Inside Summer 2013
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Wild Collections
BY LEONARD S. MARCUS
Lucky for collectors and scholars, Maurice Sendak was a saver. More than fifty years' worth of his artwork and manuscripts are on display in two exhibitions this summer. 
Feature
Reading Rugby
BY DEBORAH BURST
British author Thomas Hughes tried to build a utopia in rural Rugby, Tennessee. The experiment was largely unsuccessful, with one exception: his namesake library.
Special Report
Covering Walker Evans
ANDREA L. VOLPE
An exhibit explores the intersection of fine art photography and book cover design.
GENTLY MAD
A Marriage of True Minds
BY NICHOLAS A. BASBANES
Sidney E. Berger and Michèle Cloonan share a love for decorated papers 
DIGEST
The LOC’s Letters About Literature winners
DIGEST
Reproducing Van Gogh’s sketchbooks
DIGEST
Fine and vintage pens
RECORD-BREAKER
Cotswold Olimpicks
A literary celebration of an old English tradition 
BOOK ART
When the Obsolete Becomes Desirable
An interview with printer Clifton Meador 
BEYOND THE BASICS
Familiar Quotations
Tracing the source of well-known phrases
FINE MAPS
The Accidental Cartographer
Richard Edes Harrison offered a fresh look at an old world
SOLD@AUCTION
In Like a Lion
Roy Davids’ poetical manuscripts led a strong spring season
ON THE BLOCK
Design Libraries
Swann Galleries auctions Irving Oaklander’s inventory
COLLECTIONS@LARGE
From Peter (Slovenly) to Potter (Harry)
Helen Younger revisits the high spots of collectible children’s books
HOW I GOT STARTED
Publishers’ Bindings
Collector John Lehner
Digest
Ladies of Letterpress
There’s a woman in Wisconsin working with a wax stencil right now. There’s a lady in Louisiana using a line gauge. There’s a gal in Galveston…
By Jonathan Shipley
In the Library
Between the Pages of a Book
The closed stacks are neither warm nor particularly well lit. In fact, it’s eerie in here, especially since I have no way to get out. (Well, there…
By Lori Anne Ferrell
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Buy this Issue
Feature
Wild Collections
BY LEONARD S. MARCUS
Lucky for collectors and scholars, Maurice Sendak was a saver. More than fifty years' worth of his artwork and manuscripts are on display in two exhibitions this summer. 
Feature
Reading Rugby
BY DEBORAH BURST
British author Thomas Hughes tried to build a utopia in rural Rugby, Tennessee. The experiment was largely unsuccessful, with one exception: his namesake library.
Special Report
Covering Walker Evans
ANDREA L. VOLPE
An exhibit explores the intersection of fine art photography and book cover design.
GENTLY MAD
A Marriage of True Minds
BY NICHOLAS A. BASBANES
Sidney E. Berger and Michèle Cloonan share a love for decorated papers 
DIGEST
The LOC’s Letters About Literature winners
DIGEST
Reproducing Van Gogh’s sketchbooks
DIGEST
Fine and vintage pens
RECORD-BREAKER
Cotswold Olimpicks
A literary celebration of an old English tradition 
BOOK ART
When the Obsolete Becomes Desirable
An interview with printer Clifton Meador 
BEYOND THE BASICS
Familiar Quotations
Tracing the source of well-known phrases
FINE MAPS
The Accidental Cartographer
Richard Edes Harrison offered a fresh look at an old world
SOLD@AUCTION
In Like a Lion
Roy Davids’ poetical manuscripts led a strong spring season
ON THE BLOCK
Design Libraries
Swann Galleries auctions Irving Oaklander’s inventory
COLLECTIONS@LARGE
From Peter (Slovenly) to Potter (Harry)
Helen Younger revisits the high spots of collectible children’s books
HOW I GOT STARTED
Publishers’ Bindings
Collector John Lehner