Coming Events
November/December 2004
features
—A
graphic novelist and the Rosenbach Museum turn bookselling into theater.
The Mystery of the Drowning Porpoises
—How
could 400,000 hardcover books simply disappear?
The Politics of Book Signings
—It’s
enough to make you leave that extra copy at home. Well, maybe the extra
extra copy.
We Can’t Print the Dirty Ones
—After
thirty years, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer arrived in the
United States, ending literary censorship.
columns
Gently Mad
—Road
warriors—or notes from the book fair circuit.
—Michael
Russem and the new generation of printers.
Beyond the Basics
—Type
is something you can hold in your hand.
How I Got Started
David Gerstel—travel and exploration collector.
Department
Digest
Rare books and corporate scandals; An interview with
Aaron Lansky; Hurricane Charley; and more.
Auction Report
—Highlights
of book auctions worldwide.
Fine
Pick: Shelf Life, plus Memoirs of a Book Snake.
Catalog Review
Offerings from booksellers.