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Print/Out and Printin' Opening at MOMA

NEW YORK, February 3, 2012—Print/Out at The Museum of Modern Art examines the many... read more

Inscribed Hemingway on the Block at Heritage Auctions

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - One of just 300 first edition copies printed of Ernest... read more

Fine & Dirty at the Center for Book Arts

The Center For Book Arts is Pleased to Present Its Winter 2012 Exhibition Fine... read more

Property of Serendipity Books On Offer at Bonhams

Los Angeles - Timed to coincide with the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair,... read more

Oustanding Private Press Collection Coming Up at Swann's

New York—On Thursday, February 23 Swann Galleries will conduct an auction of Private Press... read more

Cornell Library Receives African-American Photography Collection

ITHACA, N.Y. (Jan. 31, 2012) - Cornell University Library’s extensive new collection of African-American... read more

"The Orchard Keeper" Leads at NBA's January Auction

[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, hosted a Sunday, January 29th... read more

Major Comics Collection Coming Up at Heritage Auctions

NEW YORK - The Billy Wright Collection, a newly CGC-pedigreed collection - featuring five... read more

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2010 Bookseller Resource Guide
August 2009
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SPECIAL REPORT

William L. Clements (1861-1934) Went Mad for Americana—and Built his Alma Mater a Library to Show It. BY J. KEVIN GRAFFAGNINO
 

Departments

Digest

Run, Judge, Run!

Collectors of Campaign Ephemera Need You. BY F. S. NAIDEN

Digest

Canary in the Gold Mine

Manhattan Was an Avian Paradise Before the Dutch Arrived. BY NICOLE PASULKA

Dear Reader

American Beauties

We Grow Some Crazy Collectors.

Calendar

Find book fairs and auctions in your area or around the world.

Featured Columns

GENTLY MAD

Tiger Tale

Princeton Gets a 50th Reunion Present: Sid Lapidus’s 18th-Century Americana Collection. BY NICHOLAS BASBANES

SUMMER READING

Poole’s Prize

My Great-Great Uncle Won a Pulitzer in 1917—But Was He Any Good?
BY ROSECRANS BALDWIN

COLLECTING@LARGE

A Greedy Woman

The Long, Delicious Shelf Life of Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936).
BY CYNTHIA BERTELSEN

SOLD@AUCTION

Great Scott!

A Record Price for The Great Gatsby; Poor Richard Strikes it Rich; and Graham Arader Offers Pretty Birds for Charity. BY IAN McKAY