March/April 2007
Features

The
Fine Books 50
By Scott Brown, Ian McKay, and Steve
Hare—Our annual report on the top book, map, and autograph
sales.
Online Exclusive
Ten Most Expensive
Books of 2006
Teaching the Book Arts
By Karen Edwards—Embattled
and endangered, the book arts survive on campus.
Columns
Gently Mad
By Nicholas Basbanes—John
Adams Unbound.
Fine MAPS
By Derek Hayes—The trials
of a professional map hunter.
Fine Presses
By Richard Goodman—Robin
Price.
Beyond the Basics
By Joel Silver—What
do you call a bunch of books bound together?
How I Got Started
Martha Orr Davenport, 88, still collects Little Red Riding
Hood.
DEPARTMENTS
PLUS
Dear Reader
Quotes & Comments
Catalogs Received
Calendar: Auctions & Fairs
Digest
Bookseller boot camp, lost and found, preserving printing
history, and more.
Book Reviews
Fine Pick: Benjamin Franklin,
the printer; plus sleaze and sweat, a reading diary, and U. S. Grant.
On The Market
Collecting antiquarian children's books.
Auction Report
By Ian McKay—Pillaging
Oscar Wilde, firefighting, Rackham, and more.