July/August 2008
Contents
The Botanist’s Desire
Has a New Jersey podiatrist harnessed an obsolete printer to become a modern-day Audubon?
Devil in the Details
Aerial reconnaissance, the planet Pluto, and Shakespeare.
Selling Books for Less
Technology and the penny sellers.
DEPARTMENTS
Digest
Hubert’s Freaks, watermarks online, the digital Atlas of Early Printing, and more.
Book Reviews
Fine Pick: America’s Membership Libraries.
On The Market
Horology: the art of collecting clock books.
Dear Reader
Catalogs Received
Calendar: Auctions & Fairs

Columns
Gently Mad
The Brattle Book Shop.
Fine MAPS
Russian America.
Fine Presses
Turkey Press.
Beyond the Basics
Bookplates.
How I Got Started
Bill Holly, early communications technology collector.
Auction Report
Charitable givings, a record Hobbit, and more.