March/April
2006Features
The $100,000 wonders, an illustrated list of
the 237 items that sold at auction in 2005 for more than a hundred grand,
are online at
www.finebooks50.com

The
Fine Books 50
By Scott Brown, Ian McKay, and Steve
Hare — Our annual report on the top book, map, and autograph
sales, including ten items that sold for more than $1 million.
[Read online]
Unmasking a Literary Legend
By Henry Morris — He
may not be as famous as James Frey, but the career of Theodore Bachaus is
rife with false leads, mistaken identify, and literary mystification.
Columns
Gently Mad
By Nicholas Basbanes — Mitchell
Kaplan, the current president of the American Booksellers Association, is
the founding spirit of the Miami Book Fair.
Fine MAPS
By Derek Hayes — John
Franklin, arctic explorer
Fine Presses
By Richard Goodman — Janus
Press
[Read online]
Beyond the Basics
By Joel Silver — Collecting
limited editions
How I Got Started
George Ong collects the history of bibliography.
DEPARTMENTS
Digest
One hundred years of bookselling, upcoming auctions, collecting
artists’ letters, and more
Book Reviews
Fine Pick: Andrew Delbanco’s new biography of Herman
Melville;
Mongo;
a
sojourn at Shakespeare & Co., and more
On the Market
Collecting the evolution controversy
Auction Report
By Ian McKay — Highlights
of book auctions worldwide