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Feature
Rare Book Week
Our guide to the book fairs, auctions, and exhibits in New York City, April 4-13
Special Supplement
Auction Guide
A preview of some of the auctions coming up this spring
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Mo Willems Takes New York
A city-centric look at the bestselling author/illustrator
BY NOAH FLEISHER AND LAUREN ZITTLE
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The Wonder of the World
Magician and collector Ricky Jay's obsession with seventeenth-century polymath Matthias Buchinger
BY STEPHEN J. GERTZ
GENTLY MAD
Packing My Library
DIGEST
Agatha Christie, Archaeologist
DIGEST
The $9.3-Million Talmud
DIGEST
Photos of Public Libraries
DIGEST
Mark Twain’s Trunk
RECORD-BREAKER
A Shining Copy of Opticks
IN VIEW
Blue Prints
Spotlighting cyanotypes
BEYOND THE BASICS
Before the Blog
Some bookish diaries from Pepys to Proctor
IN THE LIBRARY
Chip Kidd’s Creative Biosphere
Inside the graphic designer's archives
FINE MAPS
National Geographic Maps
Cartography as wartime effort
SOLD@AUCTION
Monarchs and Mongrels
A roundup of first editions, maps, and fine art
ON THE BLOCK
A Bewitching Book
Printed and manuscript Americana
HOW I GOT STARTED
Botanical Books
Collector Fern Cohen
buy this Issue
Feature
Rare Book Week
Our guide to the book fairs, auctions, and exhibits in New York City, April 4-13
Special Supplement
Auction Guide
A preview of some of the auctions coming up this spring
Feature
Mo Willems Takes New York
A city-centric look at the bestselling author/illustrator
BY NOAH FLEISHER AND LAUREN ZITTLE
Feature
The Wonder of the World
Magician and collector Ricky Jay's obsession with seventeenth-century polymath Matthias Buchinger
BY STEPHEN J. GERTZ
GENTLY MAD
Packing My Library
DIGEST
Agatha Christie, Archaeologist
DIGEST
The $9.3-Million Talmud
DIGEST
Photos of Public Libraries
DIGEST
Mark Twain’s Trunk
RECORD-BREAKER
A Shining Copy of Opticks
IN VIEW
Blue Prints
Spotlighting cyanotypes
BEYOND THE BASICS
Before the Blog
Some bookish diaries from Pepys to Proctor
IN THE LIBRARY
Chip Kidd’s Creative Biosphere
Inside the graphic designer's archives
FINE MAPS
National Geographic Maps
Cartography as wartime effort
SOLD@AUCTION
Monarchs and Mongrels
A roundup of first editions, maps, and fine art
ON THE BLOCK
A Bewitching Book
Printed and manuscript Americana
HOW I GOT STARTED
Botanical Books
Collector Fern Cohen