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}]
Entries from February 2013
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}]
Update 5/24/19: This item has been recovered and is no longer missing! The following item has been reported stolen: Original Century Magazine cover artwork by Frederic Dorr Steele. Blue the predominat... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : EVRIPIDIS tragoediae septendecim Authors : EURIPIDE Date of publication : February, 1503 Publisher : Al... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Manuscript, one leaf, written in French. Date of publication : ca 1839 Description : A peace treaty that should put an end to the first Carlist War... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following book has been reported missing: CRANE, STEPHEN. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. New York: D. Appleton, 1895. 8vo, original tan buckram with red and black ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following item has been reported stolen from Ft. Lauderdale, FL: MALTA, Knights of. Statuta Hospitalis Hierusalem. Giovanni Battista Rondinelli, editor. , , , 203, pp. With an engraved t... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Authors : Goya Description : Goya etching: The Sleep of Reason Pr... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from January 2013
Robert Frost enthusiasts have reason to celebrate this week, as it was announced that a collection of rare Frost material was donated to the State University of New York at Buffalo. The donor Jonathan... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
You have until the end of April 2013 to submit a book to this prestigious bibliographic contest! A prize with prestige and tradition, a strong support for scholarship: The ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bib... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]