August 2009
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SPECIAL REPORT
William L. Clements (1861-1934) Went Mad for Americana—and Built his Alma Mater a Library to Show It.
Departments
Digest
Run, Judge, Run!
Collectors of Campaign Ephemera Need You.
Digest
Canary in the Gold Mine
Manhattan Was an Avian Paradise Before the Dutch Arrived.
Dear Reader
American Beauties
We Grow Some Crazy Collectors.
Calendar
Find book fairs and auctions in your area or around the world.
Featured Columns
GENTLY MAD
Tiger Tale
Princeton Gets a 50th Reunion Present: Sid Lapidus’s 18th-Century Americana Collection.
SUMMER READING
Poole’s Prize
My Great-Great Uncle Won a Pulitzer in 1917—But Was He Any Good?
COLLECTING@LARGE
A Greedy Woman
The Long, Delicious Shelf Life of Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936).
SOLD@AUCTION
Great Scott!
A Record Price for The Great Gatsby; Poor Richard Strikes it Rich; and Graham Arader Offers Pretty Birds for Charity.