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 [Read online]
On the Market
Collecting the evolution controversy
Auction Report