Inside Spring 2013
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Book Gangs of New York
Manhattan’s storied Book Row had its grittier side, including a notorious book-theft ring intent on purloining a Poe from the New York Public Library
Feature
Book Town, NY
A quiet mountain village in New York’s Catskill Mountains is transforming itself into a book lover's destination
GENTLY MAD
Cleveland Bound
A visit with two of the city’s premiere booksellers
DIGEST
A Brooklyn bookseller launches a First Editions Club
DIGEST
The New York Antiquarian Book Fair, past and present
DIGEST
Reinventing the book with Tom Phillips and Johnny Carrera
DIGEST
A collection of blooks—book-like objects
RECORD-BREAKER
Waiting for a Prince
The best of three Macchiavellis at auction last year
BOOK ART
Material Witness
An interview with provocative papermaker John Risseeuw
IN THE LIBRARY
The Birth of Bond
The University of Illinois celebrates sixty years of 007
SOLD@AUCTION
Audubon Leads the Way
First editions, historical documents, and fine art
FINE MAPS
Fit for Royalty
The Blaeu family and the golden age of Dutch cartography
ON THE BLOCK
The Book Beautiful
Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow’s vast collection of illustrated books
HOW I GOT STARTED
Printing, Publishing, & The Leadenhall Press
Collector Matthew Young
It’s not a beautiful book, except to those who recognize it and understand its importance. It’s been called “The Gutenberg Bible of America,” but its…