Inside Summer 2014
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Feature
What You Get for $1 Million (and More)
A baker’s dozen of books and manuscripts reached seven figures at auction over the past year.
Feature
The Map Thief
An esteemed rare map dealer pocketed at least a hundred maps from university libraries between 2002 and 2005, when he was finally caught.
Special Supplement
Biblio 360
Your guide to the world of book and fine art collecting, including details on hundreds of events and exhibits to attend, more than 75 clubs or membership libraries to join, and 50 book fairs to browse, plus classes, lectures, and more!
GENTLY MAD
Bewildering Variety
The Huntington Library showcases its depth
DIGEST
Letterpress Shakespeare
RECORD-BREAKER
There and Back Again
Gordon Waldorf’s pristine first edition of The Hobbit
BOOK ART
French Lessons
An interview with bookbinder Donald Glaister
BEYOND THE BASICS
In Praise of Author Bibliographies
Layman’s bibliography provides an indispensable resource
IN THE LIBRARY
Impaled and Quartered
The Folger Shakespeare Library explores coats of arms
FINE MAPS
The Great War and Modern Cartography
The AEF's not-so-secret weapon: better maps of the Western Front
SOLD@AUCTION
Modest Delights
A landmark of gay literature, an early slave narrative, and a Phantom Lady comic
ON THE BLOCK
Gorey Details
Sam Speigel's first-rate collection of Edward Gorey
HOW I GOT STARTED
Miniature Books
Collector Patricia Pistner
While large-scale thefts from libraries and museums tend to make news, antiquarian booksellers are also frequently the targets of thieves, whether in…
Bookends may be utilitarian to bibliophiles intent on avoiding cocked spines, but for one collector, bookends were themselves objects to pursue. Over…
Penguin’s Drop Caps is a series that combines literature and art in a beautiful—and intrinsically collectible—set of books. Once complete this summer…
Also In This Issue
Feature
What You Get for $1 Million (and More)
A baker’s dozen of books and manuscripts reached seven figures at auction over the past year.
Feature
The Map Thief
An esteemed rare map dealer pocketed at least a hundred maps from university libraries between 2002 and 2005, when he was finally caught.
Special Supplement
Biblio 360
Your guide to the world of book and fine art collecting, including details on hundreds of events and exhibits to attend, more than 75 clubs or membership libraries to join, and 50 book fairs to browse, plus classes, lectures, and more!
GENTLY MAD
Bewildering Variety
The Huntington Library showcases its depth
DIGEST
Letterpress Shakespeare
RECORD-BREAKER
There and Back Again
Gordon Waldorf’s pristine first edition of The Hobbit
BOOK ART
French Lessons
An interview with bookbinder Donald Glaister
BEYOND THE BASICS
In Praise of Author Bibliographies
Layman’s bibliography provides an indispensable resource
IN THE LIBRARY
Impaled and Quartered
The Folger Shakespeare Library explores coats of arms
FINE MAPS
The Great War and Modern Cartography
The AEF's not-so-secret weapon: better maps of the Western Front
SOLD@AUCTION
Modest Delights
A landmark of gay literature, an early slave narrative, and a Phantom Lady comic
ON THE BLOCK
Gorey Details
Sam Speigel's first-rate collection of Edward Gorey
HOW I GOT STARTED
Miniature Books
Collector Patricia Pistner
