Sunday, October 08, 2017

Links & Reviews

- The "Bibliography Among the Disciplines" conference is coming up this week! Looking forward to seeing many of you there.

- Colleen Barrett of PRB&M gets the "Bright Young Booksellers" spotlight this week.

- At The Collation, Erin Blake explains this month's caption-contest Crocodile post.

- Trinity College Dublin is digitizing eight important medieval manuscripts as part of the "Beyond the Book of Kells" lecture series.

- The Yale Daily News reports that the Jonathan Edwards papers formerly held at the Andover Newton Theological Seminary will now join the other Edwards papers at the Beinecke.

- Quite an impressive showing at Swann this week for their Printed & Manuscript Americana sale!

Reviews

- Ron Chernow's Grant; review by T.J. Stiles in the WaPo.

- Robin Sloan's Sourdough; review by Jeff VanderMeer in the LATimes.

- James Atlas' The Shadow in the Garden; review by Jeffrey Meyers in the LATimes.

Upcoming Auctions

- Bibliothèque Romantique R. & B. L. at Sotheby's Paris on 10 October.

- Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography at Lyon & Turnbull on 11 October.

- Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books at Swann Galleries on 17 October.

- The Marine Sale at Bonhams London on 18 October.

- The Richard Beagle Collection of Angling & Sporting Books, Part II. With Americana, Travel & Exploration, Cartography at PBA Galleries on 19 October.

- Books and Works on Paper at Bloomsbury Auctions on 19 October.

- Historical Manuscripts at Heritage Auctions on 19 October.