Deep Water Man
The award-winning author and illustrator Robert McCloskey found inspiration on a secret island off Maine’s coast
The Pope’s Librarian
Forget Dan Brown—The Vatican’s head librarian and archivist, Archbishop Jean-Louis Bruguès, opens up about his daily routine
Booksellers’ Best
A selection of noteworthy books, manuscripts, and ephemera sold in the past year, submitted by antiquarian & rare book dealers
Auction Guide
A preview of this season’s auctions
Gently Mad
The Magic of Handwriting
Pedro Corrêa do Lago’s autograph collection
Digest
Journey to Middle-Earth
book The Newberry, Renewed
art Frazetta’s Paintings
object Early Baseball Cards
Record-Breaker
Picturing Nancy Drew
Tandy’s original cover art
Beyond the Basics
Booksellers’ Catalogues
An overlooked collecting field
In the Library
Bound to Amaze
Book arts at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Fine Maps
Along the 49th Parallel
Marking the Canada-U.S. border
On the Block
At the Zoo
Wassenaar’s fly-away success
Sold@Auction
Hail, Caesar!
A roundup of first editions, manuscripts, and fine art
How I Got Started
Illustrator Joseph Hémard
Collector Farley Katz
