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}]
Entries from March 2013
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}]
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}]