This June, King's College at the University of Cambridge will hold a two-day conference on book collectors and collecting. The conference will commemorate the centennial birthday of the eminent biblio... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from March 2013
Update 5/24/19: This item has been recovered! The following item has been reported stolen: Habits of Monks Anonymous. No title: . . 16mo (8.7 cm x 222.5 cm; 3.4 x 87.6"). 36 hand-colored plates on pp.... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following item was reported stolen: Mark Twain (Clemens, Samuel L.). HUCKLEBERRY FINN. 1885. First edition, first issue. Green pictorial cloth. Nice, very good copy. If you have any information on... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
At the link you can watch the 2012 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest awards ceremony, which was held at the Library of Congress last October. The video includes a few remarks from the prizew... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following items, consisting of pamphlets, pocket maps, leaflets, brochures and photographs, were in a leather covered file box/pamphlet bin that went missing in San Francisco: 1. Circular. Burling... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following books were stolen in Santa Barbara last Friday: 1. Steinbeck, John. IN DUBIOUS BATTLE. # 24 of 99 copies, Signed. In slipcase. 2. Agee, James. LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN. 1941. First ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from February 2013
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Holy Bible (The Judas Bible) Date of publication : 1611 Description : Darlow & Moule, revised by Herbert, and is probably no. 319: the general ti... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
In the video below, ABAA member Dr. Sandra Hindman presents the world's only woven book of hours, produced by J.A. Henry in Lyon for the 1889 World's Fair. By programming the Jacquard loom, Henry was ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Last May I posted about the construction of the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, a research library that will act as a repository for Mount Vernon's vast collection o... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following item has been reported missing: . Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Being a Facsimile of the Original Ms. Book Afterwards Developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." With Thirty-Se... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]