraries' Latin American/Iberian curator donated $25,000 and pledged an additional $225,000 to the University Libraries to establish an endowment fu... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]