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About the Author

About the Author

Nicholas Basbanes’ latest book has arrived.

American Book Covers

Curiosities of Literature

A Feast for Book Lovers

In the News

National Book Auctions August Sale

ITHACA, NY National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, held an August 29th auction... read more

Art Book Collection to UNL Library

Lincoln, Neb., August 10th, 2010 —University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries announced that it has received... read more

August 12 Auction To Include Mercator, Johnson And Lewis And Clark

(Chicago, Illinois) August 9, 2010 - Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ August 12 Fine Books and... read more

Digitization in the Real World

New Book Highlights Recent Digitization Projects Involving Historically Significant Collections at Leading Libraries and... read more

Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair

New Fair to be Hosted by Christie's in Frieze WeekChristie’s is delighted to announce... read more

Innerpeffray Library Publishes Book

Scotland's First Lending Library Publishes First Book The First Light is a new book... read more

New Punch Magazine Book

One of the enduring images of journalists ‘hard at work’ over a substantial meal... read more

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2010 Bookseller Resource Guide
September/October 2008
Contents
cover

Champion Book Collectors

Read Online

By Scott Brown With photographs by Frank Tapia and studioDUDA. Profiles of the three winners of our Collegiate
Book-Collecting Championship.

I Want Your Documents

By Ellen Firsching Brown When Uncle Sam eyes your collection.

Dead People’s Libraries

By Jonathan Shipley A website recreates the libraries of patriots and writers.

Lost Classics

By Anne Trubek Four nominees for a new literary canon.

DEPARTMENTS

Digest

Floods in Iowa, thefts in New York, and more.

Book Reviews

English in Print: From Caxton to Shakespeare to Milton by Valerie Hotchkiss and Fred C. Robinson

On The Market

Collecting cocktail books.

Dear Reader

Quotes & Comments

Read Online

Catalogs Received

Calendar: Auctions & Fairs

ad index

Columns

Gently Mad

By Nicholas Basbanes Charles Hobson, book artist.

Fine MAPS

By Derek Hayes Local maps

Fine Presses

By Richard Goodman The Printery

Beyond the Basics

By Joel Silver Book censuses.

How I Got Started

James Goode, bookplate collector.

Auction Report

By Ian McKay Dickens’s desk, great Gregynogs, and dear doggerel.