Inside Autumn 2024
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Feature
From Shelf to Table
On the joy of cookbook collecting and what it reveals about our changing tastes
Feature
The Woman Who Made Bookbinding an American Art
Now forgotten, Averill Cole transformed popular dictionaries and bespoke volumes
Special Supplement
Auction Guide
A preview of the auctions coming up this season
Gently Mad
The American Antiquarian Society
Preserving the country’s story through millions of print materials
Digest
Rediscovering Belle da Costa Greene’s Legacy at the Morgan Library
Digest
Reassembling Oscar Wilde’s Lost Library
Digest
A Reading List Becomes a Quilt
Digest
Retyping One Hundred Novels
Record-Breaker
Buried in Sand
An unearthed manuscript sheds light on the origins of the book
In View
Archives Obscured
Wendel A. White photographs how libraries & collections have represented Black life
Beyond the Basics
You Could Look It Up
Indexes in bibliographical reference works
Fine Maps
Service and Sacrifice
How WWII maps reveal the experiences of soldiers
In the Library
Europe’s First Civic Library
Step inside Italy’s breathtaking Biblioteca Malatestiana
Sold@Auction
From Sondheim Stunners to Toad Hall
A roundup of rare books, photographs, ephemera, and more
On the Block
Poe and Potter Rarities
Collector Rodney P. Swantko’s private library breaks records
How I Got Started
The Musical History of Harlem
Collector John T. Reddick
The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City began its life as financier John Pierpont Morgan’s private collection. Belle da Costa Greene, Morgan…
When most of us finish a book we’ve enjoyed, we might make a note in a journal, post about it on social media, or maybe mention it to a friend. Emily…
Artist Tim Youd’s intention to become a better reader goes to extremes, and typewriters are key to this endeavor, called The 100 Novels Project. Youd…
On the day after Christmas, 1944, ball turret gunner Kenje Ogata found himself in the belly of a B-24 bomber under enemy fire over Hungary. Born in…
Also In This Issue
Feature
From Shelf to Table
On the joy of cookbook collecting and what it reveals about our changing tastes
Feature
The Woman Who Made Bookbinding an American Art
Now forgotten, Averill Cole transformed popular dictionaries and bespoke volumes
Special Supplement
Auction Guide
A preview of the auctions coming up this season
Gently Mad
The American Antiquarian Society
Preserving the country’s story through millions of print materials
Digest
Rediscovering Belle da Costa Greene’s Legacy at the Morgan Library
Digest
Reassembling Oscar Wilde’s Lost Library
Digest
A Reading List Becomes a Quilt
Digest
Retyping One Hundred Novels
Record-Breaker
Buried in Sand
An unearthed manuscript sheds light on the origins of the book
In View
Archives Obscured
Wendel A. White photographs how libraries & collections have represented Black life
Beyond the Basics
You Could Look It Up
Indexes in bibliographical reference works
Fine Maps
Service and Sacrifice
How WWII maps reveal the experiences of soldiers
In the Library
Europe’s First Civic Library
Step inside Italy’s breathtaking Biblioteca Malatestiana
Sold@Auction
From Sondheim Stunners to Toad Hall
A roundup of rare books, photographs, ephemera, and more
On the Block
Poe and Potter Rarities
Collector Rodney P. Swantko’s private library breaks records
How I Got Started
The Musical History of Harlem
Collector John T. Reddick
