Inside Autumn 2012
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Feature
Book Lover’s Gift Guide
Our annual list of great holiday gifts for bibliophiles
Feature
A Cover Story
Fred Marcellino’s trendsetting dust jacket art and picture book illustrations
GENTLY MAD
A Chance To Do Good
At Rare Book School with Michael F. Suarez
DIGEST
Charnel House’s limited editions
DIGEST
Matt Kish and the Graphic Canon
DIGEST
The tools of calligraphy
RECORD-BREAKER
Washington Goes Home
The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association secured a national treasure
BOOK ART
Without Words
An interview with bookbinder and papermaker Melissa Jay Craig
BEYOND THE BASICS
Looking Things Up
Bibliographical research in a changing world
IN THE LIBRARY
In Pursuit of a Vision
The American Antiquarian Society celebrates its bicentennial at the Grolier Club
FINE MAPS
Bluebacks
Why nineteenth-century merchant seamen preferred ‘blueback’ charts
SOLD@AUCTION
Through the Centuries
From an ancient manuscript fragment to an X-Men comic book
ON THE BLOCK
Captivating Correspondence
Letters from George Washington, Emma Hamilton, and Otto Frank will entice collectors
HOW I GOT STARTED
Pop-up Books
Collector Sterling Hennis
What band are you in?” asked the man at the grocery store in Catskill, New York. He was addressing Joe Stefko, whose leonine mane, pegged jeans, and…
There are sets of books in America that any book lover might like to own. They are custom-designed, hand-bound in leather, and stamped in gold. They’…
Also In This Issue
Feature
Book Lover’s Gift Guide
Our annual list of great holiday gifts for bibliophiles
Feature
A Cover Story
Fred Marcellino’s trendsetting dust jacket art and picture book illustrations
GENTLY MAD
A Chance To Do Good
At Rare Book School with Michael F. Suarez
DIGEST
Charnel House’s limited editions
DIGEST
Matt Kish and the Graphic Canon
DIGEST
The tools of calligraphy
RECORD-BREAKER
Washington Goes Home
The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association secured a national treasure
BOOK ART
Without Words
An interview with bookbinder and papermaker Melissa Jay Craig
BEYOND THE BASICS
Looking Things Up
Bibliographical research in a changing world
IN THE LIBRARY
In Pursuit of a Vision
The American Antiquarian Society celebrates its bicentennial at the Grolier Club
FINE MAPS
Bluebacks
Why nineteenth-century merchant seamen preferred ‘blueback’ charts
SOLD@AUCTION
Through the Centuries
From an ancient manuscript fragment to an X-Men comic book
ON THE BLOCK
Captivating Correspondence
Letters from George Washington, Emma Hamilton, and Otto Frank will entice collectors
HOW I GOT STARTED
Pop-up Books
Collector Sterling Hennis
