July/August 2008
Features
The Botanist’s Desire
By Jonathan ShipleyHas a New Jersey podiatrist harnessed an obsolete printer to become a modern-day Audubon?
Devil in the Details
By Dan GregoryAerial reconnaissance, the planet Pluto, and Shakespeare.
Selling Books for Less
By Richard GoodmanTechnology and the penny sellers.
Columns
Gently Mad
By Nicholas BasbanesThe Brattle Book Shop.
Fine MAPS
By Derek HayesRussian America.
Fine Presses
By Richard GoodmanTurkey Press.
Beyond the Basics
By Joel SilverBookplates.
How I Got Started
Bill Holly, early communications technology collector.
DEPARTMENTS
Digest
Hubert’s Freaks, watermarks online, the digital Atlas of Early Printing, and more.
Book Reviews
On The Market
Horology: the art of collecting clock books.
Auction Report
By Ian McKayCharitable givings, a record Hobbit, and more.