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Printed Word Collector’s Set

Three titles that highlight the joy of the printed word.

2010 Rare Book Calendar

By 42-Line. Beautiful 2010 calendar is perfect for any book enthusiast.

A Gentle Madness, Signed & Personalized True First Edition

This is the book that started it all.
In the News

Lilly Texana

Based entirely upon the Lilly Library's collections, a new work joins the ranks of... read more

Original Sendak Drawing

National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, recently sold a Maurice Sendak pencil on... read more

Rarely Seen Andrea Palladio

Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey also Includes Specially Commissioned Building Models Showing... read more

50th NY Book Fair

“The best book fair in the world.” - Andy Rooney, CBS “60 Minutes”... read more

Book Collecting Contest

The Center for the Book and the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of... read more

Autographed Portraits

NEW YORK—Swann Galleries’ February 11 Autographs auction was devoted to Signed Historical Photographs from... read more

Colorado Book Seminar

We proudly announce this year's program which includes our Keynote Speaker, Otto Penzler, publisher,... read more

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2010 Bookseller Resource Guide
August 2009
Contents44

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