May/June 2007
Features
Tiny Treasures
By Anne Bromer and Julian Edison—A bookseller and a collector wrote a coffee table book about miniature books. We have an advance excerpt.
New York Book Fairs
Our guide to three fairs in four days.
Jacket Restoration
By Scott Brown—Shabby jackets can be repaired, but at what price?
Bookish Destinations
Beyond the shops—great places for books in NYC.
Columns
Gently Mad
By Nicholas Basbanes—The Jaffe book-arts collection.
Fine MAPS
By Derek Hayes—The first maps of North America.
Fine Presses
By Richard Goodman—Beyond the photo-book with 21st Editions.
Beyond the Basics
By Joel Silver—Sophistication: Making it up as you go along.
How I Got Started
Harley Spiller's museum-quality collection of Chinese menus.
DEPARTMENTS
PLUS
Dear Reader
Quotes & Comments
Catalogs Received
Calendar: Auctions & Fairs
Digest
The dying art of bookseller catalogs, two views of Jamestown, Heritage Book Shop winds down, and more.
Book Reviews
Fine Pick: Reluctant Capitalists asks if books are really a different kind of product, and two looks at lost books.
On The Market
Play ball! Collecting early baseball books.
Auction Report
By Ian McKay Dracula, golf, Thomas Hardy, and more.