In last Sunday's NY Times Book Review there was a short essay by Geoff Dyer about getting books signed. It is quite an enjoyable piece. Please click here to read. [more NY Times: 'The Etiquette of Autographs']

Title : THOUGHTS ON THE EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS with reflections on female conduct, in the more important duties of life. Authors : WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary Date of publication : 1787 Publisher : printed for J. Johnson, London Description : FIRST EDITION. 12mo, pp. iv, 160; narrow strip excised from the top of L1 and L2 (not affecting the text), otherwise a clean copy throughout; in contemporary marbled boards, neatly rebacked to style with red morocco label lettered in gilt; a very good copy. If you have any information on this item, please contact Ed Smith at rarebooks@pickering-chatto.com [more Stolen: Wollstonecraft's 'Thoughts on the Education of Daughters…']

This item was still reported missing as of June 3, 2019. Title : De oratore Authors : CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS Date of publication : 1485 Publisher : Andrea Torresani and Bartolomeo de Blavis, Venice Description : Folio (310x210 mm), modern monastic binding (half leather on wood covers), three raised bands spine with gilt titles on leather labels, ff. 211 (out of 212, lacks leaf a1, blank). Latin text on 59 lines, Roman letter.Copy in perfect conditions, wide-margined, fresh on brisk paper. If you have any information regarding this item, please contact Vincenzo Ferro at bibliopathos@bibliopathos.it [more Stolen: De oratore]

The ABAA is launching an Exhibitions page on our website, which can be found at the following link: http://hq.abaa.org/books/antiquarian/exhibitions. This page will provide listings of book-related exhibitions throughout the country. (You can also access this page by visiting abaa.org, clicking on 'Events' in the top right corner, and then clicking on 'Book Related Exhibitions'). We are actively researching and compiling listings, but our page also allows users to submit events. If you are aware of a current or upcoming bookish exhibition, please visit our page to submit information about it. Our goal is to compile a comprehensive database so that a person can find a book related exhibition wherever they may be. Thanks in advance for your help! [more ABAA Book Related Exhibitions Page]

Please click here to read Tom Congaltons (Between the Covers~Rare Books Inc.) latest blog post about the Baltimore Antique and Book Fair.  Or, rather, his post about other sellers blog posts about Baltimore. My Last Book Fair [more Tom Congalton's Latest Blog Post on the Baltimore Antique and Book Fair]

Happy First Amendment Day!  Today, UNC is offering readings from a variety of original editions of banned and censored books as part of their third annual First Amendment Day Celebrations.  The objective of the day is to celebrate the First Amendment and explore its impact on the lives of students. First Amendment Day: Banned and in the Rare Book Collection will commence with an exhibit of rare banned books at 5pm in the main lobby of the Wilson Special Collections Library and will be followed by readings in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room.  Readings will begin at 5:30pm and will include excerpts from the following works: The 1922 Egoist Press edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses, with annotations by attorney and UNC alumnus Mangum Weeks about the inability of the book to travel through the U.S. Postal Service; Walt Whitman’s 1... [more UNC Celebrates First Amendment Day with "Banned and in the Rare Book Collection" Event]

These items were still reported missing as of May 30, 2019. The following photographs have been reported missing: LONDON, JACK. Two Original Black & White Photographs of Jack London. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (c.1899). The photographs are affixed to a page of a photo album, one to each side. The first photograph, 4" x 6", is a sweet image of London with his wife and a friend. London is lying in the grass, propped up on one elbow and wearing knickers and a cap, the women pose being him with their dogs. There is white pencil writing next to the image: "College Park-San Jose-1899, Mother--Mabel Applegarth--Daddy", presumably by one of his daughters. About fine. On the verso is a 4" x 6 1/2" portrait of London wearing a hat. There is white pencil text on the album paper: "Daddy, A Stetson Hat ?Ad". About fine. If you have any information on these item... [more Missing: Two Original Black & White Photographs of Jack London]

UPDATE: The books have been recovered.   The following books were stolen during transport in England on July 22, 2011. 1. Ceruti, Benedetto & Chiocco, Andrea; CalceolarI ivn. Veronensis a Benedicto Cervto medico incaeptvm; et ab Andrea Chiocco med. physico excelltiss, collegii luculenter descriptum. Verona Angelus Tamus, 1622. Folio, pp. 46, 748, engraved title page, folded plate of the museum's enterior (a 19th century reproduction of original), 43 engraved plates in the text (8 of which are full page). In 19th century calf and marbled boards, gilt spine panels and titles. 2. Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthelemy; Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy, revues sue les Exemplaires de la Bibliotheque du Roi aves des Notes. Paris, Chez Ruault, 1777. Quarto, pp. lxxvi, 734, errata. In recased contemporary calf, gilt spine label. corners and boards ... [more UPDATED: Books Stolen During Transport in England]

Last March, the trade lost a great bookseller and, sadly, now a great bookstore as well- Serendipity Books of Berkeley, CA has closed its doors after almost 50 years.  Today the NY Times posted a brief obituary for the store; click here to read. Serendipity Books, R.I.P. [more Obituary for Serendipity Books]

The following item was stolen after being recently acquired at auction: . Ingleby's Whole Art of Legerdemain, containing all the Tricks and Deceptions, (Never before published) as Performed by the Emperor of Conjurors, at the Minor Theatre, With Copious Explanations. Hand-colored frontispiece with robed wizard seated in library showing an open book. xxiv, 98 pages. 12mo, modern blue 3/4 morocco, with original black-lettered wrappers bound in. London: T. Hughes and C. Chaple, (1815). Overall good condition. MCL 543. **Prominently displayed within is a sticker reading "Milbourne Christopher Collection" or "Christopher Collection." If you have any information regarding this item, please contact ABAA Headquarters at hq@abaa.org or 212.944.8291 [more Stolen: Ingleby's Whole Art of Legerdemain]