Inside Autumn 2026
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Feature
Mapping a Maritime Empire
Cartography from the Age of Exploration
Feature
Beautiful Mistakes
Embracing imperfections celebrates the humanity of books
Special Section
Auction Guide
A preview of the auctions coming up this season
Gently Mad
A Collection from the Heart
The medical library of Dr. W. Bruce Fye
Digest
The Untold Story of Surrealism and Books
Record-Breaker
A Holy Grail of Manuscripts
The tale of a medieval Arthurian blockbuster
In View
Staging the American Dream
Studio photographers shaped how we see the nation
Modern Firsts
The Spy Novel’s Thrilling Evolution
Shadowing a century of global conflict through the espionage novel
Beyond the Basics
The Women’s Work of Bookbinding
How this unseen labor developed the modern book
Sold@Auction
From Iron Man’s Debut to Electrical Experiments
A roundup of rare books, fine art, ephemera, and more
On the Block
An Art Collector’s Eclectic Library
Stanley J. Seeger’s prolific gathering of cultural history
How I Got Started
Rarities of African American Literature
Collector Alvin Patrick
When David Walsh was seven years old, his library card was his “best friend.” Growing up in Glenorchy, Tasmania, near Hobart, he haunted the local…
This year’s Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize, which champions women book collectors, will be the last. Named after the antiquarian bookselling…
Walt Whitman wrote, “I am large, I contain multitudes.” He wrote it as part of his magnum opus, Leaves of Grass, arguably the greatest volume of…
Could we all agree to retire the phrase “doing more with less”? Over the past year and a half, Cornell University Library has been trying something…
Also In This Issue
Feature
Mapping a Maritime Empire
Cartography from the Age of Exploration
Feature
Beautiful Mistakes
Embracing imperfections celebrates the humanity of books
Special Section
Auction Guide
A preview of the auctions coming up this season
Gently Mad
A Collection from the Heart
The medical library of Dr. W. Bruce Fye
Digest
The Untold Story of Surrealism and Books
Record-Breaker
A Holy Grail of Manuscripts
The tale of a medieval Arthurian blockbuster
In View
Staging the American Dream
Studio photographers shaped how we see the nation
Modern Firsts
The Spy Novel’s Thrilling Evolution
Shadowing a century of global conflict through the espionage novel
Beyond the Basics
The Women’s Work of Bookbinding
How this unseen labor developed the modern book
Sold@Auction
From Iron Man’s Debut to Electrical Experiments
A roundup of rare books, fine art, ephemera, and more
On the Block
An Art Collector’s Eclectic Library
Stanley J. Seeger’s prolific gathering of cultural history
How I Got Started
Rarities of African American Literature
Collector Alvin Patrick
