Inside Autumn 2016
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Feature
The 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers
’Tis the season: our top 20 ideas
Feature
Treasuring the Medieval Past
The what, why & how of collecting Books of Hours
Feature
Puzzlemaster!
Will Shortz talks about his collection of 25,000 puzzle books and ephemera
Special Supplement
Auction Guide
A preview of some of the auctions coming up this autumn.
GENTLY MAD
From an Antique Land
An exhibition on Pergamum prompts fond literary memories
DIGEST
Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston
DIGEST
A Caldecott Journey
DIGEST
Alvin Lustig’s New Directions
DIGEST
Microscopes
RECORD-BREAKER
Besler in Full Bloom
The famous florilegium reaches $2.5 million
BEYOND THE BASICS
Learning to Look at Books
Why careful examination is crucial for collectors
IN THE LIBRARY
People on Paper
Celebrating caricature at Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library
IN VIEW
Close-up
Diane Arbus, reexamined
SOLD@AUCTION
Papyrus Fragments, Venetian Vellum, and Waugh's Dust
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, and fine art
ON THE BLOCK
Reaching for the Heavens
Giancarlo Beltrame's astronomy books
HOW I GOT STARTED
Early Women Writers
Collector Maureen E. Mulvihill
Thanks to a map painstakingly researched by Edmond Halley, Londoners were well prepared for the great solar eclipse of 1715.
Also In This Issue
Feature
The 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers
’Tis the season: our top 20 ideas
Feature
Treasuring the Medieval Past
The what, why & how of collecting Books of Hours
Feature
Puzzlemaster!
Will Shortz talks about his collection of 25,000 puzzle books and ephemera
Special Supplement
Auction Guide
A preview of some of the auctions coming up this autumn.
GENTLY MAD
From an Antique Land
An exhibition on Pergamum prompts fond literary memories
DIGEST
Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston
DIGEST
A Caldecott Journey
DIGEST
Alvin Lustig’s New Directions
DIGEST
Microscopes
RECORD-BREAKER
Besler in Full Bloom
The famous florilegium reaches $2.5 million
BEYOND THE BASICS
Learning to Look at Books
Why careful examination is crucial for collectors
IN THE LIBRARY
People on Paper
Celebrating caricature at Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library
IN VIEW
Close-up
Diane Arbus, reexamined
SOLD@AUCTION
Papyrus Fragments, Venetian Vellum, and Waugh's Dust
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, and fine art
ON THE BLOCK
Reaching for the Heavens
Giancarlo Beltrame's astronomy books
HOW I GOT STARTED
Early Women Writers
Collector Maureen E. Mulvihill
