January/February 2008
Features
The $150 Million Man
By Ellen Firsching Brown—Jay Kislak gave the Library of Congress an Americana collection worth $150 million.
Such a House As This
By Anne Trubek—A visit to Walt Whitman’s house.
The Myth of Ulysses
By Scott Brown—The true story of a Matisse-Joyce collaboration.
Chasing Captain Cook
By Ron Ravneberg—Unraveling a bibliographical mystery.
Columns
Gently Mad
By Nicholas Basbanes—Honoring a forgotten book-cover designer.
Fine MAPS
By Derek Hayes—Mapping a Western utopia.
Fine Presses
By Richard Goodman—Heidi Neilson, neighborhood artist.
Beyond the Basics
By Joel Silver—Bibliographies, checklists, and catalogs.
How I Got Started
Eleanor Abbey—a ninety-year-old map collector.
DEPARTMENTS
Digest
Michael Sharpe’s new shop, Updike’s latest bibliographers, cooking books, and more.
Book
Reviews
On The Market
Collecting Los Angeles.
Auction
Report
By Ian McKay—Dante, the fair sex, golf, and more.