Inside Winter 2013
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Feature
Jonathan Lethem’s Books
Lethem’s passion for antiquarian books may not manifest in his fiction, but it is evident on his shelves
Feature
Film Fakes
The books and documents created to be TV and movie props get an encore in the collectors’ marketplace
DIGEST
Printing via steamroller at Roadworks
DIGEST
A collection of antique checks
RECORD-BREAKER
Gentlemanly Pursuits
The Book of Hawking, Hunting and Fishing is still a good catch
BOOK ART
Paper as Subtext
An interview with papermaker and book artist Robbin Ami Silverberg
BEYOND THE BASICS
Thinking Outside the Book
Learning from other collecting fields
IN THE LIBRARY
The Band Plays On
The Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz
FINE MAPS
Peddling Maps
The American bicycle gave rise to a new mobility
SOLD@AUCTION
The Autumn Auction Season
Modern firsts, early printed music, and illustration art
ON THE BLOCK
Never a Dull Day
Skinner’s first auction under Devon Gray
HOW I GOT STARTED
Private Presses
Collector David Culbert
Bibliophiles attending the 46th California International Antiquarian Book Fair in San Francisco in February should consider a side trip to the Arion…
Daniel Crouch had been dreaming of his own stand at The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) ever since he first attended the annual event ten years ago,…
It was a dark and stormy night. It was, truly, that evening in June 1816 on the shores of Lake Geneva at the Villa Diodati. It was there that a ghost…
Also In This Issue
Feature
Jonathan Lethem’s Books
Lethem’s passion for antiquarian books may not manifest in his fiction, but it is evident on his shelves
Feature
Film Fakes
The books and documents created to be TV and movie props get an encore in the collectors’ marketplace
DIGEST
Printing via steamroller at Roadworks
DIGEST
A collection of antique checks
RECORD-BREAKER
Gentlemanly Pursuits
The Book of Hawking, Hunting and Fishing is still a good catch
BOOK ART
Paper as Subtext
An interview with papermaker and book artist Robbin Ami Silverberg
BEYOND THE BASICS
Thinking Outside the Book
Learning from other collecting fields
IN THE LIBRARY
The Band Plays On
The Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz
FINE MAPS
Peddling Maps
The American bicycle gave rise to a new mobility
SOLD@AUCTION
The Autumn Auction Season
Modern firsts, early printed music, and illustration art
ON THE BLOCK
Never a Dull Day
Skinner’s first auction under Devon Gray
HOW I GOT STARTED
Private Presses
Collector David Culbert
