May/June 2006
Features

A
Modest Addition
By Richard Goodman —Shut
down for three years, New York’s Morgan Library is reinvented by
architect Renzo Piano.
Most Likely to Succeed
By Deborah Burst —
After Katrina, a book collector’s B & B shelters more than just
people.
Blue-Chip Books
By Scott Brown —
What has the Internet really done to the prices of modern
firsts?
The Long Pen of Margaret Atwood
By Steve Hare —
Will the acclaimed author change book signings forever?
Columns
Gently Mad
By Nicholas Basbanes —
Saved by the book
Fine MAPS
By Derek Hayes —
A bird’s-eye view of America
Fine Presses
By Richard Goodman —
Bieler Press
Beyond the Basics
By Joel Silver —
Woodcuts and engravings
How I Got Started
Terry Seymour and the Everyman’s Library
DEPARTMENTS
Digest
Scandal in Mexico, Abebooks turns ten, a black bibliophile
saves for the future, and more.
[Read online]
Book Reviews
Fine Pick: Margaret Brentano and Nicholson Baker remember
The World on Sunday;
bookbinding history;
and more.
On The Market
Collecting Civil War books
[Read online]
Auction Report
By Ian McKay —
Highlights of book auctions worldwide
Dear Reader