March/April
2006Features

The $100,000 wonders, an illustrated list of
the 237 items that sold at auction in 2005 for more than a hundred grand,
are online at www.finebooks50.com
The
Fine Books 50
— Our annual report on the top book, map, and autograph
sales, including ten items that sold for more than $1 million. Unmasking a Literary Legend
— He
may not be as famous as James Frey, but the career of Theodore Bachaus is
rife with false leads, mistaken identify, and literary mystification.
Columns
Gently Mad
Fine MAPS
Fine Presses
— Janus
Press Beyond the Basics
How I Got Started
George Ong collects the history of bibliography.
DEPARTMENTS
Digest
One hundred years of bookselling, upcoming auctions, collecting
artists’ letters, and more
Book Reviews
Fine Pick: Andrew Delbanco’s new biography of Herman Melville; Mongo; a
sojourn at Shakespeare & Co., and more
On the Market
Collecting the evolution controversy
Auction Report