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January/February 2007
Features
Holy
Scriptures
Of
the three great faiths, Christianity is the odd man
out. The $4.5 million Saint John’s Bible is the first illuminated manuscript
Bible in 500 years, but scribes today still copy Korans and Torahs by hand.
A House for Books
Barry
Edith Wharton’s library returns home after nearly seventy
years.
$150,000 in Dust Jacket
How high
can the market go for L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green
Gables?
Hang It
You
buy an autograph letter from you favorite author. It
comes in a dollar’s worth of plastic. Now what do you do?
Columns
Gently Mad
The
Poe collector of the century.
Fine MAPS
Breaking
news—looking for maps in magazines and newspapers.
Fine Presses
Heavenly
Monkey honors tradition.
Beyond the Basics
Thomas
Jefferson’s secret code and other signs of ownership.
How I Got Started
Karl Baden is a book collector, but he doesn’t usually
play one on TV.
DEPARTMENTS
Digest
Murder at the Library of Congress, book designer Manolo
Blahnik, and more.
Book Reviews
Fine Pick: Two takes on the
new anthology, Book Talk
On The Market
Collecting cookbooks.
Auction Report
Beatrix
Potter, Caldecott congratulations, Channel swimming, and more.
PLUS
Dear Reader
Quotes & Comments
Catalogs Received
Calendar: Auctions & Fairs
