It happens often, especially when you attend so many rare book shows, but this is one instance in which I really wish I had a lot of cash to spare! On May 8, Bonhams auction house will present Visions of Garcia, an auction of very unique Jerry Garcia memorabilia. The offerings are diverse and sound very cool. An illustrated catalog will be posted on Bonhams.com in the weeks preceding the auction, but below are some of the items that will be included in the lot. Artwork: 'Mood River', one of five known oil paintings by Garcia A set of airbrush originals by Garcia (circa 1985) of 'Alien Craft & Brain' Two sketchbooks (circa 1991), that include 30 previously unseen drawings Original preliminary cover artwork for the Grateful Dead's Europe '72 album, 'Rainbow Foot' by Mouse and Alton Kelly 'Wetlands II', a popular airbrush piece by Garcia 'Purple Dog', an original Garcia watercolor Instruments Acoustic Takamine guitar, played from 1985-1988 for acoustic shows and seen on the covers of Pure Jerry Vol. 8 and Ragged but Right Ibanez guitar custom designed for Jerry by Ibanez and Bob Weir in 1977 Billy Kreutzmann drum set Equipment- speakers, amplifiers, etc. Other Goodies: A .9999 pure gold and enamel Owsley Stanley un-numbered Steal Your Face pendant, circa 1979 Handwritten set lists Garcia's sunglasses Skull and Roses banner from The Grateful Dead Movie Rick Geffen's original artowrk from the Dylan and Dead album cover, signed by both Griffin and Garcia 1983 Garcia-owned Harley D... [more Jerry Garcia Memorabilia to be Auctioned at Bonhams]

UPDATE: This item has been recovered. The following item has been reported missing: An original cabinet photo of the original "Buster Brown". The name Buster Brown is written in ink on the mounting board right below the actual photographic image. Buster Brown's dog, "TIGE" is sitting on top of his railroad transport cage. There are two or three men standing in the background. This image was photographed in Stamford, Texas during the teens or 1920's. The size of the mounting board would be approximately 8 inches X 11 inches. If you have any information about this photo, please contact John Moschiono at (713) 444-4107 or johnmos@airmail.net [more UPDATE: Missing Original Photo of Buster Brown]

I'm very sad to report that longtime bookseller and ABAA member Don Reisler has passed away after a protracted battle with cancer. The service will be held at 11am tomorrow, Tuesday, March 13, gravesite at the National Memorial Park Cemetery, 7482 Lee Highway, Falls Church, Virginia (between section 7 and 8 of the King David Memorial Gardens). A lunch will be held afterwards at Bazin's on Church (111 Church Street, NW, Vienna, VA). In lieu of flowers, Don's family asks that donations be made to the Capital Caring Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center (4715 15th Street North, Arlington, VA 22205), the hospice where Don spent his last days. It's a sad day for the rare book trade. Our condolences go to Don's wife Jo Ann, daughter Kim, and grandson Sam, as well as the rest of his family and friends. [more Sad News: Don Reisler]

The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Healths Improvement: or, Rules Comprizing and Discovering The Nature, Method, and Manner of Preparing all sorts of Food Used in this Nation. Written by that ever Famous Thomas Muffett, Doctor in Physick: Corrected and Enlarged by Christopher Bennet, Doct Authors : Muffett, Thomas . . Bennet, Christopher, 1617-1655 . Date of publication : 1655 Publisher : Printed by Tho: Newcomb for Samuel Thomson, at the sign of the white Horse in Pauls Churchyard, London Description : Recently rebound in period style in mottled, dark-tan calf with blind ruled borders and attractive blind-stamped corner pieces. Signatures , B-2P4 (bound without , the preliminary imprimatur leaf, as are both copies in the British Library); L2 mis-assigned L3. , 296 pages; page of preliminary leaves numbered '8'. If you have any information regarding this item, please contact Tom Biro at biro@collectablebooks.co.uk [more Stolen: "Healths Improvement: or, Rules Comprizing and Discovering The Nature, Method…”]

This item was still reported missing as of June 4, 2019. The following book went missing while in transport to Illinois. Oldroyd, Osborn H. ~LINCOLN'S CAMPAIGN, Or The Political Revolution of 1860. Profusely Illustrated. With Fourteen Portraits and Biographies of Presidential Possibilities for 1896. ~Laird & Lee, Chicago: (1896). pp. vi, 241 + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. Text drawings. Fourteen portraits and biographies of presidential possibilities for 1896. Front hinge cracked. Paper beginning to brown at edges. XLib from Amherst College Library given by Arthur Curtiss James of the Class of 1889 for books in American History. Large 12mo. Original full blue gray cloth binding with gilt portrait of Lincoln on front board. Old library label on spine. Hardbound. If you have any information on this item, please contact Ron Lieberman at 717-442-0220 or RareBooks@POBox.com [more Missing: LINCOLN'S CAMPAIGN, Or The Political Revolution of 1860…]

The following items have gone missing from the Buffalo area: JOHANNES CHRYSOSTOMUS, SAINT. 345?-407. Accipe candidissime lector opera divi Joannis Chrysostomi archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani. Basel: Jacob Wolff for Wolfgang Lachner, 1504. CARACCIOLUS, ROBERTUS. 1425-1495. Sermones de quadragesimales, de adventu, de timore.... Venice: Gabriel de Grassis, 1485. VALLA, LAURENTIUS. 1406-1457. Elegantiae de linguae latinae. Venice: Philippus Pincius, February 8, 1492. BEAUVAIS CATHEDRAL. GRES, GUILLAME DE. Manuscript on vellum, in Latin, March 24, 1258. 1 p, oblong 4to (155 x 210 mm), 20 lines, in a fine secretarial Bâtard hand; later docketing on verso. Fine condition. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, on vellum, 6 ll, in Latin, 12mo (130 x 85 mm), , being fragments of a Breviary, initials and rubrications in red and blue with extensions, with later FULL-PAGE MINIATURE of Virgin Mary in a rose-garden bound in, later blindstamped sheep over boards. BALAINIUS, JOANNES. Index generalis in omnes D. Bonaventurae super quatuor libros sententiarum. Venice: , 1580. Please contact ABAA HQ at hq@abaa.org or 212-944-8291 if you have any information on these items. [more Missing Books From Buffalo Area]

Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, a non-profit dedicated to "building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form", has broadened his preservation efforts to include the physical realm as well as the digital. He purchased a wooden warehouse just north of San Francisco to act as a repository for books, and he has spent $3 million thus far purchasing and operating the facility. Kahle's goal is to "collect one copy of every book", and libraries and institutions are delighted to donate materials to the Physical Archive of the Internet Archive rather than recycle unwanted books and periodicals. (And there are certainly a lot of unused/"unwanted" books out therethe repository receives about 20,000 new volumes a week.) Some may question the value of some material in the repository"All New Crafts for Halloween" and "What to Do When Your Son or Daughter Divorces" were two recently received titlesbut Mr. Kahle believes that "you can never tell what is going to paint the portrait of a culture." The repository was modeled after the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which "holds 740,000 seed samples as a safety net for biodiversity", and Mr. Kahle hopes that his work on the Internet Archive and the Physical Archive of the Internet Archive will help him realize the lofty goal of creating a "library that would offer universal access to all knowledge". “We must keep the past even as we're inventing a new future,” Kahle said. “If the Libr... [more Repository Aims to Preserve One Copy of Every Published Work]

UPDATE: This item has been located. The following item has been reported missing: The Quark and the Jaguar by Murray Gell-Mann First edition. Encased in a clear plastic protective cover (which may have been since removed); pristine condition. Inscribed by the author to Mel Schwartz. The inscription read something like "To Mel Schwartz from 'the top quark'." The inscription may have been signed "Murray". If you have any information on this item, please contact David N. Schwartz by telephone, 212-787-5017 or 917-209-5660, or email, david.schwartz@dnschwartz.com [more UPDATE: Inscribed First Edition of "The Quark and the Jaguar"]

The Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is offering RBMS Preconference scholarships for first-time attendees! This year's preconference is being held in sunny San Diego from June 19-22, and will "explore a multiplicity of futures for the rare book, manuscript, and special collections community". Numerous seminars, workshops, tours, and discussion sessions will be offered to participants, who will also be treated to a special ABAA Booksellers' Showcase. The deadline to apply for a scholarship is March 30, 2012. Additional details are below! In partnership with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of ACRL is offering scholarships to subsidize first-time preconference attendance by professional librarians and qualified paraprofessionals and students. RBMS is committed to increasing diversity in its membership and the special collections and archival professions. Accordingly, several preconference scholarships have been designated for applicants of underrepresented ethnic and racial groups. For more information about the RBMS commitment to diversity, please visit the RBMS website. Full and partial scholarships will be awarded. Full scholarships include a waiver of the preconference registration fee (up to $280 for professional and paraprofessional ACRL members, and $125 for full-time student members) plus a travel and accommodation stipend of $700. Pa... [more Scholarships to the 2012 Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) Preconference in San Diego]

This item was still reported missing as of June 10, 2019. The following book was reported stolen from the 2012 Washington Antiquarian Book Fair: Dahl, Roald. JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. A Children's Story. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1961),small 4to., publisher?s red cloth with blind stamped illustration, dust jacket. (viii), 118, (2) pages. First edition, first state of the author's first book for children. Bound by H. Wolff. The US edition preceded the British edition by six years. There are four full-page color plates and many other illustrations, including one full-page, which are in black, white, and shades of peach. The book is fine, but the dust jacket shows wear at the spine ends and corners, with a few additional creases and tiny closed tears. Quite attractive. If you have any information about this item, please contact Oak Knoll Books (302) 328-7232 or oakknoll@oakknoll.com. [more First Edition of "James and the Giant Peach" Stolen]