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Feature
Trash to Treasure
The rediscovery of David Peoples’ lost 1965 film about Moe’s Books
BY DEBORAH BURST
Feature
The Paper Trail
Inside five National Park archives, libraries, and museums in the western U.S.
BY ABIGAIL CONNICK
GENTLY MAD
Winslow Homer, Photographer
The famous artist experimented with a camera
DIGEST
Ai Weiwei on mythology, memory, and burned books
DIGEST
Carle’s Caterpillar
DIGEST
Sculpted books
DIGEST
Lord Byron’s ring
RECORD-BREAKER
Inscribed by a King
Charles I’s Faerie Queen
BEYOND THE BASICS
A Born Americanist
In memoriam: William S. Reese
FINE MAPS
Capturing the Moon
Stargazing with Galileo
SOLD@AUCTION
Fantastic Beasts and Birds
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, and fine art
ON THE BLOCK
Abacus to IBM
The long, early history of computing 
HOW I GOT STARTED
Michigan Books
Collectors Larry and Priscilla Massie
Picturing the Literati
Ask any bibliophile what images come to mind when The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is mentioned, and a common thread will weave through the…
A Quest for Illumination
The Art of Three Faiths: A Torah, a Bible and a Qur’an is not merely an exhibition but represents the culmination of a thirty-five-year search for a…
Book Illustrator Brings Arthurian Legend to Life
Sponsored by Swan's Fine Books For Dmitry Sayenko, bookmaking is a passion. Over the past 22 years, he has produced fine hand-made books that have…
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BUY THIS ISSUE AT THE FINE BOOKS STORE
Feature
Trash to Treasure
The rediscovery of David Peoples’ lost 1965 film about Moe’s Books
BY DEBORAH BURST
Feature
The Paper Trail
Inside five National Park archives, libraries, and museums in the western U.S.
BY ABIGAIL CONNICK
GENTLY MAD
Winslow Homer, Photographer
The famous artist experimented with a camera
DIGEST
Ai Weiwei on mythology, memory, and burned books
DIGEST
Carle’s Caterpillar
DIGEST
Sculpted books
DIGEST
Lord Byron’s ring
RECORD-BREAKER
Inscribed by a King
Charles I’s Faerie Queen
BEYOND THE BASICS
A Born Americanist
In memoriam: William S. Reese
FINE MAPS
Capturing the Moon
Stargazing with Galileo
SOLD@AUCTION
Fantastic Beasts and Birds
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, and fine art
ON THE BLOCK
Abacus to IBM
The long, early history of computing 
HOW I GOT STARTED
Michigan Books
Collectors Larry and Priscilla Massie