Inside Winter 2018
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Feature
Mary Shelley’s Monsterpiece
For its bicenntennial, science and technology educators breathe new life into Frankenstein 
BY JONATHAN SHIPLEY
Feature
A Madness Most Discreet
The tortured history of Charles and Mary Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare
BY MICHAEL PECK
Special Supplement
2018 Collector’s Resource Guide
GENTLY MAD
Booked in Maine
In the footsteps of Hawthorne, Longfellow, and Stowe
DIGEST
Black Heritage Collections in SoCal
Digest 
Salvaged from the Sea
Digest 
Leon Loughridge
Digest 
Political Memorabilia
RECORD-BREAKER
Rare Map of Chicago
A coveted pre-fire panorama
IN VIEW
Historian with a Camera
Mathew Brady’s portrait photography
BEYOND THE BASICS
Fake (Book) News
The Caveat Book Shop
FINE MAPS
Fathoming the Ocean Floor
Marie Tharp’s underwater discovery
IN THE LIBRARY
Medieval Treasure Bindings
The Morgan Library's bling
SOLD@AUCTION
Austen, Brontë & Rowling Shine
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, and fine art
ON THE BLOCK
The Yeats Family Collection
Painters & poets inspire bidders
HOW I GOT STARTED
Louise Erdrich
Collector John Reinhart
On the Block
The Yeats Family Collection
Furniture, manuscripts, artworks, photographs, silver, and even a chess set were among the 224 lots included in the sale of Yeats family material at…
By Jeremy Dibbell
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Feature
Mary Shelley’s Monsterpiece
For its bicenntennial, science and technology educators breathe new life into Frankenstein 
BY JONATHAN SHIPLEY
Feature
A Madness Most Discreet
The tortured history of Charles and Mary Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare
BY MICHAEL PECK
Special Supplement
2018 Collector’s Resource Guide
GENTLY MAD
Booked in Maine
In the footsteps of Hawthorne, Longfellow, and Stowe
DIGEST
Black Heritage Collections in SoCal
Digest 
Salvaged from the Sea
Digest 
Leon Loughridge
Digest 
Political Memorabilia
RECORD-BREAKER
Rare Map of Chicago
A coveted pre-fire panorama
IN VIEW
Historian with a Camera
Mathew Brady’s portrait photography
BEYOND THE BASICS
Fake (Book) News
The Caveat Book Shop
FINE MAPS
Fathoming the Ocean Floor
Marie Tharp’s underwater discovery
IN THE LIBRARY
Medieval Treasure Bindings
The Morgan Library's bling
SOLD@AUCTION
Austen, Brontë & Rowling Shine
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, and fine art
ON THE BLOCK
The Yeats Family Collection
Painters & poets inspire bidders
HOW I GOT STARTED
Louise Erdrich
Collector John Reinhart