Inside Summer 2017
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Of Pen Pals and Pop-Ups
Catching up with author and illustrator Nick Bantock, whose Griffin & Sabinedominated the bestseller lists 25 years ago
BY COLLEEN SMITH
Special Supplement
Biblio360
Our annual guide to book clubs, classes, fairs, & more
GENTLY MAD
The Library of America
The distinguished series reaches a milestone
DIGEST
Chicago’s American Writers Museum Opens
DIGEST
An Orchardist’s Library
DIGEST
Pochoir & La Prose
DIGEST
Circus Souvenirs
RECORD-BREAKER
Inhabiting Virginia
A rare map changes hands
IN VIEW
Camera-Ready Victorians
The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
BEYOND THE BASICS
Reading the Mail
The letters of bibliophiles
IN THE LIBRARY
Family Heirlooms
Winterthur’s Memorial Library
FINE MAPS
Panorama of War
A bird’s-eye view of Gettysburg
SOLD@AUCTION
Sharks—and Martians—Attack!
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, and fine art
ON THE BLOCK
The Kennedy Connection
A trove of historic letters found in Wales
HOW I GOT STARTED
Literary Travel Books
Collector Susann Bishop
In the Library
The Lost Libraries of London
On February 16, 1785, three months after Dr. Samuel Johnson died, James Christie, the founder of Christie’s auction house, held a historic four-day…
By A. N. Devers
Digest
Heirloom Fruit, Vintage Books
Addie and Jude Schuenemeyer look for books that aren’t pristine. They’re orchardists, and they’ve been known to take their nineteenth-century manuals…
By Erica Olsen
Fine Maps
Panorama of War
Carrying little more than a pocket notebook and pencil, John Bachelder spent three months slogging across the war-ravaged Gettysburg battlefield.…
By Jeffrey S. Murray
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buy this Issue
Feature
Of Pen Pals and Pop-Ups
Catching up with author and illustrator Nick Bantock, whose Griffin & Sabinedominated the bestseller lists 25 years ago
BY COLLEEN SMITH
Special Supplement
Biblio360
Our annual guide to book clubs, classes, fairs, & more
GENTLY MAD
The Library of America
The distinguished series reaches a milestone
DIGEST
Chicago’s American Writers Museum Opens
DIGEST
An Orchardist’s Library
DIGEST
Pochoir & La Prose
DIGEST
Circus Souvenirs
RECORD-BREAKER
Inhabiting Virginia
A rare map changes hands
IN VIEW
Camera-Ready Victorians
The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
BEYOND THE BASICS
Reading the Mail
The letters of bibliophiles
IN THE LIBRARY
Family Heirlooms
Winterthur’s Memorial Library
FINE MAPS
Panorama of War
A bird’s-eye view of Gettysburg
SOLD@AUCTION
Sharks—and Martians—Attack!
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, and fine art
ON THE BLOCK
The Kennedy Connection
A trove of historic letters found in Wales
HOW I GOT STARTED
Literary Travel Books
Collector Susann Bishop